Bài tập và lý thuyết môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 hay

LESSON 1: TENSES ( Các thì )
1. SIMPLE PRESENT: ( HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN )
Affir : S+V1 /Vs, es
Ex : Water boils at 100o c.
Neg: S+ do/ does + not+ V1
Ex : Tom doesn’t feel hungry.
Inter: Do/ does+ S + V1 ?
Ex : How often do you go to school?
 	*(Be):am, is, are + not ; (have):has/ have + not = do / does + not + have
	Diễn tả : 	P Tình cảm, cảm giác, sở thích, quan điểm.
	 	P Thói quen,hoạt động hằng ngày, phong tục, tập quán.
	P Chân lí, sự thật hiển nhiên.
P Xuất xứ, quốc tịch
	Với : EVERY (day, year), ALWAYS, OFTEN, USUALLY, SOMETIME, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER, EVER, ONCE / TWICE / THREE TIMES + ( a day/ week/ month), all the time, now and then . . 
* Vị trí của trạng từ trong câu: 
P Trước động từ thường (Ex: His wife never cooks)
P Sau động từ tobe và các trợ động từ.(Ex: I am never late for school.)
 	Notes : Qui tắc thêm es đối với động từ có S số ít : 
	- Các động từ tận cùng là : o, sh, ch, x, s, và z .
	- Các động từ tận cùng là y mà đứng trước y là một phụ âm ta đổi y à i + es
	( She studies, Tom tries, nhưng He plays . . .).
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS ( HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN )
S + am/ is/ are + Ving
Ex: We are studying English now.
S + am/ is/ are + not + Ving
Ex: She isn’t writing when he comes.
Am/ Is/ Are + S + Ving ?
Ex: What are you doing while I am doing?
Diễn tả : P Hđộng đang xảy ra ở Htại vào lúc nói, viết.
 P 2 hđộng đang kéo dài // ở Htại (while: trong khi).
 P 1 hđộng đang kéo dài ở Htại thì có 1 hđộng ngắn đột ngột xảy ra(S+ V1/ Vs, es)
P Hành động đang xảy ra ,sau câu mệnh lệnh ( Look Listen, Be careful, Be quiet, )
Ex: Be quiet! The baby is sleeping in the next room. 
P 1 dự định trong tương lai, 1 sắp xếp có kế hoạch, thường dùng với: go, move, come, arrive, leave, travel, 
Ex: He is leaving early tomorrow morning.
Với : AT PRESENT , AT THE MOMENT , NOW, RIGHT NOW, JUST NOW 
3. PRESENT PERFECT: ( HIỆN TẠI HOÀN THÀNH )
S + has/ have + V3ed
Ex: I’ve just opened the door. 
Ex: We have studied English for many years.
S + has/ have + not + V3ed
Ex: Jack hasn’t come recently.
Has/ Have + S + V3ed?
Ex: How long have you studied English?
Diễn tả: P Hđộng Qk không rõ tgian.
 P Hđộng vừa mới xảy ra hoặc xảy ra gần đây.
 P Hđộng bắt đầu trong Qk, vẫn còn tiếp tục ở Htại & có thể tiếp tục ở Tlai.
Với: BEFORE, ALREADY, RECENTLY= LATELY, EVER, NEVER, YET , JUST, TWICE, SEVERAL TIMES, SINCE + mốc Tgian, FOR + khoảng Tgian, UP TO NOW=UP TILL NOW=SO FAR
* Dùng với các cụm từ: This is the first time, this is the second time, dùng trong cấu trúc: That( This) is the best . that + S + has/ have + V3ed 
4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: ( HIỆN TẠI HOÀN THÀNH TIẾP DIỄN )
a. S + has/ have + been + Ving. 	
b. S + has/ have + not + been + Ving.
c. Has/ Have + S + been + Ving?
Ex: We have been studying English for many years.
Diễn tả: - Hđộng bắt đầu trong Qkhứ, tiếp tục ở Htại & có thể đến Tlai 
 ( nhấn mạnh tính liên tục, không gián đoạn của hành động) 
* Một số động từ thường dùng:learn, lie, live, sit, rain, sleep, stand, study, wait, work, teach, stay 
5. SIMPLE PAST ( QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN )
S + V2ed
Ex: I saw him yesterday.
S + did + not + V1
Ex: She didn’t come last week.
Did + S + V1 ?
Ex: Did Mr. Lee phone an hour ago?
 	
	*(Be) : was / were ® wasn’t, weren’t
Diễn tả: - Hđộng đã xảy ra & chấm dứt hoàn toàn trong Qk ( xác định rõ TG)
- Thói quen trong quá khứ
- Kể lại 1 câu chuyện trong quá khứ.
Với: - YESTERDAY, AGO ,LAST (night, week, year), THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, in + tgian ở quá khứ.
6. PAST CONTINUOUS (Q KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN)
S + was/ were + Ving
Ex: We were watching TV at 7 pm yesterday.
S + was/ were + not + Ving
Ex:I was writing while my father was reading.
Was / were + S + Ving ?
Ex: She was sleeping as the telephone rang.
Diễn tả: P Hđộng xảy ra ở 1 thời điểm / khoảng thời gian Qk xác định ( at 7pm, from 6 to 7, )
 P 2 hđộng diễn ra // ở Qk. (while: trong khi)
 P 1 hđộng Qk đang kéo dài thì 1 hđ ngắn đngột xảy ra (S + V2ed)
Với: AT THIS TIME, AT THAT MOMENT
1. AS / WHEN + S + was/ were + Ving, S + V2ed
EX: I was talking to her when her mother got home.
2. S + was/ were + Ving + Whlie + S + was/ were + Ving
EX: She was playing chess while they were cooking lunch.
7. PAST PERFECT (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH)
S + had + V3ed 
S + had + not + V3ed
Had + S + V3ed ?
Ex: Last night I went to bed after I had done my homework.
Diễn tả: - Hđộng xảy ra trước 1 mốc TG ở Qk hoặc trước 1 hđ Qk 
Với : ( trước: S+ had +V3ed ; sau: S + V2) 
A / S + HAD + V3 / Ved + BEFORE + S + V2 / ed
	Ex: They had phoned me before they came here.
B / S + V2 / ED + AFTER + S + HAD + V3 / VED
 Ex: I went to school after I had had breakfast.
8. SIMPLE FUTURE (TƯƠNG LAI ĐƠN )
S + will / shall + V1	
Ex: I’ll buy it tomorrow.
S + will / shall + not + V1
Ex: I won’t buy it tomorrow.
Will / Shall + S + V1?
Ex: Will you buy it tomorrow?
*Note: will not =won’t ; shall not =shan’t.
Diễn tả: P Hđ sẽ xảy ra trong tlai.
 P Lời yêu cầu (Will you + V1? ); Đề nghị ( Shall I / we + V1 ?)
Với: TOMORROW, SOON, NEXT (week, month,)
9. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE (TƯƠNG LAI TIẾP DIỄN )
 S + WILL BE + V-ing
+ Diễn tả một hành động sẽ đang xảy ra ở một thời điểm xác định trong tương lai 
	Ex: We will be playing badminton at 9:00 a.m tomorrow.
Với: At this time tomorrow ( morning, afternoon, evening ), at this time next 
10. FUTURE PERFECT ( TƯƠNG LAI HOÀN THÀNH)
 S + will / shall + have + V3ed 
Ex: We’ll have already finished the work by the time you get back tomorrow.
 Diễn tả: P Hành động sẽ hoàn tất trong tương lai.
Với: BY THE TIME, BY THE END OF.. BY THE TIME THE YEAR 2015, 
11. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE ( TƯƠNG LAI HOÀN THÀNH TIẾP DIỄN )
 S + WILL + HAVE + BEEN + V-ing 
+ To show an continuous action which at a given time will be in the past.
	( Một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ kéo dài đến một thời điểm cho trước trong tương lai )
Ex: By the end of this school year, I will have been teaching at Chu Van An High School for 9 years.
* Notes:
 1) Near future: (Tlai gần) S + am/ is / are + going to + V1 : sẽ, sắp sửa, dự định
 + Dùng diễn tả 1 dự định, kế hoạch được xếp đặt trước
 Ex: I’m going to buy it tomorrow.
2)Một số động từ sau đây thường không dùng với thì tiếp diễn
 P Be : Ex: I am a student now.
 P Những động từ chỉ về giác quan: see, hear, feel, look (trông có vẻ), smell, taste, recognize.
 P Những động từ chỉ về cảm xúc: like, dislike love, hate, want wish, desire, refuse, forgive Những động từ chỉ về lí trí: understand, know, think, realize, suppose, believe, remember, forget, mind, expect, recollect. Những động từ chỉ sự bắt đầu, tiếp tục, kết thúc: begin, continue, finish
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 EXERCISE 
	I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1. We ( finish ) our dinner hafl an hour ago. =>
2. The farmers ( work ) in the field now. =>
3. My father ( live ) in London. He ( be ) there for 20 years. =>
4. She paid for her tickets and ( leave ). =>
5. Mrs Green always ( go ) to work by bus. => 
6. She ( sit ) under a tree when it ( begin ) to rain. => =>
7. How many times ( you / see ) him since him went to Edinburgh. =>
8. Mr Davy ( work ) in the same place for thirty five years and he is not planning retire yet. =>
9. River usually ( flow ) to the sea. =>
10. By next week they ( finish ) resurfacing the road. =>
11. Water ( boil ) at 100 degrees Celsius. =>
12. The phone ( ring ) suddenly while Joanne was doing the housework. =>
13. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she ( not / enter ) any kind of contest. =>
14. I ( see) this film several times. => 
15. He ( live ) in Ho Chi Minh City during last summer. =>
16. Listen! Someone (knock) at the door. 	=>
17. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.	=>
18. That house ( belong) to Mr Green.	=>
19. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea.	=>
20. I (move) to Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago to learn English.	=> => 
21. When I ( arrive ) this house, he still ( sleep).	=> => 
22. The light (go out) when we (have) dinner.	=>
23. Bill ( have) breakfast when I (stop) at this house this morning.	=> => 
24. As we (cross) the street, we (see) an accident.	=> => 
25. Tom (see) a serious accident while he (stand) at the bus stop. => =>
	II. choose the best answer among A,B,C or D
1. He always  for a walk in the evening.
	A. go 	B. is going 	C. goes 	D. going
2. Her brother  in Canada at present.
	A. working 	B. works	C. is working	D. work
3. He has been selling motorcycles
A. ten years ago	B. since ten years	C. for ten years ago	D. for ten years
4. Columbus.America more then 400 years ago.
A. discovered	B. has discovered	C. had discovered	D. he has gone
5. He fell down when he towards the church.
A. run	B. runs 	C. was running	D. had run
6. They .pingpong when their father comes back home.
A. will play	B. will be playing	C. play	D. would play
7. By Christmas, I..for you for 6 months.
 	A. Shall have been working	 B. shall work 
 	C. have been working	D. shall be working
8. I.in the room now.
A. am being	B. was being	C. have been being	D. am
9. I..to New york three times this year.
A. have been	B. was	C. were	D. had been
10. I will come and see you before I..for America. 
A. leave	B. will leave	C. have left	D. shall leave
11. The little girl asked what..to her friend.
A. has happened	B. happened	C. had happened	D. would have been happened
12. John a book when I saw him.
A. is reading	B. read	C. was reading	D. reading
13. My sister.for you since yesterday.
A. is looking	B. was looking	C. has been looking	D. looked
14. When I last saw him, he.in London.
A. has lived	B. is living	C. was living	D. has been living
15. After Ilunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had	B. had had	C. have has	D. have had
16. By the end of next year, GeogeEnglish for 2 years.
A. will have learned	B. will learn	C. has learned	D. would learn
17. The man got out the car,round to the back and opened the boot.
A. walking	B. walked	C. walks	D. walk
18. For several years his ambitionto be a pilot.
A. is	B. has been	C. was	D. had been
19. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he .dinner.
A. finish	B. finishes	C. will finish	D. shall have finished
20. Before you asked, the letter.
A. was written	B. had been written	C. had written	D. has been written
21. Ask her to come and see me when she her work.
A. finish	B. has finished	C. finished	D. finishing
22. Almost everyonefor home by the time we arrived.
A. leave	B. left	C. eaves	D. had left
23. While her husband was in the army, Janet . to him twice a week.
A. was writing	B. wrote	C. was written	D. had written
24. I have never played badminton before.This is the first time I..to play.
A. try	B. tried	C. have tried	D. am trying
25. Since,I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left	B. he left	C. he has left	D. he was left
26. I don’t understand this sentence.What.?
A. does mean this word B. have this word mean	
C. means this word	 D. does this word mean
27. John..tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play	B. is usually playing	C. usually plays	D. have usually played
28. I .for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A. look	B. looked	C. am looking	D. looks
29. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, Imy clothes.
A. am ironing	B. have ironed	C. ironed	D. was ironing
30. I..along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking	B. am walking	C. walk	D. walked
31. She ..German for two years.
A. has learnt	B. is learning	C. learn	D. learns
32. The earth round the sun.
A. go	B. has gone	C. went	D. goes
33. Look! That man..to open the door of your car.
A. try	B. tried	C. is trying	D. has tried
34. I..here at the end of the month.
A. will leave	B. would leave	C. would have left	D. is leaving
35. The children are still ill but they _____ better gradually.
	A. get	B. getting	C. are get	D. are getting
36. I  my report when you entered the hall.
	A. made	B. have been makin	C. was making	D. have made
37. They  the newwords yesterday from three to seven.
	A. learnt	B. have been learning	C. have learnt	D. were learning
38. She  this exercise yesterday at 8 o’clock.
	A. wrote	B. has written	C. has been writing	D. was writing
39. My mother often  morning excercises.
	A. do	B. does	C. doing	D. has done
40. At last the bus came.We ..for half an hour.
A. waited	B. was waiting	C. have waited	D. had been waiting
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LESSON 2: PHONOLOGY ( NGỮ ÂM )
Cách phát âm chữ “s” ở cuối: 
- s được đọc là /s/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: / p/ , /t/ , /k/, /f/ , /θ/
- s được đọc là /z/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: /b/, /n/, /g/, /l/, /d/, /v/, /m/, /r/, /η/, /ð/ và các nguyên âm
- es được đọc là /iz/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: /s/, /z/, /∫/, /t∫/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/ 
Cách phát âm “ed” ở cuối: 
- ed được đọc là /t/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: / p/ , /s/ , /k/, /f/ , /θ/, /ò /, /tò/, 
- ed được đọc là /d/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: /b/, /n/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /r/, /η/, /ð/ và các nguyên âm
 - ed được đọc là /id/ sau các từ tận cùng bằng các âm: / t/ , /d/ .
*Lưu ý: một số tính từ tận cùng la – ed hoặc trạng từ tận cùng là – edly thì ed được phát âm là /id/ :naked, wicked, crooked, ragged, rugged, learned, deservedly, supposedly, markedly, allegedly. 
Khi gặp gạch dưới chữ S :
Bình thường chữ s phát âm là /s/, nhưng có những ngoại lệ cần nhớ là :
s đọc /z/các chữ sau:busy, please, easy, present, desire, music, pleasant, desert, choose, reason, preserve, poison..
-Chữ s đọc / ʃ / : sugar,sure
Đối với chữ CH
- CH đọc /tò/ là bình thường
- CH đọc : /k/ gồm các chữ sau: chemist, ache, Christmas, mechanic, architect, character 
- CH đọc là / ʃ / : machine, champagne, chamois, chalet, charade ,...
 Đối với chữ H
các chữ H sau đây là h câm : hour, honor, honest (và các gia đình từ của chữ này)
Đối chữ GH
Bình thường đọc là /f/
Đối với âm /u/ và /u:/ 
/u/ gồm: put, pull, full, could, woman, foot, look, good, book....
/u:/ gồm: food, school, tooth, fruit, June, noon, soup, through, move, shoe,.....
* Silent consanant (âm câm)
"B"câm khi đứng sau "M" hoặc đứng trứơc "T": bomb, climb, comb, tomb, doubt, subtle, debt....
(Chú ý: có từ không tuân theo quy tắc này: timber...)
"H" sau đây là h câm: hour, honor, honest .
"K" câm khi đứng trước "N": know, knife, knob.
"N" câm khi đứng sau "M": autumn, column, hymn, condemn.
"P" câm: cupboard, receipt, psychology,...
"W" câm: sword
"T" câm: Listen , often , fasten, ballet, ...
* Stress ( DẤU NHẤN )
_ Các từ có 2 âm tiết:
+ Trọng âm thường rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất nếu đó là danh từ hoặc tính từ : yellow, person, patient, future 
+ Trọng âm thường rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2 nếu đó là động từ: predict, create, delay, ...
- Những từ có 3 âm tiết trở lên:
_ Những từ có đuôi là: TY, PHY, CY, SY, ATE, UTE, UDE, LOGY, OUS, AL, TUDE, ETY, ICAL, LOGY, GRAPHY, METRY, NOMY thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3 từ cuối lên: comMUnicate, PROphecy, interNAtional, INstitute ...
_ Những từ có đuôi: TION, XION, CION, SION, IC, URE, IOUS, EOUS, CIAL, IAN, ITY, IOUR, IOR, ORY, UTY, có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2 từ dưới lên : ecoNOmic, dePAture, PREcious, inforMAtion, aBIlity, eQUAlity, iDENtity, ...
_ Những từ kết thúc bằng đuôi ADE, EE, EER, ESE, OO, OON, SELF, thì trọng âm rơi vào chính nó : employEE, carEER, bamBOO, chiNESE, ... 
*** Exercise
The pronunciation of the endings: -s/es and -ed
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose ending ‘-s/es’ or ‘-ed’ is pronounced differently from the others’
1. 	A. talked	B. naked	C. asked	D. liked
2. 	A. worked	B. stopped	C. forced	D. wanted
3. 	A. lays	B. says	C. stays	D. plays
4. 	A. waited	B. mended	C. naked	D. faced
5. 	A. promises	B. devises	C. surprises	D. realises
6. 	A. houses	B. faces	C. horses	D. places
7. 	A. naked	B. sacred	C. needed	D. walked
8. 	A. asks	B. breathes	C. breaths	D. hopes
9. 	A. kissed	B. helped	C. forced	D. raised
10. 	A. sees	B. sports	C. pools	D. trains
11. 	A. naked	B. beloved	C. helped	D. wicked
12. 	A. ticked	B. checked	C. booked	D. sacred
13. 	A. tombs	B. lamps	C. brakes	D. invites
14. 	A. books	B. floors	C. combs	D. drums
15. 	A. investigates	B. provides	C. clothes	D. paths
16. 	A. confused	B. faced	C. cried	D. defined
17. 	A. trays	B. says	C. bays	D. days
18. 	A. kissed	B. pleased	C. increased	D. ceased
19. 	A. devoted	B. suggested	C. provided	D. wished
20. 	A. closes	B. loses	C. loves	D. chooses
 Stressed syllabe
Exercise 2:
1. 	A. individual	B. reputation	C. experience	D. scientific
2. 	A. carpenter	B. revise	C. ignore	D. traditional
3. 	A. marvelous 	B. position 	C. separate 	D. government
4. 	A. influence	B. modern	C. consider	D. different
5. 	A. contain	B. poisonous	C. chemical	D. scientist
6. 	A. discover	B. unhealthy	C. amount	D. realise
7. 	A. avoid	B. gesture	C. permit	D. exact
8. 	A. determine 	B. supportive 	C. conical 	D. performance
9. 	A. counterpart 	B. million 	C. recognize 	D. detective
10. 	A. operation	B. official	C. community	D. efficiency
11. 	A. arrangement 	B. distinguish 	C. theorist 	D. collective
12. 	A. appropriate 	B. emotional 	C. pronounce 	D. situation
13. 	A. resolution 	B. eradication 	C. contradiction 	D. similarity
14. 	A. benefit 	B. understand 	C. engineer 	D. underpaid
15. 	A. capacity 	B. particular 	C. altogether 	D. especially
 – & —
Stressed syllabe
Exercise 3:
1. 	A. carry 	B. invent 	C. appoint 	D. become
2. 	A. popular 	B. dangerous 	C. magazine 	D. applicant
3. 	A. physicist 	B. president 	C. inventor 	D. gardener
4. 	A. legacy 	B. stressful 	C. document 	D. unpleasant
5. 	A. generation 	B. celebration 	C. minority 	D. electronics
6. 	A. contemporary 	B. retirement 	C. wisdom 	D. occasionally
7. 	A. procedure 	B. nursery 	C. assignment	D.consider 
8. 	A. disaster 	B. advocate 	C. secretary 	D. ravaged
9. 	A. collapse 	B. tendency 	C. volcanic 	D. uncovering
10. 	A. dreadful 	B. nourish 	C. earthquake 	D. emergency
11. 	A. astronaut 	B. economist 	C. medium 	D. continent
12. 	A. garbage 	B. pressure 	C. ready 	D. believe
13. 	A. decision 	B. effective 	C. leftover 	D. opinion
14. 	A. suitable 	B. together 	C. supportive 	D. solution
15. 	A. compliment 	B. attention 	C. informal 	D. approaching
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LESSON 3: SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT
( SỰ HÒA HỢP GIỮA CHỦ TỪ VÀ ĐỘNG TỪ )
1. Singular verb
- Chủ ngữ số ít ( hoặc danh từ không đếm được)
	EX: 	Milk is good for health
- Hai chủ từ nối với nhau bằng “ and” nhưng có cùng ý tưởng hoặc chỉ một người.
	EX: 	Love and to be loved is the happiest thing on the earth.
 	My best friend and adviser, Tom , is coming tonight.
- Chủ ngữ là hai danh từ khác nhau nối với nhau bằng “and” nhưng trước mỗi danh từ có each hoặc every.
	EX: 	Each boy and each girl has a book.
- Chủ ngữ là các đại từ phiếm chỉ ( everybody, somebody, nobody, something, )
	EX: 	Nothing was seen last night because of the darkness.
- Chủ ngữ là: Tiền, Thời gian, Khoảng cách hoặc Số lượng.
	EX: 	Twenty dollars is too much to pay for such a shirt.
 	Four weeks is a long time to wait for you.
- Chủ ngữ là mệnh đề hay danh động từ ( gerund).
	EX: 	Swimming is good for health.
 	That you get very high grades in school is necessary. 
Chủ ngữ là các danh từ trừu tượng. ( knowledge, beauty,), môn học ( physics, mathematics,), căn bệnh ( meales, mumps, ) hoặc các danh từ như: news, funiture, work, 
	EX: 	The funiture is more expensive than we thought.
2. Plural verb
- Chủ ngữ số nhiều. 
	EX: 	They are students.
- Chủ ngữ là hai danh từ nối với nhau bằng “and”.
	EX: 	Nam and Ba are brothers.
 	Water and oil don’t mix.
- Chủ ngữ là: The + Adjective
	EX: 	The rich are not always happy.
- Chủ ngữ là các danh từ tập hợp ( people, police, cattle,)
	EX: 	The police have arrested the thieves.
- Chủ ngữ là: A few, both, many + noun
	EX: 	A few books were lost yesterday.
3. Singular or pluar verb.
- Chủ ngữ là hai danh từ nối với nhau bằng “or”, “neither nor”, “eitheror”, hoặc “not onlybut also” thì động từ được chia theo danh từ thứ hai.
	EX: 	Neither he nor his friends were at school yesterday.
- Chủ ngữ là hai danh từ nối với nhau bằng “with”, “as well as”, hoặc “ together with” thì động từ chia theo danh từ thứ nhất
	EX:	 The director as well as his staff has to learn English.
- Chủ ngữ là một cụm từ có giới từ thì động từ chia theo dand từ đứng trước giới từ.
	EX: 	The picture of soldiers has been sold.
- Chủ ngữ là: “The munber of + noun” thì động từ chia số ít
	EX: 	The number of students in this class is small.
- Chủ ngữ là: “A nunber of + noun” thì động từ chia số nhiều.
	EX: 	A number of students were absent yesterday.
- Chủ ngữ là “ There + be + noun” thì động từ “be” chia theo danh từ(noun)
	EX: 	There is a fly in this room
 	There are a lot of people here.
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 EXERCISE 
I. Giving the correct verb form:
1. The pictures in the magazines (be) very beautiful. => 
2. The shops along with this street (open) until 9 PM. => 
3. Either he or you (be) intelligent. => 
4. Two kilometers (be) a long distance for me. => 
5. The rich also (cry). => 
6. Mathematics (be) my major subject. => 
7. Buying a new house (be) a good idea for us now. => 
8. Neither the teacher nor her students (be) in the playground. => 
9. So far everything (be) alright. => 
10. Around 10 per cent of the forest (be) destroyed each year. => 
11. More people (live) in Asia than ion any other continent. => 
12. The news from the United State (seem) very encouraging. => 
13. Arranging flowers (be) my specialty. => 
14. Japanese (be) very difficult for English speakers to learn. => 
15. The professor and students (agree) on that point. => 
16. Getting to know students from all over the world (be) one of the best parts of her job. => 
17. Most children (like) to go to the zoo. => 
18. The poor (not, be) helped by government programmes. => 
19. There years (be) a long time to be without a job. => 
20. The weather in the Southern States (get) very hot during summer. => 
21. The production of dyes, perfumes and explosives (make) a lot of progress. => 
22. The number of schoolboys in my class (be) twenty. => 
23. A large number of the applicants (already, be interview). => 
24. The secretary and accountant of the company (not come) yet. => 
25. The crowd (be) wild with excitement. => 
II. Choose the best answer to finish each sentence:
1. Each of you  responsible for this.
 	A. are 	B. being 	C. is 	D. be
 2. Bill together with his brothers  to the beach every morning.
 	A. going 	B. goes 	C. are 	D. gone
3. Either the monitor or the athletes  to blame for the bad result.
 	A. be 	B. are 	C. is 	D. to be
4. Everyone  with me about my plans.
 	A. agree 	B. agreeing 	C. disagree 	D. agrees
5. Tim as well as his relatives  safe from the hurricane.
 	A. be 	B. is 	C. are 	D. being
6. The results of Dr. Frank’s experiment  announced on TV last night. 
 	A. is 	B. are 	C. was 	D. were
7. Fifty minutes  the maximum length of time allowed for the exam.
 	A. is 	B. be 	C. are 	D. were
8. The cost of living  over 10% in the last few years.
 	A. rises 	B. has risen 	C. rose 	D. is rising
9. A number of sheep  eating grass now.
 	A. is 	B. are 	C. was 	D. were
10. Measles  sometimes a serious disease.
 	A. is 	B. are 	C. being 	D. be 
11. Making cakes and pies  Mrs. Reed’s specialty.
 	A. are 	B. were 	C. is 	D. be
14. The United States  between Canada and Mexico.
 	A. lying 	B. lies 	C. lain 	D. lie
15. The students in the next classroom  very loudly everyday.
 	A. talk 	B. talked 	C. are talking 	D. talk
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LESSON 4
 INFINITIVE AND GERUND
I / GERUND: ( danh động từ ) ( V + ING )
 Ways of Use: 
	1. Subject of a sentence 	
	 Ex: Reading the story of Kieu is interesting.
	2. Complement of To Be after Subject of Thing + To Be 
 	Ex : My hobby is fishing .
	3. After Prepositions 
	 	Ex : She is interested in learning English . 
	4. After some verbs: admit, advise, appreciate, avoid, consider, delay = postpone/, deny, discuss, dislike, detest = hate, enjoy, escape, keep, mind, miss, practise, prevent, prefer, resist, cease, finish, suggest,
	Ex: He avoids meeting me.
	5. After some Verbs + Object Combinations 
	 	Ex: We saw the thief entering the house.
	 	Or He spent five hours doing his task. 
	6. In some other structures :
	 It’s no good / use, there is no point, what’s the point of, what about , how about, be worth, be busy, look forward to, be used to / be accustomed to / get used to, can’t help, can’t bear, can’t stand 
	Ex: It is no use saying that
	 I am used to getting up early.
II / THE INFINITIVE ( TO + VERB )
TO – INFINITIVE
 1 Subject of the sentence ( Chủ từ của câu )
	Ex : To help her is my duty.
2. S + V + O + ( Not ) To - infinitive
Want, ask, tell, request, order, beg, encourage, advise, persuade, dorce, remind, allow, permit 
	EX: He tells me to send this letter.
	EX: Mary advised me not to go out at night.
3. S + V + ( Not ) To – infinitive
decide/ plan / intend/ tend/claim / demand/ desire / wish/ fail/ hope/ hesitate/ want/ pretend/ agree/ refuse/expect, 
EX: Mary decided to make friends with him.
EX: She pretended not to see me yesterday.
 be
S + look + adjective + to – infinitive
 seem	 
 feel
	Ex: He feels happy to live next to me.
	Ex: They are very kind to us.
5. It + is + adjective + (for / of + O) + to – infinitive
* Adjectives: After some ADJEATIVES of Feeling or Attitudes
	afraid	foolish	pleased	disappointed 	sorry
	angry	fortunate	qualified	prepared	 lucky
	eager	glad	ready	likely	proud
	Ex : The party is ready to serve.
	EX: I’m glad to see you again. 
6. After the verb TO BE
Ex : We are to pass the next exam.
 S + V + TOO + ADJ / ADV + (for + O) + TO – Infinitive
Ex: He is too young to go to school.
Ex: You run too fast for me to keep pace with
7. S + V + ADJ / ADV + ENOUGH + TO – Infinitive 
	 ENOUGH + NOUN + TO – Infinitive
	 Ex : He is not old enough to get married.
¯ Passive To-infinitive: To + be + V3
Ex: She expected to be invited to the party.
8. After Noun ( Infinitive of Purpose ) : TO / IN ORDER TO / SO AS TO + V(bare infinitive )
	Ex : There are lots of things to do today.
	Ex : He studies hard so as to pass the entrance examination.
¯ BARE – INFINITIVE
1. After modal verbs: can, may, must, 
	EX: I must go home now.
2. After had better, would rather, do nothing but.
	EX: He did nothing but complained about his life.
 You’d better stay at home today.
+ O + V(bare)
3.	Make
	Let
	EX: The clowns made them laugh a lot last night.
III. VERB FOLLOWED BY EITHER INFINITIVE OR GERUND
 * Without changing in meaning 
 begin	V-ing
S + continue +
 start,	 to - inf
	Ex : It began to rain when I went to school.
	 Or It began raining when I went to school.
- Verbs of perception
see	V- ing
hear
S +	taste	 + O +
smell
notice	 bare – inf
	EX: I saw Mary walking in th park yesterday.
	Or I saw Mary walk in the park yesterday.
* With changing in meaning ( thay đổi nghĩa )
 - LIKE
	 V-ing (sở thích )
	Like + 
 	 To – inf ( thích vì nghĩ rằng nó tốt)
	Note: would like + to- inf; feel like + V-ing (ước có ) = wish for	
	EX: I like fishing.
	 	 I like to do my job well.
 - TRY	 	
 V-ing (thử )
	Try + 
 To – inf ( cố gắng )
EX: I tried borrowing some money from John but he refused
	I tried to do my test well.
 - STOP
	 V-ing (ngừng, thôi không làm nữa )
	Stop + 
 	 To – inf ( ngừng lại để)
EX: - Stop talking.
 	 - He stops to dink a cup of coffee because he feels asleep.
 - REMEMBER, FORGET, REGRET
	Remember	 V-ing (V đ xy ra trước remember, forget, regret)
	forget	 +
	regret	 To- inf ( To-inf xảy ra sau remember, forget, regret)
 Ex : He remembers meeting you when he was in France. ( He met you. )
	Ex : Remember to sent me a letter when you arrive in Ho Chi Minh city. ( you will send.)
- ALLOW, PERMIT, ADVISE, RECOMMEND
 	Allow = permit	V-ing
	 +
	Advise = recommend	O + to-inf.
	EX: I permit you to go out.
	 I permit going out.
Nhưng I am not allowed to go out at night. 
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 EXERCISE 
Choose the best option to comple the following sentences
1/ Would you mind _______the door?
A. open 	B. to open	C. opening	D. opened
2/ Cars must not______in front of the entrance.
A. park	 	B. to park	C. to be parked	D. be parked
3/ He began_______English two years ago.
A. learn	B. to learn	C. learned	D. learns
4/ The grass needed ______
A. cut	B. to cut	C. to cutting	D. to be cut
6/ The driver stopped _______ a coffee because he felt sleepy.
A. have	B. to have	C. having	D. had
7/ Have you ever considered _______ a pharmacist?
A. become	B. to become	C. becoming	D. became
8/ I’m allowed _________ my grandfather.
A. visit	B. to visit	C. visited	D. visiting
9/ I would rather ________ at home than go out with you.
A. staying	B. to stay	C. stay	D. stayed
10/ He stopped ________ he couldn’t work because it was dark.
A. work	B. to work	C, working	D. to working
11/ You should give up ________ or you will die of cancer.
A. smoke	B. to smoke	C. smoking	D. smoked
12/ He missed ________ her at the airport yesterday.
A. see	B. to see	C. sees	D. seeing
13/ We couldn’t help _______ some things when we went shopping.
A. buying	B. buy	C.to buy	D. bought
14/ He made me _________ happy.
A. feel	B. feeling	C. to feel	D. feels
15/ They suggested ________ a break for much noise.
A. take 	B. to take 	C. taking 	D. took
16/ We will try ________ the same mistakes again.
A. to not make 	B. not to make 	C. not making 	D. not to making
17/ Would you like ________ with us tonight?.
A. to go 	B. go 	C going 	D. gone
18/ When you see him, remember ________ him my number.
A. to give 	B. giving 	C. give 	D. gave
19/ I am used to _______ up early.
A. getting 	B. get 	C. got	 	D. to get
20/ I saw Mary ________ in the park last night.
A. wa