COMMON MISTAKES

1/ The number proportion/

rate/percentage of people who used the
Internet in Japan was 25%.

2/ There was only 10 % of the Vietnamese

community who paid for the Internet.

3/ fast food consumption # fast food

spending= expenditure – consumed / eaten

4/ utilize (v) /ˈjuː.təl.aɪz/  to use

something in an effective way.

5/ absorb (v) /əbˈzɔːb/  to understand facts

or ideas completely and remember them

 Fast food was utilized/ absorbed ???

6/ Internet users = people who accessed
the Internet = people who had an access to
the Internet/ people logging on the web /
people surfed the Internet…

7/ There were 7 million individuals who

used bikes. in Vietnam using bikes.

8/ 5,000 tonnes of fast food was eaten by

American. 3 liters of water

9/ The quantity of people who chose =

choosing bus for commuting was 2
million.

10/ The rate of individuals who used the

Internet made up 70 % of the total
population in the US.
11/ sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ & động từ

SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT

Khi chủ ngữ là cụm từ chỉ tiền, khoảng cách,

kích thước, đo lường và thời gian thì động từ chia
theo hình thức số ít.
MONEY/TIME/DISTANCE/WEIGHT +
V(singular)
Ví dụ:
 Five dollars to buy this shirt is very cheap.

 8 hours of sleeping is enough.

 Five kilometers is not far.  

 Three years is not a long time. 

https://www.ieltstutor.me/blog/subject-verb-agreement-ielts

TRỌNG LƯỢNG & ĐƠN VỊ ĐO LƯỜNG

gram gam kilometre kilomet
kilo (viết tắt cân/kg hectare héc-ta
của kilogram)
millilitre mililit
tonne tấn
centilitre centilit
millimetre milimet litre lít
centimetre centimet
metre mét

2 million people # millions of people

2 liters of water

5 tonnes of coffee

World coffee exports amounted to 10.57 million

bags in June 2020

60-kilogram bags of coffee

Coffee is the most popular drink in Algeria, with

each person consuming more than 3 kilos of coffee
annually.

10 % was the rate of Internet users in VN # 10 %

of Vietnamese Internet users
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/convenience%20food

junk food : food that is not good

for your health because it is high in fat, sugar,
or artificial substances

fast food

 hot food thatis cooked and served very quickly 
in special restaurants. Fast food is often
the type of food you can take away to eat,
for example hamburgers or fried chicken.

fast food = convenience food / take-away food