Phrase verbs
Trong tiếng anh có những động từ mà khi theo sau là giới từ thì sẽ đổi nghĩa. Các động từ loại này được gọi là Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs là những động từ gồm 2, hoặc có khi 3 từ. Từ đầu là 1 verb và được theo sau bởi 1 adv (turn down) hoặc 1 preposition (eat into) hoặc cả 2 (put up with). Những adverbs và prepositions này đôi khi được gọi là particles.
Nghĩa của Phrasal Verbs
* _He sat down on the bed.
Nghĩa của 1...
REGRET
REGRET
Regret + -ing form looks back at the past - at something that one is sorry that one did.
Ex: I regret leaving school at 14- it was a big mistake.
Regret + infinitive is used mostly in announcements of bad news.
Ex: We regret to inform passengers that the 14.50 train is one hour late.
We regret to say that we are unable to help you....
Different parts of speech
DIFFERENT PARTS OF SENTENCES
§1. The building of sentences is called syntax, and this is one of the most important of the parts of grammar. Syntax tells us how sentences are made up of parts, and give names to these parts. Syntax tells us how to put these parts together, and what sorts of words are found in them.
§2. The very first thing that we have to learn about syntax is that a sentence has two chief parts to it – one called the subject and the other...
The + adjective
the + adjective with a plural meaning
A blind, deaf, disabled, healthy/sick, living/dead, rich/poor, unemployed and certain other adjectives describing the human character or condition can be preceded by the and used to represent a class of persons. These expressions have a plural meaning; they take a plural verb and the pronoun is they:
The poor get poorer; the rich get richer.
the can be used in the same way with national adjectives ending in -ch or -sh:
the Dutch ...
Relative clauses
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Defining relative clauses
Defining relative clauses define or identify which person or thing you are talking about:
► The man who came in late is the boss.
There is no comma before a defining relative clause. The pronouns that you use in these clauses are who, whom, that and which. They are called relative pronouns.
Use who or that: when the subject is a person:
► The man who came in late is the boss.
Or The man that came in late...
Pronouns
PRONOUNS
Personal pronouns
Subject
Object
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
they
Me
You
Him
Her
It
Us
You
them
Personal pronouns replace nouns:
► Silvia is from Argentina. She’s a student. I met her in Madrid.
Subject pronouns
Subject pronouns are used mainly as subjects before verbs:
► I live in Valencia
► They are leaving tomorrow.
Object pronouns
Objective pronouns are used in most other cases:
- ...
Articles
ARTICLES
Use the definite article, THE:
v With singular or plural nouns, when you expect the person who is listening to know which person or thing you are talking about:
- Thank you for the flowers ( the ones that you brought me)
- This is the CD I told you about.
v With the names of oceans, rivers, groups of islands or mountains, deserts:
-...
NOUNS
NOUNS
The possessive form
The ending ‘s can be added to a verb or a name to show possession. It is most often used with words for people, countries and animals:
► Neil’s tools
► Brazil’s beaches
► the children’s clothes
When the word already ends in a plural –s, an apostrophe is added after it:
► the boys’ rooms
► ladies’ shoes
► the Smiths’ house
NOTE: the possessive form is not usually used with inanimate objects. Instead of is used, or the two nouns are put together without...
Reported speech
REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTING STATEMENTS
REPORTED SPEECH (also called INDERECT SPPECH) is the term used for the words that are used to report what someone has said or thought.
If the reported verb (say, ask, etc) is in the present or present perfect, then the tense of the sentence does not change:
· “I’m going home.”
· He says he’s going home.
· He’s just told me he’s going home.”...
MODAL VERBS
MODAL VERBS
Ability: can – could – be able to
► Can he swim?
► My brother could swim when he was two.
► I couldn’t find my key this morning.
► I could have run faster, but I didn’t want the others to get tired.
► She has not been able to walk since the accident.
► He was able to speak to Ann before she left.
► Will people be able to live on the moon one day, do you think?
Possibility: can – could – may –...
The passive
THE PASSIVE
In an active sentence, the subject is the person or thing that performs the action:
► Masked thieves stole a valuable painting from the museum last night.
When you make this into a passive sentence, the object of the verb becomes the subject:
► A valuable painting was stolen from the museum last night.
The passive is formed with the auxiliary verb be and the past participle of the verb
►The painting is valued at 2 million dollars.
►The lock had been broken and the cameras had been...
Use of tenses
USE OF TENSES
Talking about the present
The present progressive is used:
· To talk about an action that is happening now, or about a temporary situation:
Ø We’re just having breakfast.
Ø What are you reading?
Ø She’s not listening to me.
Ø They’re spending a year in Spain.
· To talk about something that is not yet finished,...
Gradable and ungradable adjectives_ Position
Gradable and ungradable adjectives
A. Gradable and ungradable adjectives
Gradable adjectives can be used with adverbs such as very or extremely to say that a thing or person has more or less of a particular quality. Ungradable adjectives themselves imply 'to a large degree' and are seldom used with these adverbs. Instead, we can use adverbs such as absolutely or totally.
Adverbs
extremely, deeply, fairly,
hugely, immensely, pretty
(informal), rather, really,
reasonably, slightly, very
+
angry, big, busy, comfortable, common, happy, important, quiet,
rich, strong,...
99 ways to say " very good"
FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN U CAN'T THINK OF WHAT TO SAY!!!
My foreign teacher taught me how to express the congratulation. I think it is useful, so i post it for everyone to refe and u can apply it in daily life.
1. you're on the right track now
2. You've got it made
3. Super!
4. That's right!
5. That's good!
6. You're really working hard today
7. you're very good at that
8. That's coming along nicely
9. GOOD WORK!
10. I'm happy to see u... The use of 'a lot of', 'many', 'much'
THE USE OF ‘A LOT OF, MUCH, MANY’
A lot of, much, many
In spoken English, a lot of + noun(s) is used in the affirmative form.
Examples:
1. I have bought a lot of coffee.
2. She has a lot of friends.
3. She makes a lot of money.
Much and many are used in the interrogative and negative forms.
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FORMAL and INFORMAL
I. FORMAL AND INFORMAL LANGUAGE
Most people speak and write in different ways on different occasions. In some languages, for example, there are very complicated rules about how to speak to older or more important people. English does not have a system of this kind. However, there are some words and structure which are mostly used in formal situations, when people are careful about how they express themselves: for example in official notices, business letters or reports, meeting or conferences, or polite conversation with strangers. And some words and structures... PAST PERFECT (1) basic information.
PAST PERFECT (1): basic information.
*FORM
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
2. MEANING AND USE
The basic meaning of the past perfect is ‘earlier past’. A common use is to ‘go back’ for a moment when we are already talking about the past, to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about.
During our conversation, I realized that we had met before. (NOT I realized that we met before OR . . . have met before.)
When I arrived at the party, Lucy... PASSIVES: HE IS BELIEVED TO BE ...
1. Object + infinitive: He asked me to send . . .
Many verbs can be followed by object + infinitive
He asked me to send a stamped addressed enveloped.
We chose Felicity to be the Carnival Queen.
In most cases, these structures can be made passive.
I was made to send a stamped addressed envelope.
Felicity was chosen to be the Carnival Queen
We were told not to come back
They are allowed to visit Harry once a week.
2. verb of thinking, feeling and saying
With verbs like... 
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