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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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EXERCISE ON WORD FORMATION

Decide which of the choices – (A), (B), (C), or (D) – best completes the sentence.

Question 1: The guests were amazed by the ------- statues in the garden.
(A) color (B) colorful (C) colorfully (D) colors
Question 2: The project team found it very difficult to hide their ------- over the rejection.
(A) disappoint (B) disappointing (C) disappointedly (D) disappointment
Question 3: John cannot make a ------- to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a
house and a car.
(A) decision (B) decide (C) decisive (D) decisively
Question 4: I heard that the manager gave our project proposal a very ------- review.
(A) favor (B) favorable (C) favoring (D) favorably
Question 5: While Jane ------- at college, she wrote to her sister every week.
(A) were (B) is (C) was (D) are
Question 6: The students seemed to find the presentation very -------.
(A) interests (B) interest (C) interesting (D) interestingly
Question 7: Mr. Brian sang very ------- at my birthday party last night.
(A) beauty (B) beautify (C) beautiful (D) beautifully
Question 8: The director was very ------- in the quality of his project.
(A) disappointed (B) disappointment (C) disappointing (D) disappoints
Question 9: There are small ------- between British and American English.
(A) different (B) difference (C) differences (D) differently
Question 10: The group members looked ------- because their ideas were not approved.
(A) sadly (B) sad (C) sadness (D) sadden
Question 11: No group meetings are ------- unless the president asks.
(A) necessary (B) necessarily (C) necessity (D) needing
Question 12: The children laughed ------- when they played with their toys.
(A) happy (B) happily (C) happiness (D) unhappy
Question 13: Scientists are working for an ------- way to reduce energy consumption.
(A) effect (B) effective (C) effecting (D) effectively
Question 14: After sending me your email, you will ------- a feedback.
(A) receive (B) receiving (C) to receive (D) received
Question 15: It is essential that you ------- update all the software on your computer.
(A) regular (B) regularly (C) regularity (D) regulable

THE END.

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