language focus unit 12 lớp 12

II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Which of the following verbs can have an object, and which
cannot?
(Động từ nào trong các động từ sau có bổ ngữ theo sau, và động từ nào
không?)
Hướng dẫn giải:
a. Transitive verbs (ngoại động từ) : read, write, meet, help, grow, climb
b. Intransilive verbs (nội động từ): sleep, arrive, lie, rain, exist, occur

Exercise 2: Which verbs in the following sentences are T (transitive) and which
are
I
(intransitive).
Tick
the
right
column.
(Động từ nào trong những câu sau là T (ngoại động lừ), động từ nào là nội
động từ (I). Ghi dấu cột đúng.)
1. A serious accident happened yesterday.
=> I
2. The customer bought a lot of butter.
=> T
3. Our team won the game.
=> T
4. Their team won yesterday.
=> I
5. Alice arrived at six o’clock.
=> I
6. They are staying at a resort hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
=> I

7. The wind is blowing hard today.
=> I


8. I walked to the station with my friends.
=> I
Exercise 3: Choose the sentences that have objects and then change them to
the passive voice.
(Chọn câu có bổ ngữ và sau đó đổi sang bị động.)
1. An will pay the bill.
=> The bill will be paid by An.
2. Sue will come tomorrow.
3. The hotel supplies towels.
=> Towels are supplied by the hotel.
5. Everyone noticed my mistakes.
=> My mistakes were noticed.
6. The train arrived at three.
7. The news didn't surprise me.
=> I wasn't surprised by the news.
8. Birds fly in the sky.
9. An old man told the story.
=> The story was told by an old man.
10. Sue laughed loudly.