7. Rewrite the sentences. Use the present perfect passive, future passive or passive with modal verbs. Use by where necessary.

(Viết lại các câu. Sử dụng bị động của thì hiện tại hoàn thành, tương lai hoặc bị động với động từ khuyết thiếu. Dùng by khi cần thiết.)

1. Robots will build the cars in the new factory.

2. We probably won't need desktop computers ten years from now. 

3. Digital cameras have replaced celluloid film cameras. 

4. Robots can help passengers with the check-in at the airports now. 

5. Using this electronic dictionary may enrich your vocabulary 

6. They haven't invented computers that can think like humans. 

With a partner, write sentences about yourself in the past simple and the present perfect. Use the words from the box below. (Cùng với một người bạn, viết những câu về chính bạn ở thì quá khứ đơn và hiện tại hoàn thành. Sử dụng các từ trong bảng dưới đây.)

last December
three times
five years ago
last spring
when I was a child
never
already
ever
before
so far
one hour ago
yesterday
once
yet
in 2011

IB. Contrast: present simple and continuous (So sánh: Thì hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn)

1. Complete the sentences with the present simple affirmative form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định của thì hiện tại đơn của các động từ dưới đây.)

1. My aunt _____ in Scotland.

2. Carl _____ his grandparents every weekend.

3. Audrey _____ TV in her bedroom every evening.

4. My mum’s a scientist: she _____ climate change.

5. Brooklyn _____ the piano really well.

6. My cousin _____ to school in Switzerland.

7. Now that she’s at secondary school, she _____ her old teachers from primary school.

8. Grace _____ double maths every Tuesday.

3. Complete the description using the present simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành phần mô tả bằng cách sử dụng bị động ở thì hiện tại đơn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

Our pizzas (1) _____ (make) freshly every evening from a recipe which (2) _____ (know) by only a few people. Only the finest ingredients (3) _____ (use). The tomatoes (4) _____ (grow) in the south or Italy and the cheese (5) _____ (produce) using only the finest buffalo milk. The pizzas (6) _____ (prepare) by our skilled pizza chefs. Then they (7) _____ (cook) in our traditional pizza ovens. They (8) _____ (serve) with fresh salad.

6. Complete the advertisement. Use the future passive form (will) of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành quảng cáo. Sử dụng dạng bị động thì tương lai (will) của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

SuperCloud

FREE cloud storage for your computer data!

It's so easy! Simply select the files you want to store and they (1) _____ (upload) to SuperCloud. They (2) _____ (scan) for viruses and then (3) _____ (store) on our servers. Your files and photos (4) _____ (back up) automatically, so they (5) _____ (not lose). Remember, you (6) _____ (not charge) for the SuperCloud service. It's FREE! Click here to sign up. Once you sign up, an email (7) _____ (send) to you with full instructions. What are you waiting for?!

6. Complete the text with the phrases below. Use the past perfect.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các cụm từ bên dưới. Sử dụng quá khứ hoàn hảo.) 

buy his ticket; not check the numbers; lose; lost his ticket; with the lottery; take the lottery company

When Martyn Tott learned that he (1) _____, he was, of course, delighted. He (2) _____ months earlier at his local newsagents. He (3) _____ at the time, but he knew he was the winner because he always chose the same six numbers. But there was a problem. He (4) _____! Martyn Tott’s computer records proved that he was the winner, but the lottery company refused to pay him without a ticket. Two years later, he was almost penniless. He (5) _____ to, court, but (6) _____ the battle. He said he wished he had never played the lottery!

4. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verb in one sentence, and the present perfect in the other.

(Hoàn thành câu. Sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn của động từ trong 1 câu, và thì hiện tại trong câu còn lại.)

1. have 

a. I _____ this laptop since my birthday. 

b. We _____ dinner in the garden last night 

2. not buy 

a. I _____ a new jacket in the sale last weekend. 

b I _____ any new clothes for months. 

3. leave 

a. I _____ school at five. 

b I _____ your dinner in the fridge. You can eat it later. 

4. not text 

a. I _____ you last night because I don't have your number. 

b. Jim _____ his girlfriend since Monday. She's a bit upset about it.

4. Complete the broadcasting facts. Use the past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các dữ kiện được phát sóng. Sử dụng dạng bị động của thì quá khứ đơn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

1920 The first radio broadcast (1) _____ (transmit) by KDKA in the USA.

1925 The first soap opera, The Smith Family, (2) _____ (broadcast) on the radio.

1928 A television image (3) _____ (send) from England to the USA for the first time.

1928 The first television set (4) _____ (sell).

1936 The first BBC TV programmes (5) _____ (make) in the UK.

1940 Colour TV sets (6) _____ (demonstrate) by CBS in New York.

1947 Baseball games (7) _____ (tetevise) for the first time.

1954 More money (8) _____ (earn) by TV broadcasters than by radio broadcasters.

1964 Colour TV sets (9) _____ (buy) by families across the USA.

1983 The final episode of the comedy series M*A*S*H (10) _____ (watch) by more than 125 million viewers.

1990 The first episode of The Simpsons (11) _____ (show) on Fox.