Bài tập tiếng anh 12 – Trường THPT Lê Hồng Phong Năm học 2010- 2011 ppt

Bài tập tiếng anh 12 – Trường THPT Lê Hồng Phong Năm học 2010- 2011 1


Phần 1: PRONUNCIATION

I. Pronunciation:
1. Consonants: / p, b, t, d, k, g, dz, r, j, m, n, f, l, v, h, w, s, z, ……………………. /
2. vowels: / i, e, a, o, u, ………………………… /
/ …………………… /
3. Notes:  Cách đọc những âm tận cùng là / s, es /
a. Đối với từ tận cùng là: s, x, ch, sh, ge, ce ……  / iz / : washes, loses, kisses………
b. Đối với từ tận cùng là: m, d, r, n, l, v, b, g … và nguyên âm  / z / : knows, sings,….
c. Đối với từ tận cùng là: p, k, t  / s / : sits, stops, looks …….
 Cách đọc những âm tận cùng là / ed /
a. Đối với từ tận cùng là: t,d  / id / : ended, started …….
b. Đối với từ tận cùng là: m, r, n, l, v, b, g, z … và nguyên âm  / d / : robbed, clothed, …
c. Đối với từ tận cùng là: p, k, f, ss, x, sh, sh ………  / t /: stopped, passed, finished
…….
 Exercise: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words
1. A. university B. student C. volunteer D. museum
2. A. game B. organize C. angry D. college
3. A. win B. wine C. wrong D. wet
4. A. read B. teach C. please D. break
5. A. hour B. honest C. vehicle D. happy
6. A. blood B. food C. childhood D. understood
7. A. music B. city C. send D. said
8. A. church B. child C. chemistry D. cheese
9. A. sword B. wear C. wet D. swamp
10. A. surgery B. curtain C. cure D. curdle
11. A. heal B. head C. seal D. lean
12. A. here B. there C. cheer D. sphere

13. A. who B. when C. what D. why
14. A. off B. of C. first D. fan
15. A. corn B. price C. piece D. concept
16. A. well B. week C. two D. forward
17. A. ear B. hear C. near D. heart
18. A. satellite B. light C. might D. lit
19. A. laser B. cancer C. attack D. scalpel
20. A. energy B. gift C. biology D. agency
21. A. meat B. accept C. ending D. weather
22. A. poison B. reason C. laser D. sack
23. A. nitric B. oxide C. timber D. tiny
24. A. summer B. since C. sure D. sound
25. A. vapor B. famous C. waste D. plastic
26. A. erosion B. smog C. disposal D. process
27. A. washed B. matched C. indented D. walked
28. A. repaired B. watched C. finished D. taped
29. A. left – handed B. looked C. stopped D. liked
30. A. plays B. gets C. swims D. cleans
31. A. shakes b. washes C. steps D. meets
32. A. pleasant B. pens C. books D. opens
33. A. stops B. calculates C. laughs D. occasion
34. A. than B. theatre C. theory D. thorough
35. A. consumption B. production C. industrial D. industry
36. A. little B. possible C. edible D. terrible
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37. A. habitat B. rapid C. informant D. manage
38. A. quay B. technique C. key D. queen
39. A. company B. companion C. apprentice D. extra
40. A. respect B. estimate C. guess D. access

41. A. accustomed B. accurate C. accompany D. success
42. A. plough B. rough C. tough D. enough
43. A. wild B. wide C. white D. bewilder
44. A. possibly B. psychology C. special D. program
45. A. situation B. aspiration C. statue D. lecture
46. A. drive B. bike C. idea D. winning
47. A. supply B. reply C. why D. rhythm
48. A. possession B. address C. guess D. mess
49. A. coming B. ocean C. contrary D. obstacles
50. A. toothache B. therefore C. thrill D. author

II. Stress:
1. Dấu nhấn trong từ có 2 âm tiết thường nằm ở: + vần thứ 2 đối với động từ.
+ vần thứ 1 đối với danh từ hoặc tính từ.
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Notes: Đối với những từ tận cùng là đuôi: en, er, on ……… và một số từ không nằm trong quy
luật này nên cách phát âm những từ này phải dựa vào từ điển để phát âm cho chính xác.
2. Dấu nhấn trong từ có hơn 2 âm tiết thường được phát âm dựa trên những quy luật sau:
a. Dấu nhấn thường nằm ở vần trước ion, ial, ical, ity, itive, itant, ic, ous, ual : mathematical,
magic
b. Đối với những từ tận cùng là: fy, ate, ize…. Dấu nhấn sẽ nằm ở vần thứ 3 đếm từ dưới lên :
delicate …
c. Dấu nhấn thường nằm ở chính những vần oon, ese, ee, oo ……. : bamboo, afternoon …………
d. Danh từ kép có dấu nhấn nằm ở danh từ đứng trước : bookshop, welfare ………
A. Choose the word that the stress is on the first syllable:
1. A. company B. protect C. situation D. possession
2. A. volcanic B. welfare C. retain D. organic
3. A. legal B. convention C. cosmetic D. absorb
4. A. discover B. scientific C. horrible D. develop
5. A. American B. intelligent C. impossible D. comfortable

6. A. forbid B. fearsome C. inject D. involve
7. A. discard B. disposal C. especially D. element
8. A. investigate B. irrigate C. intensity D. nonsmoker
9. A. alone B. customer C. conceal D. conflict
10. A. apprentice B. attendance C. basic D. caress
B. Choose the word that the stress is on the second syllable:
1. A. sulphur B. sulphuric C. undergrowth D. tissue
2. A. solidify B. section C. scalpel D. process
3. A. independent B. whether C. open D. together
4. A. sugar B. double C. enough D. argue
5. A. special B. medicine C. language D. experience
6. A. gallery B. everyone C. reservation D. guitarist
7. A. police B. government C. modern D. consequent
8. A. safeguarding B. resources C. sanguine D. property
9. A. part – time B. obstacle C. mineral D. outnumber
10. A. element B. erosion C. gesture D. foreign
C. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
1. A. private B. property C. approach D. foreign
2. A. outnumber B. continent C. scholarship D. illustrate
3. A. nation B. possess C. themselves D. provide
4. A. different B. instruction C. anything D. singular
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5. A. meaning B. business C. recognize D. prediction
6. A. example B. following C. homonym D. difficulty
7. A. understand B. overcome C. disappoint D. apparent
8. A. maintain B. reclaim C. enjoy D. concert
9. A. suggestion B. cigarette C. environment D. protection
10. A. necessary B. continue C. irrigate D. different
11. A. against B. believe C. drainage D. enrich

12. A. element B. fertilizer C. quantity D. erosion
13. A. American B. represent C. discover D. adventure
14. A. experience B. communicate C. frightening D. inherit
15. A. disappoint B. ancestry C. comfortable D. heavily
16. A. repeat B. between C. caress D. welfare
17. A. military B. committee C. intimacy D. surgery
18. A. before B. arrive C. imply D. countless
19. A. incredible B. humidity C. necessity D. definition
20. A. begin B. mountain C. kingdom D. passage
21. A. dinosaur B. calendar C. eternal D. history
22. A. document B. develop C. opponent D. astonish
23. A. definition B. production C. situation D. politician
24. A. photography B. qualification C. occasion D. Canadian
25. A. ancient B. edible C. visual D. delicious
26. A. personal B. entry C. personnel D. sample
27. A. accordance B. understand C. acupuncture D. incomplete
28. A. appropriate B. emotion C. pronounce D. situation
29. A. cultivate B. machine C. terminate D. operate
30. A. prediction B. judgment C. intelligent D. compulsion
31. A. unlucky B. displeased C. courage D. encourage
32. A. combination B. illustration C. comprehension D. origin
33. A. follow B. apology C. experience D. direct
34. A. explain B. obtain C. promise D. suspect
35. A. national B. complain C. alone D. accept
36. A. community B. peninsula C. participant D. concentration
37. A. accuracy B. individual C. recreation D. independence
38. A. accident B. direction C. factory D. hospital
39. A. beginner B. encounter C. disappear D. remember
40. A. ambulance B. another C. government D. institute

Phần 2: VOCABULARY

I. Expression of quantity:
1. SOME: Dùng trong câu khẳng định, lời mời, lời đề nghị, trước danh từ đếm được và không đếm được.
2. ANY: Dùng trong câu phủ định hoặc nghi vấn.
3. MUCH – MANY – A LOT OF/ LOTS OF – A GREAT DEAL OF – A LARGE NUMBER OF…….
With countable nouns With uncountable nouns
many
a large / great number of
plenty of
a lot of / lots of
few / a few
much
a large amount of / a great deal of
plenty of
a lot of / lots of
little / a little
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Notes:  few – little: ( ít, không nhiều ), thường mang nghĩa phủ định và chỉ một số lượng rất ít.
 a few – a little: ( một vài, một ít ), thường mang nghĩa khẳng định và chỉ một số lượng nhỏ

Eg: A large number of students have part time jobs nowadays.
 A large number of và A great deal of được dùng trong câu khẳng định.
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 Much/ Many được dùng trong câu phủ định và nghi vấn, câu khẳng định có so, such, too, as
 Only a few = few, Only a little = little
4. ALL – MOST – SOME – NO……….
 all , most, some, no + ( adjective ) + plural noun / uncountable noun
 all of, most of, some of, none of + determiners ( a, an, the, my, his, this, that…… ) + noun

+ pronouns ( them , us……. )
Eg: Most of her friends live abroad.
All children are fond of candy.
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. When we were on holiday, we spend too money.
A. a lot of B. many C. much D. lots of
2. We couldn’t buy anything because of the shops were open.
A. all B. half C. most D. none
3. I think that lemon juice on fish makes it taste better.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
4. don’t visit this part of the town.
A. The most tourists B. Most of tourists C. Most tourists D. Most the tourists
5. has left a bicycle outside.
A. Anyone B. Anything C. Someone D. Something
6. cups of coffee have you taken?
A. How many B. How much C. How D. How far
7. There’s use in complaining. They probably won’t do anything about it.
A. a few B. a little C. few D. little
8. It is boring here. ever happens in this place.
A. Anything B. Something C. Things D. Nothing
9. I spend my spare time gardening.
A. most B. the most of C. most of D. most of the
10. The village is very small. There are houses.
A. a few B. only a few C. some D. only a little
11. All the guests were dancing. having the good time.
A. All were B. Every was C. Everyone was D. Someone were
12. We tried a lot of hotel but of them had any rooms.
A. some B. most C. any D. none
13. Bill is very lazy. He never does work.
A. some B. any C. no D. few

14. Mason owns a chain of supermarket. He’s made money.
A. a lot of B. many C. much D. a great number of
15. He can speak English, so it is not difficult to communicate with him.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
16. Her employer gave her a good recommendation because she makes mistakes in her work.
A. a few B. little C. very few D. some
17. I don’t want to buy any of these books. I have got
A. all B. all them C. everything D. them all
18. The shop is very quiet. There are customers have come in.
A. a few B. a little C. only a few D. only a little
19. paintings have been sold.
A. A large number of B. a great deal of C. much of D. many of
20. The tickets cost , so we can’t afford them.
A. too much B. too many C. so much D. so many

II. Prepositions and Phrasal verbs:
1. Giới từ sau tính từ (SGK- trang 71)
2. Cụm từ: Verb + Noun phrase + Preposition (SGK- trang 88)
3. Giơi từ theo sau GO: (SGK- trang 131)
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4. Giới từ đi với thời gian:
 AT: dùng để chỉ thời điểm ( at 5 o’clock/ at midnight/ at noon/ at night/ at lunch time/ at
Christmas/ at the weekend … )
 ON: dùng chỉ ngày, ngày tháng, ngày tháng năm… (on Monday/ on Sunday morning/
on 16 Friday/ on 30 April, 2008/ on my birthday… )
 IN: dùng để chỉ tháng, năm, mùa, buổi … (in September/ in 2008/ in the morning/ in the
summer…
5. Giới từ theo sau động từ:
apologize to sb for sth / V - ng apply/ask for (a job) belong to

wait for differ from smile/ laugh at
introduce to sb suffer from give up
arrive at/ in look at/ up/ for/ after/ forward to consist of
put on/ off concern with/ about stand for
run out of infer from account for
succeed in date back to prevent sb from V- ing
be used up protect sb/sth from be up to
provide/ supply sb with be involved in depend/ rely on
be keen on insist on take off
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Attending all the lectures is important us.
A. for B. to C. at D. on
2. Smoking is to your health.
A. good B. serious C. accustomed D. harmful
3. I am sorry the noise last night. We were having a party.
A. in B. at C. about D. with
4. I am sure you are capable guiding the tourists.
A. of B. on C. for D. about
5. It’s very kind him to do it for us.
A. about B. of C. to D. with
6. He is very keen English, but he is not good listening.
A. at/ on B. on/ at C. at/ at D. to/ of
7. Your hairstyle is quite similar me.
A. of B. to C. from D. with
8. Hurry up or you will be late school.
A. on B. in C. to D. for
9. What he said was contrary common sense.
A. for B. about C. of D. to
10. I don’t think he was present the meeting yesterday.
A. about B. in C. at D. on

11. Are you serious learning to be an architect?
A. for B. about C. with D. at
12. She has become very famous her novels.
A. for B. about C. on D. in
13. What is the difference a boat and a ship?
A. between B. from C. under D. with
14. We are all bored this game.
A. about B. at C. for D. with
15. The cameras prevent motorists speed.
A. by B. from C. for D with
16. A great number of people are involved the use of English.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
17. English is used an access to world scholarship and world trade.
A. to B. for C. like D. as
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18. There were a power failure and all the lights went
A. up B. out C. after D. along
19. The police went the burglars.
A. after B. over C. down D. up
20. We are going a few days for the holidays.
A. away B. up C. on D. out
21. The dog wants to go towards the fire.
A. away B. back C. after D. along
22. The prize of petrol is going because the cost of the exploitation is too high.
A. down B. up C. along D. on
23. Go your work carefully before you hand it in.
A. over B. up C. back D. into
24. As time goes my memory seems to get worse.
A. down B. by C. out D. away

25. You should try to study hard to your classmates.
A. make fun of B. keep pace with C. lose track of D. pay attention to
26. The man whom you on the bus yesterday is my father.
A. took notice of B. made fuss over C. put a stop to D. made room for
27. He was very angry because they him.
A. took account of B. set fire to C. made fun of D. lost touch with
28. The teacher made allowance his marks because his father was in hospital.
A. up B. for C. to D. of
29. Write your name the top of the page.
A. in B. at C. to D. with
30. Mozart was born in Salzburg 1756.
A. at B. on C. in D. from
31. Saturday night I went to bed 11 o’clock.
A. At/ on B. In/ at C. On/ at D. At/ to
32. These days everybody is aware the dangers of smoking.
A. up b. of C. to D. with
33. Many young people want to be independent their parents nowadays.
A. on B. up C. from D. of
34. Why are two schools so from each other.
A. similar B. same C. different D. afraid
35. The child is very at arithmetic.
A. quick B. prefect C. sad D. rich

III. Word form and word meaning:
1. Nouns: Danh từ thường đứng ở các vị trí sau:
a. Chủ ngữ của câu ( S )
b. Sau tính từ hoặc tính từ sở hữu ( adj + N, her/ his/ my/ their/ ‘s ……… + N )
c. Sau mạo từ: a/ an/ the ( a/ an/ the + adj + noun )
d. Sau giới từ: ( of, in, on, from, to, about, with ) hoặc từ chỉ số lượng ( a few/ little, some, any, much,
most…

2. Adjectives: Tính từ thường đứng ở các vị trí sau:
a. Trước danh từ, bổ nghiã cho danh từ
b.Sau động từ “ to be” hoặc động từ “ linking verbs" ( get, seem, keep, make, become, feel ………. )
c. Sau các cấu trúc: so…. that, enough…, too…. to, dạng so sánh ( more, most, less, as as. )
3. Adverbs: Trạng từ thường đứng ở các vị trí sau:
a. Trước hoặc động từ thường: ( S - V …. + adv hoặc S + adv + V …. )
b. Trước tính từ: ( be, seem … + adv + adj … )
c. Đầu câu ( sau dấu phẩy ) hoặc cuối câu.
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
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1. He is unhappy because of his
A. deaf B. deafen C. deafness D. deafened
2. This country has climate.
A. continent B. continental C. continence D. continentally
3. She has a for pink.
A. prefer B. preferential C. preferentially D. preference
4. Computers are used in schools and universities.
A. widely B. wide C. widen D. width
5. I sometimes do not feel when I am at a party.
A. comfort B. comfortable C. comforted D. comfortably
6. English is the language of
A. communicative B. communication C. communicate D. communicatively
7. I have to do this job because I have no
A. choose B. choice C. choosing D. chosen
8. He is not very of criticism.
A. tolerable B. tolerated C. tolerant D. tolerating
9. English is used by pilots to ask for landing in Cairo.
A. instruct B. instructors C. instructions D. instructive
10. He did some odd jobs at home

A. disappointment B. disappoint C. disappointed D. disappointedly
11. Don’t be afraid. This snake is
A. harm B. harmful C. harmless D. unharmed
12. During his , his family lived in the United State.
A. child B. childhood C. childish D. childlike
13. Jack London wrote several novels on adventure.
A. interest B. interestedly C. interesting D. interested
14. He failed the final exam because he didn’t make any for it.
A. prepare B. preparation C. preparing D. prepared
15. The custom was said to be a matter of
A. convenient B. convenience C. conveniently D. convene
16. She is in her book.
A. absorbed B. absorbent C. absorptive D. absorb
17. As she is so with her present job, she has decided to leave.
A. satisfy B. satisfied C. satisfying D. unsatisfied
18. Although her visit wasn’t , we made her welcome just the same.
A. expect B. expected C. expectation D. expecting
19. He plays the piano well.
A. tolerate B. tolerable C. tolerably D. tolerance
20. Prices continue to show an upward
A. tendency B. tend C. tended D. tending
21. They will this road because its is too narrow.
A. widen/ widely B. wide/ width C. widen/ width D. width/ widely
22. They did everything possible to the police force.
A. strengthen B. strengthening C. strength D. strong
23. I spent a ( an ) night because of my toothache. I am very tired now.
A. sleepy B. sleeping C. sleepless D. asleep
24. Your money will be refunded if the goods prove to be .
A. satisfying B. dissatisfied C. satisfactory D. unsatisfactory
25. The of old buildings should be taken into consideration.

A. preserve B. preservation C. preservative D. preserves
26. Our education will help with the of knowledge for the young.
A. enrichment B. enrich C. rich D. richness
27. Getting such a well – paid job is beyond my
A. expectation B. expected C. expectant D. expecting
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28. That is not true of single parents.
A. necessarily B. necessary C. need D. necessity
29. That is silly. What you are seeing is
A. reasonably B. reason C. reasonable D. unreasonable
30. Hunting for meat and burning forest for soil wildlife.
A. conserve B. protect C. destroy D. reclaim
31. This new kind of generator can generate a current of high
A. potential B. intensity C. preference D. absorbent
32. The children always get on long journey.
A. harmless B. restless C. motionless D. speechless
33. Most of the rivers flowing through big cities are with chemical waste factories.
A. polluted B. eroded C. mixed D. flooded
34. It is necessary for the host to make his guests feel comfortable and
A. relaxed B. relaxation C. relaxing D. relax
35. A laser beam’s is strong enough to kill cancer cells.
A. intention B. intensity C. intend D. intensive

IV. Prefixes and suffixes: out, super, sur, sub, under, over
1. Don’t be ; everything will be all right.
A. over anxious B. overbearing C. overnight D. oversea
2. You should eat more. You are a bit
a. underweight B. overweight C. out weight D. weightless
3. She her husband by five years.

A. outrun B. outweighed C. outlived D. outnumbered
4. We protest against their treatment of prisoners.
A. subhuman B. superhuman C. surhuman D. over human
5. There is a determination to problems.
A. overwork B. overturn C. overwrite D. overcome
6. Boiled meat can keep in ______________ containers and shipped to other countries.
A. airsick B. airtight C. airship D. airbase
7. When “un” , the word “happy” becomes its opposite.
A. it adds B. it is adding C. added D. adding

V. Verb form:
1. V + Verb ( bare ): had better (d’ better), would rather (d’ rather), used to, have to, help (toV/ Vbare),
Can/could/may/must/will…,
 make/ let + O + V (Nếu ở dạng bị động : Be let/made + to V)
2. V + V-ing: admit, avoid, appreciate, delay, deny, detest, dislike, enjoy, look forward, mind, miss, postpone,
risk, practice, suggest, give up, finish, can’t bear, can’t help, feel like, be busy, be worth, be used to, get
used to, it’s no use/good …
 After prepositions: to, at from, about,……
3. V + to V: agree, arrange, ask, beg, decide, determine, desire, expect, fail, hope, invite, manage, offer, plan,
refuse, seem, tell, tend, wish, want, would like, be willing…
 S + V ( be, seem, look, feel,… ) + ADJ + to V
Verb ( want, ask, tell, request, order, beg, advise, ……………. ) + O + to V
4. Các trường hợp ngoại lệ khác:
 Allow/ permit/ recommend/ advise … + V-ing
+ O + To V
 Stop + to V : dừng lại để….
V-ing: từ bỏ (thói quen)
 Remember + V-ing: nhớ đã làm gì (quá khứ)
To V: nhớ sẽ làm gì (tương lai)
 Forget + V-ing: đã quên làm gì (quá khứ)

To V : Sẽ(không) quên làm gì (tương lai)
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 Regret + V-ing: hối hận vì đã…
To V: thông báo một tin xấu
 Try + V-ing: thử làm gì đó
To V: cố gắng làm gì đó
 Need: nếu chủ ngữ chỉ người: S + need, require, want + to V
Nếu chủ ngữ chỉ vật: S + need, require, want + V- ing or to be V(pp)
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Many young people are fond of football and other kinds of sports.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
2. They couldn’t help when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed
3. Your house needs .
A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate
4. I remember them to play in my garden.
A. to allow B. allow C. allowing D. allowed
5. It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid by the
supervisors?
A. to recognize B. to be recognized C. recognizing D. being recognized
6. I can’t bear thinking back of that time. I’d rather equally.
A. treat B. be treated C. have treated D. treating
7. Did you accuse Nam of a plate? Well, I saw him it off the table with his elbow.
A. break/ knock B. breaking/ knocking C. to break/ to knock D. breaking/ knock
8. We found it very difficult with Gamma.
A. to work B. work C. working D. worked
9. I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me sick.
A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling
10. I need what’s in the letter. Why don’t you let me it?

A. to know/ to read B. know/ read C. to know/ read D. knowing/ read
11. I suggest some more mathematical puzzles.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. We regret you that we cannot approve your suggestion.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
13. The driver stopped a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
14. Have you ever considered a pharmacist?
A. become B. becoming C. to become D. became
15. You had better at home until you feel better.
A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay
16. I remember my mother said the grass in the garden needed
A. to hear/cutting B. hear/cut C. heard/to cut D. hearing/ cutting
17. Peter sometimes help his sister
A. do homework B. to do homework C. with homework D. all are correct
18. I would rather at home than out with you.
A. staying/going B. to stay/ to go C. stay/go D. stayed/went
19. I would rather you
A. drive B. to drive C. drove D. driven
20. She didn’t say a word and left the room.
A. She left the room without saying a word B. She leaving the room without saying a word
C. She left the room saying a word D. She left the room to say a word.
21. My father wanted me a pilot.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
22. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy something.
A. write B. writing C. to write D. to writing
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23. My teacher doesn’t allow us while he is explaining the lesson.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked

24. We have plenty of time. We needn’t
A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried
25. I promised on time. I mustn’t late.
A. be/be B. to be/to be C. to be/ be D. be/to be
26. Mary and I are looking forward you.
A. of seeing B. for seeing C. to seeing D. to see
27. I’m sure that he knows this new machine.
A. to use B. using C. how using D. how to use
28. Psychiatrists and doctors have failed people not to drink.
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told
29. The students are used to in the school library.
A. working B. work C. to work D. worked
30. Our room needs up.
A. tidied B. to tide C. tidy D. tidying
31. Mercury’s low gravity makes you very light in a spaceship.
A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt
32. “ Was the test long?”. “ Yes, John was the only one it”
A. to finish B. finishing C. finished D. finish
33. A lots of needs to the house before anyone can move in.
A. be done B. doing C. to do D. done
34. It is about time you harder for the next exam.
A. worked B. working C. work D. to work
35. If he really doesn’t feel like now, I suggested that he should go out for some fresh air.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working

Phần 3: GRAMMAR

I. Tenses, transformation of tenses, subject and verb agreement, inversion, tag question:
A. Tenses:
1. The simple present tense: (thì hiện tại đơn)

S + V
(s/es)
( động từ “to be” : S + am / is / are )
Adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, everyday/week/night…, seldom, rarely…
Diễn tả một sự thật hiển nhiên hoặc một việc thường xuyên xảy ra.
2. The present continuous tense: (thì hiện tại tiếp diễn)
S + am / is / are + V-ing
Adverbs: now, at the moment, at present, right now.
Diễn tả một sự việc đang xảy ra trong thời điểm hiện tại.
Cấu trúc be + going to + V diễn tả thì tương lai dự định.
3. The present perfect tense: (thì hiện tại hoàn thành)
S + have / has + V pp(ed/3)
Adverbs: just, already, not…yet, never, ever, recently, several/many
times, up to now, so far,
For + khoảng thời gian, Since + mốc thời gian…
Diễn tả một sự việc đã xảy ra không xác định thời gian hoặc một việc đã xảy ra xác định thời gian
nhưng chưa kết thúc.
4. The simple past tense: (thì quá khứ đơn)
S + Ved/2 (Động từ “to be”: S + was / were)
Adverbs: yesterday, last, ago, in (2005).
Diễn tả một sự việc diễn ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ.
5. The past continuous tense: (thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
S + was / were + V -ing
Diễn tả 1 sự việc đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ ( at 7:00 last night)
Diễn tả 2 sự việc song song diễn tả trong quá khứ ( với các liên từ : when, while, as)
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6. The past perfect tense : (thì quá khứ hoàn thành)
S + had + Vpp
Diễn tả hành động xảy ra trước 1 thời điểm hoặc 1 sự việc khác trong quá khứ

Thường được dùng cùng với thì quá khứ đơn ( trong câu có các liên từ: before, after, until)
7. The simple future tense: (thì tương lai đơn)
S + will / shall + V(bare) (Dùng “be going to + V” diễn tả tương lai gần)
Adverbs: tomorrow, in the future, next…, in six days (trong 6 ngày tới)
8. The present perfect continuous : (thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn)
S + have / has + been + V-ing
Diễn tả hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ, kéo dài liên tục đến hiện tại( wait, sleep, study….)
Ex: I have been waiting for her for 3 hours/ since 3 o’clock
9. The future continuous: (thì tương lai tiếp diễn).
S + will + be + V-ing
Diễn tả 1 sự việc đang xảy ra hoặc xảy ra song song với 1 hành động khác trong tương lai.
Ex: This time next week we will be lying on the beach
10. The future perfect: (thì tương lai hoàn thành).
S + will + have + Vpp
Diễn tả một sự việc hoàn thành trước 1 thời điểm trong tương lai
Ex : We will have left school before this July

 The adverbial clauses of time: (mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian): Là mệnh đề bắt đầu bằng các liên từ:
when, while, as, after, before, as soon as, till, until, since….
Sự phối hợp về thì trong câu có mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian:
Main clause Adverbial clause of time
1. Present tenses ( hiện tại)  present tenses
2. Past tenses (quá khứ)  past tenses
3. Future tenses (tương lai)  present tenses

Notes :
 Không dùng thì tương lai ( will/shall ) trong mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian.
 Đối với liên từ Since: S + has/have +Ved/3 since S + Ved/2.
 Cả 2 hành động đã xảy ra: S + had +Ved/3 before S + Ved/2
S + Ved/2 after S + had + Ved/3

 Sau WHILE/AS thường dùng thì tiếp diễn: while/ as S + was/were + V-ing
 Sau các liên từ mà không có S ta dùng Ving: After having finished the exam, I’ll go home.
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. I this film twice. A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen
2. After her performance, she invited the audience to ask questions.
A. she finishes B. finished C. finishing D. she will finish
3. His father of cancer last year. A. will die B. has died C. died D. had died
4. The train when we got to the station.
A. just left B. just leaves C. has just left D. had just left
5. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she the fire department.
A. was telephoning B. telephoned C. had telephoned D. has telephoned
6. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she any kind of contest.
A. hasn’t entered B. doesn’t enter C. wasn’t entering D. hadn’t entered
7. Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he homesick.
A. will have left B. felt C. feels D. is feeling
8. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I to visit friends and family several times.
A. return B. will have returned C. am returning D. have returned
9. Yesterday while I was attending a sales meeting, Mathew on the company annual report.
A. was working B. had been working C. has worked D. works
10. When my parents for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time.
A. will arrive B. arrived C. arrive D. will have arrived
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11. The last time I in Athens, the weather was hot and humid.
A. had been B. was C. am D. will have been
12. After the race , the celebration began
A. had been won B. is won C. will be won D. has been won
13. Andy out of the restaurant when he Jenny
A. came/saw B. is coming /saw C. came/was seeing D. was coming/had seen
14. While he was washing his car, Mr. Brown a small dint in the rear fender.

A. has discovered B. was discovering C. is discovering D. discovered
15. Linda has lost her passport again. It’s the second time this
A. has happened B. happens C. happened D. had happened
16. At this time tomorrow, we our final exam.
A. will have taking B. will be taken C. would take D. will be taking
17. The baby Don’t make so much noise.
A. sleep B. sleeps C. is sleeping D. slept
18. Peter said he a test the following day.
A. had had B. will have C. has had D. would have
19. It is not so hot today as it yesterday.
A. is B. was C. would be D. had been
20. a party next Saturday. We have sent out the invitation.
A. we had B. we have C. we’ll have D. we have had
21. I’m very tired over four hundred miles to day.
A. I drive B. I’ve driven C. I’m driving D. I’ve been driving
22. I’m busy at the moment . on the computer.
A. I work B. I’m worked C. I’m working D. I worked
23. Our friends meet us at the airport tonight.
A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to
24. I will tell Anna all the news when her
A. I’ll see B. I’m going to see C. I see D. I’m seeing
25. Don’t worry, I here to help you
A. be B. will be C. am going to be D. won’t be
26. When I entered the room, everyone
A. has been dancing B. was dancing C. had danced D. danced
27. Before the invention of the steamboat there no way to cross the ocean.
A. has been B. could have been C. had been D. would be
28. He said that he his homework since 7 o’clock.
A. had done B. did C. has done D. was doing
29. Tom said everything ready when the match

A. will be/starts B. would be/started C. is/started D. will be/started
30. How long able to drive? - Since 1990.
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you
31. She won't get married until she 25 years old.
A. is B. will be C. had been D. was.
32. Look. The yard is wet. It last night.
A. must rain B. couldn’t have rained C. must have rained D. should have rained
33. After Mary her degree, she intends to work in her father's company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
34. When he all the letters, he took them to the post office.
A. has written B. had written C. wrote D. had been writing
35. By the end of this month, I English for 6 years.
A. have learnt B. will have learnt C. had learnt D. learnt
36. We in touch with each other for years.
A. will not keep B. are not keeping C. did not keep D. have not kept
37. She has learnt French the age of five.
A. since B. for C. before D. in
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38. Tom before we arrived there.
A. has left B. had left C. will leave D. leaves
39. Up to now, I a lot of information about her.
A. learnt B. have learnt C. will learn D. would learn
40. Wait here until I you.
A. am going to call B. will call C. am calling D. call
41. When I came to visit her, she a bath.
A. was having B. has C. is having D. had
Mary had to go to New York last week, but she almost 42 the plane. She 43 in the queue
at the check-in desk when she suddenly 44 that she 45 her passport at home.
Fortunately, she 46 very far from the airport, so she 47 time to take a taxi at home to

get it.
42. A. missed B. was missing C. had missed D. had been missing
43. A. stood B. had stood C. was standing D. had been standing
44. A. was realizing B. realized C. had realized D. would realize
45. A. was leaving B. left C. had left D. would leave
46. A. hadn’t lived B. doesn’t live C. didn’t live D. hasn’t lived
47. A. had B. had had C. has D. has had
48. It is an hour since he , so he should be at office now.
A. left B. has left C. had left D. was leaving

B. Transformation of tenses:
 Notes: a. It + be + time + since + simple past
b. It is the first/ second/ third …… time + present perfect
c. The last time + simple past
d. Present perfect + since + simple past
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. The last time she had a swim was ten years ago.  She hasn’t

2. I have never met such a famous person before.  It is

3. I last saw him when I was a student.  I haven’t

4. I haven’t come there for two years.  I last

5. I have studied English for seven years.  I started

 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. I have never seen such beautiful pictures before.
A. These pictures are the most beautiful I have never seen.
B. These pictures are the most beautiful I have ever seen.

C. This is the first time I see beautiful pictures.
D. This is the first time I have seen beautiful pictures.
2. Jack has stopped writing letters to Jill.
A. Jack has no longer stopped writing letters to Jill. B. Jack used to write letters to Jill.
C. Jack has never written letters to Jill. D. Jack stopped writing letters to Jill when Jill come.
3. Mary has been working in this company for five years.
A. Mary began to work in this company for five years.
B. Mary began working in this company for five years ago.
C. Mary began to work in this company five years ago.
D. Mary has begun to work in this company five years ago.
4. I have never eaten this kind of food before.
A. I used to eat this kind of food before. B. Before I came here I had ever eaten this kind of food.
C. This is the first time I have ever eaten this kind of food.
D. This is the most delicious food I have ever eaten.
5. She last saw him years ago.
A. She hasn’t seen him years ago B. She hasn’t seen him for years ago.
C. She didn’t see him for years . D. It’s years since she last saw him.
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6. It’s ages since I last saw a Hollywood film.
A. It’s ages because I last saw a Hollywood film. B. I haven’t seen any Hollywood film before.
C. I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago. D. I haven’t seen a Hollywood film for a long time.
7. He hasn’t smoked a cigarette for a week.
A. It is for a week that he hasn’t smoked a cigarette. B. It is a week since he last smoked a cigarette.
C. It is a cigarette that he smoked a week ago. D. It is a week ago that he smoked a cigarette.
8. It started to rain at 2 o’clock and it is still raining.
A. It has been raining at 2 o’clock. B. It has been raining since 2 o’clock.
C. It has been raining for 2 o’clock. D. It has been raining in 2 o’clock.
9. They had finished their tea and then they left.
A. They finished their tea after they had left. B. After they had left, they finished their tea.

C. They had left before they finished their tea. D. After they had finished their tea, they left.
10. John began playing the piano 10 years ago.
A. John played the piano 10 years ago. B. John has played the piano for 10 years.
C. John used to play the piano 10 years ago. D. John doesn’t play the piano anymore.

C. Subject and verb agreement:
1. Singular SUBJECT + singular VERB
Plural SUBJECT + plural VERB
 Notes: a. Singular noun:Là danh từ không đếm được: butter, water, happiness, work, information
Là danh từ đếm được số ít: book, student, chair, dog, cat…
b. Plural noun: Là danh từ đếm dược số nhiều: books, students, chairs, dogs, cats …
 Cách thành lập danh từ số nhiều:
+ Thêm s: boys, houses, mothers, pens…
+ Thêm es: dishes, churches, boxes, buses…
+ Đổi y thành i, thêm es: baby _ babies , party _ parties, fly _ flies…
+ Đổi f, fe thành ves: knife_ knives, wife _ wives, life _ lives…
+ Luôn ở số nhiều: trousers, jeans, scissors, glasses…
+ Đặc biệt: man/ men, woman/ women, foot/ feet, child/ children, sheep/ sheep…
2. Other rules: Subject and verb agreement:
SUBJECT VERB
1. every, each, either, neither… (of) + N

2. everything, nobody , someone, something, somebody…

3. money, time, distance( khoảng cách), subject, weight, disease,…

4. S1 and S2 ( 2 things/ people)

5. The + adj ( ex: the poor, the rich, the old, the young…)

6. police, people, cattle, children…

7. S1 + as well as/ along with/ accompanied with + S2

8. Neither, Either, Not only + S1 + nor, or, but also + S2

9. The number of + N

10. A number of + N

11. There +be + N

12. That clause, to verb, verb – ing

13. The + noun + preposition(of, in ,on…………) + noun phrase

 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. No news good news. A. is B. are C. were D. have been
2. Here some accounts that you must check.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
3. A lot of homework me tired. A. make B. makes C. have made D. are making
4. Not only Mr. Pike but also his sons tea. A. likes B. like C. has liked D. liking
5. Mathematics us with many aspects. A. helps B. help C. have helped D. helping
6. The United States of about 160 nations.
A. consists B. consist C. consisting D. have consisted
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7. Coffee contains caffeine, and
A. tea does so B. so tea does C. so does tea D. does tea so
8. Both Tom Mary are students. A. and B. nor C. or D. with

9. Plenty of milk consumed everyday. A. are B. is C. was D. were
10. Neither you nor I responsible for the bad result. A. are B. is C. am D. be
11. Ten thousand dollars a large sum of money. A. are B. is C. were D. being
12. Each of us a book report next week. A. will have B. has C. is having D. have
13. I can not speak Spanish. –
A. So can I B. Neither can I C. Either can I D. Neither can’t I
14. Both Jane and Mary, as well as John, ready for the exam.
A. is B. was C. are D. has been
15. Working for 12 hours a day her very tired.
A. make B. makes C. making D. have made
16. The number of the days in a week seven.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
17. Both Jane and Mary, as well as John, ready for the exam.
A. is B. was C. are D. has been
18. What he told you to be of no importance.
A. seems B. seem C. is seeming D. has seemed
19. The army eliminated this section of the training test.
A. has B. have C. are D. is
20. The quality of these recordings not very good.
A. is B. are C. have D. were

D. Inversion:
1. Là sự đảo ngược vị trí giữa trợ động từ và chủ từ trong câu
ADVERB + AUXILARY VERB + SUBJECT
2. Một số trạng từ và trạng ngữ được theo sau bởi hình thức đảo ngữ của động từ: hardly, never, no
sooner…than, not only, not till, not until, nowhere, only, rarely, seldom, scarcely……….
Ex: My father never drinks coffee in the evening.  Never does my father drink coffee in the evening.
She hardly complained about her job.  Hardly did she complain about her job.
I have seldom seen such a remarkable creature.  Seldom have I seen such a remarkable creature.
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:

1. He hardly studied anything when his parents were away.  Hardly
2. I will never see him again.  Never
3. He no longer lives in this town.  No longer
4. I have never heard such a lie in my life.  Never
5. We had hardly started when it began to rain.  Hardly
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. No longer this typewriter. I’ve just bought a computer.
A. I use B. I do use C. do I use D. I using
2. out of the house than it began to rain.
A. No sooner I got B. No sooner I had got C. No sooner had I got D. No had I got sooner
3. Did you think here before?
A. she has come B. has she come C. she had come D. had she come
4. Tom was not only late, but he had left all his books behind.
A. Not only Tom was late, but he had left all his books behind.
B. Not only had Tom left all his books behind, but he was late.
C. Not only was Tom late, but he had left all his books behind.
D. Not was Tom only late, but he had left all his books behind.
5. Seldom exactly as illustrated.
A. the designs are reproduced B. did the designs reported
C. are the designs reproduced D. the designs did reported
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6. He no longer plays in an orchestra.
A. No longer does he plays in an orchestra. B. No longer does he play in an orchestra
C. No longer does plays he in an orchestra. D. No longer he plays in an orchestra.
7. He would never be allowed to set foot in their house again.
A. Would never he be allowed to set foot in their house again.
B. Never again would he allowed to set foot in their house again.
C. He would never again be allowed to set foot in their house.
D. Never again would he be allowed to set foot in their house again.

8. Only when I got home
A. did I realize how dangerous the situation had been.
B. I realized how dangerous the situation had been.
C. did I realized how dangerous the situation had been.
D. I did realize how dangerous the situation had been.

E. Tag question: ( Câu Hỏi Đuôi )
1. Câu hỏi đuôi là câu hỏi ngắn được thêm vào cuối câu trần thuật dể kiểm tra điều gì đó có đúng hay không
hoặc để yêu cầu sự đồng ý:
2. Câu khẳng định  câu hỏi đuôi phủ định Ex: You live near here, don’t you?
Câu phủ định  câu hỏi đuôi khẳng định Ex: You didn’t lock the door, did you?
 Notes: I am late, aren’t I?
Let’s go for a walk, shall we?
You never say what you’re thinking, do you?
Everything can happen, can’t it?
Nobody would object, would they?
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. She’s finished the course, ?
A. isn’t she B. hasn’t she C. doesn’t she. D. didn’t she
2. Nobody was injured in the accident, ?
A. was there B. was he C. were they D. wasn't it
3. Jogging is good for our hearts, ?
A. aren’t we B. aren’t they C. doesn’t it D. isn’t it
4. The film wasn’t as good as you expected, ?
A. wasn’t it B. was it C. wasn’t the film D. was the film
5. The building used to be a library, ?
A. doesn’t it B. didn’t it C. isn’t it D. wasn’t it

II. Passive:
1. Form: BE + Vpp ( ed/ 3 )

2. The structures:
Tenses Active Passive
1. Simple present S + V(s/es)
2.Present continuous S + am/is/are +V-ing
3. Present perfect S + has/have + Vpp
4. Simple past S + Ved/2
5. Past continuous S + was/ were +V-ing
6. Past perfect S + had + Vpp
7. Simple future S + will + V(bare)
8. Modal verbs S + can/could/should/must/may + (bare)
9. Động từ đặc biệt:
Have / Get
S + have + O (person) + V (bare) + O (thing)
S + get + O ( person ) + to V + O ( thing )

10. Cấu trúc đặc biệt S1 +V1 + that + S2 +V2

+
+

Notes: a. Các tân ngữ : by him, by her,by someone, by them… trong câu bị động thường được lược bỏ.
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b. Trạng từ chỉ nơi chốn đứng trước by+ O. Trạng từ chỉ thời gian đứng sau by + O
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences in the pasive form:
1. People speak English here. 
2. Nguyen Du wrote Kieu’s story. 
3. Someone was cleaning the classroom when I came. 
4. She will send him a gift on his birthday. 
5. People believe that 13 is an unhappy number. 

6. This factory is producing more and more pollution. 
7. No one has signed the cheque. 
8. The manager had his secretary prepare the report. 
9. I am going to get Harry to repair my car. 
10. They used to make little boys climb the chimneys to clean them. 
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. This word wrongly.
A. spells B. is spelt C. is spelling D. is spell
2. The story I’ve just read Jack London.
A. was written B. was written by C. was written from D. wrote by
3. I’m going to go out and .
A. have cut my hair B. have my hair cut C. my hair be cut D. cut my hair
4. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should
A. be have called B. been called C. have been called D. be called
5. Something funny in class yesterday.
A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened
6. We by a loud noise during the night.
A. were woken up B. are woken up C. were working up D. woke up
7. Some film stars difficult to work with.
A. are said be B. are said to be C. say to be D. said to be
8. People say that some Americans are superficially friendly.
A. Some Americans are said as being superficially friendly.
B. Some Americans are said that they are superficially friendly.
C. People are said that some Americans are superficially friendly.
D. Some Americans are said to be superficially friendly.
9. I still can believe it. My bicycle last night.
A. was stolen B. was stealing C. stolen D . stole
10. John last week.
A. had his house painted B. had painted his house C. had his father to paint D. had his house paint
11. It is believed that he is the richest man in the city.

A. He was believed to be the richest man in the city B. He is believed to be the richest man in the city
C. They believe that he is the richest man in the city. D. B and C are correct
12. I can’t go along here because the road
A. is preparing B. is prepared C. is being repaired D. repairs
13. “ about the eight o’clock flight to Chicago?” - “Not yet”
A. Has been an announcement made B. Has an announcement made
C. Has an announcement been made D. Has been made an announcement
14. Do you get your heating every year?
A. checking B. check C. be checked D. checked
15. Why did Tom keep making jokes about me? I don’t enjoy at.
A. be laughed B. to be laughed C. laughing D. being laughed
16. Claude Jennings is said his memory.
A. to have been lost B. to be lost C. to have lost D. to lost
17. I might watch this programme. It very funny.
A. supposes to be B. is supposed being C. is supposed to be D. was supposed be
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18. Today, many serious childhood diseases by early immunization.
A. are preventing B. can prevent C. prevent D. can be prevented

III. Clauses and phrases:
1. Khi biến đổi từ mệnh đề sang cụm danh từ thường gặp các trường hợp sau:
 Noun + be + adj  The/ (her, his, their … ) + Adj + noun
 Pronoun + be +Adj  The/ (her, his, their … ) + Noun ( of the adj )
 Pronoun + Verb + (adv)  The/ (her, his, their … ) + Adj (of the adv) + Noun ( of the verb)
 Pronoun +Verb + (O)  V-ing ( same Subject)
 There be + Noun  The + Noun
A. Clauses and phrases of reason:
Because/ Since/As + Clause ( S+V )
Because of/ Due to/ Thanks to + Phrase ( N phrase/ V-ing phrase )

B. Clauses and phrases of concession:
Although/ Though/ Even though + Clause ( S+V )
In spite of/ Despite + Phrase ( N phrase/ V-ing phrase )
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. He left school because his life was hard.  Because of
2. John succeeded in his exam because of his hard and mathedical work.
 Because
3. We didn’t want to go out because of the heavy rain.  Because
4. Although he had much experience in machinery, he didn’t succeed in repairing this machine.
 Despite
5. In spite of the darkness, they continued to work.  Though
6. We postponed our trip because the driving conditions were bad.  Because of
7. The water in most rivers is unsafe to drink because it is polluted.  Because of
8. We all have received the best of everything because of our generous parents.
 Because
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. The boys were punished he made many mistakes.
A. in spite of B. because C. even though D. as if
2. the liberation of women, women can take part in social activities.
A. Because B. Thanks to C. While D. As
3. Despite feeling cold, we kept walking.
A. Although we felt cold, but we kept walking B. Although we felt cold, we kept walking
C. However cold we felt, but we kept walking D. However we felt cold, we kept walking
4. She decided to leave her job in the company she could earn a lot of money there.
A. because B. although C. despite D. since
5. The children laughed a lot because of the funny story.
A. The children laughed because the story is funny.
B. The children laughed because of the story funny
C. The children laughed because it was funny.
D. The children laughed because the story was funny

6. Although he took a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert.
A. Bill arrived late for the concert because he takes a taxi.
B. Bill arrived late for the concert because of the taxi.
C. In spite of taking a taxi, Bill arrived late for the concert.
D. Although Bill took a taxi he can’t come to the concert on time.
7. The flight was delayed the fog.
A. in spite of B. because of C. though D. since

2. Clauses and phrases of result:
A. Clause of result:
 S - V + SO + adv/ adj + THAT + S - V
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 S - V + SUCH + ( a/ an ) + adj + noun + THAT + S - V
 S - V + SO MANY ( plural countable noun) / + THAT + S - V
SO MUCH ( uncountable noun )
B. Phrase of result:
 S - V + TOO + adj/ adv + ( for some one ) + TO V
 S - V + ENOUGH + noun + ( for some one ) + TO V
Adj/ adv + ENOUGH
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. The weather was so bad that all the flights had to be cancelled.  It was such

2. The test wasn’t easy enough for them to do.  The test was too

3. The play we saw yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it an hour.
 We saw such

4. These goods are so expensive that they can’t be sold quickly.  These goods are too

5. He studied too badly to pass his exam. ( enough ….to )

6. My friend is very strong. He can lift up the table by himself.  My friend is so

7. I ate a lot of sandwiches. I felt uneasy. I ate so many

8. Tom is still too young to join the police.  Tom isn’t

 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. She was so busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.
A. She was very busy that she couldn’t answer the phone. B. She was too busy to answer the phone.
C. She was too busy not to answer the phone. D. She was very busy so that she could answer the phone.
2. It was that we went for a hike in the mountains.
A. so a nice day b. so nice day C. such nice day D. such a nice day
3. There are in the universe that we can not count them.
A. so much stars B. so many stars C. such stars many D. such stars much
4. He has to do that he can’t go to the cinema with us.
A. so much work B. so many work C. such much work D. such a work
5. Faraday’s father was poor to send him to school.
A. too B. much C. so D. very
6. It is book that just a few people like it.
A. so an old B. so old C. such old D. such an old
7. He spoke too for us to understand.
A. quick B. slow C. quickly D. slowly
8. “ She came too late to see off” or we can say:
A. She came so late to see him off. B. She didn’t come early enough to see him off
C. She came early enough to see him off D. She didn’t come late enough to see him off
9. Which sentence is correct?
A. It was such a hot tea that I couldn’t drink it. B. It was such hot tea that I couldn’t drink
C. Tea wasn’t too hot to drink D. Tea was so hot that I couldn’t drink it

10. “ Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy.
A. The piano was so heavy that nobody couldn’t move B. The piano was too heavy to move
C. It was such a heavy piano that nobody could move it
D. It was such heavy piano that nobody could move it

3. Clauses and phrases of purpose:
 Clause: S - V + so that / in order that + S + can/ could/ will/ would + V ( bare – infinitive)
 Phrase:  Khẳng định: S - V + to/ so as to/ in order to + V(bare-inf.)
S - V + in order for some one to + V(bare-inf.)
 Phủ định: S - V + so as not to/ in order not to + V(bare-inf.)
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. We lower the volume of the radio. We don’t want to bother our neighbors. ( clause of purpose )

2. Please shut the door. I don’t want the dog to go out of the house. ( phrase of purpose )

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3. He climbed the tree in order to get a better view. ( clause of purpose )

4. I am going to be very careful so that I won’t have an accident. ( clause of purpose )

5. I wore boots because I didn’t want my feet to get wet. ( phrase of purpose )


 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. She locked the door
A. so that to go to bed B. in order to be disturbed
C. to enter the house D. in order not to be disturbed
2. The boy always does his homework before class
A. so as not to be punished by the teacher B. so as to be punished by the teacher

C. so that he will be punished by the teacher D. in order to be punished by the teacher
3. I got up early in order not to be late for school.
A. I got up early so as not to being late for school. B. I got up early so that I won’t be late for school
C. I got up early so that I wouldn’t be late for school D. I got up early for me not to be late for school
4. They whispered. They didn’t want anyone to hear them.
A. They whispered to make anyone hear them. B. They whispered so that no one could hear them.
C. They whispered so that everyone could hear them. D. They whispered in order not to hear them.
5. He wore glasses and false beard so that no one could recognize him.
A. He wore glasses and the false beard in order not to recognize him.
B. He wore glasses and the false beard in order to recognize him.
C. He wore glasses and the false beard in order to be recognized.
D. He wore glasses and the false beard in order not to be recognized.
6. I try to learn English well. I want to get a good job.
A. I try to study English well so that I can get a good job.
B. I try to study English well so as I can get a good job.
C. So that I can get a good job, I try to study English well.
D. I try to study English well for me to get a good job.
7. You may put money in a small coin bank
A. in order to keep it safe B. so as not to keep it safe C. so that to keep it safe D. to keeping it safe
8. The schoolboys are in a hurry they will not be for the meeting.
A. so as to B. to C. in order that D. for
9. Which part is not correct in English?
Sound is carried from (A) the eardrum to (B) the nerves so as (C) to we can hear it. (D)
10. He was (A) tired so that (B) he could not (C) continue his (D) work.

IV. Conditional clauses, Wish and if only
A. Conditional Clauses:

Loại If – clause Main clause
 Future Possible Present: S + V(s/es) Future: S + Will + V(bare)

 Unreal Condition Past simple: S + Ved/2 Would + V(bare)
 Past Unreal Past perfect: S + Had + Ved/3 Would have + Ved/3
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Notes: a. Unless = If …… not
Ex: If you don’t study hard, you’ll fail the exam.  Unless you study hard, you’ll fail the exam.
b. Ta có thể diễn tả câu điều kiện loại 2 và 3 bằng cách đảo ngữ mà không cần dùng If
Ex: If I were rich, I would travel around the world.  Were I rich, I would travel around the world.
B. Wish and If only:

Loại Wish or if only
 Ước cho tương lai S + wish + (that) + S + would + V(bare)
 Ước điều trái với hiện tại S + wish + (that) + S + Ved/2
 Ước điều trái với quá khứ S + wish + (that) + S + had + Ved/3
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could have + Ved/3
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. Hurry up or we will be late for the last bus.  If
2. I regret that you didn’t give me a change to tell you the truth.  I wish
3. It was very cold yesterday, so we couldn’t go swimming.  If
4. You talk more than you work. The teacher wants you to work more than to talk.
 The teacher wishes
5. He had a flu because he went out in the rain last night.  If
6. Ellen didn’t have much money in the bank, so she was very worried.  If
7. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.  Unless
8. Why don’t you study hard?  If
9. I’d like to buy this book but I don’t have money to buy it. – If only
10. She can’t buy the dictionary because she doesn’t have enough money.  If
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Are we lost? I think so. I wish we a map with us today.

A. were bringing B. brought C. had brought D. would bring
2. These figures are too complicated to work out in your head. Yes, a calculator.
A.I wish we would have B. if only we had C. if only we had had D. I wish we have
3. If Jake to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn’t agree B. didn’t agree C. hadn’t agreed D. wouldn’t agree
4. If energy inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different.
A. is B. will be C. would be D. were
5. Unless you all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are answering
6. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I it.
A. hadn’t believed B. don’t believe C. can’t believe D. would never have believed
7. My feet are killing me. I wish I more comfortable shoes.
Year, me too. I wish I that we were going to have to walk this much.
A. had worn/ knew B. am wearing/ had known C. were wearing/ would know D. wore/ had known
8. interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
A. If I am B. Should I C. I was D. Were I
9. If I had enough money,
A. I will buy that house B. I am buy that house C. I can buy that house D. I could buy that house
10. Had I had time, I to the beach with you this weekend.
A. will come B. would come C. will have come D. would have come
11. If he that she was in the hospital, he to see her.
A. knows/ will come B. knew/ would come
C. had known/ would have come D. has known/will have come
12. If everything is all right, we our work on time.
A. complete B. are completing C. have completed D. will complete
13. If I were you, I would work hard.
A. You would rather not work so hard B. You should work harder
C. You should work with me. D. Do not work so hard.
14. We didn’t visit the museum because we had no time.
A. If we have time, we will visit the museum.

C. If we had had time, we would have visited the museum.
B. If we had time, we would visit the museum.
D. If we had had time, we will have visited the museum.
15. I have time, I will go with you.
A. If B. Unless C. So D. So that
16. harder, you would have passed the exam.
A. If you studied B. If had you studied C. Had you studied D. Were you studied
17. If the police hadn’t saved me, I at that time.
A. will die B. would die C. will have died D. would have died
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18. at 4 o’clock, we would have missed seeing Bob.
A. If we had gone B. Had we gone C. because we had gone D. A and B

V. Comparison:
1. Comparative: ( so sánh hơn )
a. short adj/ adv – er + than
b. more + long adj/ adv + than
2. Superlative: ( so sánh hơn nhất)
a. the + short adj/ adv – est
b. the most + long adj/ adv
3. Positive: ( so sánh bằng )
As + adj/ adv + as
 Notes: a. The + comparative + S - V + the + comparative + S + V ( càng ……. Càng )
b. short adj/ adv – er + and + short adj/ adv – er ( càng ngày càng )
more and more + long adj/ adv
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Mike is 1.7 meters tall, but Harriet is 1.8 meters.
A. Mike is taller than Harriet. B. Harriet is taller than Mike.
C. Mike and Harriet are both tall. D. Mike is as tall as Harriet.

2. You and Luke are both better than A. I B. me C. my D. mine
3. Which part in this sentence is incorrect in English?
She is (A) the rich (B) woman in (C) the (D) world.
What is (A) the weather (B) like in (C) Ho Chi Minh city? – It is bader and bader. (D)
4. It is becoming for me to keep up.
A. the most difficult B. more and more difficult C. more difficult than D. the more
5. The lesson is difficult. We try hard.
A. The more difficult the lesson is, the more hard we try
B. The more hard we try, the more difficult the lesson is.
C. The more difficult the lesson is, the harder we try.
D. The more difficult the lesson is and the harder we try.
6. Tom is the best football player in this team.
A. No one is the best football player in this team. B. No one can play football better than Tom.
C. The best football player in this team is not Tom.
D. Tom can play football as well as others in his team.
7. Jane cooks better than her sister.
A. Jane can’t cook better than her sister. B. Jane’s sister can cook better than her.
C. Jane’s sister can’t cook as good as her. D. Jane’s sister can’t cook as well as her.
8. I didn’t spend as much money as
A. you are B. your C. you spend D. you did
9. They speak English we do.
A. the most influently B. more influently than C. more and more fluently D. the more fluently

VI. Relative clauses:
1. Who, Whom: Được dùng để thay thế cho một danh từ chỉ người.
2. Which, That: Được dùng để thay thế cho một danh từ chỉ vật.
3. Whose: Được dùng để thay thế cho một tính từ sở hưu trước một danh từ. ( his, her, their …………… )
4. Where: ( = in/ at which): Thay thế cho một cụm từ chỉ nơi chốn.
When : ( = in/ on/ at which): Thay thế cho một cụm từ chỉ thời gian.
Why: ( = for which): Thay thế cho một cụm từ chỉ lý do.

 Notes:
 Mệnh đề không giới hạn( non-restrictive clause) là mệnh đề đứng sau tiền ngữ có đặc điểm: là tên
riêng ( Mr. Long, Mary), có tính từ sở hữu( my, our, your, Lan’s), có các từ xác định ( this, that, these,
those). Không dùng THAT trong mệnh đề quan hệ không giới hạn.
 Ta có thể đưa giới từ lên trước đại từ quan hệ whom và which
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Ex: That’s the man about whom I was talking.
 Ta có thể dùng Present Participle ( V – ing ) thay thế cho mệnh đề quan hệ mang nghĩa chủ động và
Past Participle ( Vpp ) cho mệnh đề quan hệ mang nghĩa bị động.
Ex: I like the story which is written by Nguyen Du.  written
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. This is Rex hotel and it is the biggest hotel in the city. 
2. The dog was very frightened. The boys threw storms at it. 
3. There wasn’t any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box.

4. Her father died last year. She looked after him for over twenty years. 
5. Do you remember the day? We first met on that day. 
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. The boy with I have talked is very successful student.
A. who B. whom C. that D. for that
2. The composition by Jane was really interesting.
A. to write B. writing C. wrote D. written
3. Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, , had a major influence on the lives of people in the 20
th

century.
A. which was awarded the Nobel Prize B. which awarded the Nobel Prize
C. that he was awarded the Nobel Prize D. for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize
4. I want you to meet the woman

A. who taught me how to drive B. teaching me how to drive
C. that is taught me how to drive D. who is taught me how to drive
5. Mr. Pike, is our boss, has just come back from Paris.
A. who B. whom C. that D. which
6. The girl is my new friend.
A. who is sitting on the bench B. that is sitting on the bench C. sitting on the bench D. all are correct
7. We don’t know the reason Peter is absent today.
A. who B. which C. that D. why
8. Dr Smith is a good surgeon. He lives next door.
A. Dr Smith that lives next door is a good surgeon. B. Dr Smith who lives next door is a good surgeon.
C. Dr Smith, who lives next door, is a good surgeon.
D. Dr Smith, whom lives next door, is a good surgeon.
9. The reading table I put my books is in the corner of the room.
A. when B. where C. why D. whose
10. It is him helped me last night. A. who B. that C. which D. whose
11. Anybody finishes that test early can leave.
A. that B. whom C. why D. when
12. He is the good colleague
A. to work for us with B. to us for working with C. for working with us D. for us to work with
13. Mary was the last applicant by that interviewer.
A. to be interviewed B. to be interviewing C. to have interviewed D. to interview
14. I’m hungry. Is there any food ?
A. to be eaten B. to eat C. eating D. for me eating
15. Dien Bien Phu is a place our army won a resounding victory in 1954.
A. where B. what C. which D. that

VII. Reported speech:
1. Động từ trong mệnh đề tường thuật: say, say to + O, tell + O, ask, advise, beg, want to know………
2. Khi động từ tường thuật ở thì hiện tại thì không thay đổi thì.
Khi động từ tường thuật ở thì quá khứ thì phải có sự thay đổi thì theo nguyên tắc sau:

+ Present tense  Past tense
+ Simple past  Past perfect
+ must, have to  had to
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+ will / can / shall/ may  would/ could/ should/ might
3. Thay đổi các trạng từ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn:
Today  that day, tomorrow the following day/ the day after, yesterday  the previous day/ the
day before, next (week)  the following (week)/ the (week) after, last (week)  the previous (week)/ the
(week) before, now then, ago  before.
4. Các dạng câu tường thuật:
a. Statements ( câu kể ):
b. Imperative sentences ( câu mệnh lệnh ):  Thể khẳng định: to V
 Thể phủ định: not to V
c. Questions ( câu hỏi ):  Với từ để hỏi: S - V + wh_ + S - V
 Câu hỏi yes/ no: S – V + if/ whether + S - V
 Exercise: Rewrite these sentences:
1. John said to his mother “ I don’t know how to do this exercise”. 

2. “Push as hard as you can” She said to me. 

3. “Don’t wait for me if I am late” He said to her. 

4. “Where are you from, Nam?” said Mai. 

5. Mary said “ I cannot go to the cinema with you, John”. 

6. Tom asked Mary “Did you phone me last night?”. 

7. He asked me “Why didn’t you go to school yesterday?”. 

8. “ Why don’t you stop smoking?” the doctor said to him.  The doctor advised him

9. “How many students are there in your class?”  The man asked me

10. “Have you seen John recently?” said Ann.  Ann asked me

 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. He begged them
A. help him B. should help him C. to help him D. help to him
2. She said that she there the year before.
A. went B. had gone C. would go D. goes
3. Peter asked Jane why the film on T.V the previous night.
A. didn’t she watch B. hadn’t she watched C. she doesn’t watch D. she hadn’t watched
4. They said they us if we needed.
A. help B. helped C. would help D. had helped
5. He advised them in class.
A. to not talk B. not to talk C. to talk not D. don’t talk
6. She said to us “Don’t be late again”.
A. She said us not to be late again. B. She told us to be not late again.
C. She told to us not to be late again. D. She told us not to be late again.
7. “John shouldn’t have behaved so badly.”, said Janet.
A. Janet doesn't like John's behaviors. B. Janet was angry with John.
C. Janet disliked John. D. Janet objected to John's behaviors.
8. John said “You had better not lend them any money, Daisy”.
A. John said Daisy not to lend them any money. B. John advised Daisy should not lend any money.
C. John said to Daisy not lend them any money. D. John advised Daisy not to lend them any money.
9. “I’m sorry I have to leave so early’, he said.
A. He apologized for having to leave early. B. He apologized to have to leave early.
C. He apologized that he has to leave early. D. He apologized to have left early.

10. “Can I borrow your pen please, Sam?”, said Gillian.
A. Gillian asked Sam if she can borrow his pen. B. Gillian asked Sam if she could borrow his pen.
C. Gillian asked Sam she can borrow his pen. D. Gillian asked Sam she could borrow his pen.
11. “Where did you go last night, Nam?”, said Hoa
A. Hoa said to Nam where had he gone the night before.
B. Hoa said to Nam where he had gone the night before.
C. Hoa told Nam where he had gone last night.
D. Hoa asked Nam where he had gone the night before.
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12. “What were you doing last night, Mr. John?” The police asked.
A. The police asked what were you doing last night, Mr. John.
B. The police asked Mr. John what he had been doing the night before.
C. The police asked Mr. John what had he been done the night before.
D. The police asked Mr. John what he had done the night before.
13. Some one was wondering if the taxi yet.
A. had arrived B. arrived C. arrives D. had arrived
14. The government has announced that taxes
A. would be raised B. had been raised C. were raised D. will be raised
15. Some one the tickets are free. A. said me B. said me that C. told to me D. told me
16. He said he would do it
A. yesterday B. the following day C. the previous day D. the day before
17. He proved that the earth round the Sun.
A. had gone B. was going C. goes D. would go
18. I told you the computer, didn’t it?
A. to switch off B. don’t switch off C. not switch off D. switch off
19. Claire wanted to know what time
A. do the banks close B. the banks closed C. did the banks close D. the banks would close
20. Ann and left.
A. said good bye B. said me good bye C. told me good bye D. goodbye me

VIII. OTHER STRUCTURES:
1. Extra subject: ( Chủ ngữ giả ) S + be/ linking verbs + adj + To V
2. Extra object: ( Tân ngữ giả ) S + V ( think, consider, find … ) + it + adj/ noun phrase + to V
3. It takes/ took + some one + time + to do something
4. S + spend + time + doing something
 Exercise: Choose the best answer:
1. Learning to dance is quite expensive.
A. It is expensive to learn to dance. B. It is expensive for learning to dance.
C. It is expensive learning to dance. D. It will be quite expensive if we learn to dance
2. Smoking in the theatre is forbidden.
A. The theatre is forbidden to smoke in. B. It is forbidden form smoking in the theatre.
C. It is forbidden for people to smoke in the theatre. D. It is forbidden to smoke in the theatre.
3. He was very kind to help us.
A. It was very kind of him when he helped us. B. It was very kind of him to help us.
C. It was very kind of him for helping us. D. It was very kind of him because of helping us.
4. It is great fun holiday summer by the sea.
A. spend B. to spend C. spending D. spent
5. We find it to do homework.
A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores
6. It was impossible for them to speak English fluently.
A. They found impossible to speak English fluently.
B. They found it possible to speak English fluently.
B. They found it impossible to speak English fluently.
D. They found it speaking English fluently possible.
7. Mary often considered advertisements on TV.
A. to watch it wasteful B. to watch wasteful it C. it wastefully to watch D. it wasteful to watch

Phần 4: EXERCISES
A. Choose the best answer:

1. I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it
A. is raining B. rained C. was raining D. would rain