UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Part: A CLOSER LOOK 2
I. Modals: May and Might
1. Examples:
It might rain tonight. It may rain tonight.
It may be a book or it might be a game.
You may park here.
You may not smoke here.
2. Forms: S + may / might (not) + V
3. Uses:
- We use may/ might to say that something is possible at present or
in the future. However, Might is less possible than May.
- We use may to say that something we have permission to do. We
do not use might in this case.

Find the mistake in each sentence.
1. Where is Nam? -> He mays be in the office.
2. She might goes to Ha Noi next year.
3. Students over eighteen might drive a motorbike
4. You may had a little difficulty doing this test.
1. Where is Nam? -> He may be in the office.
2. She might go to Ha Noi next year.
3. Students over eighteen may drive a motorbike
4. You may have a little difficulty doing this test.

Task 1: Use may / might to fill each of the blank.
may/ might have a little difficulty driving at night.
1. You ……………..
may/ might have an allergy to shrimp. I have never tried it.
2. I ……………
may/ might go to London for a holiday if we can still
3. We ……………..
afford it.
may
4. The examiner says we …………….
leave when we have
finished.
may/ might go to the lecture about UFOs.
5. I don't know, but I ………………
may
6. Students ……………….
only borrow four books at a time.
may/ might be life on other planets.
7. There ………………
may
8. Students over fifteen ……………
bring a phone to school.

II. Reported speech: questions
Những thay đổi khi chuyển đổi lời nói trực tiếp sang lời nói gián tiếp.
1. Lùi thì của động từ.
2. Thay đổi đại từ, tính từ sở hữu ở ngôi 1 và ngôi thứ 2.
3. Thay đổi những từ ngữ chỉ không gian và thời gian.

1. Report a Yes/No question.
Examples:

Nam said to me, “Are you busy now?”
Nam asked me If/ whether I was busy then.
“Did you see a UFO?” Mr. Tuan asked her.
Mr. Tuan asked her If she had seen a UFO.
Structure:

S + asked + (O) + if/ whether + S + V (Lùi thì)

2. Report a Wh-question.
Examples:

Miss Nga said to me, “What are you doing now?
Miss Nga asked me what I was doing then.
“What exactly did you see yesterday?” Mr. Nam asked us.
Mr. Nam asked us what exactly we had seen the day before.
“How old will you be next year, Nga?” he asked.
He asked Nga how old she would be the following year.
Structure:

S + asked + (O) + question word + S + V (Lùi thì).

Task 2. (page 62) Discuss the task in pairs.
Read the dialogue on page 62 and finish the following sentences.
what
1. The interviewer asked Nick .……..exactly
he had seen.
seen UFO. He said it ………….
had landed
2. Nick answered that he had
………….a
…in
a grassy area.
what
3. The interviewer asked ………Nick
had been doing when he saw
the UFO.
had been going
4. Nick said that he ………………….for
a walk.
had looked
5. The interview asked what it ……………..like.
had been
had looked like big
6. Nick said it ……………big
and bright and it ………………….a
disc in the sky.
had seen
7. The interview also asked if the alien …………….him.
.
had
hidden
8. Nick told the interview that he ……………..behind a tree.

Task 4. (page 62) Discuss the task in groups.
Rewrite the sentences as reported speech.
1. “Do you go for a walk everyday?”
-

he went for a walk every day.
The interviewer asked Nick If……………………………………

2. “How did you feel when you saw the alien?”
-

how he had felt when he had seen the alien.
He asked Nick …………………………………………………..

3. “What did the alien look like?”
the alien had looked like.
- He asked Nick what
……………………………………………………
4. “Why didn't you take a photo of the alien?”
why he hadn't taken a photo of the alien.
- He asked Nick ……………………………………………………..
5. “How long did the UFOs stay there?”
how long the UFOs had stayed there.
- He asked Nick ………………………………………………………

Work in groups of three.
Use the following questions to ask your friends and
then report your questions and your friends' answers.

1. Where do you live?
2. How do you go to school?
3. What did you see yesterday?
4. What will you do tomorrow?

III. Homework.
1. Learn the lesson well.
2. Prepare for the next period.