TIẾNG ANH CƠ BẢN

TOPIC 1: FRIENDSHIP

A. VOCABULARY:

B. GRAMMAR: INFINITIVES

1. Infinitive with to (động từ nguyên mẫu có “to”) Sau một số động từ dưới đây:

- Hoặc theo sau các cấu trúc như ví dụ dưới đây: Sau các từ nghi vấn: what, how, where, when, whether… Eg. The teacher explained how to use the computer.

- Sau cấu trúc: It’s + adj + to V     Eg. It is fun to go to the cinema

2. Infinitive without to (động từ nguyên mẫu không “to”) Trong các trường hợp sau:

- Sau khiếm khuyết động từ (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must ...)

Ex. She can speak English very well

- Sau động từ: make, let, see, watch, hear, feel, notice,…  Ex. He saw them arrive home late.

C. PRACTICE TEST

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. machine  B. change  C. teacher  D. choose
2. A. condition  B. option  C. suggestion  D. relation
3. A. believe   B. readily  C. friend  D. pleasure
4. A. good    B. gossip  C. game  D. geometry
5. A. trust    B. mutual  C. number  D. uncertain

II. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, B, or D - that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. It was so relaxing to be ________ old friends.

A. in     B. between   C. among   D. around

7. She's made friends________ a little girl who lives next door.

A. to     B. of    C. by    D. with

8. The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves.

A. on     B. of    C. in   D. for

9. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust.

A. basic                  B. fragile                 C. mutual  D. blind

1. The company expects ________ from its employees.

A. constancy    B. quality   C. interest  D. loyalty

2. I've got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends

A. close friends    B. acquaintances  C. neighbors   D. partners

3. Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.

A. affair     B. event   C. aspect   D. feature

4. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.

A. romantic part    B. important part  C. difficult part  D. interesting part

5. They ________ a close friendship at university.

A. created     B. became  C. promoted   D. formed

6. We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.

A. brought up    B. turned up   C. grew up   D. took up

III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D -that best completes the sentence.

7. He finds it ________ lasting friendships.

A. difficult to make   B. difficulty in making C. is difficult to make  D. difficult making

8. You ________ any friends if you ________ talking like that.

A. will win/ carry on     B. won't win/ carry on

C. wouldn't win/ carried on     D. would have won/ had carried on

9. The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two countries

A. promote   B. promoting   C. to promote  D. being promoted

10. People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends.

A. trusted    B. has trusted  C. was trusting  D. had trusted

11. How can you let such a silly incident ________ your friendship?

A. wreck    B. to wreck   C. wrecking   D. that wrecks

12. It has become necessary ________ water in the metropolitan area because of the severe drought.

A. rationing   B. ration   C. to ration   D. to have rationed

13. All the passengers were made ________ their seat belts during the turbulence.

A. buckle    B. to buckle   C. buckling   D. for buckling.

14. ________ good ice cream, you need to use a lot of cream.

A. Make    B. Making   C. To make   D. For make

15. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.

A. to let me to borrow  B. to let me borrow  C. let me borrow  D. let me to borrow

16. They ________ good friends, but they've fallen out recently.

A. used to be   B. would be   C. were   D. are

IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be corrected.

17. Whatever happened, I didn't want to lose friendship of Vera.

       A. happened                   B. didn't want               C. to lose                       D. of

18. The basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand and to control nature.

A. aims of    B. similar            C. to understand  D. to control

19. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendship.

       A. a period of               B. made          C. lifelong        D. friendship

20. Simon finds it hard for making friends with other children.

A. finds         B. it hard              C. for making   D. with

21. Not longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made primarily by individuals.

       A. Not longer               B. are contributions                C. advancement        D. made

V. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.

Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (31)___________. Some have changed so much that you can hardly recognise them: they speak with a different (32)___________, are interested in different things and all you can do is make small (33)___________ and hope they'll go soon. Others, though you might have been out of (34)___________ with them for years, are just the same as they always were - it's as if you (35)___________ saw them yesterday.

Before you know it, you're exchanging (36)___________ about your families and friends, and setting out the (37)___________ for another game of chess. A few change for the better. There's one

person that I (38)___________ on with very well now, though we weren't on speaking (39)___________ for our last two years at school. One day, we met at a party and made it up and (40)___________ engaged the same evening.

VI. Read the passage, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

The proverb 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.' means that we shall know who our real friends are when we are in need. Those who desert us when we are in difficulty are just unfaithful friends.

      A true friend would remain with us whether we are rich or poor. Some people be friend the rich, simply for the sake of getting benefits from them.

It is useless to have insincere friends because these friends remain with us as long as we are rich or powerful. It is better to have one or two good friends rather than having hundreds of insincere ones.

A true friend will stand by us in our trials and tribulations. He will be a great source of consolation and comfort in our troubles. So we must be careful in choosing our friends. It is difficult to choose a sincere friend overnight; it takes years for us to find a sincere friend.

41. Real friends share everything we need.       
42. Unfaithful friends stop being our friends when we are in trouble.  
43. A rich friend is always a true friend.       
44. A true friend is always loyal to us and support us through our difficulties.
45. It's not worth having a lot of friends.       
46. It may take a lot of time to find a real friend.      

VII. From the words or phrases - A, B, C or D, choose the one that best completes the sentence.

47. ________the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury and disease.

A. To commit the Red Cross    B. The Red Cross to commit

C. Committed to the Red Cross is  D. The Red Cross is committed to

48. It is possible ________ may assist some tree in saving water in the winter.

A. the leaves are lost  B. when leaves have lost  C. that the loss of leaves D. to lose leaves

49. It can sometimes ________a home.

A. to take months to sell     B. take several months to sell

C. selling takes several months    D. to sell taking several months

50. Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and___________.

A. so do their children B. neither did the children C. also the children D. so did their children

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TOPIC 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

A. VOCABULARY:

B. GRAMMAR: TENSES

 I. The present tenses: Các thì hiện tại

1. The simple present tense: Thì hiện tại thường

1.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo

1.2. The usage: Trường hợp sử dụng

- To denote actions that happened repeatedly. Diễn tả những hành động được lặp đi lặp lại, thường đi với các trạng từ chỉ tần suất như: always, usually, often, sometimes, etc.

e.g. She never comes late.   They walk to school every day.

- To denote long lasting events. Diễn tả hành động tồn tại lâu dài như một điều tất yếu.

e.g.  We live in Concord street.  He works for a factory near his house.

- To denote a true fact. Diễn tả những sự thật hiển nhiên.

e.g. The earth moves around the Sun. The Sun rises in the east.

1.3. The recognition: Các dấu hiệu nhận biết của thì này là các trạng từ chỉ thời gian và tần suất như sau: - now/ nowadays/ today/ this summer/…  - always/ usually/ often/ sometimes/ occasionally/…       - the proof of constant truth.

1.4. Notes: Chú ý

- To denote a plan/ prediction/ timetables/… Thì Hiện tại thường còn dùng để diễn tả một kế hoạch, dự đoán,hay thời gian biểu như:

e.g. A: When does the first train leave?  B: It leaves at 9.00.

- The division of “be”, “have”, “can, may, must”,…

2. The present progressive tense: Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn

2.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo

2.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng

- To denote happening actions at the time of speaking. Diễn tả những hành động đang diễn ra tại thời điểm nói, thường đi với các trạng từ: now, right now, at the moment, at this time, etc.

e.g. She is teaching Maths now. He is watching a football match at the moment.

- To denote the interruption/ intention/ prediction/ plan/… Diễn tả những dự kiến,

e.g. She is coming soon. (In fact, she has not come yet). Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.

2.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết của thì này căn cứ vào các trạng từ sau:

- now/ right now/ at present/ at this time/ at this moment/…

 e.g. Right now, they are working in the factory.

- follow a command, request,…  e.g. Be quiet! I am trying to listen to the news.

2.4. Notes: Điểm cần lưu ý

- The ING-forms – Gấp đôi phụ âm cuối khi tạo present participles với các động từ sau: getting, running, having, writing, dying, lying,…)

 e.g. She is running in the park now.

- The omission of the verbs of awareness or sensation as - một số động từ không dùng cho thì hiện tại tiếp diễn như: be/ see/ hear/ understand/ know/ like/ want/ glance/ feel/ think/ smell/ love/ hate/ realize/ seem/ remember/ forget/…(use the simple present instead - mà thay vào đó ta dùng thì hiện tại thường để diễn tả).

3. The present perfect tense: Thì hiện tại hoàn thành

3.1.   The form: Công thức cấu tạo                 

3.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng

- Actions that happened in the past but having results, relating, or still happening at present.

e.g. We have lived here since 1990. They have learned English for 5 years.

- To denote actions that happened right before the time of speaking, using “just”.

e.g. She has just come from New York. They have just bought a new house.

- To denote unfulfilled actions with “yet”.

e.g.  He hasn’t come yet. Have you met him yet?

- To denote past actions; no certain time expression, using “already”.

e.g. We have already seen that film. She has already been to Paris.

3.3. The recognition:

- just/ recently/ lately.  - ever/ never (comments) e.g. We haven’t gone to the theatre recently.

- already/ yet/ since/ for/ so far/ until now/ up to now (present).

e.g. He has written ten books so far.

3.4. Notes:  -  Past participles: (regular verbs adding “ed”./ irregular verbs “learn by heart”)

-  The differences between the present perfect and the simple past tense.

4. The present perfect progressive tense: Thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn

4.1.   The form:  Công thức cấu tạo

4.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng

- Actions that happened in the past but having results, relating, or still happening at present.

e.g.  We have been living here since 1990. They have been learning English for 6 years now.

4.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết since/ for/ with verbs as: live, work, wait,…

e.g. She has been waiting for 6 hours now. They have been playing since 3 o’clock.

II. The past tenses: các thì quá khứ

1. The simple past tense: Thì quá khứ đơn

1.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo (p.V = the past form of verbs)

1.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng

- To denote a finished past action.

e.g. We went to the park together. He gave her mother a ten-dollar note.

- To report past events, past habits, or long lasting action in the past.

e.g. She did all the work yesterday. We used to sit next to each other.

1.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết

- last week/ month/ year/…   e.g. He had 5 bad marks last month. They got married last year.

- yesterday/ ago/ in 1969/ in the past/…

e.g. Long long ago, there lived a couple by the sea. Man first discovered AIDS in 1981.

1.4. Notes: Những điểm cần lưu ý

- The past form of the verbs: (regular “V-ED”/ irregular (2nd column in the irregular verbs list))               

- “ED” pronunciation /id/; /t/; /d/.

2. The past progressive tense: Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

2.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo

2.2. The usage:  Cách sử dụng  - To denote past happening actions.       

e.g.  She was watching T.V at 8.00 last night.  Ann was walking to school at 6.00 yesterday.

- To denote past interrupting actions.

e.g.  She was watching T.V when I came. While he was playing on the swing, it started to rain.

2.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết

- at 8.00 last night/ at that time/ at that moment/…

 e.g.  At 3.00 yesterday, the Jones were driving home. He was sleeping at that time.

- time clause with “when”, “while = as”.

 e.g. As I was walking home, a stranger stopped me to ask for help.

2.4. Notes: Những điểm cần lưu ý actions that alternatively happened, use the simple past only.

e.g. When I heard a knock at the door, I came to open it. When I opened the door, I saw my mum.)

3. The past perfect tense: Thì quá khứ hoàn thành

3.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo

3.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng   To denote past finished actions that happened and finished before a certain point of time or another past event (the past of the past tense).    

e.g:  She had sold all the baskets before 9.00 yesterday.

3.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết  - when-clause/ after/ before/ already/ since/ for/…

e.g. Before he left for home, he had turned all the lights off.

- The past perfect progressive “S + had been + V-ING”

4. The past perfect progressive tense: Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

4.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo

4.2. The usage:  Cách sử dụng   To denote past finished actions that happened and finished before a certain point of time or another past event (the past of the past tense).    

e.g:  She had been waiting for us since 9.00 yesterday.

4.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết

- when-clause/ after/ before/ already/ since/ for/…

 e.g. After he had been waiting for a while, he felt annoyed.

- The past perfect progressive “S - had been - V-ING”

III. The future tenses: các thì tương lai

1. The simple future tense: thì tương lai thường

1.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo     

                            - “shall” is restrictedly used only for I/We with the formal senses.

                            - The negative forms “will not = won’t”, “shall not = shan’t”.

1.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng  - To denote future actions.

e.g. They will build more hospitals. We shall go to your party.

- To denote future plan/ idea/ timetable/…

e.g. The car will start in-time. We shall finish the course in June.

1.3. The recognition: Dấu hiệu nhận biết

- someday, tomorrow,…/         e.g. She will be rich someday.

- next week/ month/ year/..   e.g. He won’t leave next month.

1.4. Notes: Điểm cần lưu ý “shan’t” is not used in conditional sentences./ “ shall” is used as a                 suggestion/ invitation/….                 e.g.              A: Shall we meet tonight?   B: Yes, let’s.

2. The future progressive tense: thì tương lai tiếp diễn

2.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo         

2.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng  - To denote timetables/ intentions/ plans/… using “at”.

e.g:  She will be watching T.V at 8.00 tonight.

We will be staying at REX hotel at 5.00 next Sunday’s morning.

- To show the future happening actions with “when”.

e.g.  She will be sitting at the gate when we come tomorrow.

3. The future perfect tense: thì tương lai hoàn thành

3.1. The form: Công thức cấu tạo    

3.2. The usage: Cách sử dụng  - To denote planned actions with “by”, “by the time”, “by then”.

e.g:  She will have finished the course by the next Friday/ by then.

- To show a future schedule-finished action.  

e.g:  The bridge will have been used by the next Autumn.

3.3. Other forms: Các hình thức diễn đạt tương lai khác

 a. The simple present tense: To denote a timetable, or a plan…Thì hiện tại thường diễn tả kế hoạch, dự định, thời gian biểu,… 

e.g:  A: When does he leave?    B: He leaves tonight. (He doesn’t leave in fact)

b. The present progressive: To denote an intention. Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn có cách

 diễn đạt tương lai tương tự thì hiện tai thường, nhưng có tinha chắc chắn cao hơn.

e.g:  A: When are you leaving? B: I am leaving this afternoon.

 c. The “be + going to inf” form: To denote an intention/ a near future action, an arrangement.

e.g:  She is going to celebrate her 34th birthday. They are going to get married.

IV. The sequences of tenses: Sự hòa hợp của các thì trong các mệnh đề.

1. Subordinate clauses: Mệnh đề phụ cơ bản

2. Adverbial clauses: Mệnh đề trạng ngữ

C. PRACTICE TEST

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently to the others.

1. A. grade    B. great  C. sneaky  D. embrace
2. A. money    B. notice  C. glance  D. ankle
3. A. imagine   B. glance  C. geography  D. religion
4. A. looked    B. noticed  C. turned  D. helped
5. A. change    B. English  C. single  D. anger

II. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentences, or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. She glanced briefly ________ his lapel badge.

A. in     B. on    C. at    D. up

7. ________ my experience, very few people really understand the problem.

A. To    B. In    C. With    D. From

8. People here have a more relaxed attitude ________ their work.

A. to    B. in    C. on    D. for

9. The novel is based on his ________ in the war.

A. attitudes   B. images   C. situations   D. experiences

10. I don't like that man. There is a sneaky look on his face.

A. furious    B. humorous   C. dishonest   D. guilty

11. She made a big ________ about not having a window seat on the plane.

A. complaint   B. fuss    C. excitement   D. interest

12. He has a very outgoing ________ and makes friends very easily.

A. person    B. personal   C. personality  D. personage

13. He ________ to the spot where the house used to stand.

A. pointed   B. showed   C. directed   D. glanced

14. Teenagers often have their ________ who they admire very much.

A. ideals    B. admirers   C. images.   D. idols

15. I had a glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.

A. close look        B. quick look   C. direct look   D. furtive look

III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best fits the blank space in each sentence.

16. Before he turned 14, Mozart ________ a few lesser piece for the piano.

A. has composed    B. had composed  C. was composed  D. would composed

17. He was busy________ his homework.

A. to do    B. doing   C. for doing    D. that he was doing

18. Rarely________ succeed in ballet if they start after the age of 12.

A. do children   B. children have  C. children   D. are children

19. Have something to eat before you________.

A. leave    B. left   C. will leave   D. had left

20. ________ this holiday for ages.

A. We're looking forward to    B. We looked forward to

C. We look forward to     D. We've looked forward to

21. ________ hard all year, so I felt that I deserved a holiday.

A. I work    B. I worked   C. I'd been working  D. I've worked

22. The traffic lights ________ green and I pulled away.

A. turned    B. were turning  C. has turned   D. had turned

1. How fast________ when the accident happened?

A. are you driving    B. were you driving    C. did you drive    D. had you driven

2. Where________? Which hairdresser did you go to?

A. did you cut your hair     B. have you cut your hair

C. did you have cut your hair    D. did you have your hair cut

3. Fortunately, the hospital's new air-conditioning system________ when the first heat wave of the summer arrived.

A. had installed   B. installed       C. had been installed  D. had been installing

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase- A, B, C, or D- that needs correcting.

4. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problem already.

     A. The governor            B. decided how      C. to deal with           D. already

5. Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his office key.

A. Hardly he had     B. realized     C. he had    D. forgotten

6. There are few areas of human experience that have not been writing about.

A. There are              B. of human               C. have not been      D. writing

7. I think you will enjoy the experience by taking part in the show.

A. I think            B. will enjoy                C. by taking     D. in the show 

8. I find that necessary to do something about traffic problems in our city.

A. find that                 B. to do                          C. about             D. in our city

V. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.

I used to go into the country to (31)___________ animals and plants, carrying my drawing materials in a bag. One day I was walking across a field, looking (32)___________ rabbits to draw. Lost in thought, I had not noticed a bull running towards me. About one hundred meters (33)___________ was a tree under which I intended to sit and draw. Suddenly, I (34)___________ a noise behind me. I turned and saw the bull. I knew that a bull cannot see (35)___________ and notices only shape and movement. I did not panic but ran towards the tree, keeping the tree, myself and the bull in a (36)___________ line. To distract the bull, I then threw my bag to the right, so it was out of the line of the tree. The bull saw this sudden movement and headed towards the bag. I (37)___________ the tree and climbed up it. From there I watched the bull (38)___________ my bag with its horns and feet. It continued to do this for fifteen minutes I was very (39)___________ to be, up the tree. (40)___________ the bull was satisfied and move off. I waited until it was a very long way (41)___________ and then got down from the tree and picked up my bag. I left the field as (42)___________ as I could and then looked inside my bag. Everything in it was (43)___________ ruined.

VI. Read the passage, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

I knew it was going to be a bad day when, on the way to the airport, the taxi driver told me he was lost.

I had booked my flight over the telephone, so when we finally arrived, I had to rush to the reservation desk to pay for my ticket. The woman at the desk told me that my name was not on the passenger list. It took fifteen minutes to realize that she had spelled my name incorrectly. She gave me the ticket and told me I'd better check in my luggage quickly or I'd miss my night. I was the last person to get on the plane.

I found my seat and discovered that I was sitting next to a four-year old boy who had a cold. I sat down and wondered if anything else could go wrong. I hate flying, especially take-off, but the plane took off and everything seemed to be all right. Then, a few minutes later, there was a funny noise and everything started to shake. I looked out of the window and – oh my God - there was smoke coming out of the wing. All I could think was "The engine are on fire. We are going to crash. I am too young to die,"

Almost immediately, the captain spoke to us in a very calm voice "Ladies and gentlement. This is your captain speaking. We are having a slight technical problem with one of our engines. There is no need to panic. We will have to return to the airport. Please remain seated and keep your seat belts fastened."

         A few minutes later, we were coming on to land. The pilot made a perfect landing on the runway. It was over. We were safe. That day I decided not to fly again. I caught another taxi and went home. But as I closed the front door. I looked down at my case. Somehow I had picked up the wrong suitcase.

44. There was nothing wrong with her on the way to the airport. 
45. She was in a great hurry at the airport.      
46. It took her about fifteen minutes to get her ticket.    
47. She was delighted with the boy sitting nearby.    
48. The plane had to come back to the airport because its engine was on fire.
49. The suitcase she brought home wasn't hers.     
50. After that day, she decided that she would never fly again.  

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TOPIC 3: A PARTY

A. VOCABULARY:

B. GRAMMAR: GERUNDS

1. Subject (S): Các danh động từ/cụm danh động từ làm chủ ngữ cho động từ.

  e.g. Fishing is his hobby. Getting into the city centre at this time of day isn’t easy.

2. Complement (C): Các danh động từ/ cụm danh động từ thực hiện chức năng làm bổ ngữ.

  e.g. Her passion is studying. What we really want is escaping from this terrible place.

  Her favorite pastime is fishing.

3. Compound nouns: Các danh động từ thực hiện chức năng tạo ra các danh từ ghép như sau:

a. Gerund-noun: Ghép một danh động từ với một danh từ để tạo thành một danh từ ghép:

e.g.  fishing-rod            cooking-apple        driving license

                           wrapping paper    writing paper          cooking oil

 Note:  A fishing-rod is a rod for fishing. A reading lamp is a lamp for reading. etc.

b. Non-gerund: Ghép một danh từ với một danh động từ để tạo thành một danh từ ghép:   

e.g.  fruit-picking          sky-diving               bush walking    

time-counting        bodybuilding       windsurfing  etc.

4. Object (O): Các danh động từ và cụm danh động từ thực hiện chức năng làm tân ngữ cho động từ hoặc giới từ như trình bày dưới đây:

4.1. Direct objects: Follow these certain verbs - Các danh động từ và cụm danh động từ thực hiện chức năng làm tân ngữ trực tiếp cho các động từ theo mẫu câu:

 e.g. He admitted having stolen the car. We finished working on our projects months ago.

4.2. Verb preposition: Các danh động từ và cụm danh động từ thực hiện chức năng làm tân ngữ cho các động từ giới từ dưới đây theo mẫu câu:

 e.g. He apologized to me for having broken the vase.

4.3. Adjective preposition: Các danh động từ và cụm danh động từ thực hiện chức năng làm tân ngữ cho các cụm tính từ giới từ dưới đây theo mẫu câu:

e.g. The little boy was absorbed in playing video games.

4.4. Idiom phrases: (phrases of words that have literal meanings): Theo sau các ngữ cố định:

can’t bear  e.g. He can’t bear staying at home all day.

can’t face  e.g. The lady can’t face meeting her ex-husband very often.

can’t stand  e.g. I can’t stand seeing him in this situation.

can’t help  e.g. We couldn’t help weeping when we reunited yesterday.

feel like….     e.g. I felt like going out right after he enter

It’s no use...  e.g. It’s no use explaining to such a mischievous boy.

It’s (not) worth… e.g. It’s not worth buying a second hand phone like that.

There’s no point in… e.g. There’s no point in quarreling as we have another ways.

4.5. Adjectives: Các danh động từ và cụm danh động từ theo sau các tính từ sau:

  e.g. It’s amusing spending time with you here.

4.6. Noun preposition: Theo sau các cụm danh từ giới từ sau:

  e.g. He has a choice of studying abroad.

4.7. Complement of objects: Follow these below verbs – Làm tân ngữ của các động từ sau:

  e.g. He catches the boy climbing over the wall. They saw an old man crossing the street.

4.8. Subjunctive subject “it” or noun phrases;

- Find/ found + it + V-ING:

e.g. He found the film annoying. They find the long walk tiring.

- When/ on /while / as + V-ING:

e.g. When opening the case, he found his lost notebook.

 On reading the letter, she burst into tears.

C. PRACTICE TEST

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

1. A. candle    B. cake  C. decorate  D. celebration
2. A. adult    B. candle  C. talk   D. flower
3. A. hour    B. honest  C. vehicle  D. happy
4. A. weather   B. cream  C. friend  D. wedding
5. A. birthday   B. although  C. together  D. clothing

II. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best fits the blank space in each sentence.

6. A lots of foods and drinks will be served _______ the party.

  A. in    B. at    C. for    D. with

7. The anniversary of the founding of the charity falls _______  12th November.

  A. in    B. on    C. at    D. to

8. When they get together, all they talk  _______ is football.

  A. to   B. with   C. about   D. on

9. They're having a party in _______ of his 84th birthday.

  A. ceremony   B. honor   C. memory   D. celebration

10. We tried to make a _______ of our situation, but it wasn't funny.

  A. joke    B. trick  C. tension   D. risk

11. They held a concert to mark the _______  of Mozart's death.

  A. occasion   B. anniversary  C. situation   D. remembrance

12. They _______ a wonderful meal to more than fifty delegates.

  A. made    B. had    C. served   D. took

13. He tried his best to make his birthday party more _______  .

  A. enjoyed   B. enjoying   C. enjoyment   D. enjoyable

14. When they finished singing, Lisa _______ the candles on the cake.

  A. turned off   B. blew out   C. cleared up   D. brought out

15. Many _______ men remarry and have second families.

  A. married   B. single  C. divorced   D. family

III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best fits the blank space in each sentence.

16. A friend of mine phoned _______ me to a party.

  A. for invite   B. inviting   C. to invite  D. for inviting

17. I couldn't find John at the party last night. If we _______ him, we’d have been very happy.

  A. would meet   B. met    C. had met   D. have met

18. Let's have a party to celebrate our third successive win, ________?

  A. don't we   B. do we   C. will we   D. shall we

19. My parents wouldn't _______ to the party.

  A. allow me go   B. allow me to go     C. allow me going  D. allow to go

20. We are going to have my house _______ tomorrow morning.

  A. paint    B. painting   C. painted   D. to be painted

21. We hope that the students themselves will enjoy ______ part in the projects.

A. to take    B. taking   C. to be taken   D. being taken

22. Jim wishes he _______ Jane to his birthday party last night.

  A. invited   B. would invite  C. have invited  D. had invited

23. Sally's low test scores kept her from _______ to the university.

  A. admitting     B. to admit   C. to be admitted       D. being admitted

24. Are you sure you told me about the party? I don't recall _______ about it.

  A. having told      B. to have told     C. having been told   D. to have been told

25. I meant to get up early but I forgot _______ up my alarm clock.