Modals

1 Fill in each gap with can (x3), can't, could, couldn't, should or shouldn't.

(Điền vào chỗ trống với can (x3), can't, could, could not, should hoặc should't.)

1 A: You                      study harder if you want to pass the exam.

B: I know.                    you help me with maths exercises?

2 A: Wendy                  sing very well. She's in the school band.

B: Yes, but she             play the piano. She's going to take piano lessons online.

3 A:                  we play video games, Mum?

B: You know the rules, boys! Finish your homework first!

4 A: I                swim when I was ten. I was afraid of water.

B: Oh, really?

5 A: We                        stay up late.

B: You are right. We have lessons tomorrow morning.

6 A: Did you do any sports at school, Grandpa?

B: Yes, I                       run very fast and won a running race.

1. Study the sentences from the texts on page 60. Do they talk about ability in the past, present or future?

(Nghiên cứu các câu từ văn bản ở trang 60. Chúng nói về khả năng trong quá khứ, hiện tại hay tương lai?)

1. After they graduate, many students will be able to have very successful careers as singers or actors.

2. Young people can join the school from the age of fourteen.

3. They can't forget to do their homework!

4. If you study hard and have a passion for performing arts, you won't be able to resist the BRIT school.

5. People believed that girls couldn't play football as well as boys.

2. Match sentences 1-5 in exercise 1 with rules a-c.

(Nối câu 1-5 trong bài tập 1 với quy tắc a-c.)

RULES

a. We use can and can't to talk about ability in the present.

b. We use could and couldn't to talk about ability in the past.

c. We use will / won't be able to to talk about ability in the future.

3. Choose the correct options.

(Chọn các phương án đúng.)

1. “Will you be able to / Can you hear the bell in your classroom?”

“Yes, we can. It's really loud!”

2. In the future, we could / will be able to do all our exams online.

3. At my last school, we won't be able to / couldn't use tablets in class.

4. These days, many students can / could find out what their homework is from the school's website.

5. “In the past, will students be able to / could students use computers in class?”

“No, they couldn't.”

6. Turn the music down. I can't / couldn't study.

4. Complete the report with the words and phrases in the box. You can use them more than once.

(4. Hoàn thành báo cáo với các từ và cụm từ trong khung. Bạn có thể sử dụng chúng nhiều hơn một lần.)

HOMESCHOOLING

Many people think that homeschooling is much easier than going to school. They think homeschoolers (1) .................. get out of bed at any time they like and simply have a relaxing day. The truth is that homeschoolers (2) ............... do whatever they like: they have a timetable like students at ordinary schools. In the past, teachers or parents taught children at home who (3)………….. go to school. This was often because they lived too far away from the nearest school. Today, many parents choose to homeschool their children. They believe that if they teach their children at home, they (4)………… learn better this way. They also think their children (5)…………. get better exam results in the future.

5. USE IT! Work in pairs. Which of these school issues are the same now as in the past? Which will be different in the future? Use can, can't, could, couldn't or will / won't be able to.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Những vấn đề nào của trường học bây giờ giống như trong quá khứ? Cái nào sẽ khác trong tương lai? Sử dụng can, can't, could, couldn't hoặc will / won't be able to.)

1. choice of subjects

(lựa chọn môn học)

2. ways of learning

(các cách học)

3. school uniforms

(đồng phục học sinh)

4. class size

(quy mô lớp học)

5. rules

(các quy định)

The issues we think are the same now as in the past are...

(Những vấn đề mà chúng tôi nghĩ bây giờ giống như trong quá khứ là...)

In the past, students couldn't choose unusual subjects. In the future, they will be able to make more unusual choices.

(Trước đây, học sinh không thể chọn những môn học khác thường. Trong tương lai, họ sẽ có thể đưa ra nhiều lựa chọn khác thường hơn.)

LANGUAGE FOCUS - can, could, be able to

10. Order the words to make sentences and questions.

 (Sắp xếp các từ để tạo thành câu và câu hỏi.)

1. your / can / speak / German / father / ?

2. be able / go / by train / they / to / will / ?

3. get / David / for / couldn't / the concert / tickets

4. exam / I / with / your / you / help / can’t

5. swim /you / you / when / were / could / four / ?

6. won't / come / tomorrow / be / Vania / able to

2 Write sentences and tell your partner something you ..

(Viết các câu và nói với bạn cặp của em một cái gì đó em ...)

1 ask permission from your teachers/parents.

(xin phép giáo viên/cha mẹ của em.)

2 ask your partner to help you in the classroom

(yêu cầu bạn của em giúp em trong lớp học)

3 can/can’t do in the exams.

(có thể/không thể làm trong các kỳ thi.)

4 can/can't do very well.

(có thể/không thể làm rất tốt.)

5 could/couldn't do when you were six.

(có thể/không thể làm khi em 6 tuổi.)

6 should/shouldn't do to get better grades.

(điều nên/không nên làm để đạt điểm cao hơn.)

1. Complete the table with the words. There are three extra words.

(Hoàn thành bảng với các từ. Có thêm ba từ.)

2. Write sentences and questions using the correct form of can, could or be able to.

(Viết câu và câu hỏi sử dụng dạng đúng của can, could hoặc be able to.)

they / leave school / next year

They'll be able to leave school next year.

(Họ sẽ có thể rời trường vào năm tới.)

1. Maria /not go to / her dance class yesterday

……………………………………………………………………

2. you / come / to the concert tomorrow? Yes / I

……………………………………………………………………

3. my friends / not take / the drama class last year

……………………………………………………………………

4. Michael / not get into / college next September

……………………………………………………………………

5. you /do / this maths homework? No / I

……………………………………………………………………

6. Tia / not find / the car keys

……………………………………………………………………

3. Choose the correct words to complete what Josh's grandma says about school.

(Chọn những từ đúng để hoàn thành những gì bà của Josh nói về trường học.)

I told my grandson, Josh, about my school days recently, and he b believe some of the things I said! For example, many children 1 ……….. stay at school because they had to work from a young age. They left school so that they 2 ………… get a job and help their parents. In those days, you 3 ………… leave school at around age twelve or thirteen. Josh is fourteen, and he 4 …………. to leave school until he's eighteen. He's lucky. These days, he 5 ………….. study a lot of different subjects, too. And at the end of it all, he 6 …………. to go to college.

I 7 …………. do any of that!

a. could                                               

b. couldn't                               

c. can

1.

a. couldn't                                         

b. weren’t                                

c. will be able

2.

a. can                                                

b. be able to                             

c. could

3.

a. were able                                      

b. can't                                     

c. could

4.

a. can't                                              

b. won't be able                       

c. will be

5.

a. 's able                                           

b. able                                     

c. can

6.

a. 'll be able                                      

b. could                                   

c. can

7.

a. won’t be able                                

b. couldn't                               

c. can't

4. Write one or two sentences about these things.

(Viết một hoặc hai câu về những điều này.)

things you can do now that you couldn't do ten years ago

(những điều bạn có thể làm bây giờ mà mười năm trước bạn không thể làm)

Ten years ago, I couldn't swim very well or ride a bike. Now I can do both.

(Mười năm trước, tôi bơi không giỏi hay đi xe đạp được. Bây giờ tôi có thể làm cả hai.)

1. things you can do that your grandparents couldn't when they were young

(điều bạn có thể làm mà ông bà khi còn trẻ không làm được)

……………………………………………………………………………………

2. things you could do when you were younger that you can't any more

(điều bạn có thể làm khi còn trẻ nhưng không thể làm được nữa)

……………………………………………………………………………………

3. things your brothers, sisters or friends can do that you can't

(điều anh chị em hoặc bạn bè của bạn có thể làm mà bạn không thể)

……………………………………………………………………………………

4. things you’ll be able to do when you're twenty-five

(điều bạn có thể làm khi 25 tuổi)

……………………………………………………………………………………

can, could, be able to

1. Complete the sentences about ability using can, could or be able to and the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu về khả năng sử dụng can, could hoặc be able to và các động từ trong ngoặc.)

He can't swim very well yet, but he's learning. (swim)

1. I think she …………….. the race next week. She's done so much training! (win)

2. They ………………. by car tomorrow. There's too much traffic on Fridays. (come)

3. I …………….. when I was four. (read)

4. I can't sing very well, but I ……………  the guitar. (play)

5. My cousin ………….. delicious meals when he was just a kid. (cook)

6. Salim is deaf. He …………… anything. (hear)

2. Choose the correct words.

(Chọn từ đúng.)

Emotional intelligence (or EI) is a very important life skill. It means that you able / could /can recognise your emotions and manage them, too. Most of us 1 couldn't / can / able to remember a time when, as a young child, we were upset, but we 2 couldn't / not able / can say why, and we 3 could /won't be able to / couldn't control our feelings. Experts say that we 4 can / able to / can't start to identify or control our own emotions until we are around five years old. Psychologists say that emotional intelligence will be extremely important to our working lives in the future. Soon, employers 5 will be able to / can / won't able to check how much El you have. If you don't have good El, you won't 6 can / able to / be able to get the career you want. Now, they are creating El courses, so that we 7 could / can / will be able all improve this important skill.

Grammar

3. Match sentences 1-6 with conclusions a-i. There are three extra conclusions.

(Nối câu 1-6 với kết luận a-i. Có ba kết luận bổ sung.)