English 9 review

ENGLISH 9 REVIEW

English 9

Grammar:

1. Tenses (simple present, present progressive, simple future, be
going to, past simple, present perfect, past progressive,…)

I am going to talk to her about that tomorrow.
The students are speaking English at the moment.
He will go to Hue tomorrow.
They correspond once every two weeks.
She has just won the first prize.
Yesterday, she was cooking when the phone rang.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses
1. We (be)………………………pen pals for over three years.
2. In 1980s jeans finally (become)………………………high fashion clothing.
3. The moon (move)……………………….. around the Earth.
4. I (watch)………………..…….TV at 9 pm yesterday.
5. Listen! Someone (cry)…………………..in the room.
6. (you / ever see)…………………….. a UFO?
7. The boys (not arrive)……………………..home early yesterday evening.
8. What (she / usually wear)………………………………on the weekend? Jeans and
T-shirts.

2. Wish

S + wish(es) + S + V2/ed………..(be - were)
Ex: I wish I were taller.
She wishes she had a lot of friends.

Exercise: Write wishes in these situations.
1. You play volleyball badly.
I
2. Lan can't ride a motorbike.
 Lan
3. There aren't any mountains in your hometown.
I
4. You don't remember your friend's telephone number.
I
5. Your friends won't come to your birthday party.
I
6. Nam doesn't have a computer.
 Nam

3. Passive forms.

- Present simple: am, is , are + V3/ed
Ex: Farmers grow rice.
 Rice is grown by farmers.
Exercise: Change into passive voice
1. Vietnamese women usually wear the ao dai on special occasions.
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2. The boy helps Mr. Parker on the farm on weekends.
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3. Does Mr. Tuan grow maize?

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4. She doesn't practise English every day.
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5. They sells jeans all over the world.
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- Future simple: will be + V3/ed
Ex: I will meet him later.
 He will be met later.
Exercise: Change into passive voice
1. They will build a new bridge next year.
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2. Will you buy the brown shorts?
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3. We won't invite them to our party.

4. Mr. White will see you tomorrow.
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5. I am going to repair the broken chair.
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- Simple past: was / were + V3/ed
Ex: Tom wrote this report yesterday.
 This report was written by Tom yesterday.
Exercise: Change into passive voice
1. They make a cake last night.
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2. We couldn't remember his name.


3. What did Ba see on the mountain?
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4. Did you study English yesterday?
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5. She asked me a lot of questions.

- Present perfect: have / has + been + V3/ed
Ex: I have known her for three years.
 She has been known for three years.
Exercise: Change into passive voice
1. I have already sent the postcard.

2. How long have you studied English?

3. Have Liz and Alice ever eaten Vietnamese food yet?

4. They haven't seen him since last week.
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5. The plumber has checked the pipes.
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- Present progressive: am / is / are + being + V3/ed
Ex: Nam is helping Nga with the homework.
 Nga is being helped with the homework by Nam.
Exercise: Change into passive voice

1. They are reading a book at the moment.

2. The children are drawing a picture now.

3. Is Tom playing the pinao in his room now?
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4. My grandma isn't watching the weather forecast at present.

5. What are these people looking for?


4. Reported Speech:

- Commands: S + asked / told + O + (not) to infinitive
"Read loudly, please" the teacher said to me.
The teacher asked / told me to read loudly.
He said to her, " Don't touch that".
He asked / told her not to touch that.
- Requests: S + asked / told + O + (not) to infinitive
"Can you help me with the homework?" Nam said to Lan.
 Nam asked / told Lan to help him with the homework.
- Advice:
The teacher said to Tim " you should study harder."
 The teacher said Tim should study harder.
Or The teacher told Tim that he should study harder.
Or The teacher advised Tim to study harder.
- Statements:
Direct speech
Reported speech
Present simple tense

Past simple tense
Present progressive tense
Past progressive tense
Future simple tense
Would + V
Can / may
Could / might
Must
Had to
This
That
These
Those
Here
There
Now
Then
Today
That day
Tomorrow
The following day
He said, " I must leave now"
 He said he had to leave then.
- Yes / No questions: if / whether
" Do you know Hoi An, Ba?", Nhi said.
 Nhi asked Ba if he knew Hoi An
- Wh- questions
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" How do you learn English, Nhi?", Minh said.
 Minh asked Nhi how she learned English.
She said to me, "What is your name?"
 She asked me what my name was.

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Exercise: Change into reported speech:
1. My friend said to me, "Do you wear skirts?"
 My friend…………………………………………………………………………..
2. The teacher said to me, "How many people are there in your family?"
 The teacher………………………………………………………………………
3. "Can you drive faster?", I said to him.
 I asked …………………………………………………………………………..
4. They said to me, "Why do you like wearing baggy pants?"
 They asked me…………………………………………………………………..
5. She said to them, " Don't make noise when the teacher is talking".
 She told……………………………………………………………………………
6. "Have you ever been to the USA, Nga?", Nam said
 Nam asked ………………………………………………………………………..
7. " Please give Tom this letter for me.", he said to me.
 He told……………………………………………………………………………
8. "We will have an exam tomorrow", they said.
 They………………………………………………………………………………..
9. " Can you speak Vietnamese, Liz?", Ba asked.
 Ba…………………………………………………………………………………..
10. Maryam said, "I am having a wonderful time here."
 Maryam……………………………………………………………………………

5. Tag questions:
S + V (positive),  negative?
You like watching sports, don't you?
Your brother was born in 1990, wasn't he?
They don't watch TV, do they?
Exercise: Complete these tag questions.
1. You can speak English, ……………………….?
2. Lan is a student, ………………………?
3. He doesn't like music, …………………………?
4. Mrs. Hanh didn't visit you yesterday,………………………?
5. You haven't seen a UFO, ……………………..?
6. Viet Nam is in South East Asia, ……………………….?
7. Tam was here last night, ……………………………?
8. They won't have a party,………………………………..?

6. Gerund (Ving)

- After prepositions (in, on, at, about,……………)
- After some expressions: can't stand= can't bear (không thể chịu đựng), can't help,
it's no use/ good,…..
- After some veerbs: avoid, hate, dislike, enjoy, finish, keep, love, like, mind,
suggest, stop,……….
Ex: I can't help feeling anxious about her study.
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Exercise: Use Gerund or Infinitive:
1. Tuan likes (watch)………………………news.

2. We hope (see)……………………him again.
3. Would you mind (close)……………………..the door?
4. I hate (play)……………………….sports.
5. I can't stand (work)…………………………….with him every day.
6. They kept (ask)…………………….us about that problem.
7. The girls decided (visit)………………………Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.
8. I am very proud of (be)……………………. a good student.
9. Maryam wanted (invite)………………………Lan to Kuala Lumpur.
10. The boy is interested in (swim)……………………….

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7. Adjectives and Adverbs

- Adjectives - before nouns Ex: He is a kind man.
- after to be, linking verbs EX: You look beautiful today.
- Adverbs - after verbs
Ex: They speak English fluently.
- before adjectives Ex: Our oceans are extremely polluted now.
Exercise: Use Adjectives or Adverbs to complete these sentences.
1. Your English is quite……………………….(good / well)
2. We must all work very ……………………(hard / hardly)
3. Let's make our beach a …………………….place again. (beautiful / beautifully)
4. I was ……………… that you didn't phone me. (disappointed / disappointedly)

8. Adverb clauses of reason: as, because, since
I broke the cup because I was careless.
Since the river was polluted, we couldn't swim there.

9. Adjective + that clause

I am pleased that you are working hard.
People are worried that the oil will pollute the sea.

10. Conditional sentences: type 1 and type 2

- Type 1: If + present tense, will + verb
Ex: If the rice paddies are polluted, the rice plants will die.
- Type 2: If + past tense, would / could / might + verb (be - were)
Ex: What would you do if you saw a UFO?
Exercise: Complete these sentences.
1. If today (be)……………Sunday, We would return to our home village.
2. You will fail this exam if you (not work)……………………hard for it.
3. What would you do if you (meet)……….an alien from outer space?
4. If I had enough money, I (buy)…………………….some more books.
5. If she comes late again, she (lose)………………………..her job.
6. We won't go if it (rain)……………………tomorrow.

11. Making suggestions

- Suggest + Ving
Ex: I suggest going to school by bike.
- Suggest (that) + S + should + V…
Ex: I suggest that we should go to school by bike.
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Exercise: Make suggestions
1. study English every day.
 I suggest
 I suggest
2. get up early
 I suggest
 I suggest
3. invite Nam to our party.
 I suggest
 I suggest

12. Adverb clauses of concession (although, though, even though)
My father has to go to work though it is raining hard.
Although his house is near the beach, he rarely goes swimming.

13. Relative clauses
Subject
people
Who / that
Subject and object
Things
Which / that
Object
People
Whom / that
Possessive
Pople / things whose
Notes:
There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining (with
commas)

That is not used in non-defining relative clauses.
Ex:
- Tokyo, which is the capital of Japan, will be rainy.
- The man who is standing there is my uncle.
- This is the book which I bought in Ho Chi Minh city.
Exercise: Combine these sentences, using relative clauses
1. Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991. Mount Pinatubo is a volcano in the Philippines.

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2. What is the name of the boy? The boy is standing next to your uncle.
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3. Liz looks very sad. Liz's team has lost the game.
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4. We will soon gather at the village. The festival is taking place in the village.
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5.Tomorrow, I will invite my old friend to our party. You met her at the bus station 2

days ago.

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6. We are going to visit Ha Long Bay. Some of our relatives are living there.

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