[Friends Global] Giải tiếng anh 10 unit 8: Science - 8B. Grammar

1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. How many different things do people use mobile phones for? Think of as many as you can in two minutes.

Answer:

- make a phone call

- chat with friends

- play games

- look for information

- read news...

2. Read the text. What happened in 1973, 1986, 1992 and 1997?

Answer:

1973: The first mobile phone call was made by Martin Cooper

1986: Voicemail was added to phones

1992: The first text message was sent

1997: The camera phone was invented

3. Study the first two sentences of the text in exercise 2. Then complete the Learn this! box.

Answer:

1. be       2. present       3. past       4. by

4. Find twelve examples of the passive in the text. Which examples are a) plural, b) negative or c) a question?

Answer:

1. Nearly a billion mobile phones are sold every year worldwide. (plural)

2. The first mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper.

3. The call was answered by the boss of a rival company,...

4. The first mobiles were powered by batteries that weighed nearly a kilo. (plural)

5. Voicemail was added to phones in 1986.

6. Internet access was not added for another ten years. (negative)

7. The first text message was sent in December 1992.

8. It was not typed on the phone itself but on a computer.

9. The camera phone was invented in 1997 by Philippe Kahn.

10. Photos of his newborn daughter were shared via his phone with 2,000 friends and family.

11. In the UK, a mobile phone is stolen every three minutes.

12. What are mobile phones used for the most? (question)

5. Read the Look out! box. Complete the sentences with the present simple or past simple passive of the verbs in brackets.

Answer:

2. were sold

3. is often used

4. is usually answered

5. is accessed

6. are sent

6. Complete the questions about the reading texts in Units 1-7 using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Answer:

1. was - watched

2. Were - rescued

3. were improved

4. was nearly killed

5. was - employed

6. are - held

7. was - showed

7. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 6.

Answer:

1. Because she had a unusual medical condition that she couldn't feel any pain so she sometimes injured herself.

2. No, they got a land after hours swam on the sea.

3. Video games can actually improve certain mental skills.

4. Ewa Wiśnierska was nearly killed by a storm at a paragliding event.

5. He was employed at Legoland Discovery Centre in Illinois.

6. He chose lunch meeting in burger bar.

7. She was showed how to harvest coffee, carry it in a special backpack and roast it.