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TÀI LIỆU TỔNG ÔN TẬP THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2020
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
DÀNH CHO GIÁO VIÊN DÙNG LÀM GIÁO ÁN GIẢNG DẠY ÔN THI HOẶC DÙNG
CHO HỌC SINH ÔN TẬP THI THPT QG
(LƯU HÀNH NỘI BỘ)

KHUNG PHÂN PHỐI CHƯƠNG TRÌNH ÔN TẬP
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 12

TT

Nội dung

Số tiết

Trang

1

Tenses

6

4

2

Subject-verb agreement

3


20

3

Comparison

3

36

4

Passive voice

3

47

5

Cleft sentences

2

58

6

Modal verbs


2

68

7

Infinitives and gerunds

3

77

8

Conjunctions

3

87

9

Transitives and Intransitives

1

93

10


Conditional sentences

3

96

11

Relative clauses

3

104

12

Inversion

2

126

13

Adverbial clauses

3

137


14

Reported speech

3

147

15

Prepositions and articles

3

155

16

Collocations

3

179

17

Tag questions

1


183

18

Phrasal verbs

3

188

19

Pronunciation: Vowels, consnants and stress

6

195

20

Synonyms and Antonyms

3

207

21

Vocabulary and structures related to Education


2

212

22

Vocabulary and structures related to Environment

2

216

23

Vocabulary and structures related to Jobs, hobbies

2

221

24

Vocabulary and structures related to You and me

2

226

25


Vocabulary and structures related to Sports

2

231

26

Vocabulary and structures related to Recreation

2

236

27

Vocabulary and structures related to the topic Community

2

247

28

Vocabulary and structures related to People and Places

2

254


29

Cloze tests

8

261

30

Reading comprehension

20

278

31

Practice tests

2
Tổng

105


1. TENSES
Period 1: The Present Simple Tense & The Present Continuous
Tense A. PRESENTATION
0 The Present Simple

Tense. + “TO BE”
* Formation
Eg.
I am a student.
She isn’t a teacher.
Are they workers? – Yes, they are.
Where is Lan? – She is in the kitchen.
(+) S + am/is/are .............
(-) S + am/is/are + not .............
– Yes/No question: Am/Is/Are+ S ..................?
Wh- question: Wh- + am/is/are + S?
0 ORDINARY VERBS
Eg.
(+) They live in Tuyen Quang.
(-) They don’t live in Ha Giang.
0 Do they live in Tuyen Quang? – Yes, they do.
(+) He works in Hanoi.
(-) He doesn’t work in Tuyen Quang.
1 Does he work in Hanoi? – Yes, he does.
* Wh-questions:
2 Where do they live? – They live in Tuyen Quang.
1S

(I, We, You, They) + V (infinitive without “to”)
S (He, She, It) + V (s/es)
(-) S (I, We, You, They) + do not (don’t ) + V(infinitive without “to”)
S (He, She, It) + does not (doesn’t) + V(infinitive without “to”)
0 Do + I/we/you/they + V(infinitive without
“to”) ? Does + he/she/it + V(infinitive without
“to”) ?

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Wh- + do/does + S + V(infinitive without “to”) ? (Chú ý: Khi từ để hỏi là chủ ngữ
thì không áp dụng cấu trúc này mà trật tự từ trong câu ở dạng khẳng định)
Eg. Who does it?
What makes you sad?
5888 Đối với các chủ ngữ là các đại từ nhân xưng I, We, You, They và các danh từ số nhiều
thì động từ chia ở dạng nguyên thể không “to”:
Eg. They often play volleyball in the afternoon.
* Nếu chủ ngữ ở dạng số ít (He, she, it) thì thêm “s” hoặc “es” vào sau động từ:
- Cách thêm ‘s, es’ :
5888
Thông thường ta thêm "s" vào sau động từ: works, likes, loves, wants, ...
5889
Thêm “es” vào sau động từ tận cùng là "ss, x, z, ch, sh, o": misses, kisses, passes,
relaxes, boxes, buzzes, teaches, approaches, finishes, washes, goes, does ...
5890
Động từ tận cùng là phụ âm + "y", chuyển thành ‘i+es’: cry cries, fly flies, study
studies, ...


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0 Động từ tận cùng là nguyên âm + "y" thì vẫn tuân theo quy tắc thêm “s” thông thường: play
plays, say says, pray prays ...
1 Số ít của “have” là “has”.
* Use:
0Diễn tả một chân lí, một sự kiện khoa học hay một hiện tượng tự
o
nhiên. Ex : Water boils at 100 C.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
1 Diễn tả một phong tục, thói quen ở hiện tại, thường có các trạng từ: always, often, usually,
sometimes, occasionally, never, generally, forever, rarely, every day/ year/ once/ three times a week/a
month, . ..
Ex: We always go to school at 6 a.m.
He often gets up at 5.30.
0Một tình huống, công việc lâu dài, hoặc một chương trình, thời khóa biểu, lịch tàu xe...
Ex: I’m a teacher.
He works in a bank.
The train to Ho Chi Minh City leaves at 5.30 am.
There is a football match at 9 p.m on TV tonight.
More examples: + She usually(go)...............to school by bus
0 John and Ann always(watch)...................TV after dinner
1 The Present Continuous Tense
* FORM
Eg.
(+) I am reading an English book.
(-) She is not cooking in the kitchen at the moment.
0.0 Are they playing handball with their friends now?
* Wh-questions: Why is she crying?
1

S + am/is/are + V-ing.

(-) S + am/is/are + not + V-ing
(?) Am/Is/Are+ S + V-ing?
Wh-questions: Wh- + am/is/are + S + V-ing?
(Chú ý: Khi từ để hỏi là chủ ngữ thì không áp dụng cấu trúc này mà trật tự từ trong câu
ở dạng khẳng định. Eg. Who is talking in the room?)
0 Cách thêm đuôi "-ing": Thông thường, ta thêm "-ing" vào sau động từ, tuy nhiên :

+ Động từ tận cùng là "e", bỏ ‘‘e’’ rồi thêm ‘‘-ing’’: live living, drive driving, ...
+ Động từ tận cùng là "ie", chuyển thành ‘‘y + ing’’: die dying, lie lying, ...
0 Động từ 1 âm tiết hoặc 2 âm tiết mà trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2 kết thúc bằng MỘT
nguyên âm và MỘT phụ âm thì nhân đôi phụ âm cuối trước khi thêm "-ing" (ngoại trừ động từ kết
thúc bằng "w", "x")
Stop stopping, cut cutting, sit sitting, swim swimming, ...
Begin beginning, ...
But cook cooking, teach teaching, grow growing, fix fixing ...
* USE
0 Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra tại thời điểm nói hoặc xung quanh thời điểm nói, thường
dùng với : now, right now, at the moment, at present, ...
E.g:
Tom is having dinner at the moment.
What are you doing now?
Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
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Listen! Someone is crying somewhere.
- Diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra ở tương lai có kế hoạch trước:
E.g:
George is leaving for New York tomorrow.
What are you doing tonight?
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Diễn tả hành động thường xuyên lặp đi lặp lại gây sự bực mình hay khó chịu cho
người nói. Cách dùng này được dùng với trạng từ “always, continually”
E.g. He is always losing his keys (Anh ấy cứ hay đánh mất chìa khóa)
Notes: Không sử dụng dạng tiếp diễn (V_ing) với các động từ chỉ nhận thức, tri giác hoặc sự sở
hữu như: to be, see, hear, understand, know, like, want, feel, smell, remember, forget, …. Với các
động từ này, ta dùng thì hiện tại đơn giản.

E.g: I’m tired . (Tôi đang mệt)
B. PRACTICE.
Exercise 1: Choose the best answers
1. He often ______ up late.
A. get up
B. gets up
C. got up
D. getting up
2. ______ you often ______ TV?
A. Do/watch
B. Do/watches
C. Have/watch
D. Does/watches
3. Mr. Brown ______English.
A. speak
B. speaks
C. does speak
D. spoke
4. I usually ______ shopping on weekend.
A. goes
B. does go
C. go
D. went
5. Hai often ______ his face at 6.15.
A. washes
B. washing
C. does wash
D. Wash
6. Thanh and Mai always ______ a movie on Saturdays.
A. see

B. sees
C. do see
D. does
7. ______he often ______ a bus to school?
A. Do/take
B. Is/take
C. Does/takes
D. Does/take
8. We ______ students in class 8A.
A. are
B. is
C. do
D. eat
9. She ______ homework in the evenings.
A. do not
B. does not do
C. doing
D. do
10. He usually ______ a taxi to the railway station
A. takes
B. take
C. taking
D. does take
11. Look! A man ______you.
A. calls
B. call
C. is calling
D. are calling
12. Keep silent! I ______to the radio.
A. am listening

B. listen
C. is listening
D. listens
13. At the moment, I ______a book and my brother ______ TV.
A. read/watch B. am reading/is watching C. reading/watching D. is reading/are watching
14. At the moment, Nam and his friends ______shopping at the mall.
A. is going
B. goes
C. are going
D. go
15. Oh no! Look! It ______ again. It always ______ in this country.
A. snow/snow
B. snows/snows
C. snowing/snowing D. is snowing/snows
C. HOMEWORK
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* Choose the best answers
1. My and I always ______ to the countryside by bus.
A. went
B. goes
C. do go
D. go
2. Our teacher usually ______ us many exercises.
A. give
B. giving
C. gives
D. does give
3. He often ______ a train to work.

A. catches
B. catch
C. don’t catch
D. catching
4. The sun ______in the East.
A. rise
B. rises
C. raise
D. does rise
5. My old friend, Manh …………………… to me twice a month.
A. phone
B. phones
C. phoned
D. do phone
6. What she says …………………… true.
A. is
B. are
C. do
D. does
7. The weather generally ……………. quite hot in July and August.
A. get
B. gets
C. got
D. getting
8. Michael………….. thirsty eight hours a week.
A. worked
B. work
C. works
D. working
9. Peter usually ………lunch at school.

A. have
B. has
C. had
D. having
10. They often ……………………their parents on every Saturday.
A. visit
B. visits
C. does not visit
D. visiting
11. I …….. with my parents but right now I ………. with some friends for a few days.
A. live/stay
B. living/staying
C. am living/stay
D. live/am staying
12. Look! That boy ……….. after the bus. He …………. to catch it.
A. is running/wants B. run/want
C. running/wanting D. runs/wants
13. What are you doing next Saturday? Nothing special. I ………… at home.
A. staying
B. am staying
C. stay
D. stayed
14. Where's John? He …………….. to a new CD in his room.
A. listens
B. listen
C. listening
D. is listening
15. Jean has been working hard all day but she ………… at the moment.
A. isn’t working
B. not working

C. doesn’t work
D. aren’t working
The Present perfect Tense & The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
A. PRESENTATION
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The Present perfect
Tense. * Form:
Examples:
(+) Nam has lived in Hanoi for 10 years.
(-) I have not found my door keys yet.
(?) Have you ever met him before? Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.
(?) What have you just done?
(+) S + have/has + V(past participle)
(-) S + have not (haven’t)/has not (hasn’t)+ V(past participle).
5888
Have/Has + S + V(past participle)?
* Wh- + have/has + S + V(past participle)?
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(I/We/You/They + have … ; He/She/It + has …)
* USE:
0 The Present Perfect Tense is used to express an action happening in the past and still continuing at
the present time (often used with since and for).
Eg: We have lived in this city for 10 years.
She has worked in that company since 2000.
1 The Present Perfect Tense is used to express past actions whose time is not definite.
Eg: I have read the instructions but I don’t understand them.
He has gone away.
0 The Present Perfect Tense is used to express an action happening in an incomplete

period. Eg: It has been cold this winter.
Have you seen him today?
1 The Present Perfect Tense is used to express a past experience.
Eg: I have been to Ho Chi Minh City several times.
He has done this job before.
0 The Present Perfect Tense is used to express an action which will be completed in the
future. Eg: I will go when I have finished my homework.
He will phone you as soon as he has finished his work.
1 The Present Perfect Tense is used with just for a recently completed action.
Eg: I have just bought a dictionary.
0 The Present Perfect Tense is used with “not ……. yet”
Eg: I have not written to him yet
1 The Present Perfect Tense is used with “It is the first time/the second
time….” Eg: It is the first time that he has been to Tuyen Quang.
2 The Present Perfect Tense is used with the following adverbs: never, ever, recently, lately, already,
up to now, so far, for a long time, for ages, for the past few months/years…
2. The Present Perfect Continuous
Tense. * Form:
Examples:
(+) Nam has been living in Hanoi for 10 years.
(-) I have not been finding my door keys yet.
23 Have you been cooking? Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.
24 What have you been doing ?

24 S + have/has + been + V-ing...
(-) S + have not (haven’t)/has not (hasn’t)+ been + V -ing.
(?) Have/Has + S + been + V-ing?
5888
Wh- + have/has + S + been+ V-ing?
(I/We/You/They + have … ; He/She/It + has …)

* USE:
Thì này diễn tả một hành động bắt đầu trong quá khứ và kéo dài liên tục đến hiện tại.
Notes:
Không dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn để nói những tình huống tồn tại 1 thời gian dài
nhất là khi có always.
Eg: Alice has always worked hard.
(Không dùng has always been working hard)
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Không dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn với các động từ được liệt kê ở thì hiện tại
tiếp diễn(các động từ chỉ nhận thức, tri giác).
Eg: How long have Bob and Alice been married?
(Không dùng have Bob and Alice been being married)
Các từ hay đi kèm là:
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Since: + Mốc thời gian
24
For: + khoảng thời gian
Eg: I have been studying French for five years.
B. PRACTICE
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
23My mother _______ (teach) at Tan Trao High School since 1990.
24He already _______ (be) in Ho Chi Minh City twice.
25All the students in our class ________ (study) harder recently.
26It is the second time we ________ (visit) Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum.
27________ you _________ (feed) the cat yet? No, I _________ (not do) it.
28English _________ (be) popular all over the world for a very long time.
29She ________ (earn) her living since she graduated from university.
30

What they just ___________ (do)?
31
We ________ (not finish) our homework yet.
32 It _________ (rain) a lot this summer.
C. HOMEWORK
Exercise : Hoàn thành các đoạn hội thoại sau bằng cách chia các động từ.
Tom: Hi Ana. I (try) ___1___ to ring you several times today. Where (you / be) _____2______?
Ana: I (be) ___3_____ at home all the time. But I (clean) ______4_____ the house all day, so maybe I
didn't hear the phone ring.
Tom: (you/ clean) ____5________ everything now?
Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy/ not) _____6_____ up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?
Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited) ____7______ us to her birthday party and we (buy/ not)
_____8_____ a present for her yet.
Ana: Oh, that's right. (you/ find out/ already)___9___ what she wants?
Tom: Well, she (learn) _____10______ Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next holiday in
Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.
Ana: That's a good idea. There is a good bookshop in the big shopping centre. I (see) ____11____
some nice books about Mexico there recently.
THE SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS
TENSES A. PRESENTATION.
5888 The Simple Past
Tense * Form.
+TOBE
S + was/ were (not) + ….
Was/Were + S + .............?
Wh- + was/were + S + ......... ?
(I, he, she, it + was;
you, we, they + were)
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ORDINARY VERBS

S + Ved
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S + did not (didn’t)+ V(infinitive)
Did + S + V(infinitive”)?
* USE:
5888 Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và kết thúc trong quá khứ với thời gian
xác định Eg: She went shopping with me yesterday afternoon.
Lan wrote a long letter to her sister last night.
5889 Diễn tả một thói quen hay một công việc lâu dài trong quá khứ: used to + Vinfinitive Eg: They used to play on the swings when they were children.
When I was a student, I always went to the library to borrow books.
5888
Các trạng từ thường dùng: ago, yesterday, the day before yesterday, last
week/month/year/Christmas, in 1995, ...
2. The Past Continuous
Tense * Form:
S + was/were + V- ing
S+ was/ were + not + V-ing
Was/Were + S + V-ing?
* USE.
5890 Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra ở một thời điểm hay cả một khoảng thời gian trong quá
khứ, thường dùng với at 7.00 pm yesterday, at this time last night, ...
Eg: I was watching a football match on T.V at 8 o'clock last night.
5888
Diễn tả một hành động đang tiếp diễn trong quá khứ (QKTD) thì một hành động khác
xen vào/cắt ngang (quá khứ đơn)
Eg: I was having dinner when he came.
5891 Diễn tả hai hoặc nhiều hành động xảy ra đồng thời tại cùng một thời điểm xác định trong quá
khứ.

Eg: At 8p.m yesterday, Mary was watching TV while Tom was reading a newspaper.
B. PRACTICE.
Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. I ______ my old school teacher last week.
A. visited
B. visit
C. am visiting
D. have visited
2. A burglar _________ into the house while we __________ television.
A. broke/ were watching
B. broke/ watched
C. had broken/ watched
D. broke/ had watched
3. I ______ all of my homework last night.
A. finish
B. will finish
C. have finished
D. finished
4. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
A. took
B. had taken
C. had taken
D. was taking
5. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling / watched
C. called / have watched
B. called / was watching
D. had called / watched
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When I _______ home last night, I _______ that Jane _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.

23 had arrived / discovered / prepared
24 was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
25 have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
26 arrived / discovered / was preparing
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7. Sam _______ to change a light bulb when he _______ and _______.
A. was trying / slipped / fell
C. tried / was slipping / falling
B. had been trying / slipped
D / was falling d. has tried / slips / falls
8. I _______ you last night after dinner, but you _______ there. Where _______ you?
A. was calling / are not / are
C. called / were not / were
B. had called / had not been / were
D. called / have not been / are
9. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck
C. had crossed / was striking
B. crossed / had struck
D. is crossing / strikes
10. The number of the participants in the survey _______ 250 students for Oxford University.
A. are
B. was
C. were
D. have been
11. I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach.
A. see / am walking
C. saw / was walking

B. was seeing / walked
D. have seen / were walking
12. What _______ when the fire alarm _______ off?
A. are you doing / will go
C. have you done / would go
B. were you doing / went
D. will you do / are going
13. They ______ enthusiastically when their teacher ______ in.
A. discuss / comes
C. will have discussed / comes
B. will discuss / will come
D. were discussing / came
5888 I have not met her for three years.
A. The last time I met her was three years ago. B. It is three years when I will meet her.
C. I did not meet her three years ago.
D. During three years, I met her once.
15. He last visited London three years ago.
A. He has been in London for three years.
B. He hasn't visited London for three years.
C. He didn't visit London three years ago.
D. He was in London for three years.
C. HOMEWORK.
Choose the best option by circling the letter A, B, C or D
I have not seen Tom for ages.
B. Tom and I do not look the same age.
A. It has been a long time since I last saw
Tom. C. Tom and I are friends for a long time.
D. I often met Tom ages ago.
I haven't met my grandparents for five years.
A. I have met my grandparents for five years. B. I often met my grandparents five years ago.

C. I didn't meet my grandparents five years ago. D. I last met my grandparents five years ago.
3. It is three years since I ______ her in Bangkok in 2013.
A. last saw
B. saw last
C. had seen
D. have seen
4. Lan ______ learning English a few years ago.
A. starts
B. will start
C. started
D. is starting
5. _______ Tom Cruise's last movie? Yes, I _______ it three days ago
A. Have you ever seen / saw
C. Did you ever see / have seen
B. Had you ever seen / would see
D. Will you ever see / saw
6. In the past, people _______ to the beach more often.
A. have gone
B. used to go
C. were going
D. had gone
7. Last week, we ______ an interesting film about the animal world.

A. see

B. saw

C. are seeing

D. will see

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8. He__________his job last month and then he___________out of work.
A. lost / was
B. was lost / had been
C. has lost / was
D. lost / have been
The plane from Dallas ________ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to
London.
A. takes off
B. has taken off
C. will take off
D. took off
10. When we came, they _________ a meeting in the hall.
A. are having
B. were having
C. have been having
D. have had
THE PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
TENSES A. PRESENTATION.
The Past Perfect Tense
* FORMATION
S + had + V(past participle)
(-) S + had not (hadn’t)+ V(past participle).
Had + S + V(past participle)?
Examples:
(+) By the end of 1999, Tom had lived in Hanoi for 5 years.
(-) We had not done anything about it before the problem was solved.
Had you finished all the work before you left the office?

* USE
Thì QKHT diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và kết thúc trước một thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác
trong quá khứ.
E.g. He had worked in that company for 5 years before 1995.
She had known the news before I told her about it.
Thì QKHT được sử dụng trong câu điều kiện loại 3 trong mệnh đề ĐK.
E.g. If I had known that she was in hospital, I would have come to visit her.
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S+ had + been + V_ing ….
(-) S+ hadn’t+ been+ V-ing …..
(?) Had+S+been+V-ing …..?
* USE
Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của 1 hành động đã xảy ra và kết thúc
trước 1 thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
E.g. They had been waiting 2 hours before they gave up.
B. PRACTICE.
Exercise 1. Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. They _______ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A had been running
C. have been running
B. are running
D. will be running
2. He was sorry that he _________ his identity.
A. revealed
B. had revealed
C. has revealed
D. reveals
3. Mary’s house …….before the firemen came.
A. was burnt

B. had been burnt
C. have been burnt
D. burnt
4. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
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A. had left / forgot
C. was leaving / was forgetting
B. left / had forgot
D. had been leaving / would forget
5. By the time we _______ to the train station, Susan _______ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting
C. got / was waiting
B. got / had been waiting
D. get / will wait
_______ in Rome than he _______.
No sooner he had arrived / was being kidnapped
No sooner had he arrived / was kidnapped
Had he no sooner arrived / kidnapped
No sooner was he arriving / had been kidnapped
He ______ email before, so I ______ him how to use it.
A. did not use / had shown
C. had not used / showed
B. has not used / showed
D. was not using / will show
Doctor Pike ______ the hospital after he ______ an uneventful evening on duty. He ______ of his
day of rest.
A. was leaving / has had / thought
C. left / had had / was thinking

B. will leave / had / will think
D. is leaving / will have / thinks
Exercise 2. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect or past perfect continuous)
They were very tired in the evening because they (help) ________________ on the farm all day.
We were very hungry because we (not eat) __________________anything.
We (look for) ____________________ her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
They (wait) ______________________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

I (not / see) _______________ Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.
C. HOMEWORK.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (past simple, past continuous, past perfect or
past perfect continuous)
We (go) ______________to the cinema last week.
A bird pooed on the window that I (clean) __________________ only some minutes before.
Yesterday at nine he (sit) __________________ in front of his computer.
When their mum got home, the boys (watch) ______________________ TV for two hours.
He (want) ____________ to repair our washing machine that (break) ______________ a few days
before.
THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE, BE GOING TO AND BE
V.ING A. PRESENTATION.
The Simple Future Tense
* FORMATION:
S + will + V(infinitive)
(-) S + will not (won’t) + V(infinitive)
(?) Will + S + will + V(infinitive) ?
(I và We có thể dùng với “shall”; will not = won’t, shall not = shan’t)
USE:
refer to the information about the future.
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express a request.
express a future action decided at the time of speaking.
make predictions about future events
Notes: “Will” is usually used with the following adverbs: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next
week/......, soon, sooner or later,.. .and often used with: think, believe, expect, hope, be sure, be
certain, possibly, probably, perhaps……
E.g: He will be 20 next week.
I won’t go there tomorrow.
Will you open the door?
Nam is in hospital.
Really? I will visit him.
Tomorrow will be warm, with some cloud in the afternoon.
2. Be going to
* FORMATION:
(+) S + is/am/are + going to + V(infinitive)
(-) S + is/am/are + not + going to + V(infinitive)
(?) Is/Am/Are + S + going to + V(infinitive)?
* USE:
Elicit the use of “be going to” from Ss.
“Be going to” is used to express:
an action happening in the near future with present signs.
an intended action in the future:
E.g: Look at the black clouds in the sky. It's going to rain.
I am going to sell my house next week.
Be V-ing (The present continuous)
* FORMATION:
S + am/is/are + V-ing.
(-) S + am/is/are + not + V-ing
Am/Is/Are+ S + V-ing? *

USE:
- “Be + Ving” is used to refer to a planned action in the future.
Eg. My parents have bought some air tickets. They are taking us to Ho Chi Minh city.
B. PRACTICE.
Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. - There is someone knocking at the door. - ……
A. I'll answer it
B. let me open it
C. I'm opening it
D. I’m answering it
2. Why have you bought so much food? - I ………… for ten people.
A. will cook
B.am going to cook
C. cooked
D. have cooked
3. Look out! That tree…………………………
A. is going to fall
B. will fall
C. falls
D. will be falling
4. Why are you so sad? I think …………. the exam next week.
A. I would fail
B. I will fail
C. I failed
D. I fail
5. Let me know as soon as Mary …. here.
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A. will get
B.is going to get
C. gets
D.is getting
6. John ……….back until ten o’clock. Can I take the message?
A. is going to be
B. will be
C.is
D. won’t be.
7. Great news! Jean and Chris …………… to stay with us.
A. will come
B. are coming
C. would come
D. were coming
8. Don’t worry. I’m sure your son … the exam.
A. will pass
B. won’t pass
C.is passing
D. passed
9. The doctor says I …. a baby.
A. will have
B. would have
C.am going to have
D. will be having
10…….. successful in The Beauty Contest.
A. I don’t think she is
B. I think she is not going to be
C. I don't think she will be
D. I don’t think she won’t be
C. HOMEWORK.

Exercise 1: Find the mistake in the following sentences
We are probably going to go to Scotland this summer.
A
B
C
D
Do you think Mary is going to get the job?
A B
C
D
What do we do tomorrow morning, Lan? - I haven’t decided yet.
A B
C
D
Look at the black clouds! It will rain soon.
A
B
C
D
I’ve got two tickets. We will watch the football match tonight.
A
B
C
D
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms.
1. Why do you want all the furniture out of the room?
Because I (shampoo) ____________ the carpet. It’s impossible to do it unless you take everything
off it first.
2. Do you have to carry so much stuff on your back?
Yes, we do. We (camp) ____________ out and (cook) ____________ our own meals, so we have to

carry a lot.
If you leave your keys with the hall porter he (take) ____________ the car round to the garage.
Have you decided on your colour scheme?
Oh yes, and I've bought the paint. I (paint) ____________ this room blue and the sitting room green.
THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PERFECT
AND FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
A. PRESENTATION.
The Future Continuous Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S + shall/will + be + V_ing+ ….
(-) S + shall/will + NOT+ be + V_ing+ ….
(?) shall/will +S+ be + V_ing+ …..?
* USE
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Thì tương lai tiếp diễn diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra ở 1 thời điểm nào đó trong tương lai.
E.g. At this time tomorrow morning, they will be attending an important meeting.
* Signal words:
at this time tomorrow, at this moment next year, at present next Friday, at 5 p.m. tomorrow...
The Future Perfect Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S + shall/will + have + Past Participle…
(-) S + shall/will + not + have + Past Participle…
(?) Shall/will +S + have + Past Participle…?
* USE
Thì tương lai hoàn thành diễn tả 1 hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước 1 thời điểm hoặc 1 hành động
khác trong tương lai.
E.g. When you come back, we will have finished the work.
Signal words: by the time, by the end of.., before+ future time

3. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
FORMATION:
(+) S + shall/will + have been + V_ing+ ….
(-) S + shall/will + not + have been + V_ing+ ….
Shall/will +S+ have been + V_ing+ …..? *
USE:
Thì tương lai hoàn thành tiếp diễn nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của 1 hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước
1 thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong tương lai.
E.g. By the end of this year, he will have been working in this hospital for 30 years.
B. PRACTICE.
Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
Many natural resources _________ by the end of the century.
A. will have disappeared
C. had disappeared
B. have disappeared
D. disappeared
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2. By the end of the 21 century, the first car running on the sea water ________.
A. will finish
C. will have been finished
B. will be finished
D. will be finishing
3. No matter what happens next I _______ help you.
A. am
B. have
C. will
D. would
4. By this time next summer, you _______ your studies.
A. completes B. will complete

C. are completing
D. will have completed
5. What _______ at this time tomorrow?
A. will you do
C. will you be doing
B. will you have done
D. will you have been doing
6. Soon, people _______ most of the time at home.
A. will work
B. are working
C. have worked
D. work
7. _______ you send this wedding card to Peter, please?
A. Will
B. Are
C. Did
D. Had
8. When Peter _______, I _______ him to your new house.
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A. will arrive / take
C. arrives / will take
B. has arrived / am taking
D. had arrive / had taken
9. I think that everything ______ ready for the project procedure by the end of next month.
A. will have been B. has been
C. had been
D. is
10. Dan and Crystal ______ married in June.

A. are getting
B. has got
C. was getting D. will have got
C. HOMEWORK.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.
1 Don't phone between 7 and 8. We (have) …………... dinner then.
2. Phone me after 8 o'clock. We (finish) .................. dinner by then.
3. Lisa is from New Zealand. She is travelling around Europe at the moment.
So far she has travelled about 1,000 miles. By the end of the trip, she (travel)…........more than 3,000
miles.
Ben is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, he (spend)
…........... all his money before the end of his holiday.
5. If you need to contact me, I (stay)…… .... at the Lion Hotel until Friday.
Peter has to go to a meeting which begins at 10 o'clock. It will last about an hour.
Mary: Will you be free at 11.30?
Peter: Yes, the meeting (end) …………..by then.
MIXED EXERCISES
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. I learned that the college ________ in 1900.
A. found
B. was founded
C. founded
D. had been founded
2. After he.......................
his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. has finish
B. had finished
C. was finished D. would finish
3. How......................... since we ..................... college?
A. are you- left

B. were you- left
C. have you been- have left
D. have you been- left
4.
you lately. We .......................... three months ago.
A. haven’t seen- last met B. didn’t see- met
C. haven’t seen- have meet
D. didn’t see- have met
5. The Chinese...............
spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo............. back to Italy..
A. made- brought
B. have made- brought
C. made- had brought
D. had been making- brought
6. When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker................. speaking and the audience...................
A. just finished- were clapping
B. had just finished- had clapped
C. had just finished- were clapping
D. just finished- had clapped
7. He............................. his job last month and then he.................. out of work.
A. lost- was
B. was lost- had been
C. has lost- was
D. lost- has been
8. In the last hundred years, travelling.......................
much easier and more comfortable.
A. become
B. has become
C. became
D. will became

9. He _____ in Quang Ngai before I moved to Binh Thuan.
A. has been living
B. has lived
C. had lived
D. was living
I..... .............

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10. In the past, the trip...................
very rough and often dangerous, but things.......... a great deal in the
last hundred and fifty years.
A. was- have changed
B. is- change
C. had been- will change
D. has been- changed
11. She................ to Hanoi for her summer vacation last year.
A. went
B. go
C. goes
D. is going
12. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
13. When Carol....................
my favorite show on television.

last night, I................
A. was calling- watched
B. called- have watched
C. called- was watching
D. had called- watched
14. By the time next summer, you....................
your studies.
A. completes
B. will complete C. are completing D. will have completed
By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work C. have been working D. will be working
I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave C. have left
D. shall leave
17. Sam.............. to change a light bulb when he................
down.
and..................
A. was trying-slipped- fell
B. tried- was slipping- falling
C. had been trying- slipped- was falling
D. has tried- slips- falls
18. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down
B. has been broken
C. had broken down
D. breaks down
19. I............. for this company for more then thirty years, and I intend to stay here until
next year.
A. am working- will retire

B. am going to work- am retiring
C. work- am going to retire
D. have been working- retire
20. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
21. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
22. By the time you receive this letter, I ................
for the USA.
A. have left
B. will leave
C. will have left
D. am leaving
23. While I ……………….along the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. was cycling
B. have cycled
C. cycled
D. am cycling
24. By the time I . . . . . . . . . . this report, I will give you a ring.
A. type
B. will type
C. have typed
D. will have typed
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25. While my mother .................... a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8
yesterday.
A. watched
B. was watching
C. had watched
D. watches
26. When we came, they _________ a meeting in the hall.
A. are having
B. were having
C. have been having
D. have had
27. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave
B. are leaving C. leaving
D. are left
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. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
I.................

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A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished their work.
B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid.
C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work.
D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
I haven't heard from Susan for several months. A. I
didn't hear from Susan several months ago. B. I last
heard from Susan several months ago.
C. Susan heard from me several months ago.

D. Susan didn't hear from me several months ago.
Eight years ago we started writing to each other. A. We
have rarely written to each other for eight years. B.
Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.
C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.
D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.
Find out the underlined part of each sentence that needs correction
31. This time last week I were staying in Ho Chi Minh city.
A
B
C
D
32. Before I moved here in 1990, I has lived in Ha Noi.
A
B
C D
33. I was hungry now. I haven’t had breakfast this morning.
A
B
C
D
I was used to go swimming in summer when I was small.
A
B
C
D
35. There are a lot of blacks clouds in the sky. It will rain
A
B
C

D
Did you met anyone interesting at the party last night?
A
B
C
D
Someone will stole your car if you leave the car unlocked.
A
B
C
D
38. It is not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry.

A
B
C
D
39. I don’t need your umbrella today. I don’t think it is going to rain.
A
B
C
D
40. When I came, the room was in a terrible mess because someone have broken in.
A
B
C
D

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2. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Singular subject+singular verb
Plural subject+plural verb
Subject-verb agreement

Subject+ singular/plural verb

Confused subjects

A- Singular subject + singular verb:
Bất cứ ngời học tiếng anh nào cũng đều nắm đợc một nguyên tắc trong tiếng
anh là chủ ngữ số ít phải kết hợp với động từ số ít và ngợc lại.
Ex: - Mr Orson is a doctor.
- She lives in Ha Noi.
ect.
Tất nhiên đó là lý thuyết còn khi dạy phần này chúng ta nên giới thiệu cho học sinh nắm đợc
những trờng hợp chủ ngữ cụ thể dới đây đợc coi là số ít và luôn kết hợp với động từ số ít:

1- Chủ ngữ là những đại từ bất định (infinitive prronouns):
someone/somebody, something, noone/nobody, nothing, anybody/anyone,
anything, everyone/everybody, everything .
Ex: - Everyone thinks that He is innocent.
Nothing is more valuable than health.
2- Chủ ngữ có each và every:
Each/Every + singular noun + singular verb
Ex: - Each student has to overpass an important examination.
Every person likes independence and freedom.
* Lu ý: nếu chủ ngữ là each of + plural noun thì có thể dùng động từ ở cả hai hình

thức số ít hay số nhiều.
Ex: - Each of the men has/have known this.
Tuy nhiên học sinh nên sử dụng động từ số ít dựa theo " careful written
English" 3- Chủ ngữ có "More than one..."

More than one + singular noun + singular verb
Ex: - More than one building was built last year.
4- Chủ ngữ là "One of/ Not one of......"

ect.

One of/ Not one of + plural noun + singular verb
Ex: - One of my close friends has died.
- Not one of those girls has been in love with him.
ect.
5- Chủ ngữ là "uncounable nouns" nh: water, beer, wine, oil, petrol, rice, wheat
flour, sugar, milk, cheese, butter, salt, sausage, food, meat, sand, soap, information,
air, money,work, homework,......
Ex: - Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
- Bad information on the internet causes social evils. ect.
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* L−u ý:
a/ Some non-count nouns, such as food, meat, money and sand may be used as
count nouns in order to indicate different types.
b/ The word "time" can be either countable or non-countable depending on the
context. When it means an occasion, it is a countable. When it means a number of
hours, days, years, etc... it is non-countable.
6- Chñ ng÷ lµ:

Some (of)
Most of
Any of
None of

+ uncountable noun + singular verb

A lot of

+ plural noun + plural verb

Plenty of
All (of)
The majority of
The minority of
Ex: - All the furniture was destroyed in the fire.
- Most of the rooms in the hotel have air-conditioning. ect.
7- Chñ ng÷ lµ danh ®éng tõ (gerund): learning, teaching, playing, speaking, ect......, ®éng tõ kÕt hîp

lu«n lµ sè Ýt.
Ex: - learning English is interesting.
- Playing badminton is popular nowadays.
ect.
8- Chñ ng÷ lµ ®éng tõ nguyªn thÓ (infinitive): to do, to work, to explain, to
understand, to meet, to see, ect..... còng lu«n ®i víi ®éng tõ sè Ýt.
Ex: - To understand his feeling is difficult.
- To complete this duty is not easy.
ect.
9- Chñ ng÷ lµ mét mÖnh ®Ò (clause)


That

+ clause

+ singular verb

Ex: - That they once loved eachother is really true.
What we have said to you is completely
right. 10- Chñ ng÷ lµ "the number"

The number (of) +

singular verb

A number (of) +

plural verb

Ex: - The number of homless children is becoming bigger and bigger.
A number of negative young men easily cause social
evils. 11- Chñ ng÷ lµ "many a...."
Many a + singular noun + singular verb
Ex: - Many a student has been awarded the scholarship.
B- Plural subject + plural verb:
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Trong tiếng anh khi chủ ngữ là một danh từ hay đại từ số nhiều thì sẽ đợc theo
sau bởi một động từ số nhiều.
Ex: - These countries have developed economy.

- They are active men.
Khi dạy đến sự kết hợp này tôi cũng thờng đa thêm những trờng hợp sau luôn
đợc dùng với động từ số nhiều:
1- Chủ ngữ có: Both ....and.... + plural verb
Ex: - Both you and I were wet yesterday.
Both literature and English are important subjects.
2- Chủ ngữ là tính từ: The + adjective + plural verb: Ex:
- The poor need being helped by the rich.

The intelligent often talk little.
3- Một số danh từ có hình thức số nhiều và luôn kết hợp với động từ số nhiều nh:
glasess(cái kính/cặp kính), scissors(cái kìm), trousers(cái quần), shorts, pliers, pants,
jeans, tongs, tweezers, belongings, clothes, congratulations, earnings, ouskirts,
paticulars(=information), premises(=building), riches, savings, staires, surroundings, thanks.

Ex: - Which trousers are yours?
The scissors are mine.
C- Subject + singular/plural verb
1- Chủ ngữ là:
Any of
Either of

+ plural noun

+ singular/plural verb

Neither of
Ex: - Any of them has/have known this.
Neither of the English athletes has/have won this year.
Tuy nhiên chúng ta nên dùng động từ số ít tuân theo "written careful English"

2- Chủ ngữ có:
None of /

+ uncountable/ singular noun + singular verb

No

+ plural noun + plural verb

Ex: - None of my friends have finished the exam yet.
None of the counterfeit money has been found.
No example is relevant to this case.
No examples are relevant to this case.
3- Khi chủ ngữ có hai hoặc nhiều hơn các đối tợng đợc nối với nhau bằng "and"
thì ta thờng dùng động từ số nhiều.
Ex: - Mary and Tom are classmates.
A strong wind and a full sail bring joy to the sailor.
Nhng cũng có trờng hợp sử dụng động từ số ít khi chủ thể muốn qui về
một đối tợng, hoặc khi hai vật hoặc hai bộ phận khác nhau nhng đợc hợp lại
thành một cũng đợc coi là danh từ số ít và kết hợp với động từ số ít.
Ex: - Bread and egg was all I like.
The writer and the poet is arriving tonight.(Nhà văn kiêm nhà thơ sẽ.....)
4- Chủ ngữ là:
Some (of)
Part of

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Half of
Most of

+ plural noun + plural verb

A lot of

+ non-count noun + singular verb

Plenty of
The remainder
The last
The rest
The minority
The majority
Động từ phụ thuộc vào danh từ đứng sau
Ex: - The majority of the students believe him tobe innocent.
Some of the salt is necessary.
* Lu ý:
The minority
The majority

+ singular verb

Ex: The majority believes that we are in danger.

5- Các danh từ tập hợp có thể kết hợp đợc với động từ ở cả hai hình thức tùy theo ý
ngời nói. Một số danh từ tập hợp thông dụng nh: audience, army, crew, crowd, class,
committee, company, family, flock, group, government, team ......
Thông thờng ta dùng động từ số ít khi ngời nói xem tập hợp ấy nh một đơn vị duy nhất.

Ex: - Almost every family on the street has a son or a daughter studying in universities.

- The audience was like a stone wall, silent and cold.
Động từ số nhiều đợc dùng khi ngời nói muốn đề cập hay nhấn mạnh đến
từng thành viên trong nhóm đang hoạt động một cách riêng lẻ hoặc tập hợp ấy đợc
xem nh những bộ phận hay thành phần khác nhau.
Ex: - The audience were applauding, cheering, even stamping their feet.
Poultry are being fed.
6- Với mẫu câu "There + be....."thông thờng động từ phụ thuộc vào danh từ đứng ngay sau nó.

Ex: - There is much traffic at night and many mules on the road.

There were two lorries, a car and a motorcycle there
yesterday. * Lu ý: Đôi khi động từ hòa hợp với tất cả các chủ từ sau nó:

Ex: - There are a plaza, a cathedral, and a governor'r palace on the hill.
D- Confused subjects:
1- Khi chủ ngữ là một cụm từ có hình thức số nhiều chỉ thời gian, trọng lợng và sự
đo lờng thì động từ đợc kết hợp ở hình thức số ít.
Ex: - Twenty years in prison is a very long time.
(Twenty years = a period of time)
Five miles on that road seems impossible for us to
walk. ( Five miles = a distance of forty miles)
Twenty dollar is too much for me.
(Twenty dollar = a sum of money)

2- Khi chủ từ đi kèm với cụm giới từ bắt đầu bằng: with, a long with, together with, as well as,
besides, in addition to, other than, like, accompanied by... thì động từ đợc chia theo chủ từ
đứng trớc các cụm giới từ này (các cụm giới từ này không ảnh hởng đến chủ từ trớc nó)
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Ex: - Mr Black with his children lives there.
The actress, along with her manager and some friends, is going to a party tonight.

All the books other than the blue one are very interesting.
3- Khi hai chủ từ kết hợp với nhau bằng: ...or...; either... or...; neither...nor...; not...but...;
not only...but also... thì động từ đợc chia theo chủ từ đứng gần động từ nhất.

Ex: - Either you or I am responsible for this.
Not his friends but He has caused this.
Neither her children nor She has done that.
4- Một số danh từ có hình thức số nhiều nhng luôn đợc coi là danh từ số ít luôn kết
hợp với động từ số ít: mathematics, physics, economics, politics, phonetics, linguistics,
ethics, optics, civics, genetics, measles, mumps, rickets, AIDS, SARS, news...
Ex: - The news of the war has surprised all of us.
Measles is not a dangerous disease nowadays.
* Proper names with "s" at the end are used like singular nouns. Ex:
- The Philippines is famous for beautiful sights.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a very interesting novel.
5- Một số danh từ không có hình thức số nhiều nhng lại luôn là danh từ số nhiều:
police, clergy, children, people, men, women, cattle, poultrry, oxen, mice, lice, geese,
feet, teeth, data, erata, curricular, bacteria,... luôn kết hợp với động từ số nhiều.
Ex: - The police have been looking for the murder for three months now.
- The data are not suitable for my purpose.
Những danh từ này có thể các em đy gặp ở phần "Danh từ bất qui tắc" nhng
chúng ta cũng nên hệ thống lại giúp các em đợc khắc thêm một lần nữa
* Lu ý: "People" nếu mang nghiy "dân tộc" là danh từ số ít, số nhiều phải thêm "s".
Ex: - There are many peoples living in Viet Nam.

6- Chủ ngữ là "percent":
... percent of

+ plural noun + plural verb
+ non-count noun + singular verb

Ex: - Fifty percent of the old people of over ninety live in the city.
Fifty percent of the oil was lost by
evaporation. * Khi chủ ngữ có phân số cũng vậy:
Ex: - Two-thirds of the school children here live in the country.
- Two-thirds of the money He earned was illigal.
7- Một vài danh từ có thể đi với động từ số nhiều hoặc số ít tùy theo nghĩa:
Ex: - Statistics doesn't appeal me (Statistics : môn thống kê học)
Statistics don't convince me (Statistics: các dữ liệu thống kê)
Tatics is the art of moving military forces. (Tatics: Chiến thuật là...)
Northern and Southern Tatics towards the end of the Civil war were quite different.

(Tatics: Chin thut...)
Thụng thng cỏc t ni vi nhau bi t and lm ch ng thỡ ng t luụn chia theo s nhiu,
nhng chỳ ý cỏc trung hp sau:
* Sau each, every dự cú liờn t and thỡ ng t luụn chia theo s it:
Ex:
Each girl and boy has to tell a story.
Khi 2 t ni vi nhau bng t and din t 1 vt, 1 ý tng duy nht thỡ ng t cng chia
theo s it:
Ex: Bread and butter is my favourite breakfast.
The teacher and the painter is coming here

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PRACTICE ON SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
I. Choose the best answer to finish each sentence:
1. Each of the men _____ responsible for this.
A. are

B. being

C. is

D. were

2. Bill together with his brothers ______ to the beach every morning.
A. going

B. goes

C. go

D. went

3. Either the monitor or the athletes _____ to blame for the bad result.
A. be

B. are

C. is

D. to be


4. Everyone _______ with me about my plans
A. have agreed

B. agreeing

C. disagree

D. agrees

5. Tim as well as his relatives _______ safe from the hurricane.
A. be

B. is

C. are

D. being

6. The results of Dr. Frank’s experiment ______ announced on TV last night.
A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

7. Fifty minutes ______ the maximum length of time allowed for the exam.
A. is


B. be

C. are

D. were

8. The cost of living ______over 10% in the last few years.
A. rises

B. has risen

C. rose

D. is rising

9. A number of sheep ______eating grass now.
A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

10. Measles ________ sometimes a serious disease.
A. is

B. are


C. being

D. be

11. Making cakes and pies ________Mrs. Reed’s specialty.
A. are

B. were

C. is

D. have been

12. The United States _______ between Canada and Mexico.
A. lying

B. lies

C. lain

D. lie

13. The students in the next classroom _______very loudly everyday.
A. was talking

B. talked

C. are talking

D. talk


14. The singer and the actor ______ coming.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. have been

15. A cart and horse _______ seen at a distance now.
A. are

B. is

C. were

D. was

16. Two million dollars _______not enough for the victims of the tsunami.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. both A &B

17. Cattle _______ allowed to graze here now.
A. is


B. are

C. were

D. was
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18. Each of the boys _____ a book now
A. need

B. needs

C. needing

D. is needing

C. are needing

D. needs

19. The poor living here _______ help.
A. is needing

B. need

20. Two-thirds of the money _______ mine now.
A. is


B. are

C. were

D. was

21. Three years in a strange land ______ like a long time for lonely people.
A. seemed

B. seeming

C. seems

D. seem

22. The teacher, along with his students,_______ the procession.
A. are watching

B. is watching

C. have watched

D. were watching

23. Seventy-five percent of the students _______ another language.
A. speak

B. speaks

C. spoken


D. has spoken

24. My new pair of pants _______at the cleaners.
A. is

B. are

C. be

D. has been

25. The police ______on the alert for the escaped convict.
A. are

B. is

C. was

D. both A & B

26. The battery, along with the alternator and starter, ______ up the electrical system of a car.
A. make

B. have made

C. have been made

D. makes


27. Much of what you were told ______ inaccurate.
A. are

B. was

C. been

D. were

28. Miss White_______ her parents is going to pay a visit to the Great Wall.
A. and

B both

C. as well as

D. or

29. The Vietnamese ________hard-working and brave.
A. is

B. are

C. be

D. being

30. A good deal of money _______ spent on the books.
A. have


B. has

C. have been

D. has been

31. The manager or his secretary ______ to give you an interview.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. have

32. Ninety percent of the work _______ been done.
A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

33. Those who _______ to go with me, please raise your hand.
A. want

B. wants

C. wanting


D. are wanting

34. Three-fifths of the police________ in the school near the town recently.
A. has trained

B. have trained

C. has been trained

D. have been trained

35. ______ not only you but also he going to Japan?
A. Are

B. Is

C. Were

D. Was

36. All the books on the shelf ______to me.
A. belong

B. belongs

C. belonging

D. is belonging
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