Bài 2: Fill in the blanks with the suitable words below.

1.  I                       uncomfortable when living here.

2.  The food                      delicious.

3.  Lan                     very nice in that pink skirt.

4.  - Lisa: How about going to the movies tonight?

- Mark: That                       great!

5.  I want to                                a talented football player like Messi.

Bài 4: Choose the best answer in the brackets complete the sentences.

1.  What's wrong with you? You look (unhappy/unhappily) today.

2.  He (sudden/ suddenly) appeared in the meeting.

3.  I taste the soup very careful/carefully. Don't worry!

4.  My wife appeared (calm/ calmly) after the news.

5.  He is shouting at his son. He seemed very (angry/angrily).

6.  I think the food smells (terrible/terribly). You should throw it away.

7.  This plant grows (quickly/quick) if it absorbs enough water.

8.  His resignation was very (surprising/ surprisingly).

9.  The doctor checked my legs (carefully/careful) to see if there were any injuries.

10.  She is looking at the picture (attentive/attentively).

Bài 5: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1.  Can you help me? I                        for my shoes now.

A. look                             B. am looking                 C. looked

2.  The sky                      brighter after the storm.

A. is growing                    B. grows                         C. grow

3.  At the moment, he                       calm.

A. remains                         B. remained                    C. is remaining

4.  To determine who is the winner of the competition, the examiners                               candidates dishes now.

A. taste                             B. tasted                         C. are tasting

5.  She                     upset after hearing the exam result.

A. seem                             B. seems                         C. is seeming

6.  Listen! His story                        interesting.

A. sounds                          B. is sounding                 C. sound

7.  She                     at a hotel when she visits Vietnam.

A. will stay                         B. stays                           C. stayed

8.  He                     really unhappy when you mention his baldness.

A. gets                              B. got                             C. is getting

9.  The situation                       unchanged in the past few years.

A. is remaining                   B. remained                    C. has remained

10.  The boy                      sad today.

A. is                                  B. was                            C. is being

I.     CLEFT SENTENCES

Câu chẻ (Cleft sentences) được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần của câu như chủ ngữ, tân ngữ hay

trạng từ

1.  It cleft sentences (Câu chẻ với it)

*   Form: It + be (is/ was) + emphasized word/ phrase (từ/ cụm từ được nhấn mạnh)+ relative clause (that/who/which clause)

E.g: It was in 2008 that we first met each other. (Chính vào năm 2008 chúng tôi đã gặp nhau lần đầu

tiên.)

Note: Các đại từ who, which có thể được dùng để thay thế cho "that". When và where cũng có thể được sử dụng (informal English), nhưng how và why thì không thể thay thế cho "that" trong câu chẻ.

E.g: It was last Saturday that/ when we played badminton.

It was in New York that/ where she met him.

a.  Emphasis on subject (Nhấn mạnh vào chủ ngữ)

E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.

 It was Tom that took Mary to the party on Sunday.

b.  Emphasis on object (Nhấn mạnh vào tân ngữ)

E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.

 It was Mary that Tom took to the party on Saturday.

c.  Emphasis on adverbial (Nhắn mạnh vào trạng ngữ)

E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.

 It was on Sunday that Tom took Mary to the party.

d.  Emphasis on prepositional phrase (Nhấn mạnh vào cụm giới từ)

E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.

 It was to the party that Tom took Mary on Sunday.

2.  Wh_ cleft sentences

*  Form: Wh_clause (What clause) + be + emphasized word/ phrase E.g: They gave me some gifts.

 What they                was some gifts.

All he wanted to do as he was growing up was play tennis. (= the only thing he wanted to do): Điều

duy nhất anh ta đã muốn làm khi anh ta trưởng thành là chơi quần vợt.

dùng "all" thay cho "what". What ~ The thing(s) that

 Thỉnh thoảng chúng ta có thể

Sau mệnh đề what, động từ to be thường được chia ở dạng số ít (is/ was). Tuy nhiên, thỉnh thoảng hình

thức số nhiều (are/ were) có thể được sử dụng trước danh từ số nhiều.

E.g: What I hope to see is/ are children who are successful in their studies.

-  Chúng ta có thể đặt mệnh đề what ở đầu hoặc cuối câu.

E.g: What makes me happy is his love. / His love is what makes me happy. (Điều mà làm tôi hạnh phúc là tình yêu của anh ấy.)

Để nhấn mạnh vào một hành động (action), chúng ta dùng cấu trúc: What + S + hình thức của động từ

do + be + (to) + infinitive

E.g: What Tom did was (to) Mary to the party.

Other types of cleft sentences

Chúng ta có thể sử dụng wh_clause (why/ where/ who/ when), nhưng phía trước mệnh đề này phải có

một danh từ có nghĩa liên quan đến từ để hỏi đó

E.g:

The reason (why/that) I left here early was that I was feeling tired. The place (where/that) you should read books is a reading room. The day (when/ that) he left was the saddest day of her life.

Bài 6: Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase.

1.  Mr David saw that I could also take part in the contest.

It                                                                            .

2.  I didn't invite them.

 It                                                                            .

3.  I began to think about everything at that moment.

 It                                                                            ..

4.  His attitude towards other people really annoys me.

 It                                                                            .

5.  I didn't decide to postpone the match.

 It                                                                            .

6.  The candidates didn't start the trouble.

 It                                                                            .

7.  The computer gives me a headache.

 It                                                                            .

8.  My uncle came on Monday.

 It                                                                            .

 

Bài 7: Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase, starting with It was... Look carefully at the underlined words in the last two questions.

1.  She liked the smell of garlic the best.

2.  She found studying Math most difficult at school.

3.  H e first heard about it from Mary.

4.  She got the job because she was the best qualified.

5.  Mike first met Jenny when they were both studying in London.

6.  I only realized who he was when he started speaking.

7.  I didn't hear about it until yesterday.

 

Bài 8: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

1.  (A) That (B) was Tim (C) who (D) went to hospital last week.

2.  It was (A) in Nha Trang (B) that I first (C) meet (D) my wife.

3.  It (A) is (B) in 2010 (C) that I (D) graduated from university.

4.  It (A) was (B) on New Year's Eve (C) who my sister (D) broke up with her boyfriend.

5.  It (A) was her husband (B) who (C) dropped out of his university and (D) setted up his business.

 

Bài 9: Complete each gap with one of the words in the box. Where necessary (but only where necessary) add that.

1.  The                     you really need to speak to is Mike, the guy standing by the fire.

2.  One                     I've asked you here today is to talk about last week's sales.

3.  The                     really got my goal was that he never even apologized.

4.  The main                       I want to talk to you is to discuss your future.

5.    The                     it works is that you press this button here and hey presto!

6.  The                     we got married was the happiest day of my life.

7.  One                     I'll never forget is Ba Na Hills.

8.  The                     you need to remember is that he's only a child.

9.  The                     impressed me the most was Mary; she really knew her stuff.

10.  One                     to get it through the door is to put it on its end.

11.  The                     made the most lasting impression was the Temple of Literature.

12.  The                     works best for me is to write down new words in context.

Bài 11: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1.  What's the matter with you? You look                            .

A. happily                          B. sadly                          C. unhappy                     D. unhappily

2.   I  have been very                       up to this point, but I am going to lose my temper if you don't find my luggage immediately.

A. impatiently                     B. impatient                    C. patient                        D. patiently

3.   Sarah grew                      from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite                           that she needed a long vacation.

A. tired/obvious                                                       B. tired/obviously

C. tiredly/obvious                                                     D. tiredly/obviously

4.  These watermelons were                        sweet.

A. excepting                       B. exception                    C. exceptional                 D. exceptionally

5.  You can't blame an automaker for wanting to design a car that looks                             , even if it doesn't have what it takes under the hood.

A. fast                               B. fastly                          C. quickness                    D. quickly

6.  The young girl sing                        .

A. amazing good                                                     B. amazing well

C. amazingly good                                                   D. amazingly well

7.  She said she would become a                        actress                     .

A. famous/quick                                                      B. famous/quickly

C. famously/quick                                                    D. famously/quickly

8.  The skies became                       as the moon moved between the Earth and the Sun.

A. surprising dark                                                    B. surprising darkly

C. surprisingly dark                                                  D. surprisingly darkly

9.  Healthy relationships allow both partners to feel supported and connected but still feel                                .

A. dependence                   B. dependent                  C. depending                  D. independent

10.  Talking to professional counsellors who are trained to help people to process feelings, can be most

                    .

A. beneficial                       B. beneficially                  C. beneficiary                  D. benefit

Bài 12: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

1.  The chef (A) tasted the meat (B) cautious before (C) carefully serving it to his (D) special guest.

2.  The doctor (A) checked the leg (B) carefully to (C) see if there were any (D) brokenly bones.

3.    After (A) being closed for (B) a long period of time, the house (C) became dirty and (D) smelled awfully.

4.  Tim (A) has lived in Vietnam (B) for several years. He (C) knows the culture (D) very good.

5.  I (A) feel both (B) excited and (C) nervously because I have got a (D) date with Daisy tomorrow.

6.  The (A) humid weather (B) made it (C) difficultly to enjoy the (D) tropical beach.

7.  It was in a (A) warm and cosy coffee shop (B) in where they (C) had their (D) first date.

8.  Tom's parents (A) are not pleased because he (B) does not study (C) hardly and (D) seriously enough.

9.  The food was (A) good with (B) reasonable price, (C) but the service was (D) slowly.

10.  (A) It is his dishonesty (B) what I (C) dislike (D) the most.

Bài 13: Choose the best answer in the brackets to complete the sentences.

1.   Tom spoke (confident/confidently) to the audience urging them to elect him president of the union. He knew he had a (good/well) chance of winning the election.

2.   Alex (quick/ quickly) ate her lunch. She knew the meeting was (important/ importantly) and she didn't want to be late.

3.    The entrance examination is (extreme/ extremely) challenging. Very few people make it into the (prestigious/ prestigiously) medical school.

4.   Although Lisa speaks (soft/ softly) and seems quite (timid/ timidly), she is the leading expert in her field. Don't underestimate her abilities.

5.    After the medieval cathedral was (tragic/ tragically) burnt down last year, the city (quick/ quickly) rebuilt it stone for stone. It looks exactly the same as it did before the fire.

6.   The tomato plants grew (quick/ quickly) in the rich soil. Mrs. Brown intended to use the homegrown tomatoes to make her (delicious/ deliciously) tempting lasagna.

7.   Mr. Michael (generous/ generously) donated $ 1,000,000 to the law school's scholarship fund. With this money, they will be able to help low-income students cope with the (increasing/ increasingly) cost of education.

8.           Tim is (good/ well) known for his sense of humor. Last Saturday, when he told the joke about the fireman and the school teacher, everybody there started laughing (uncontrollable/ uncontrollably).