4.

UNCOMMON WORDS

TEXT 1

Give to the Winds Thy Fears

Give to the winds thy fears,

hope and be undismayed;
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears;
God shall lift up thy head.
Source: https://hymnary.org/text/give_to_the_winds_thy_fears

thy /ðaɪ/
a word meaning ‘your’, used when talking to only one person
Source: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/thy?
q=thy

THÊM VÔ THÌ TRÌNH BÀY GIỐNG T CHO ĐỒNG NHẤT

NHA <3
1. SPECIAL STRUCTURES (???)

TEXT 1

KIẾM CÁI NÀO KHÓ NHẤT ĐỂ LÊN ĐÂY NHA

TEXT 2
Sandy-colored towers, walls and rooms sit there, overlooking the park.
Source: Cliff Dwellers- W. M. Akers

→ The present participle ‘overlooking’ is used so as to point out that the action
‘overlook’ is happening at the same time as the action ‘sit’.
Source: Page 34 - English Grammar for 12th Grade Students - Võ Anh Triết

TEXT 3
There are other schools that do not require auditions. They do require that you
get high grades.
Source: http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/Grades8-10InferPredictions-
ChicagoHighSchools-Nonfiction.pdf

→ Normally, we do not use ‘do’ or ‘does’ in affirmative sentences. However,

in this text, the author used ‘do’ before the bare verb ‘require’ with the aim of
emphasizing the fact that the schools mentioned in the text require high grades.
Source: Page 54 - Essential Grammar In Use - Raymond Murphy

TEXT 4
While at Tuskegee, Carver taught agronomy, or the science of soil
management, to poor southern farmers. At first, most of these farmers were
former slaves. By teaching these farmers how to better use the land, he helped
them to become self-sufficient. In the southern part of the United States, most
farmers had practiced what is called agricultural monoculture.
Source:
http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/GeorgeWashingtonCarverTextandExtend
edResponseGrade8.pdf
→ This text is about events in the past, so why do the writer wrote ‘is called’
instead of ‘was called’? We think it’s because not only in the past but also in
the present is the thing that ‘most farmers had practiced’ called ‘agricultural
monoculture’. The Present Simple tense is more suitable since that it’s called
‘agricultural monoculture’ is a fact and also a permanent situation. If the author
had used the Past Simple tense, it would have lead to misunderstanding that in
the present, it is no longer called ‘agricultural monoculture’.
Source: Page 78 and 90 - My Grammar Lab B1/B2 - Mark Foley & Diane Hall