Looking back | Tiếng Anh 8 (Global Success) | Unit 10: Communication in the future - Lớp 8 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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👉LOOKING BACK

   Vocabulary

1. Circle the correct option to complete each sentence below.

   1. My classmates connect with each other on a(n) social network / emoji called Friends-connect.
   2. Holography / Telepathy helps people communicate by thoughts.
   3. Sending voice messages / text messages is convenient because you don't have to type.
   4. In the future, everyone can carry a human translator / translation machine with them whenever they go abroad.
   5. If you have a high-speed Internet connection, making a group call / meeting face to face is a piece of cake.

2. Fill in each gap with a word from the box to complete the passage.

   In 30 years, social robots will become popular. This kind of robot is special because it can perform many human tasks. For example, it
can send a (1) _____ message to its owner to remind them of dinner time. Some social robots may even have (2) _____ network accounts and interact with other users in (3) _____ time. For these robots, (4) _____ barriers are not a problem, so they can (5) _____ reply to comments or messages in any language. It might be frightening because we won't know whether we are chatting with a human or a robot online!

   Grammar

3. Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the box. Tick (✔) the sentences which have prepositions of time.

   1. I talk to my mum _____ the phone every weekend.                                                ⬜
   2. Maria texted me that she would be home _____ 10 minutes.                                 ⬜
   3. Phong waited _____ an hour. Then he called Ann and said that he had to leave.   ⬜
   4. Where's Ms Lan? - She's in the _____ room. She's having a video conference.       ⬜
   5. Telepathy might be the most popular way to communicate _____ 2050.                ⬜

4. Which of the underlined parts in each question is incorrect? Find and correct it.

   1. A friend of my cannot connect her phone to the Internet.
       A                B                                               C
   2. Trang and Linda will be at television this evening to talk about future communication.
                                             A                   B                                C
   3. Three of ours cousins are studying in the same class.
                       A                  B                 C

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   4. I'm putting aside some money because I want to buy a new car on two years.
                            A                                 B                                             C
   5. Please send the homework to your teacher via email in Thursday.
                                                   A                        B             C