Some techniques in guiding grade 12 students in large scale classes to prepare for the graduation exam in 2020 2021

THANH HOA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT

THACH THANH 3 HIGH SCHOOL

CATEGORY
ORDER
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CONTENT
EXPERIENCE
INITIATIVE

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A. INTRODUCTION
I. The reasons for choosing topic.

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IV. Research methods.

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V. The new points

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SOME
TECHNIQUES IN GUIDING GRADE 12 STUDENTS
3 LARGEII. Research
purposes.
IN
SCALE
CLASSES TO PREPARE FOR THE2
GRADUATION
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III. Research
subjects. EXAM IN 2020-2021
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B. CONTENT INITIVE EXPERIENCE
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I I. Theoretical basis of the problem

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II. State of the matter research.

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1. To the Implementer:
teachers
Trinh Thi Lien
Position: Teacher
2. To the students
School: Thach Thanh 3 high school
III. Implementing
Initiativemeasures
of experience in the field: English

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1.Encourage and guide students how to learn the
collocations effectively

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1.1. Introduce the role of collocation in communication

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CATEGORY
THANH HOA, 2021

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ORDER
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CONTENT

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A. INTRODUCTION
I. The reasons for choosing topic.

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II. Research purposes.

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III. Research subjects.

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IV. Research methods.

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B. CONTENT INITIVE EXPERIENCE

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I I. Theoretical basis of the problem

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II. State of the matter research.

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III. Implementing measures

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1.Introduce the matrix from The Ministry of Education
and Training

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2. Introduce and interpret the illustration test from The
Ministry of Education and Training
3. Teaching modules and guiding students to practice the
modules
4. Giving students assignments to revise at home

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5. Provide students with short tests to practice

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IV. Effectiveness of initiative

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C. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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I. Conclusion

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II. Request

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A. INTRODUCTION
I. THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING TOPIC.
It is undeniable that English plays an integral part in modern times and it
has been considered as one of 3 compulsory subjects in the GCSE by the
Ministry of Education and Training for so long. The mark of English exam,
however, is ranked last in comparison with the other subjects according to
survey from MOE.
I have been teaching English at Thach Thanh 3 high school in which many
students are Muong Ethnic Minority or come from remote and mountainous
areas. For many years, I myself have taught grade 12 students and taken
responsibility for guiding them prepare for the GCSE examination. Much as I
have tried, my students have got bad results incomparison with students from
other school in Thanh Hoa province.
As far as we concerned, the Ministry of Education and training ask our province
Thanh Hoa to make efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning so
that we can be in top 20 in the stage of 2021 to 2025. In order to get good
results, it is absolutely imperative that teachers should find best solution to
handle the problems.
To meet the requirement mentioned above, teacher should pay attention to not
only good students but also bad students because they make up the largest
propotion in each class. Only when the marks of the majority are improved, can
the marks on avarage be better.
From the above described reason, I have applied some techniques for students
in large-scale classes namely:
"Some techniques in guiding grade 12 students in large-scale classes to
prepare for the graduation exam in 2020-2021".
By carrying out this study, the researcher wishes to give a hand in improving
the marks of students who are not good at English, then to make a considerable
contribution to fulfil the target of Thanh Hoa Department of Education and

Training ( TH DOET) in the upcoming graduation exam.
Perhaps my research is certainly not perfect so I am looking forward to
receiving input from all of you.
Thank you.

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II. RESEARCH PURPOSES.
The purpose of this topic is to help grade 12 students in large-scale classes
have better understanding of tasks mentioned in the illustrated test from the
Ministry of Education and training,to teach them the easy knowlegde (within
every 6 out of ten points) and to guide them to practice so that they can
remember the knowlegde then their English is improved and they can get good
results in the Graduation exam.
III. RESEARCH SUBJECTS.
In the year of 2020-2021, I have been taught three grade 12 classes: Class 12
A1( 43 students) in which 39 students choose Maths, Physics and Chemistry as
core subjects for the Entrance Examination and their English is terrible; class
12A4( 42 students) and class 12 A8( 34 students) - a class where there are
students with the lowest level among 323 students of grade 12 at Thach Thanh 3
high school. In other words , my main research subjects are 103 students with
low level of English.
IV. RESEARCH METHODS.
The methods I have used:
- Research methodology built on theoretical basis.
- Scientific research method: A method of observing the object a systematic
way to gather information. There are two scientific observers are observing
direct and indirect observations.
- Methods of investigation: A method of teachers surveyed audience at Thach

Thanh 3 high school to detect characteristics and learning styles, ability to post.
- Experimental methods: The teacher actively impacts on students and the
course of the student attendance to follow objectives, their expectation.
- Methods of analysis summed up the experience: As a research methodology
and review the practical achievements to draw conclusions useful for practice.
B. CONTENT INITIATIVE EXPERIENCE
I. THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE PROBLEM.
The initiative is theoretically based on the Matrix and the illustration test from
the Ministry of Education and Training introduced in late March, 2021 which I
enclose in THE APPENDIX.
II. STATE OF THE MATTER RESEARCH.
The fact that teachers and students spend much time on teaching and learning
English,especially revising for the graduation exam cannot be denied. Yet the
results are not high, even English is ranked last according to the survey from
MOE ( 4,57 on average)
And the average mark of Thanh Hoa province and Thach Thanh 3 high school
is respective 3,82 and 3,71.
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After a period time of teaching and learning, Thach Thanh 3 high school had a
mock test for all grade 12 students in late December and the results of English is
terrible , on average , about 3,46 and here are the marks of my three classes: 12
A1, 12A4, 12 A8
Order
Class
1
12 A1
2
12A4

3
12A3

Student No

GPA

43
40
34

4,24
3,62
2,98

As can be seen from the table above, the results are not good.
I myself are not so surprised at the results because of some following reasons:
- The numbers of students who can get mark 5 and higher is low.
- The majority of students canot remember the knowlegde.
- The rest choose the answer at random without looking at the paper test.
To make the situation better, I have applied some techniques in teaching my
students in the classes and I am happy that my students make a lot progress, and
importantly, they become interested in learning and spending more time to fullfil
my assignments.
III. IMPLEMENTING MEASURES.
1. Help students be clear about the knowledge of the 2021 graduation exam
by introducing and interpreting carefully the matrix and the illustration
test from MOET.
1.1- Introduce the matrix .
1.2- Introduce the illustration test from the Ministry of Education and

Training introduced in late March.
2. Guide students how to learn modules and skills effectively.
I always bear in mind that my agents are neither good nor hard-working so it
is crucial that I teach carefully the cogniative knowledge and assign the tasks for
them regularly. Only by this way can these students remember the lesson well.
In each class, My sole purpose is how to guide students to get mark from 5 to 7
and here are details of my curricula.
2.1- Teach basic knowledge.
LESSON 1- PRONUNCIATION
1. Pronounce words ending in " ed"
+ /t/: /s/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /k/, /p/, /f/.
+ /id/: /t/ và /d/.
+ /d/: the rest.

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2. Pronounce words ending in " s"
+ /s/: -s là /p/, k/, /f/, /θ/, /t/.
+ /ɪz/: -s là: ch, sh, ss, x, ge, ce, se.
+ /z/: the rest.
3. Pronounce vowels
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. final
B. writer
C. ivory
D. widow

Question 2: A. passed
B. managed
C. cleared
D. threatened
Question 3: A. ejects
B. defends
C. advocates
D. breaths
Question 4: A. produced B. believed
C. stopped
D. laughed
Question 5: A. alien
B. alloy
C. alley
D. anthem
Question 6: A. affected
B. looked
C. decreased
D. washed
Question 7: A. missed
B. worked
C. realized
D. watched
Question 8: A. need
B. speech
C. see
D. career
LESSON 2- STRESS
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Rules:

1. Stress on 2-syllable words
- Verbs: mostly stress on the 2nd syllable
EXCEPT: words ending in er,or,en,el,ow
- Nouns and Adjectives: mostly stress on the 1st syllable
EXCEPT: machine, museum, event, cement, hotel, police, polite..
Note: stress on long vowels and dipthongs
2. Stress with prefix
a. stress in on the following
-eer, -ee, -oo, -oon, -ese, -ette, - esque, - ade, - mental, - nental, - ain
b. Stress before the following
- ion, - ic, - ial, - ive, - ible, - ity, - graphy, - ious/eous, - ish, -ian
c. Stress on the third from the end
-y, - ce, -ate, - ise / ize, - ism / izm
d. Prefixes do not affect the stress
-ful, - er, - or, - ist, - ous, - ly, - hood, - ship, - ment, - al, - less, - ness, - age, ure,- ledge,- ing, - ed, - able, - dom, -some, - ent /-ant...
EXERCISES: Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following
questions.
Question 1: A. apply
B. persuade
C. reduce
D. offer
Question 2: A. explain
B. happen
C. decide
D. combine
Question 3: A. equip
B. listen
C. answer
D. enter

Question 4: A. involve
B. provide
C. install
D. comment
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Question 5: A. publish
Question 6: A. hospital
Question 7: A. different
Question 8: A. situation
entertainment

B. replace
B. inflation
B. achievement
B. appropriate

C. involve
C. policy
C. educate
C. informality

D. escape
D. constantly
D. primary
D.

LESSON 3- TENSES
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Tense combination
- S+ V( present perfect) SINCE +S + V(past sipmle)
- AFTER + S + V(past perfect) , S + V(past simple)
- BEFORE/BY THE TIME + S + V( past simple), S + V( past perfect)
- BY THE TIME+ S + V( present tense), S + V( future perfect)
- WHEN + S + V ( past simple ), S + V (past simple)
- WHEN + S + V ( present tense ), S + V ( future tense)
- WHEN + S + V (past simple), S + V ( past perfect)
- WHEN + S + V (past simple ), S + V (past continuous)
- WHILE S + V ( past continuous), S + V 9 ( past simple/ past continuous)
- AS SOON AS + S + V ( present tense), S + V ( future tense)
EXERCISE 1: Choose the best anwser to complete the sentences
1. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he _______ along the street.
A. was walking
B. would walk C. walked
D. had walked
2. I haven’t met him again since we _______ school ten years ago.
A. have left
B. leave
C. left
D. had left
3. They had learned English before they___________to England.
A. move
B. moved
C. had moved
D. have moved
4. I'll call you as soon as I _______ in Paris.
A. will arrive
B. am arriving
C. arrive

D. will have
arrived
5 He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he _______ dinner.
A. had finish
B. has finished
C. will finish
D. finished
EXERCISE 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1: Have you met any of your neighbours since you live here?
A
B
C
D
Question 2: After he will leave school, he will spend six months in India.
A
B
C
D
Question 3: Last week I have to bring work home every night to get it all done.
A
B
C
D

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Question 4: They had been given help and advice before they were making the
decision.

A
B
C
D
Question 5: I come from Italy but I study in England at the moment.
A
B
C
D
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
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Form 1:
EX. I started / began to study/studying English 3 years ago.
=> I have studied English for 3 years.
S+ started/ began + to V/V-ing …..ago
=> S have/has + Vpp … for 3 years
Note: In …/ when => since…
Form 2:
EX1:- The last time she went out with him was two years ago.
=> She hasn't gone out with him for two years.
EX2: I last saw him when I was a student.
=> I haven't seen him since I was a student.
The last time + S + VQKĐ….ago
 S + haven't/ hasn't + Vpp ….for…
Note: In …/ when => since…
EXERCISE 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. She last visited her home country ten years ago.
A. She hasn't visited her home country for ten years.
B. She didn’t visit her home country ten years ago.

C. She has visited her home country for ten years.
D. She was in her home country for ten years.
2. The last time she came back to her hometown was 4 years ago.
A. It's 4 years since she last lived in her hometown.
B. She didn't come back to her hometown 4 years ago.
C. She started coming back to her hometown 4 years ago.
D. She hasn’t come back to her hometown for 4 years.
3. He started working as a bank clerk 3 months ago.
A. He last worked as a bank clerk 3 months ago.
B. He didn't work as a bank clerk 3 months ago.
C. He has been working as a bank clerk for 3 months.
D. The last time she worked as a bank clerk was 3 months ago.
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4. 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.
5. 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 in 2 o’clock.
C. It has been raining for 2 o’clock.
D. It has been raining since 2 o'clock
LESSON 4- PASSIVE VOICE
Chủ động
S+ V(bare)/ V(S/es)
S + Ved/ V(cot 2)
S + will + V(bare)

S + am/is/are + Ving
S + was/were + Ving
S + have/has + Vp2
S + had + Vp2
S + will + have + Vp2
S + am/is/are + going to +
V(bare)
S + modal verbs + V(bare)

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Bị động
S + am/is/are + Vp2
S + was/were + Vp2
S + will + be + Vp2
S + am/is/are + being + Vp2
S + was/were + being + Vp2
S + have/has + been + Vp2
S + had + been + Vp2
S + will + have + been + Vp2
S + am/is/are + going to + be + Vp2
S + modal verbs + be + Vp2

EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1.This house
in 1970 by my grandfather.
A built B. was built
C. was build
D.
has built

2.Many graffiti
without the permission of the owner of the wall.
A. are writing
B. are written
C. is writing
D. is written
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ________ by J K Rowling.
A. written
B. was written
C. wrote
D. were written
4. The flood victims ________ with food and clean water by the volunteers.
A. provided
B. were provided C. were providing D. provide
5. I don't know why this class is always so dirty because it ________ every
morning
A. was cleaned
B. cleans
C. cleaned
D. is cleaned
LESSON 5- WISH

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(S + wish)/if only + S + V(past simple)
unreal at present
(S + wish)/if only + S + V (past perfect)
.unreal in the past

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence
that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. Lan didn't apply for the job in the library. She regrets it now.
A. Lan wishes she had applied for the job in the library.
B. Lan wishes she hadn’t applied for the job in the library.
C. Lan wishes she would apply for the job in the library.
D. Lan wishes she applies for the job in the library.
2. He broke up with her but now he thinks that was a mistake.
A. He wishes he hadn't broken up with her.B. He wishes not to have broken
her up.
C. He regrets having not broken up with her.D. He was mistaken with
breaking up with her.
3. It's such a pity my mother can't attend my birthday party.
A. If only my mother could attend my birthday party.
B. If only my mother had attended my birthday party.
C. I am very sorry that my mother didn't attend my birthday party.
D. I wonder why my mother can't attend my birthday party.
4. You are not tactful; that is why you are always offending other people.
A. You must have offended other people because you are not tactful.
B. If you were tactful, you would satisfy other people.
C. I wish you were tactful so that you don’t offend other people.
D. You should have been tactful so that you didn’t offend other people.
5. It is a pity that I can’t speak English as native speaker.
A. I wish I could speak English as a native speaker.B. I wish I couldn’t speak
English as a native speaker.
C. I wish I can speak English as a native speaker.D. I wish I have spoken
English as a native speaker.
LESSON 6- PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND PERFECT PARTICIPLE
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When two clauses have the same subjects we use
Ving hoặc Having + Vp2 ( active meaning).
Ex1: Feeling tired, she went to bed.
Ex2: Having finished my work, I went out with my friends.
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Note: Being Vpp; Vpp hoặc Having +been+ Vp2 (passive meaning).
EXERCISES: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. ________ that her father was angry, she left the room quietly.
A. Feeling
B. Having felt
C. To feel
D. Felt
2. ________ hard all day, Sarah was exhausted.
A. To work
B. Working
C. Having worked D. worked
3. ________ the report to the manager, she decided to take a rest.
A. Having handed in
B. Handed in
C. Being handed in
D. To hand in
4. ________ from Harvard, she applied for a position in a big company.
A. Graduating
B. Being graduated C. Having graduated
D. to
graduate
5. ________ this movie last week, I don’t want to see it again.

A. Having seen
B. Being seen
C. Having been seen
D. Seeing
LESSON 7: DOUBLE COMPARATIVE [3]
Short adjectives: Adj + er + and + adj
+ er
One
subject

Two
subjects

Long adjectives: more/less and
more/less + adj
Nouns : more and more + N

The + ( comparative) adj/ adv+S + V,
the (comparative) adj/adv + S + V

The summer is
coming. It gets hotter
and hotter.
She is more and more
attractive.
There are more and
more people moving
to big cities to look
for jobs.
The more difficult the

exercise is, the more
interesting it is.

EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. The more ideas you have, _______ you will develop.
A. the projects more
B. the more projects C. projects
more
D. more projects
2. _______ Elton John became, the more difficult it was for him to avoid
reporters.
A. The most famous
B. The more famous C. The more
famously
D. More famous
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3. The more carefully you plan, _______ the result will be.
A. better
B. the more well C. better and better D. the better
4. The more flowers you grow, _______ your garden will be.
A. more pretty
B. the more pretty C. the prettier
D. prettier
5. It’s becoming _______ to find a job.
A. more and more
B. more harder and more harder
C. less and less

D. harder and harder
LESSON 8: ORDERS OF ADJECTIVES
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OSASCOMP
Opinion - Size -Age - Shape - Color - Origin - Material - Purpose
Trong đó:
1. Opinion: Useful, beautiful , interesting , lovely , delicious
2. Size: big , small , large , huge , tiny , long , short , tall
3. Age: old , young , new ,brand-new
4. Shape: round , square
5. Color): black , red , white , blue , yellow
6. Origin: Vietnamese, English, Indian, Thai, German, American
7. Material: Silk , gold , silver , wooden , plastic , leather , glass
8. Purpose: sitting, sleeping, wedding, waiting
EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. She picked the _________ flower up and poked it over her left ear.
A. red small beautiful
B. beautiful red small C. small
beautiful red
D. beautiful small red
2. The _________ car is six years old now, but it is in good shape and still has
low mileage.
A. big Japanese black
B. Japanese big black C. big black
Japanese
D. black big Japanese
3. They moved to a _________ house after many years living in a deprived
house.
A. big modern brick

B. brick big modernC. modern big
brick
D. brick modern big
4. We ate some _________ apples that we had bought at the supermarket the
night before.
A. delicious red AmericanB. American delicious redC. red American
delicious
D. delicious American red
5. He bought a _________ ring to ask for his girlfriend's hand in marriage.
A. beautiful silver new
B. new beautiful silverC. beautiful
new silver
D. silver beautiful new
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LESSON 9: MODALS

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1. may/ might
Signals: (perhaps, possibly, probably, likely… )
2. must/ mustn't:
Signals: compulsory, required, obliged, mandatory
3. should
Signals: had better, If I were you…..
4. need/ needn't/ have to:
Signals: necessary, crucial, vital….
5. should/ shouldn't have Vpp
Signals: It's wrong/mistake of you

EXERCISE : Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. You are not allowed to take photos in the museum.
A. You may take photos in the museum.
B. You should take photos in the museum.
C. You mustn’t take photos in the museum
D. You needn’t take photos in the museum.
2. I thought it was not necessary to book tickets for the film in advance, but I
was wrong.
A. I needn’t have booked tickets for the film in advance.
B. I couldn’t have booked tickets for the film in advance.
C. I should have booked tickets for the film in advance.
D. I must have booked tickets for the film in advance.
3. Sally paid for her travel in advance, but it wasn’t necessary.
A. Sally needn’t have paid for her travel in advance.
B. Sally might not have paid for her travel in advance.
C. Sally may not have paid for her travel in advance.
D. Sally couldn’t have paid for her travel in advance.
4. It was impossible that he forgot to wear the helmet.
A. He should have worn the helme
B. He must have worn the helmet
C. He might have forgot to wear the helmet
D. He needn’t have forgot wearing the helmet
5: It’s not necessary that you do your homework now.
A. You needn’t to do your homework now.
B. You don’t have to do your homework now.
C. You must do your homework now.
D. You cannot do no homework now.
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LESSON 10- TAG QUESTIONS

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Rules
Given sentence
1. affirmative
2. negative
3. To Be
4. Verb
5. Modals
6. Let's..
7. I'm..
8. Imprerative
9. sentences with :never, seldom, hardly,
scarcely, little
10. -Everyone/Everybody,
Someone/Somebody, Anyone/Anybody, No
one/Nobody,...”
-nothing, everything, something, anything
10.Ithink, believe, suppose, figure, assume,
fancy, imagine, reckon, expect, seem, feel
that + clause 2:

Tag question
-Negative
-Affirmative
-To be
-Auxiliary( do/does/did)

-Modals
-Shall we
-aren’t I
-will you
-affirmative
-They

-It
-Clause 2

EXERCISE : Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. This house is not safe, ________?
A. isn’t this
B. isn’t it
C. is it
D. is this
2. Ba rarely goes out at night, ________?
A. doesn’t he
B. is he
C. isn’t he
D. does he
3. Everybody looks tired, ________?
A. doesn’t it
B. don’t they
C. does it
D. do they
4. I’m a bad man, ________?
A. am not I
B. isn’t I

C. aren’t I
D. am I
5. I think she is a dentist, ________?
A. don’t I
B. isn’t she
C. do I
D. is she
6. Let’s turn off the lights before going out, ________?
A. shall we
B. will you
C. shan’t we
D. won’t you
7. Don’t be late, ________?
A. are you
B. shall we
C. do you
D. will you
8. There are no easy ways to succeed,________?
A. are there
B. aren’t there
C. aren’t they
D. are they
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LESSON 11- WORD FORMATION
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Trật tự từ
1. NOUNS: after
- Article (a/an/the) + N

-Possesive adjs (my/your/our/his/her/their/its, Lan's..) +N
-This/that/these/those) + N
- A/ an/some/any/many/much + N
- Preposition+ N
2. ADJECTIVES:
After
- To be (am/is/are/was/were)
-To hear, see, smell, taste, feel....
-To look, seem, get, become, find, make,... + adj
Before a noun
3. ADVERBS
- after an adjective
- To V
- at the beginning of a sentence, before a comma mark
EXERCISE : Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. The issue of climate change has received a lot of _______ recently.
A. attentive
B. attention
C. attend
D. attentively
2. This restaurant is _______ with those who like Vietnamese food.
A. popular
B. popularly
C. popularize
D. popularity
3. The jobs give you lots of chances to travel abroad; it’s certainly a very
_______ offer.
A. attractive
B. attract

C. attractively
D. attraction
4. It's necessary to listen to opinions that are _______ from ours.
A. difference
B. differently
C. differ
D. different
5. The more _______ you look, the better impression you will make on your
interviewer.
A. confine
B. confident
C. confidently
D. confidence
LESSON 12- CONJUCTIONS

[3]

-ALTHOUGH/EVEN THOUGH/THOUGH + CLAUSE (S+ V) , CLAUSE
(S + V)
= IN SPITE OF/ DESPITE + CỤM DANH TỪ/V-ING, CLAUSE (S + V)
EX: Although the weather was awful, we decided to go camping.
= In spite of the awful weather, we decided to go camping.

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-BECAUSE /FOR/AS /SINCE /IN THAT/ NOW THAT/ SEEING THAT +
CLAUSE, CLAUSE
= BECAUSE OF/ OWING TO/ DUE TO + N/V-ing
EX: Because the road was icy, many accidents happened.

= Because of the icy road, many accidents happened.
EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. My uncle lives a happy life _______ his disability.
A. because of
B. because
C. though
D. in spite of
2. It's really important to have a true friendship _______ it makes your life more
meaningful.
A. although
B. in spite of
C. because
D. because of
3. Mrs Carter feels happy _______ her daughter has made good progress in her
studies recently.
A. because of
B. although
C. because
D. despite
4. Polar bears are in danger of going extinct _______ climate change.
A. because of
B. although
C. because
D. despite
5. Mary feels confident about the competition _______ she has been wellprepared for it.
A. although
B. because of
C. because
D. despite

LESSON 13- QUANTIFIERS [3] [4]
CONTABLE NOUNS
-Each/every/one
-A few /few
-Some/any
-A lot of/ lots of
-Many
-a number of

-a little/little
-some/any
-a lot of/ lots of
-much
- a large amount of/ a great deal of

OTHER
- Other + uncountable noun.
- Other + countable noun- plural
- Other + ones
- Others - a pronoun.

ANOTHER
- Another + countable noun- singular
- Another + one
- Another + number+ plural noun
- Another- a pronoun

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. The grass received so ________water that it turned brown in the heat.
A. many
B. few
C. little
D. much
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2. The Smiths had so ________children that they formed their own baseball
team.
A. many
B. much
C. little
D. few
3. Just think, in ________three months it’ll be summer again.
A. most
B. another
C. other
D. every
4. Have you read________of these books?
A. any
B. lot
C. some
D. every
5. She has given me________three books.
A. others
B. another
C. the other
D. other

LESSON 14- RELATIVE PRONOUNS [4]
1, Who + V : ( person)
EX: The man who is sitting by the fire is my father.
2, Whom +S +V ( person)
Ex: The woman whom you saw yesterday is my aunt.
3, Which ( thing)
Ex: This is the book which I like best.
4, That:
Replace to Who, Whom, Which ( defining clause)
* Các trường hợp thường dùng “that”:
- Superlative
- After : the only, the first, the last
- person + and+ thing
- After : no one, nobody, nothing, anyone, anything, anybody, someone,
something, somebody, all, some, any, little, none.
- Do not use "that' after a comma
5, Whose +N- ( possesive)
Ex: - The boy is Tom. You borrowed his bicycle yesterday.
=> The boy whose bicycle you borrowed yesterday is Tom.
6, Where: place
EXERCISE: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. The table.......... legs are broken should be repaired.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
2. The town.......... we are living is noisy and crowded
A. where B. in where
C. which
3. The worker.......... house is next to mine died this morning.

A. whose B. whom
C. which
4. An architect is someone.......... deigns buildings.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
5. The boy to.......... I lent my money is poor.

sheet to indicate
D. whose
D. at which
D. whose
D. whose

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A. who

B. whom

LESSON 15- PRONOUNS

C. which

D. that

[3]

Đại từ nhân

Tính từ sở
Đại từ sở
Đại từ phản
Tân ngữ
xưng
hữu
hữu
thân
I
me
My
mine
myself
You
you
Your
yours
yourself
We
us
Our
ours
ourselves
You
you
Your
yours
yourselves
They
them

Their
theirs
themselves
He
him
His
his
himself
She
her
Her
hers
herself
It
it
Its
its
itself
EXERCISE 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
1: John and Jane would like to have her own house in the future.
A
B C
D
2: It's a shame that the apartment hasn't got their own parking space.
A
B
C
D
3: The author of the letter describes myself as a senior government.

A
B
C
D
4: The trousers you bought me were nice and it fit me.
A
B
C D
5: My boyfriend's mother is a very famous singer. I love his songs a lot.
A
B
C
D
LESSON 16- COMMUNICATION [2]
EXPRESS AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT
Agree
-I agree with you.
- I can't/couldn’t agree with you more
-There’s no doubt about it
-You can say that again
-Absolutely
-I think you are right.
- It's true
Disagree
- I don't/ disagree with you
- That’s nonsense
-I can't/couldn’t agree with you less
- It's/ that's not true
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that
best completes each of the following exchanges.

1. Peter and Dane are talking about environmental protection.
- Peter: “We should limit the use of plastic bags.”- Dane: “____________. We
can use paper bags instead.”
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A. I completely agree. B. It’s not true.
C. I don’t quite agree D. You’re wrong.
2. Peter and Mary are talking about social networks.
- Peter: “Using social networks may have negative effects on students.”
- Mary: “____________. It distracts them from their studies.”
A. I’m not sure about that
B. I don’t quite agree
C. You’re wrong
D. That’s quite true
3. Linda and Peter are talking about safe driving.
- Linda: “I think drink-driving should be severely punished.”
- Peter: “____________. It may cause accidents or even deaths.”
A. You must be kidding
B. I don’t think so
C. I don’t understand what you mean
D. I absolutely agree with you
4. Joana and David, two lectures, are talking about library skills.
- Joana: “I think we should teach our students how to use the library.” David:”____________
A. You’re absolutely wrong
B. You must be kidding
C. I couldn’t agree with you more
D. That’s not a good idea
5. Ann and Peter are talking about housework.
- Ann: “ I think children should be paid for doing the housework.”- Peter: “__.

It’s their duty in the family.”
A. That’s what I think
B. You’re exactly right
C. There’s no doubt about it
D. I don’t think so
2.2- Guide students to revise the lessons
Enclosed in THE APPENDIX
2.2.1- Provide students with revision lessons
Enclosed in THE APPENDIX
2.2.2- Provide students with short tests
Enclosed in THE APPENDIX
2.2.3- Provide students with full tests
Enclosed in THE APPENDIX
IV. EFFECTIVENESS OF INITIATIVE.
After a period of nearly 5 months applying the methods as mentioned above, I
am extremely excited as my students’ attitude toward learning English is
changing; they become more and more interested in the lessons and make much
progressin learning. As a result, the marks in the following mock tests are much
higher than those before.

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Here are the results of the MOCK TEST from Thanh Hoa Department of
Education and Training in April.
Order
Class
1
12 A1
2

12A4
3
12A3

Student No
43
40
34

GPA
5,07
4,66
4,06

Surprisingly, Thach Thanh 3 high school was ranked 28th among 104 high
schools of Thanh Hoa province in the last mock test.
[1]

The statistics above shows the fact that students my know how to apply the
English collocations in school has increased markedly. Students can make good
use of English collocations to communicate and they are eagle to speak English.
C. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
I. CONCLUSION.
In short, teaching English at Thach Thanh high school has a lot of difficulties
because the majority of students here come from remote and mountainous areas
and they do not have intention of going to a college or university.
It is crucial that each teacher make effort to find best solution with a view to
improve the students' English knowledge.
II. REQUEST
To apply the experience initiative effectively , I respect:

+ Education Department are organizing more English classes for teachers to
exchange teaching methods and providing teachers with teaching materials,
reference books.
+ The heads of the school invest more onteaching and learning facilities
(reference books, computers, function rooms ....).
+ Teachers read update books and teaching materials to find out suitable
teaching methods and improve skills.
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Finally,I am looking forward to the comments from colleagues .
CONFIRMATION OF HEADS OF UNITS

Thach Thanh, May 15th , 2021
I swear this is my own experience
initiative, is not copied the internal
contents of others
The implementer
Trinh Thi Lien

REFERENCES
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[1]. The statistic from Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training ( TH
DOET)
[2].From the Internet
[3] The book " Basic knowledge " 2021 ( MS Trang Anh)
[4] English grammar in use.

A LIST OF EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES
ORDE

NAME OF

GRADING

RATING

RATING
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R

EXPERIENCE
INITIATIVE

1

Some experience
in teaching
listening skill
Some experience
in implementing
comprehension
skills toward
teaching English
tocommunicate.
Guide 11th

graders use idioms
to write essays in
English
effectively.

2

3

4

Guide secondary
students use
collocations to
speak English
fluently."

RATING
RESULTS
(Rooms,Department (A,B OR
, province)
C)
Thanh Hoa education
C
&training department

YEAR

Thanh Hoa education
&training department

C

20132014

Thanh Hoa education
&training department

C

20172018

Thanh Hoa education
&training department

C

20192020

20102011

THE APPENDIX
REVISION 1: Lesson 1+2
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
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Question 1: A. increased

B. pleased

C. replaced

D. fixed

Question 2: A. looks

B. knows

C. helps

D. sits

Question 3: A. linked

B. declared

C. finished

D. developed

Question 4: A. heat

B. beat

C. meant

D. easy

Question 5: A. sports

B. thanks

C. games

D. enthusiasts

Question 6: A. sacrificed B. trusted

C. recorded

D. acted

Question 7: A. cooks

C. joins

D. spends

Question 8: A. interviewedB. performed

C. finished

D. delivered

Question 9: A. isolated

B. climate

C. island

D. automobile

Question 10: A. river

B. rival

C. native

D. driven

B. loves

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. promote

B. precede

C. picture

D. pollute

Question 2: A. exciting

B. impolite

C. attention

D. attractive

Question 3: A. curious

B. receive

C. unique

D. achieve

Question 4: A. comprehendB. entertain

C. develop

D. introduce

Question 5: A. consider

B. concentrate

C. interest

D. sacrifice

Question 6: A. publish

B. predict

C. reply

D. refuse

Question 7: A. machine

B. export

C. chemist

D. proceed

Question 8: A. applicant

B. preference

C. sufficientD. appointment

Question 9: A. interview

B. concentrate

C. comfortable

D. technology

C. advantage

D. disaster

Question 10: A. example B. happiness

REVISION 2: Lesson 3+4+5
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: I _______ on the computer when the lights went out.
A. was working
B. is working
C. worked
D. works
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Question 2: _______, the price of the camera had risen by ten percent.
A. When I save enough money
B. By the time I saved enough money
C. As soon as I have saved enough moneyD. After I had saved enough money
Question 3: The names of the winners of the competition _______ next year.
A. will be published
B. was published
C. have published
D. had been published
Question 4: Highway 15 ______ yesterday due to a serious road accident by the
local authority.
A. was closed
B. closes
C. has closed
D. was closing
Question 7. Harry ______ a song when Jane came in.
A. sings
B. sang
C. was singing

D. is singing
Question 8:We______lunch when we heard the news.
A. were having

B. was having C. had

D. are having

Question 9: I will call and tell you something interesting ______.
A. before I came home after work

B. after I had come home after work

C. while I was coming home after work D. when I come home after work
Question 10: I will call you ______.
A. when I get off the plane

B. as soon as I got off the plane

C. until I got off the plane

D. after I had got off the plane

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined
part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1. Everybody in my house had to do their share of household chores
A
B
C
D

when we are at home.
Question 2: Today, experience in the workplace was becoming more favoured
A
B
C
by many people over the real knowledge.
D
Question 3. Last year, Mrs Jana asks her son to return to school and finish his
education.
A
B
C
D
Question 4: Many students took part in the entrance examination at university
highly every year
A B
C
D
Question 5: Since he started primary school, he helped his mother prepare
meals,

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