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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HCMC)

Session 1. WORD FORMATION

ĐỘNG TỪ TRẠNG TỪ TÍNH TỪ DANH TỪ
(VERB) (ADVERB) (ADJECTIVE) (NOUN)
Khái niệm Chỉ hành động Chỉ cách thức Chỉ tính chất, cảm Chỉ người, sự vật,
giác, trạng thái, … hiện tượng
Dấu hiệu Có hai loại cơ bản: Có quy tắc: Beautiful Movement
- Động từ thường TÍNH TỪ + -LY Educational Education
work, love, like Bất quy tắc: Comfortable Decision
- Động từ “be” Fast Healthy Happiness
is, am, are Very Famous Ability
was, were So Dependent Importance
been Always, often,… Careless Difference
be, to be, being Attractive
- Động từ đặc biệt:
do, does, did
will, would,
can, could, …
Vị trí Sau chủ từ Trước hoặc sau Sau động từ “be” Đứng đầu câu
động từ thường (làm chủ từ)
He sings a song. He sings He is handsome. This boy is
beautifully. handsome.
Trước tính từ (bổ Trước danh từ Đứng sau tính từ
nghĩa cho tính (bổ nghĩa cho
từ) danh từ)
This is a very This is a beautiful This is a beautiful
beautiful girl. girl. girl.
Find + O + Adj. Đứng sau các từ
Make + O + Adj. chỉ định
a/an/the/this/
that/these/those
I find the class The test is easy.
boring. Those houses are
They make me cheap.
sad.

Art. Adverb Adjective Noun

I have taken a very easy test.

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• Những Động từ đặc biệt + Tính từ theo sau:

Look, become, taste, appear, seem, … + Tính từ

Ex: Mike looked angry.

The medicine tasted awful.
The man appeared drunk.

• Tính từ đặc biệt có đuôi -ly:

elderly, likely, lonely, silly, ugly

Ex: Mary was very friendly.

It was a lively party.
We had a lovely time.

• Tính từ + đuôi -ly = Trạng từ

Những lưu ý khi thêm đuôi -ly

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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HCMC)

EXERCISE ON WORD FORMATION

A. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
find O adv adj
1. The guests were amazed by the ------- 2. The project team found it very difficult to
statues in the garden. dấu hide their ------- over the rejection.
(A) color det ___ Noun (A) disappoint
(B) colorful - Noun / adj
(B) disappointing their + NOUN

(C) colors (C) disappointedly

(D) colorfully (D) disappointment sự thất vọng
thép
3. The rise in steel prices has resulted in 4. I heard that the board gave our project
a ------- increase in our production costs. proposal a very ------- review.
sản xuất
(A) considerably det ___ Noun
chi phí
(A) favor
(B) consideration - Noun / adj (B) favorable thuận lợi
(C) considerable đáng ke (C) favoring
det adv ___ Noun
(D) considers increase (D) favorably --> adj/Ving
đại học
5. While Jane was at college, she ------- to her 6. The delegates seemed to find the
sister every week. presentation very -------.
(A) writing (A) interests
Động từ chính
(B) written (B) interest
(C) write (C) interesting
(D) wrote (D) interestingly
(adj) được chi trả (n) /daɪˈrektə(r)/ giám đốc (n) chất lượng
(che phủ, bảo hiểm)
7. If shipping costs are not fully covered, 8. The director was very ------- in the quality
S
------- for the delivery will be the of his accommodations. (n) nơi ở
(n) trách nhiệm của responsibility of the recipient. (A) disappointed (adj) /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ cảm thấy thất vọng
(A) pay (n) /rɪˈsɪpiənt/ người nhận (B) disappointment
(B) payment (C) disappointing
(C) paid (D) disappoints
(D) to pay
(adj) /ɪˈsenʃl/ quan trọng, thiết yếu
9. It is essential to ------- fully on the tránh xa 10. The project team looked ------- because
operation of the machinery in order to avoid their ideas were not approved.
(n) /ˈæksɪdənt/ tai nạn accidents. (n) /məˈʃiːnəri/ máy móc (A) sadness (Ved) chấp thuận, thông qua

(A) concentration (B) sadly

(B) concentrating (C) sad (adj) /sæd/ buồn
(C) concentrate (v) /ˈkɒnsntreɪt/ tập trung [on (doing) sth] (D) saddle
(D) concentrates
it is essential to do sth

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(phasalV) kêu gọi (nk) họp nhóm (n) xa lộ

adj/n
11. No group meeting are ------- unless 12. The ------- of the new highway will
(adv) /ˈdefɪnətli/
(n) trường hợp special circumstances call for on-site definitely attract more tourists from other chắc chắn
/ˈsɜːkəmstəns/
evaluation of ongoing projects. parts of the country. (n) quốc gia
(n) đánh giá
(A) necessary (adj) cần thiết
/ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn/ (A) construct
(B) necessarily
(adj) đang diễn ra
(C) necessity (B) constructing
(D) needing (C) constructive
(D) construction (n) Việc xây dựng
(n) /ˈspredʃiːt/ bảng tính
13. Nguyen Cong Tri is generally considered 14. To enter information on the spreadsheet,
to be one of the most ------- designers in the you will ------- a cell by clicking on it and then
fashion industry today. type your data. (n) ô (vuông/hcn)
(A) impressive (adj) ấn tượng
(A) select type (v) nhập dữ liệu
(B) impressively
(C) impression (B) selecting
(D) impressing (Ving) (C) to select
(D) selection
Verb Noun
15. It is essential that you ------- update all 16. Son Tung MTP is one of the ------- singers
the software on your computer. in Vietnam.
(A) regular (A) repute
(B) regularly (adv) /ˈreɡjələli/ thường xuyên (B) reputable (adj) /ˈrepjətəbl/ có uy tín / nổi tiếng
(C) regularity (C) reputably
(D) regulable (D) reputation
adv
make O adj (n) cốt truyện tobe adj
17. It is important to make prices ------- when 18. The plot of the movie is too -------; its
you sell goods. conflicts are either simplistic or forced. (n) /ˈkɒnflɪkt/ xung đột
(adj) đơn giãn
(A) reasonable (adj) /ˈriːznəbl/ hợp lý (A) predict /sɪmˈplɪstɪk/
(adj) cưỡng ép
/fɔːst/
(B) reasonably (B) predictable (adj) /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ dễ doán forced smile (n) nụ cười giả
(C) reason (n) (C) predicting
tobe/Verb too adj/adv to do
(D) reasonableness (D) predictability
your (nk) giấy phép đậu xe Ved
19. If you parking permit is damaged, bring it 20. If you have recently ------- a digital camera
to the entrance station for a -------. and want to learn how to use it, this course is
(A) replacement (ns) vật thay thế (giấy phép thay thế) for you.
(B) replacing (A) purchased
(C) replace (B) purchase
(D) replaces (C) purchasing
(D) to purchase

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B. Choose the best answer to complete the text.

hire (Vintrans)
thuê người

appicants (ns)
ứng cử viên

(adj) có hiệu lực

(adj) có hiệu lực (trong lương lai)

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