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SUBJECT: ENGLISH
PRONUNCIATION
_How to pronounce ‘ed’-> /t/ , /d/
/t/ : [ /k/, /p/, /f/, /s/, / /, /t /] : looked, stopped, washed, watched
/id/ : [ /t/, /d/ ] : started, landed
/d/ : [ /b/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /l/. /w/,….va cac nguyen am ] : robbed, seemed, learned,
_How to pronounce ‘s’ -> /s/, /z/
/s/ : [ /p/, /t/, /f/, /k/, /t/ ] : stops, cooks,
/iz/ : [ /s/, /z/, / /, /t /, /d / ] : washes, watched, garages
/z/ : [ /b/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /l/. /w/,….va cac nguyen am ] : news, tomatoes
GRAMMAR
1.Relative clause
Who: who laø ñaïi töø quan heä chæ ngöôøi ñöùng sau danh töø chæ ngöôøi ñeå laøm chuû töø cho
ñoäng töø ñöùng sau noù.
The man who is standing over there is Mr. Pike
Whom: whom laø ñaïi töø quan heä chæ ngöôøi, ñöùng sau danh töø chæ ngöôøi ñeå laøm taân ngöõ
cho ñoäng töø ñöùng sau noù. That is the girl whom I told you about.
Which: which laø ñaïi töø quan heä chæ vaät, ñöùng sau danh töø chæ vaät ñeå laøm chuû töø hay taân
ngöõ cho ñoäng töø ñöùng sau noù. The dress which I bought yesterday is very
beautiful.
That: That laø ñaïi töø quan heä chæ caû ngöôøi laãn vaät. That coù theå ñöôïc duøng thay cho who,
whom, which trong meänh ñeà quan heä xaùc ñònh.
This is the book that I like best.
That luoân ñöôïc duøng sau caùc danh töø hoån hôïp (goàm caû ngöôøi laãn vaät), sau caùc ñaïi töø
everything, something, anything, all little, much, none vaø sau daïng so saùnh nhaát.
2.Relative pronouns with preposetions
_ La cac ĐTQH(whom, which, that) lam tan ngữ cho gới t ừ
She is the woman whom/that I told about
_Co thể đặt giới từ len trước ĐTQH (whom, which),không đặt trước ĐTQH(who, that)
She is the woman about whom I told
3.Relative clauses replaced by participles(present.P, past.P) and to-inf
Focus Subject: It is/was…......that/who……...-> It was Stephen who/that wrote this novel two years ago.
Focus Object: It is/was……..that……………-> It was this novel that Stephen wrote two years ago.
It is/was……. .that……………-> It was this novel that was written two years ago.
Focus Adv: It is/was……...that…………….-> It was two years ago that Stephen wrote this novel.
6.Conjunctions:
not only…….but also……(khong nhung………ma con……) : V chia theo S dung gan no nhat
Ex: She is not only beautiful but also intelligent.
both……..and………(ca/vua……….va/vua……..) : V luon o hinh thuc so nhieu
Ex: Both my grandfather and my father like strong tea.
either……or………….(hoac…….hoac………..) : V chia theo S dung gan no
nhat
Ex: Either You or he is allowed to come.
neither …… nor……...(khong………cung khong…….) : V chia theo S dung gan no
nhat
Ex: He could neither sing nor dance well.
7. Tag questions: _somebody, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, no one, -> they
Something, everything, anything, nothing,…..-> it
_This, That -> it.
_These, Those -> they
III. Grammar:
1. The man to ______________ you talked yesterday is a professor at Boston university
A. whom B. who C. whose D. that
2. The people_____________ in the accident have been taken to hospital.
A. who injured B. were injured C. are injured D. injured
3. Jim gave Susan a diamond ring as a wedding present. -> It was __________that ____________as a wedding
present.
A. Jim/ was given B. Susan/gave Jim a diamond ring
C. a diamond ring / was given Susan D. a diamond ring /gave Susan
4. A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient
A. A waitress served us who was very impolite and impatient
B. The waitress which served us was very impolite and impatient
C. A waitress, who served us, was very impolite and impatient
D. The waitress who served us was very impolite and impatient
5. Yesterday I went to _____________I had never been to before
A. Thanh Ba post office, that B. Thanh Ba Post Office, which
C. Thanh Ba post office which D. Thanh Ba post office when
6. My mother is looking after three little kids ______________
A. that all day B. who is cried all day C. crying all day D. none is correct
7. I don’t like her new roommate. She doesn’t like her new roommate.
-> Neither I nor she _______________ her new roommate.
A. don’t like B. like C. doesn’t like D. likes
8. I think we should use hydroelectric power, _________________
A. being clean and safe B. which is clean and safe C. that is clean and safe D. to be clean and safe
9. Do you see the beautiful young girl __________over there?
A. stood B. standing C. to stand D. who standing
10. The survey on alternative sources of energy ___________out by those scientists will be reported to the
public next week.
A. that carried B. carried C. which carried D. carrying
11. Laura's marriage has been arranged by her family. She’s marrying a man ______________
A. she hardly knows B. who she hardly know him C. she hardly know him D. that she hardly know him
12. Laika was the first living being who flew into space by aboard Sputnik 2. -> Laika is the first living
being__________ into space by aboard Sputnik 2.
A. to flew B. flying C. to fly D. flow
13. The dog barked at the stranger.
A. It was at the stranger who the dog barked. B. It was the stranger that the dog barked at.
C. It was stranger who the dog barked at. D. It was at the stranger that the dog barked.
14. It's ____________ who received a letter from her friend yesterday.
A. a girl B. girls C. the girls D. the girl
15._____________ that she bought that present.
A. It was from the shop B. It was to the shop C. It was in the shop D. It was at the shop
16. Is that song’s name My Love? Or is it Only Love? It’s one of the two.
->That song’s name is ___________My Love___________ Only Love.
A. both/and B. either/or C. not only/but also D. neither/nor
17. It's the boy ....... visited his uncle last month.
A. who B. that C. whom D. which
18. I enjoy my job because I like the people ____________
A. I work with them B. I work with C. with which I work D. with I work them
19. Not only John but also his two brothers______ football.
A. like B. liked C. likes D. are liked
20. ___________________interested in music.
A. Both Mary and I is B. Both Mary or I are
C. Both Mary and I are D. Both Mary and I am
21. Would you like football or volleyball or __________?
A. twice B. two C. both D. either
23.______________that frightened the children.
A. It is his presence at the meeting B. He was present at the meeting
C. It was his presence at the meeting D. That is his presence at the meeting
24. The people with ________________ I went on holiday last week are my classmates
A. which B. that C. ф D. who
25. We'll be going there again next year, .......?
A. won't they B. will not we C. won't we D. will we
26. My father ....... play the piano when he was still alive.
A. is able to B. could C. was able to D. can
27. What is the name of the company ______________ Nancy is going to work for?
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
28._____________have your hair cut, don’t you?
A. They B. You C. We D. You don’t
29. I’m the first teacher to teach you this subject,_____________?
A. am I B. aren’t I C. am not I D. are I
30. She's the only one in the discussion ....... to using nuclear power.
A. objects B. whom objects C. objected D. to object
IV. Rewrite sentence
Rewrite the following as indicated, making any other changes necessary.
1. He was the third student. He gave the best answer to the question. (using participle or to- infinitive)
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. The taxi broke down. It was taking us to the air port. (using relative pronoun )
………………………………………………………………………….........................……
3. The woman is absent today. You hope to talk to her. (using preposition+ pronoun )
.................................................................................................................................................
4. I have a comfortable room. The room overlooks the park. (using participle or to- infinitive)
………………………………………………………………………………….....................
5. They lives in the house. It was built in 1985. (using participle or to- infinitive)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. My sister didn’t watch TV last night. She didn’t listen to music last nigh t. (neither………..no…….r)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. My father is fluent in Chinese. So is my brother (both……….and)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. He was the first man who left the burning building (reduce relative clause)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. The teacher didn’t know the answer to my question. I talked to him (using prep + relative pronoun)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Our grandmother tells children’s stories to us in that room (cleft sentence in passive)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. I visit my parents twice a week. (cleft sentence)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. The children did the exercise in fifteen minutes (cleft sentence in passive)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
VI. Reading
was able to be also orbit joined completed and out
Pham Tuan was born on February 14, 1947 in Thai Binh province innorthern Vietnam. He (1) __________the
Vietnam People’s Air Force in 1965. He was the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, and (2) _____ Soyuz 37. They
were to service the Salyut 6 station.
During his time in(3) _____________, he performed experiments on the melting of mineral samples in
microgravity. He also carried(4) ____________ plant experiments on azolla. Pham Tuan also photographed
Vietnam from or-bit for mapping purposes.
Pham Tuan(5) __________ in space for 7 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes. He(6) ____________142 orbits,
and returned to Earth on July 31, 1980. he is now a Lieutenant General, Head of the General Department of
Defence Industry of the Ministry of Defence, (7) ___________ a member of the National Assembly.
Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our (29) ____. They say that in the next
few years harmful (30) ____ will further damage the ozone layer, there will be more losses of irreplaceable
tropical rainforests. and serious air pollution will cause the climate itself to change. They also warn us that
Third World (31) ____ will continue to suffer ecological consequences, while the (32) ____ countries consume
the vast majority of the world’s (33) ____. Animals are also at (34) ____. It is feared that some (35) ____
species may soon die out, as their natural (36) ____ are destroyed. In some cases, the only way to save rare
species from (37) ____ is to breed them in captivity.