The passive: advanced structures
I can use advanced passive structures.
1 Complete the passive sentences with the correct form of the modal verbs and verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành câu bị động với dạng đúng của động từ khiếm khuyết và động từ trong ngoặc.)
1 It isn't true that sleepwalkers ______ (can't / wake) safely.
2 It seems that more research into the new drug ______ (ought to / do) before it was made available.
3 Surely the results of the tests ______ (must / check) before they were published?
4 Our sleep ______ (can / disturb) by artificial lighting.
5 Perhaps not all health myths ______ (should/ dismiss) completely.
6 We ______ (might / lie) to for decades by the drinks industry about how much water we need.
7 Some health advice ______ (may / misunderstand) in the past.
8 Do you think most smokers ______ (could / encourage) to quit by using e-cigarettes?
Cấu trúc câu bị động với động từ khiếm khuyết ở hiện tại: S + động từ khiếm khuyết + be + V3/ed.
Cấu trúc câu bị động với động từ khiếm khuyết đưa ra dự đoán trong quá khứ: S + động từ khiếm khuyết + have been + V3/ed.
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1 can’t be woken |
2 ought to have been done |
3 must have been checked |
4 can be disturbed |
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5 should be dismissed |
6 might have been lied |
7 may have been misunderstood |
8 could be encouraged |
1 It isn't true that sleepwalkers can’t be woken safely.
(Nói rằng người mộng du không thể được đánh thức một cách an toàn là không đúng.)
2 It seems that more research into the new drug ought to have been done before it was made available.
(Có vẻ như cần phải tiến hành nhiều nghiên cứu hơn về loại thuốc mới trước khi nó được đưa ra thị trường.)
3 Surely the results of the tests must have been checked before they were published?
(Chắc chắn kết quả kiểm tra phải được kiểm tra trước khi công bố?)
4 Our sleep can be disturbed by artificial lighting.
(Giấc ngủ của chúng ta có thể bị quấy rầy bởi ánh sáng nhân tạo.)
5 Perhaps not all health myths should be dismissed completely.
(Có lẽ không nên bác bỏ hoàn toàn mọi quan niệm sai lầm về sức khỏe.)
6 We might have been lied to for decades by the drinks industry about how much water we need.
(Chúng ta có thể đã bị ngành công nghiệp đồ uống lừa dối trong nhiều thập kỷ về lượng nước chúng ta cần.)
7 Some health advice may have been misunderstood in the past.
(Một số lời khuyên về sức khoẻ có thể đã bị hiểu lầm trong quá khứ.)
8 Do you think most smokers could be encouraged to quit by using e-cigarettes?
(Bạn có nghĩ rằng hầu hết những người hút thuốc có thể được khuyến khích bỏ thuốc bằng cách sử dụng thuốc lá điện tử không?)
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
1. Listen and choose the correct option to complete the extract from the recording.
(Lắng nghe và chọn đáp án để hoàn thành đoạn trích từ đoạn băng.)
P: Dr. Atkins, what do you think the world of work (a) will/is going to look like ten years from now?
DA: Well, it certainly won't look the same as now. Technology now enables us to (b) work / working anywhere and so there's been a steady rise in the number of people working from home and a sharp drop in the number of people (1) commuting to work.
P: As technology takes over tasks that people (c) will do / used to do, what kind of skills will be useful for people in the future?
DA: People will have to focus on the kind of skills that (d) must / can't be done by a machine or a robot such as (2) _____ and management jobs or caring for other humans.
P: So you don't think that dentists and teachers should worry about their jobs just yet.
DA: No, definitely not. The need for jobs in the medical and teaching (3) _____ will remain constant. Many of the traditional jobs will still be necessary ten or twenty years from now - we'll always need lawyers, politicians, fire-fighters and so on. And we (e) mustn't / won't forget the (4) _____: we’ll always need artists, writers and actors. I also think there will be a marked increase in jobs connected with alternative energy. [...]
P: So which jobs do you think are at risk in the future?
DA: Um, I think there will be a gradual decline in jobs in retail - shop assistants (f) aren't / can't be required
in the days of online shopping. Any office jobs and factory jobs that (g) could have been / can be done by computers and robots will disappear.
P: Finally, can you name any (5) _____ that don't exist now and will in the future?
DA: I think we’ll see jobs like body-part makers, robot mechanics and space (6) _____. But I could be completely wrong!
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
The situation ________ to continue.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
The machine ________ on by pressing this switch.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
Everybody agrees that no more staff ________.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
Things ________ clear to them so that they can do the work in the way that you have told them.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
Cigarettes ________ at a bakery.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
The next meeting ________ in May.
Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành câu:
________ in simpler words?
