UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS

I.LINKING VERBS

Động từ nối (Linking verbs) là các động từ dùng để diễn tả trạng thái / bản chất của chủ ngữ thay vì miêu tả hành động của chủ ngữ.

2. Cấu trúc

Form: S + linking verbs + Complement (Adj/ N)

E.g:

-          Hung looks happy. ("look" là động từ nối; "happy" là tính từ làm bổ ngữ cho chủ ngữ "Hung")

-          The football match was exciting. ("was" là động từ nối; "good" là tính từ làm bổ ngữ)

-          Lan becomes the president of this club. ("become" là động từ nối, "the president of this club" là cụm danh từ làm bổ ngữ)

Những động từ nối thường gặp là:

be (thì, là, ở)	become (trở nên)	remain (vẫn)	stay (vẫn)
appear (dường như)	seem (dường như)	sound (nghe có vẻ)	taste (có vị)
feel (cảm thấy)	look (trông có vẻ)	smell (có mùi)	get (trở nên)
prove (tỏ ra)	grow (trở nên)	turn (trở nên)

3. Lưu ý

-          Phía sau động từ nối là tính từ chứ không phải trạng từ.

E.g: She feels unhappy.

-          Động từ nối không được chia ở dạng tiếp diễn

-          Một số động từ ở phía trên có thể làm chức năng là động từ nối (linking verbs) hoặc là động từ thường (ordinary verbs).

E.g 1:

-          The food tastes delicious. (Thức ăn ngon quá.)  "taste" là động từ nối

-          They tasted the food. (Họ đã nếm thức ăn.)  "taste" là động từ thường

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

Looks               sounds             tastes               become                                    feel

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15.   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

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

It cleft sentences (Câu chẻ với it)

Form: It + be (is/ was) + (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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wh_ cleft sentences

Form: Wh_clause (What clause) + be + emphasized word/ phrase

E.g: They gave me some gifts.

 What they gave me was some gifts.

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.

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3.     He 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 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.   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).