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 c) On (vào) được dùng để chỉ ngày trong tuần, ngày tháng trong năm, ngày trong kỳ nghỉ hoặc các 
 buổi trong ngày cụ thể.
Eg: on Monday, on 5th January, on Christmas Day, on Monday morning, on one’s birthday
+ On time: đúng giờ
Eg: The train arrived right on time. (Tàu đến rất đúng giờ.)
 - For (trong) + khoảng thời gian: for two months, for a long time
- Since (từ, từ khi) + mốc thời gian: since last Monday, since 2002
- Until / Till (đến, cho đến): until 5 o’clock, till midnight
- Before (trước, trước khi): before lunchtime
- After (sau, sau khi): after lunchtime
- During (trong, suốt): during World War II
- By (vào lúc): by the end of May
- From... to (từ... đến): from morning to noon
2. Giới từ chỉ nơi chốn (Prepositions of place)
a) At (ở, tại) được dùng để chỉ vị trí tại một điểm.
Eg: at home, at school, at the bus stop, at the airport, at the office, at the cinema, at the seaside, at the 
grocer’s, at the top / bottom, at the beginning / end, at the front / back
Lưu ý: arrive at the village / the airport / the railway station
 But: arrive in Vietnam / Ho Chi Minh City
b) In (trong, ở trong) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trong một diện tích, một không gian; dùng trước tên 
 đường, tên thị trấn, thành phố, quốc gia, miền, phương hướng hoặc dùng với phương tiện đi lại 
 bằng xe hơi (car).
Eg: in a box, in a small room, in the countryside, in the world, in
 Oxford Street, in London, in Vietnam, in the east, in a car / taxi
 Lưu ý: in a car (trong xe hơi) BUT: by car (bằng xe hơi)
c) On (trên, ở trên) được dùng để chỉ vị trí trên bề mặt, số tầng (trong một tòa nhà), trước tên đường 
 (US) hoặc dùng với một số phương tiện đi lại.
Eg: on the table, on the wall, on the ground, on the first floor, on Albert Street, on a bus / train / plane 
/ (motor)bike / horse, on foot
On còn được dùng trong một số cụm từ: on the left / right, on the farm, on the coast / beach, on TV / 
 radio,...
* Các giới từ khác:
- Above / over (bên trên - không tiếp xúc với bề mặt)
Eg: Her name comes above mine on the list. (Tên cô ấy đứng trên tên tôi trong danh sách.)
 The sign over the door said: “Exit”. (Tấm bảng trên cửa viết “Lối ra”.)
- Under / below (ở dưới, dưới)
Eg: The shoes are under the chair. (Đôi giày ở dưới ghế.)
 The temperature has fallen below zero. (Nhiệt độ hạ xuống dưới 0°C.)
- In front of (ở phía trước), behind (ở phía sau), in the middle of (ở giữa)
 Eg: I hung my raincoat in front of / behind the door.(Tôi treo áo mưa trước / sau cửa.)
- Near (gần)
 Eg: Is there a train station near here? (Có ga xe lửa gần đây không?)
- Next to, by, beside (bên cạnh, kế bên)
 Eg: Peter is standing by the gate. (Peter đang đứng bên cổng.)
- Between (ở giữa hai người / vật), among (ở giữa nhiều người / vật)
 Eg: Tom is sitting between Mary and Peter. (Tom ngồi giữa Mary và Peter.)
 Tom is among the crowd. (Tom ở giữa đám đông.)
- Inside (ở bên trong), outside (ở bên ngoài)
 Eg: Luckily, no one was inside the building when it collapsed.
 (May mắn là không ai ở bên trong tòa nhà khi nó sập.) - Đại từ nhân xưng tân ngữ được dùng làm tân ngữ trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp của động từ hoặc giới từ.
 Eg: Mary gave me a dictionary, and I like it very much.
 - We are bored up with him. (Chúng tôi chán anh ta lầm rồi.)
2. Tính từ sở hữu và Đại từ sở hữu (Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns) 
 Đại từ nhân xưng Tính từ sở hữu Đại từ sở hữu Nghĩa
 I my mine của tôi
 You your yours của bạn / các bạn
 He his his của anh ấy
 She her hers của chị ấy
 It its x của nó
 We our ours của chúng tôi
 They their theirs của họ / chúng
* It không có dạng đại từ sở hữu.
- Tính từ sở hữu được dùng trước danh từ để chỉ danh từ đó thuộc về người nào, vật nào.
Eg: That is my house. (Đó là nhà của tôi.)
 The dog has just had its breakfast. (Con chó vừa ăn xong bữa sáng của nó.)
- Đại từ sở hữu không đứng trước danh từ. Đại từ sở hữu được dùng để thay thế cho tính từ sở hữu và 
 danh từ đứng sau.
Eg: Can I borrow your cell phone? I have left mine (= my cell phone) at home. (Tôi mượn điện thoại 
di động của bạn được không? Tôi bỏ quên điện thoại ở nhà rồi.)
- Đại từ sở hữu theo sau of trong sở hữu kép (double possessive)
Eg: This is a picture of theirs. (Đây là một trong những tấm ảnh của họ.)
[= This is one of their pictures.] 
 UNIT 11: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REPORTED SPEECH_1 ( Lời nói tường thuật )
 Lời nói tường thuật (reported speech) là lời tường thuật lại ý của người nói, đôi khi không cần 
phải dùng đúng những từ của người nói.
+ Direct speech: Peter said, “ I am watching television.” 
+ Reported Speech: Peter said (that) he was watching television. 
* Cách đổi từ câu trực tiếp sang câu gián tiếp
1. Câu trần thuật (statements)
a. Dùng động từ giới thiệu: say hoặc tell: say (that), say to somebody (that), tell somebody (that)
b. Đổi các đại từ nhân xưng, đại từ hoặc tính từ sở hữu, đại từ phản thân sao cho tương ứng với 
chủ ngữ hoặc tân ngữ của mệnh đề chính. 
 S + said (that) + S + V(lùi thì)
 S + told (O) that
 S + said to (O) that
Example: Mary said to Peter, “ The robots will be able to mark our work”
 → Mary told Peter (that) The robots would be able to mark our work.
c. Đổi thì của động từ thành thì quá khứ tương ứng.
 Direct speech / Câu trực tiếp Reported speech/ Câu tường thuật
Simple Present (Hiện tại đơn) Simple Past (Quá khứ đơn) 
Present Continuous (Hiện tại tiếp diễn) Past Continuous (Quá khứ tiếp diễn) 
Present Perfect (Hiện tại hoàn thành) Past Perfect (Quá khứ hoàn thành) 
Simple Past ( Quá khứ đơn ) Past Perfect ( Quá khứ hoàn thành) 
Past Continuous (Quá khứ tiếp diễn) Past Perfect Continuous ( Quá khứ HT Tiếp diễn) → The teacher asked his students to keep silent. 
b) Tom told me, “You shouldn’t go home late.”
 → Tom advised me not to go home late. 
4. Câu cảm thán (Exclamation)
+ Câu cảm thán thường được thuật lại bằng động từ exclaim, say that.
Ex: Peter said, “How beautiful your dress is!”
→ Peter exclaimed / said (that) my dress was beautiful. (Peter thốt lên/ nói rằng áo tôi đẹp quá.)
5. Câu hỗn hợp (Mixed types)
Khi đổi câu hỗn hợp sang câu gián tiếp ta đổi theo từng phần, dùng động từ giới thiệu riêng cho từng 
phần.
Eg: a) Peter said, “Hi, Mary. How are you?”
 → Peter greeted Mary and asked how she was. 
 b) Peter said, “What time is it? I must go now.”
 → Peter asked what time it was and said that he had to go then. 
C. Exercises 
I.Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part 
is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. flood B. food C. roof D. noon
2 A. effect B. necessary C. environment D. resident
3. A. conference B. tablet C. webcam D. internet
4. A. connection B. technology C. holography D. conference
5. A. social B. telephone C. respond D. mobile
6. A. addict B. attend C. scanner D. access 
7. A. exact B. exotic C. exhausted D. experiment
8. A. digital B. luggage C. ginger D. degree
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress 
pattern is different from that of the others.
1: A. dugong B. display C. damage D. coral
2: A. endangered B. seasonal C. volcanic D. emergency
3. A. guarantee B. employee C. refugee D. Chinese
4. A. disagree B. referee C. Vietnamese D. degree
5. A. invent B. breakout C. feedback D. contact
6. A. biometric B. technology C. disadvantage D. recognition
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the 
following exchanges.
1: “What is the area of Vu Quang National Park?” – “______”
A. About 55,000 hectares. B. About 10 kilometres. 
C. About 20 years ago. D. About 350 miles. 
2: Customer: "I am not happy with the colour of the shirt you sent. It's darker than the one in your 
picture!” – Shop assistant: “______”
A. We don’t have any discount for this. B. I'm sorry about that. Let me check it. 
C. I don't like wearing dark colours. D. Let me choose the bright and the dark shirts. 
3. Jenifer: So, this is the end of our meeting. The next meeting will be at 10:00 a.m and we’ll meet at 
the 
Kate: __________ I think we should meet at 9:00 a.m because there will be a rehearsal at 10:00 a.m.
A. I won’t let his happen. B. Sorry for interrupting, but
C. Let me tell you this. D. I don’t agree. 
4. Susan: Before you use the webcam, make sure that you check this button right here to 
Jane: ___________ I wasn't listening. Which button?
A. Thank you. B. Hold on. C. You must be kidding D. So what now?
5. - Nick: I have been offered to be a president of our school science club.
- Mi: _________________
A. Great! B. Fine, then what? C. How's everything! D. How tired it is! A. connection B. relationship C. usage D. correlation
7. To see the details of the picture, you can ___________ in by using the magnifying
glass tool on your computer.
A. focus B. concentrate C. highlight D. zoom
8. These dictionary books are different in price because ________ has 1000 words, but ________ has 
only 500.
A. mine/yours B. yours/my C. mine/your D. your/mine
9. Have you seen the advertisement about the new bakery. ______ it ______ they give free bread for 
all customers who come before 16:00?
A. Is/ mean B. Does/ mean C. Does/ means D. Do/ mean
10. My parents ______ take me to Takashimaya to shop for Christmas.
A. usual B. unusual C. usually D. hardly
11. While I ______, the phone ______.
A. was sleeping/ was ringing B. slept/ rang B. were sleeping/ was ringing D. was sleeping/ rang
12. - A: “Where can I ______ this shirt?” – B: “Sorry, our store is under maintenance, so we don’t 
have a fitting room.”
A. try on B. fit on C. get on D. wear on
13. Tornadoes can cause widespread ______ and devastation.
A. destruction B. destroying C. destructive D. destroy
14. Two examples of ______ shops are the florist’s and the bakery.
A. goods B. convenience C. discount D. speciality
15. There are only 50 Saolas around Vietnam and they are the most ______ animals in Vietnam.
A. threatening B. popular C. endangered D. dangerous
16. I don’t know what tsunamis mean ______ I saw the documentary about them.
A. as soon as B. while C. when D. until
17. While my mother ______ dinner, my father ______ home from work yesterday. 
A. was made/ came B. was making/ came 
C. was making/ was coming D. made/ came
18. When traveling in Vietnam, foreigners have to learn to ______ to get the best price between them 
and the sellers or to buy products at a lower price.
A. respect B. discount C. destroy D. bargain
19. Inventors will develop many ____ to help teachers save their time for families. 
A. applications B. equipment C. furniture D. facility
20. To open the door, you look at this _____ screen 
A. eye-track B. eye-tracking C. tracking-eye D. track-eye
21. The police used _________ technology to find the criminal. 
A. recognition voice B. voice recognized C. voice recognition D. recognized voice 
22. Teachers have a machine automatically check ________ .
A. attend B. attendance C. attentively D. attentive 
23. Fingerprint _____ are fixed at the door, so place your finger on one of them before coming in. 
A. scanners B. check C. robot D. recognition 
24. He said that he _____ talk to his mother everyday on the Internet the following year. 
A. would B. will C. can D. is able to 
25. She said that she was staying at home chatting on facebook _____ . 
A. the moment B. then C. now D. in the moment 
26. The police said that she was not allowed to park _______. 
A. in here B. here C. there D. on here
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined word or phrase that needs 
correcting.
1: This shop is my all-time favourite. It has such a wild range of goods.
A. has B. favourite C. of D. wild
2: Until we burn oil, coal and gas, we release a great amount of carbon dioxide into the environment.
A. amount B. Until C. gas D. a
3. Jane goes to the gym three times a week in Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
A. goes B. in C. times D. the
4. My friend and I never keep secrets from each other. Her stories are my too.
A. keep B. my C. other D. from 4. What are smart cities equipped with to enhance connectivity?
A. No devices at all B. Devices like smartphones, cars, and machines connected to the network
C. Only computers connected to the internet D. Paper-based communication systems
5. In the future, what are the three main types of communication mentioned in the text?
A. Machine to tree, machine to cloud, and human to machine
B. Human to robot, human to dog, and machine to machine
C. Machine to machine, human to machine, and human to human
D. Human to cat, human to bird, and machine to cloud
 Today, advanced technology has tremendously influenced the lives of people and their 
entertainment habits. In particular, the Internet has become a global phenomenon. It can't be denied 
that everyone needs such an important data-gathering and communication source at work as well as 
home. 
 Most of people's time is spent on their computers or electronic devices because it’s exciting and 
they have found on the Net new ways of meeting a basic human need such as the desire to 
communicate with other people or e-mail which sends electronic messages from one person to another 
– like letters, but capable of crossing the Atlantic in some seconds or file transfers which move bulk 
data from one computer to another with these capacities. People all know that surfing the Internet is 
the easiest way to search information for work, studies and entertainment. Therefore, many people 
don't have to travel a long distance for international meeting conferences, take courses or watch 
favourite movies produced by a maker in another country. 
 Some people are making a fortune working from home. What they need is only having their 
own websites existing only on the Internet. Students in Vietnam can take a business course in England 
if they want to. The only thing they need for their course is a laptop connected with the Internet. Many 
languages have been taught and learned online. People can comfortably stay home and practice 
speaking with as many native as they expect. 
1. What is the main idea of this text?
A. Working from home B. Entertaining from home
C. Effects of modern technology on life D. Modern ways of living
2. What can people do with Internet connection?
A. They can do a variety of things such as working, learning a language or watching films.
B. They can't do anything except for working and studying. 
C. They only use the Internet to take a course with native speakers to practice speaking.
D. People can't afford to study online. 
3. What do people spend most of their time on? 
A. being with their families B. watching movies they like 
C. using their laptops and smartphones. D. attentively working and learning 
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. People can send electronic messages from one place to another worldwide. 
B. People can own a company on the Internet to earn money. 
C. People can watch any foreign films they like on the Internet. 
D. People don't want to study online because they can't afford to communicate face to face. 
5. What does the word "bulk" possibly mean?
A. a mass of something large B. in a small quantity 
C. in a medium size D. on the average
6. What benefit mentioned in the passage does taking a language course online bring about? 
A. People can practice speaking as much as possible 
B. Learners can talk to the native speakers. 
C. Learners who can't afford to learn a language can do that. 
D. People who don't want to experience culture shock can learn.
IX. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.
Computers are helpful (1) ______________ many ways. First, they are fast. They can work with 
information even more quickly than a person. Second, computers can work with a lot of information at 
the same time. Third, they can keep information for a long time. They do not forget things that the 
common people do. (2) ______________, computers are almost always correct. They are not perfect, 
but they usually do not (3) ______________ mistakes.