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Các chức năng trong câu: S, V, Oi, Od, Cs, Co, adjunct
Trong cụm (N, V, Adj, Adv, Prep.): Premodifier +H+ Post. (trừ Verb phrase: aux+main V+
Complement of V; Premodifier + preposition+ Complement of prep.)

Therory
1. Phrase definition: one, single (Chapter 2.1)
2. Noun Head identification (change into plural)- C2.1
3. Determiner function (a/an/the+N) C2.1
4. Verb phrase structure (aux-Operator + predicator- main V + complement of V: am travelling
to HN-Prep phrase) C2.1
5. Adverb phrase structure/function (Adjunct-time +place+manner: V thuong+ _ly (slowly),
Premodifier+adj-very happy, adv-very slowly, prep.- right after) C2.2
6. Adjective phrases structure/function C2.2 (very happy indeed)
-Subject Complement: S+ V (look, seem, appear, be, make) + adj (Cs): she is very happy
(Cs)
- Premodifier of a noun: a nice pen
- Postmodifier of a pronoun beginning with any-, no-, some-,
- Object Complement: S+ V + N +adj (C0) : ……
7. Types of sentence: Simple = 1independent C; Com.- 2 inde. C (and, or but); Complex- 1
de. C + 1 inde. C (although) (Chapter 4.1, 4.2), Declarative (convey information), Interrogative,
Exclamative. Imperative.
8. Coordinating/subordinating conjunctions (chapter 3)
9. Word classes (Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective,…): tự xem (chapter 1)
10. Identify the elements of a clause (S,V,O,C,A):
- Tìm động từ chính trước
- S+ tobe + adj/N (Cs/SC):
- S+ V thường + N1/NP (Oi) + N2 (N2 khác N1-> N2 là Od): I give her (Oi) a pen (Od) -> a pen
to her (Od giới từ Oi)
- S+ V (make/find/feel) + N1/NP (O) + N2/adj (N1= N2/adj-> N2/adj là Co): She makes me
crazy/fool/ a foolish

Exercise: Identify Noun/verb/adverb phrase/determiner in a sentence

1. Identify Verb phrase of the sentence “Cutting the fruits with that sharp knife can hurt
yourself”
2. Identify the predicator and operator of the verb phrase in the sentence “You should have
been punished for disobeying that rule”
3. Identify the function of complement of verb phrase in the sentence “I don’t know who will
help you”)
A. Direct object
B. Subject complement
C. Object complement
D. Adjunct
4. Identify the function of complement of verb in the sentence “I actually moved to this place 2
days ago”
A. Subject complement
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B. Adjunct (place, time, manner, stance)
C. Object complement
D. Direct object
5. Function of underlined adverb phrase in the sentence “He never goes to bed early”
A. Adjunct
B. Premodifier of an adjective
C. Premodifer of an adverb
D. Premodifier of a preposition
6. Function of underlined adverb phrases in the sentence “I don’t know her (quite well).”
A. Adjunct
B. Premodifier of an adjective
C. Premodifer of an adverb
D. Premodifier of a preposition
7. What kind of underlined phrase is it in the sentence “They study as hard as their sister”
8. Identify the adverb phrase of the sentence “They study better than their sister”
9. Identify Adjective phrase in the sentence “He is an amazingly smart student”
10. Identify function of adjective phrase in the sentence “He seems quite famous in our
country”
A. Subject Complement
B. Pre-modifier of a verb
C. Post-modifier of an adverb
D. Object Complement
11. Identify Head of the phrase “It is so cold to get out of the house” (to_Clause)
12. Identify kind of Pre-modifier of the phrase “much happier than I was yesterday”
A. adverb phrase
B. adjective phrase
C. noun phrase
D. determiner + N
13. Identify function of Post-modifier of the adjective phrase “I am really busy studying these
days” move to this place/ move to meet him I’m afraid of going out at night.
A. ing-clause
B. determiner
C. relative clause
D. adjunct
14. Complete the following sentence with the best form.
It is ________ to drink at least 2 liters of water a day. (ADVICE)
15. Complete the following sentence with the best tense.
Whenever I _________(meet) him, I will stop to talk to him.
16. Choose the correct option to complete the following definition:
“___________come before a noun and indicate the kind of reference the noun has,
whether the noun is singular or plural, and possession.”
A. Determiners (…) B. Pronouns C. Adjectives D. Adverbs
17. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:
“__________adjectives have the - ed/-en or -ing endings that we normally associate with
verbs (e.g. bored/boring, fascinated/fascinating, etc.)”
A. Participial B. Gradable C. Nominal D. Comparative
18. Choose the correct tense of the verb in brackets that best completes each sentence.
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“Mrs. Smith (teach) ___________ in this school since 1998 or maybe earlier.”
A. has taught
B. will teach
C. is teaching
D. taught
19. How many types of determiners are there according to their position in the noun
phrases?
A.
B. 2
C. 1
D.4
20. What is NOT a function of an adverb phrase?
A. Premodifer of a noun
B. Premodifer of an adverb
C. Premodifier of an adjective
D. Premodifier of a preposition

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 Excellent Good Satisfactory Need more
improvement
1. Task - Outline exactly - Outline almost - Outline exactly -Outline none of any
achievement two relevant exactly two only one point of points of opposite
points of opposite relevant points of opposite views views
views opposite views - Outline incorrectly
- Develop - Develop almost - Develop almost points of opposite
relevantly at least relevantly one relevantly only views
one reason for reason for each one reason for - Develop no
each point point one point reasons for each
point
2. - Uses effectively - Uses less - Uses some - Uses
Vocabulary words and effectively words words and vocabulary not
phrases related to and phrases phrases related to related to the topic
the topic related to the topic the topic
- Use no modal
- Use modal - Use modal verbs - Use very few verbs “must, have
verbs “must, have “must, have and modal verbs and should” to
and should” should” to express “must, have and express opposite
flexibly to express opposite ideas should” to ideas
opposite ideas express opposite
- Produces few ideas - Produces many
- Produces no spelling or word errors in spelling /
spelling or word formation errors - Produces some word formation
formation errors spelling or word
formation errors

3. Grammar - Uses - Uses - Uses only a - Make grammatical

suitable and suitable structures limited range of mistakes in most
correct structures structures sentences
- Effectively - Uses compound
employs - Uses compound nouns, but not
compound sentences almost correctly - Does not use
sentences correctly compound
- Produces sentences
- The majority of - Produces a few frequent errors
sentences are errors - Produces too many
error-free errors