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DÙNG CHO BÀI KIỂM TRA GIỮA KÌ

MÔN BIÊN DỊCH 1
ADVERB CLAUSE ( IF CLAUSE)

• If you study in France, you’ll have the option to travel through

various parts of Europe including London, Barcelona, and
Rome.
ADVERB CLAUSE ( TIME CLAUSE)

• When you study abroad you will find incredible new foods,
customs, traditions, and social atmospheres.
ADVERB CLAUSE ( RESULT CLAUSE)

• Many students find that they love their host country so much
that they decide to seek work there.
ADVERB CLAUSE ( CONTRAST CLAUSE)

• Although finding a paid internship can be challenging and

competitive, the knowledge you gain will be invaluable.
 ADVERBS

An adverb is a part of speech that describes an adjective, another adverb or a verb.

Adverbs give more information about how an action was performed.
• She walked slowly. (adverb)
• She walked like an old lady. (adverb phrase)
• She walked as if she were heading to the gallows. (adverb clause)
 PHRASE VS. CLAUSE

Examples
• She walked like an old lady. (adverb phrase)
• She walked as if she were heading to the gallows. (adverb clause)
• PHRASE: "like an old lady" does not contain a subject and a verb
• CLAUSE: "as if she were heading to the gallows" contains a subject (she) and a verb (were heading)
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES VS DEPENDENT
CLAUSES
• Independent clauses are complete sentences.
• Dependent clauses, also known as subordinate clauses, cannot stand alone as a complete
sentence. (Adverb clauses are one type of dependent clauses).
COMMA REQUIREMENTS BY CLAUSE
PLACEMENT
• beginning placement (comma required) - Whether you like it or not, you have to go.
• middle placement (commas required) - The boy, although he is very bright, failed math.
• end placement (no comma) - She enjoyed the party more than he did.
 TYPES OF ADVERB CLAUSE
TYPE QUESTION ANSWERED Example
(adverb clause
of…)

1 When? After the fruits are harvested, they are sold at the market.
Time
2 Where? Wherever there are computers, there is Microsoft Software.
Place
3 Cause Why? / What caused? I didn’t call her because I’m shy.
4 Contrast What are the opposites? /
Although Jay has a master’s degree, he works as a store clerk.
How (contradictorily…)?
5
Condition Under what condition? If you save your money, you will be able to go to college.
6
Purpose Why?/ What’s the reason? She took a computer course so that she could get a better job.
7
The stars are so far away that they can’t be seen without telescopes.
8 Result What’s the result of…?
How? Ancient people used starts as if they were calendars.
Manner
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

• By enrolling in a study abroad program, you’ll have the chance

to see a side of your major that you may not have been exposed
to at home.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

• Many students who choose to study abroad are leaving their

home for the first time.
CLEFT SENTENCE

• In a cleft sentence, a single message is divided (cleft) into two

clauses. This allows us to focus on the new information.
• It’s not just adults who want to increase financial education - a
recent Sallie Mae poll found that 84 percent of high school
students want to learn more about personal finance.
 DUMMY SUBJECT

• It is so important that children start learning about finances at a young age

so they are better prepared to make sound financial decisions in the future.
• It’s up to parents to begin the financial education process at a young age –
the sooner, the better.
IMPERATIVE FORM

• Use your school’s classifieds or other online forums to reach out

to other students and post your availability and expertise.
GERUND/TO-INFINITIVE

• It was not until early 2020, when the pandemic started hitting Vietnam, effectively
blocking all international tourists from entering the country, that Hoang started to
worry about his line of work.
COMPOUND SENTENCE

• The ideal bay is only 20 km from mainland by auto way, but the
project of building this road is still in the blue-print stage.
COMPLEX SENTENCE

• Probably because Dam Mon is a strange land with a small

population, when the works are built, the clearance fees are not
high.
COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE

• Geography teachers teach their students that the lagoons and

bay of Vietnam can be built to become deep water seaports like
Hon Gai, Danang, Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, Vung Tau// but they
rarely mention Dam Mon.
REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSE

• The entrepreneurs engaging in short-term or mid-term business

may gain some understanding of Dam Mon, but the long-term
investors are more interested in it than anyone else.
• (= The entrepreneurs who engage in short-term or mid-term
business may gain some understanding of Dam Mon, but the
long-term investors are more interested in it than anyone else.)
PARTICIPLE PHRASE

• Tutoring your specific major is a great way to study and

simultaneously earn some extra money.
• Wishing to become a singer, he joined a band in Saigon as an
assistant.
• Encouraged by his grandma, he went to the capital to start his
business.