ERROR IDENTIFICATION

A. VOCABULARY
I. WORD FORMATION
1. When her dog died, she cried very hardly for half an hour.
A B C hard D
2. Modern transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patient lives on
A B C
an isolating farm.
D
3. Many successful film directions are former actors who desire to expand their experience in the film
A B C D
industry.
4. Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality.
A B C D
5. It is time the government helped the unemployment to find some jobs.
A B C unemployed D
6. Even on the most careful prepared trip, problems will sometimes develop.
A B C D
7. Some birds, such as quails, can move instant from a resting position to full flight.
A instantly B C D
8. The state of New Mexico is not densely population, with an average of only four people per square
A B populated C D
kilometer.
9. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem perfect, he still may not be able to find a
A B perfectly C
drug to which the patient will respond.
D
10. Doctors agree that the fluid around the spinal cord helps the nourish the brain.
A B C D to nourish

II. QUANTIFIER AND DETERMINER

Articles: a/an, the
Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, x’s (possessive ’s)
Quantifiers: (a) few, fewer, (a) little, many, much, more, most, some, any, a great deal of, a large number
of.....
Lỗi sai chủ yếu là do chưa sử dụng đúng các DETERMINER AND QUANTITY chưa đúng với danh từ
đứng sau về mặt ngữ pháp (số ít, số nhiều, .....)

Eg: The teacher said that Peter had made much mistakes in his essays.
A B C D
(sửa lại: many. Vì danh từ theo sau mistakes ở dạng số nhiều)

1. Many hundred years ago there were many villages and little towns in England.
A B C few D

2. The rubber farms will make a lot of money and give jobs to a great deal of people.
A B C D
3. He decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were much streams.
A B C D many
4. Most of the words are the same in American and in British English, but the American people
A B
say any English words not like people do in England.
C D
5. Peter earned a large number of money last year.
A B a large amount of C D
6. People respected him because he was a honest man.
A B C D
7. All their neighbors each gave  a little money and  some their friends helped too.
A B C D
8. We spent a great deal of time looking through a large number of books to help him find
A B
a few information about Bermuda, but he knew most of it already.
C a little D
9. The storm continued for most of days when we were in New Orleans, but fortunately there
A the B C
wasn't much damage in the city.
D
10. Claire and Charles said that they'd seen  most of the Europe on their trip and  they both 
A B
mentioned that every city center was starting to look the same, with only  a few exceptions
C D

B. GRAMMAR
I. ARTICLE
1. The 1890's in America were known as a Gay Nineties.
A B CD
2. The Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States.
A B C D
3. In 1955 the Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th State.
A B CD
4. The tornado uprooted all the power lines leading to the town so the inhabitants had to live in
A B C
darkness until new ones.
D
5. I bought a that new TV set yesterday.
A B C D
6. She was wearing a ugly dress when she met him.
A B an C D
7. I am crazy about reading that history books.
A B C the D

8. Do you want to go to a restaurant where we first met?

A B the C D
9. He thinks that a love is what will save us all.
A B C D
10. He is a engineer with a lot of good qualities.
A an B C D

II. PREPOSITION
1.Her brother seems to be totally incapable in looking after himself.
A B C of D
2.My eldest brother and I used to get to school by foot.
 A B C go D
3.This wine tastes good. It is made of red grapes.
A B C D
4. Alike all other mammals, dolphins have lungs.
A B C D
5. Jane’s apartment is very different Bob’s even though they are in the same building.
A B from C D
6. Because national statistics on crime have only been kept for 1930, it is not possible to make judgements
A B
about crime during the early years of the nation.
C D
7. Excepting for the Gulf Coast region, most of the nation will have very pleasant weather tonight and
A B C D
tomorrow.
8. Dislike gas sport balloons, hot air balloons do not have nets.
A B C D
9. Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish his work early.
A B C D
10. You are not allowed to drive your car in the city centre at rush hour because of there is too much
A B C
traffic then.
D
III. VERB TENSES
1. I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive.
A B C D
2. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s father has wanted her to marry Paris.
A B C C
4. By the time we got to the party, they were eating everything.
A B C D
5. The workers were breaking the window while they were repairing the roof.
A B C D
6. Before he had come back home, Jack had visited his uncle.
A B C D
7. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problem already.
A B C D
8. I think you should take the raincoat with you in case it will rain hard this afternoon.
A B C D
9. When I last saw Janet, she hurried to her next class on the other side of the campus and did not
A B C D
have time to talk.
10. Before becoming successful, Charles Kettering, former vice president of General Motors, was
A
so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a laboratory.
B C D
IV. SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
1. The study of languages are very interesting.
A B C D
2. Today the number of people enjoying winter sports are almost double that of twenty years ago.
A B C (is) D
3. Every student in my class are good at English.
A B C (is) D
4. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities
A B is) C D
today.
5. Neither John nor his friends is going to the beach today.
A B C (are going) D
6. Everybody want to buy a ticket for this live show.
A B C D
7. The boys winning the first prize in the contest was very happy.
A B C (were) D
8. She did not know where most of the people in the conference was from.
A B C D (were)
9. More than half of the children in the district qualifies for reduced-price or free lunches.
A B C (qualify) D
10. There are several races of giraffes, but there are only one species.
A B C D (is)

V. PARALLEL STRUCTURES
1. Many places of history, scientific, cultural, or scenic importance have been designated national
A (historical) B C D
monuments.
2. Folklore consists of the beliefs, customs, traditions, and telling stories that people pass from
A B C (stories telling) D
generation to generation.
3. An ant’s antennae provide it with the senses of hear, smell, touch, and taste.
A B C (hearing) D
4. Most sedimentary rocks start forming when grains of clay, silt, or sandy settle in river valleys or
A B C (sand) D
on the bottoms of lakes and oceans.

VI. COMPARISONS
1. The weather is more hot than it was yesterday.
A B(hotter) C D
2. His health gets good and better because he does gymnastics regularly.
A(better) B C D
3. The older you are, the worst your memory is.
A B C(worse) D
4. Of the two sisters , Linda is the most beautiful.
A B C D(more beautiful)
5. Jane is not more intelligent as her brother.
A B C(so/as) D
5. Not everyone realizes that the most largest organ of the human body is the skin
A B C(largest) D
6. Ice is less denser than the liquid from which it is formed.
A(dense) B C D
7. Anyone rowing a boat in a strong wind knows it is much easy to go with the wind than against it
A B C (easier) D
8. Jack works as a lawyer and he earns twice as much than his brother.
A B C D
9. The diameter of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
A B C D
10. His research for the thesis was more useful than her.
A B C D

VII. PART OF SPEECH

1. I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest.
A B (hard) C D
2. Many species of wild animals would become extinction if people continued to cut down forests.
 A B C (extinct) D
3. Some bacteria are extremely harmful, but others are regular used in producing foods.
A B C D (regularly used)
4. I think it’s importance for us to find solutions to our problem.
A B C D
5. Heavy polluted factories will be closed down sooner or later.
A (heavily) B C
D
6. He walked slowly because of his injuring legs.
A B C D (injured)
7. Most of us were feeling sleepily at the meeting because the speaker had a very monotonous voice.
A B (sleepy) C D

8. The more frequent you exercise, the greater physical endurance you will have.
A (frequently) B C D
9. Dogs that are trained to lead the blind must be loyalty, intelligent and calm.
A B C D (loyal)
10. I am surprising at how much he smokes; I’m not used to it.
A B C D

VIII.VERB FORMS
1. She brought a lot of money with her so that she could bought some duty-free goods.
A B C (could buy) D
2. Have you ever read any novels writing by Jack London?
A B C D (written)
3. On Saturdays, I enjoy to go to the concert with my friends.
A B (going) C D
4. I'd rather to stay at home than go out at weekends.
A B (stay) C D
5. We were advised not drinking the water in the bottle.
A B(to drink) C D
6. Yuri Gagarin was the first man flying into space.
A B C(to fly) D
7. Eaten too many sweets may cause stomach ache.
A(eating) B C D
8. She wanted to know how long it would take us getting there.
A B C D (to get there)
9. I used to getting up late when I was small.
A B(get) C D
10. Isabel expected admit to the university, but she wasn’t.
A B(to be admitted) C D

IX.PRONOUNS
Lỗi sai chủ yếu là về cách sử dụng các loại đại từ
Subject pronoun (Đại từ nhân xưng chủ ngữ): I, you, he, she, it…..
Complement pronoun (Đại từ nhân xưng tân ngữ): me, you, him, her….
Possessive pronoun (Đại từ sở hữu): mine, yours, his, hers…..
Possessive adjectives (Tính từ sở hữu): my, your, his, her…..
Reflexive pronoun (Đại từ phản thân): myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself…..
 
Eg: A good exercise program helps teach people to avoid the habits that might shorten his lives.
A B C D(their)
1. It is difficult to imagine him accepting the decision without any objection
A B (his accepting) C D
2. Most of the trees in our garden are less than 10 years old but ones are much older than that.
 A B C (some) D
3. My shoes were so uncomfortable that I had to go out and buy new one.
A B C D(ones)
4. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.
A B (his/her) C D
5. Chicago's Sears Tower, now the tallest building in the world, rises 1,522 feet from the ground,
A B C
to the top of it antenna.
D (its)
6. Those of you who signed up for Dr. Daniel's anthropology class should get their books as soon
A B C(your)
as possible.
D
7. Cable television companies recently announced that it will increase services charges next year.
A B C(they) D
8. There were marks on the snow but it were unrecognizable.
A B C(they) D
9. She disappeared three days ago, and they are still looking for them now.
A B C D
10. "Help me!" she screamed. She told police the child was her
A B C D (hers)

X. NOUN
Một số lỗi thường gặp đối với loại này:
● Nhầm lẫn danh từ số ít, số nhiều
● Nhầm lẫn danh từ đếm được và không đếm được
● Nhầm lẫn danh từ ghép: four- year- old (boy),......
● Nhầm lẫn danh từ chỉ người, danh từ chỉ vật

1. After a few moment, the woman opened the window and looked  out  curiously.

2. One of the former student donated a large sum of money to the school
3. If you make a five-days trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone everyday.
4.You can see a lot of childs running and jumping in the snow or playing with snowballs.
5. Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality .
6. Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other minerals it may
appear in various color, ranging from pastel to opaque black.
7. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures. )
8. Please convey my best wish to your mother when you see her.
9. The shop assistance was very helpful and I was able to buy what I wanted.
10. About five hundreds  supporters waited outside the football stadium to buy  tickets for the final
match of the competition..
XI. RELATIVE CLAUSES

Các đại từ quan hệ who, whose, whom, which, that… đều có cách sử dụng khác nhau. Ví dụ who thay thế
cho danh từ chỉ người đóng vai trò là chủ ngữ, which thay thế cho danh từ chỉ vật…
Ví dụ: Xác định lỗi sai trong câu sau:
He gave (A) orders to the manager (B) whose (C) passed them (D) on to the foreman.
Whose là đại từ quan hệ đóng vai trò là tính từ sở hữu. Trong trường hợp này ta dùng một đại từ bổ nghĩa
cho danh từ manager. Do đó, ta dùng who – lỗi sai cần tìm là C.
1. Nguyen Du, that wrote "Kieu Story", was a great Vietnamese poet.
A (who) B C D
2. There are also many single mothers and single fathers which are raising children by themselves.
A B C (who) D
3. Do you like the building that windows are green?
A B (whose) C D
4. The British national anthem, calling “God Save the Queen”, was a traditional song in the 18th
A B(called) C D
Century.
5. The policeman must try to catch those men whom drive dangerously.
A B C(who/ that) D
6. The singer about who I told you yesterday is coming here tomorrow.
Aabout whom) B C D
7. Mother’s Day is the day when children show their love to their mother on.
A B C D

8. Do you know the reason when English men travel to the left?
A B C D
9. In an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women's education.
A B (written) C D
10. Rice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world’s population, grows best in hot,
A(which still) B C D
wet land.

XII. CONDITIONAL SENTENSES/ WISH

Về cơ bản, có 3 loại câu điều kiện/ 3 cấu trúc cơ bản thể hiện điều ước. Ngoài ra còn có các dạng đảo ngữ .
Chỉ cần ghi nhớ và áp dụng đúng thì việc xác định lỗi sai sẽ không hề khó khăn.
Eg: What would (A) you do  (B) if you  will win (C) a million  (D) pounds?
Đây là câu điều kiện không có thực ở hiện tại nên động từ ở mệnh đề if chia ở quá khứ. (To be được chia
là were cho tất cả các ngôi).
1. What would happen if there was no water?
A B C D(were)
2. If forests had not been destroyed, there will have been no floods
A B C(would have been) D
3. What would you have do if you were in my position?
A B(would you do) C D
4. My parents didn't buy that house. I wish they bought it.
A B C D(had bought)
5. If had I known you were in financial difficulty, I would have helped you.
A(I had known) B C D
6. If she had send a telegram, we would have received it by now.
A(had sent) B C D
7. My children won’t go to bed unless they don’t have some money.
A B C (have) D
8. If I am a director, I would make more film about children.
A B(were) C D
9. Had he planned on going, he will have let us know.
A B C(would have let) D
10. If the destruction of the forest continues at the same rate, there would be nothing left by the year 2005.
A B C (will) D
XIII. PASSIVE VOICE
Một số lỗi thường gặp đối với loại này:
● Nhầm lẫn về chuyển đổi chủ động sang bị động và ngược lại (lẽ ra phải dùng chủ động thì lại dùng câu
bị động .....)
● Nhầm lẫn công thức bị động với cấu trúc cơ bản và một vài cấu trúc thông dụng (ví dụ : sau
“tobe” chưa dùng “Past participle”, dùng sai cấu trúc “people say that”, “have st done”......)
● Nhầm lẫn tính từ mang nghĩa chủ động và bị động (tính từ đuôi –ing, tính từ đuôi- ed..)
Ví dụ
The first May Day celebrated in England in 1890.
A B C D
Trong câu trên B là đáp án. Lỗi sai ở đây là phải dùng công thức bị động do tân ngữ (The first May Day )
của động từ celebrated đã được đảo lên làm chủ ngữ. Như vậy phải sửa thành was celebrated

1. Acid rain is believed be the worst pollution problem of all.

A B (to be) C D
2. In 1960 John F. Kennedy became the youngest man ever to elect president.
A B C D(to be elected)
3. European paintings in the United States can find in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
A B C D (be found)
4. As they grow older, children in many cultures taught not to rely on their parents.
A (are taught)B C D
5. It  has recently been report from India that Malaysian students studying medicine will have to
A B (been reported) C D
pay more.
6. He was quite amusing when he heard what had happened.
A B(amused) C D
7. The modern husband is frequently requires to lend a hand in domestic chores such as sweeping,
A B (required) C
mopping and child-minding.
D
8. Those trees which are fell must be immediately replaced.
A B (which fell) C D
9. Many people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the 2010- World-Cup
A B C
matches so annoyed.
D
10. Strict measures must taken to prohibit poaching, and the sale of these animals.
A B(must be taken) C D

XIV. CLAUSES
Một số lỗi thường gặp đối với loại này:
● Nhầm lẫn về từ nối cho các loại mệnh đề (Mệnh đề thời gian, mệnh đề nhượng bộ, mệnh đề nguyên
nhân, mệnh đề kết quả, mệnh đề mục đích, mệnh đề cách thức......)
● Nhầm lẫn việc dùng cụm từ hay mệnh đề sau từ nối
Phần này đòi hỏi các em học sinh nắm rõ công thức, cấu trúc và cách sử dụng của từng loại mệnh đề và
cụm từ là đảm bảo không gặp trở ngại
Ví dụ
Before I arrived, he was talking on the phone.
A B C D
Trong câu trên A là đáp án. Lỗi sai ở đây là dùng sai từ nối của mệnh đề chỉ thời gian. Phải dùng When
chứ không dùng Before
1. These televisions were so expensive for us to buy at that time.
A B (too) C D
2. He had so a difficult exercise that he couldn't do it.
A B(such) C D
3. In spite her severe pain, she tried to walk to the auditorium to attend the lecture.
A(In spite of) B C D
4. Although our grandfather was old but he could help us.
A B(x) C D
5. Even though the extremely bad weather in the mountain, the climbers decided not to
A(Despite/ In spite of) B C
cancel their climb.
D
6. John didn’t go to work because of he was seriously ill.
A B C(because) D
7. Because the invention of machines such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, women spend
A(Thanks to) B
less time doing the housework.
C D
8. There were too many books on the shelves that I didn't know which one to choose.
A B (so) C D
9. The children had such difficult time when they began school in their new neighbourhood that
A (such a difficult time) B
their parents decided never to move again.
C D
10. Due of the government’s policy, some farming areas have been abandoned.
A (Due to) B C D
XV. STRUCTURES
Lỗi sai về cấu trúc thường găp:
Trong phần này để tránh lặp lại các cấu trúc ngữ pháp đã được đề cập ở phần trên, chúng ta chủ yếu xem
xét lỗi sai cấu trúc về cách dùng của một số cụm từ quen thuộc, các collocations, các từ dễ gây nhầm lẫn,
các pair conjuctions....
E.x:
Benny Goodman was equally talented as both a jazz performer as well as a classical musician.
A B C (and)
Trong câu trên lỗi sai ở C, do cách dùng pair conjuction chưa đúng: both......and
1. Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated elements.
A (Like) B C D
2. In my judgment, I think Hem is the best physicist among the scientists of the SEA region.
A(x) B C D
3. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are explaining the children the rules of the game.
A B C D (the rules of the game to the children)
4. I find that necessary to do something about traffic problems in our city.
A (find it) B C D
5. When my parents grow old. I'll take care about them because they  have been very good to me.
A B C (take care of) D
6. A child of noble birth, his name was famous among the children in that school
A B (he) C D
7. When he was young he is used to drinking a lot.
A B C (used to drink) D
8. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly
A (are making) B C
where the choices are located.
D
9. When her dog died, she cried very hardly for half an hour.
A B C (hard) D
10. In order to do a profit, the new leisure centre needs at least 2000 visitors a month.
A(make a profit) B C D
11. Traditionally, the flag is risen in the morning and then taken down at night.
A (raised) B C D
12. As every other nation, the United States used to define its unit of currency, the dollars, im terms
A (Like) B C D
of the gold standard.
13. Though artist Tatun was totally blind in one eye and had only slight vision in another, he
 A B C(the other)
became an internationally renowned jazz musician.
D
14. It seemed as if I hadn’t scarcely done anything worthwhile with my time, for I failed three
A(had) B C D
courses
15. Seahorses spend much of their time clung with their tails to underwater plants.
A B C (clinging) D

16. Most animals cannot recognize their reflection in a mirror themselves; they usually react as if
A B(as themselves) C
confronted by another member of their species.
D
17. Ultraviolet rays are invisible to humans, and ants and honeybees are sensitive to them.
A B C (but) D
18. Can you borrow me your book for a few days ?
A B(lend) C D
19. The Indonesian Foreign Minister said there should be conciliation, not confrontation, at the
A
international conference  on Cambodia with regard to iron out differences between the ASEAN
B C (with regard to ironing)
and the Chinese views on  how to resolve the conflict.
D
20. In today's age of space exploration, traditional boundaries become less important, as man
A B
 finds them necessary to rely more and more on all the peoples of the world.
C D