Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group ` VINHPHUC EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICE PHAM CONG BINH SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH GROUP TEACHING PROJECT FOR GIFTED STUDENTS CREATED BY TRUONG QUANG KHANH SEPTEMBER 2007 PART ONE PHONETICS A. The aims: - To introduce to the sts the phonetic symbols, the transcription of a word, the sound of the word… - To improve the sts’ phonetic, stress, and intonation. - To help the sts do the phonetic exercises. - B. Teaching procedure : 1. The vowel sounds: There are 20 vowels in the English language, 12 of them are pure vowels (single vowels), and the left eights dipthongs (combination of two vowels). - The 12 pure vowels: / I - i: /, / e - ổ/, / o - o:/, / Λ - a: /, / u- u:/, / ә - ỗ/. - The 8 dipthongs: / ei - ai - oi /, / au - әu /, / iә - eә - uә / Practical Exercises Ex1: Classify /i:/ and /I/: Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group Evening, tin, easy, eat, it, jean, since, this, meat, teach, film, interesting, tea, sea, seen, sit, seat, minute, fifty, cheese, chinese, free, three, be, she, pleased… Ex 2: Classify /a:/ and / Λ /: Cut, cup, cart, card, done, come, mar, march, must, darn, last, lust, heart, harm, hut, much, calm, farm… Ex 3: Classify /u:/ and / u/: Look, cook, book, soot, shoot, pull, pool, could, shoe, suit, stood, stewed, to, too, wooed, wood, food, cool… Ex 4: Classify / ổ / and / e /: Dad, dead, man, many, mad, any, at, sat, head, hand, fan, can, land, dense, send, set, met, letter, stretch, fed, catch… Ex 5: Classify / o: / and / o / : Corn, cord, copy, swan, sworn, sod, soared, shot, stock, talk, spot, sport, chalk, shock, loss, got, caught, bought… Ex 6: Classify / ỗ / and / ә /: Her, teacher, heard, shirt, first, fur, stir, prefer, refer, occur, skirt, hurt, learn, today, sir, sister, brother… Ex 7: Classify / au / and / әu /: Now, no, show, how, hoe, loud, load, tone, town, couch, know, noun, known, foal, fowl, rouse, rose, stout, stoat, found, phone… Ex 8: Classify / iә /, / eә /, / uә /: Hear, hair, sure, tour, wear, near, fear, year, stair, cure, beard, cheer, scared, careful, fierce, moor, shared, careless, theatre… Notes: Tripthongs and other vowel sequences: / aiә /: fire, hire, tyre, buyer, wire, flyer, iron,… / әuә /: slower, lower, grower, sower, mower,… / auә /: flower, power, tower, shower, sour, flour,… / eiә /: greyer, player, layer, payer, prayer,… / oiә /: employer, destroyer, royal, loyal, annoyance,… 2. The consonants sounds: There are 24 consonants in English, which are devided into voiceless and voiced consonants as they are shown below: 2.1. Voiceless consonants: / p /, / f /, / θ /, / t /, / s /, / ∫ /, / t∫ /, / k /, / h /. 2.2. Voiced consonants: / b /, / v /, / δ /, / d /, / z /, / Ʒ /, / dƷ/, / g /, / l /, /m /, / n /, / ŋ /, / r /, / w /, / j /. Practical Exercises Ex 9: Classify / δ / and / θ /: Think, thigh, though, thought, breath, breathe, bath, bathe, cloth, clothe, clothing, clothes, threaten, although… Ex 10: Classify / s / and / ∫ /: She, see, sugar, seat, sound, show, sure, suit, sugary, sunny, soon, saturn, shrink, scream, settle, surely… Ex 11: Classify / k/ and / t∫ /: Chess, chimney, choice, chaos, chemist, chest, chemical, chicken, cheap, catch, chemistry, school, scholar… Ex 12: Classify / s / and / z / : See, seat, please, measure, mouse, pass, mass, bags, close, has, sum, sick, tease, sues, rise, lays, eyes… 3. The consonant clusters: Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group 3.1. / s / + / p, t, k, f, m, n, w, j / Spy, stay, sky, smile, snow, sleep, swear, suit, speak,… 3.2. / p / + / l, r, j /: Plough, play, proud, pray, pure, puritant,… 3.3. / t / + / r, w, j /: Tree, try, twin, twice, tune, tunic,… 3.4. / k / + / l, r, w, j /: Clerk, clay, crown, cry, quite, quick, cure, curious,… 3.5. / b / + / l, r ,j /: Blind, blow, blown, brown, bring, brick, beauty, bureau,…. 3.6. / g / + / l, r /: Glass, glance, grass, grow,… 3.7. / d / + / r, w, j /: Draw, dress, dwell, dwinkle, duty, duke,… 3.8. / f / + / l, r, j /: Fly, flat, free, frozen, few, fuse,… 3.9. / θ / + / r, w /: Throw, throat, thwart, thwack,… 3.10. / v / + / j /: View, viewer,… 3.11. / ∫ / + / r /: Shrink, shriek,… 3.12. / m / + / j /: Music, mule,… 3.13. / n / + / j /: New, nude,… 3.14. / spr /: spread, spray, … 3.15. / str /: strand, stray, string,… 3.16. / skr /: scratch… 3.17. / spj /: spure, spurious, … 3.18. / spl /: splendid, split,… 3.19. / stj /: stupid, student,… 3.20. / skj /: skew, skewer,… 3.21. / skw /: square, squash,… 4. The homonyms: air be ceiling choose course doe ere bee sealing chews coarse dough heir choove aisle beach cell site days fair isle beech sell cite daze fare I’ll sight eight bean cheep cord dear feat ate been cheap chord deer feet aye beat check cote die flower I beet cheque coat dye flour eye for four fort fought gneiss niece great grate hair hare hear here hire high hole whole horse hoarse lock loch law lore made maid male mail meat meet mete mite might nap knap naught nought night knight no know not knot or oar ore one won pale pail pear pair pare peal peel peer pier plane plain key quay Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group reigh rein rain raze rays raise rows rose rowed road rode write right wright sauce source see sea sent scent cent show shew Sole soul sew sow so some sum Son sun sought sort stare stair sweet suit tail tale threw through tied tide too two warn worn way weigh week weak would wood yoke yolk your yore wore war PART TWO STRESS A. The aims: - To help the sts know the way to mark stresses, and pronounce words correctly. - To emphasize the important of stresses. - To show the rules to mark stresses. - To provide the sts with exercises on stresses and intonation. B.Teaching procedure: I. Definition : Stress is the degree of the loudness or prominence with which a sound ort a word is pronounced. II. Degree: 1. In phrases or sentences: Primary stress: (/) The strongest and loudest stress of all. Secondary stress: (Λ) The second loudest stress. Tertiary stress: (\) weaker than secondary stress. Weakstress: (٧) Zero stress, the weakest degree of loudness. 2. In words: 2.1 Primary stress: (/) The loudest one. 2.2 Secondary stress: (\) The weaker one. III. The marking rules for word- stress: 1. For disyllables words: Usually on the first syllables: mother, ready, colour, palace, student, teacher,… Usually on the root syllables with words having suffixes or prefixes: become, react, foretell, unpleasant, disorder, peaceful, kindness, scientist,… (But: foresight, forecast, unkeep) 1.3. Usually on the sound of “ate”, “ize”, “ise”, “fy”: dictate, surprise, defy,… 2. For words with more than 2 syllables: Usually on the 3 rd syllables from the end: family, cinema, regular, singular, international, satisfactory,… Usually on the 3 rd last syllables with words ending in “ate”, “ize”, “ise”, “fy”, “logy’, “logist”, “cracy”, “ility”: recognize, demonstrade, qualify, psychology, biologist, biology, democracy, responsibility… Usually on the 2 nd syllables from the end with words ending in “ian”, “ience”, “ient”, “al”, “ial”, “ual”, “eous”, “ious”, “iar”, “tion”, “sion’: physician, experience, expedient, parental, essential, habitual, courageous, dilicious, familiar,… (Except for: Television) Usually on the suffixes “ese”, “ee’, “eer”, “ier”, “ette”, “ade”, “esque”: Portugese, refugee, employee, engineer, volunteer, adequade, picturesque, cigarette,… 3. Others rules: 3.1. Words having more than one function: Noun Verb Noun Verb rebel rebel conflict conflict Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group progress progress permit permit suspect suspect conduct conduct record record export export 3.2. Usually on the syllables that either have long vowel sound, dipthong sound, or end in more than one consonant : affect, obtain,… IV. Rules for phrase-stress: 1. Compound nouns: (/ \) farm-house, fire-engine, cowboy, black-bird, But: (\ /): pass-by, sun-set, ice-cream, steak-dinner, glass-window, silk-dress, nylon-stock, cotton-flower, … 2. Compound adjectives: ( \ /) light-blue, absent-minded, blue-eyed, hard-working,… But: (/ \) sun-burnt, sun-lit, sea-sick, sea-faring,… 3. Adjective-nouns: ( \ /) a sad song, a beautiful picture, a fresh egg, an interesting lesson, . 4. Present participle-noun: ( \ /) a travelling circus, a singing student, an amusing story, a sleeping child, … 5. Gerund – noun: (/ \) a dancing teacher, an eating apple, a looking glass, a stepping-stone, a magnifying glass, a washing machine,… 6. Qualifier-adjective: (Λ /)very tired, rather old, pretty bad, quite important, too weak,… 7. Verb- adverb: (Λ /) come here, speak clearly, try carefully, read aloud, sit down, …. 8. Verb-adverbial particle: ( \ /) put on, look up, put off, come through, take off, call on, hand over, go over,…. 9. Verb-adverbial particle-noun: (\ Λ /) put on the coat, turn on the light,… 10. Verb-noun-adverbial particle: (\ Λ /) put the coat on, turn the light on,… 11. Verb-preposition: ( / Λ)look at, speak to, wait, for, look up,… PART THREE VOCABULARY A. The aims: - To help the sts know the function of words. - To show the sts the way to build up vocabulary, especially related words. - To provide the sts with vocabulary exercises. - To enrich the sts’ vocabulary. B. Teaching procedure: I. Nouns (n): 1. Definition: To call out the names of things, objects, actions, or movements… 2. Functions: Subject (S): Gender of a verb (A teacher usually works at school) Object (O): Follow verbs or prepositions (He buys some cakes for his birthday party) Complement (C): Make the coplementation (She was a famous singer) Compounds (Co): Summer holiday, birthday cakes,… Possessive cases (Pc): the boss’s car, his teacher’s remarks,… Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group Noun phrases (Np): Free words combination or compounds 3. Plural forms: Adding “s” to almost count-nouns: singular plural singular plural a table tables an apple apples a student students an umbrella umbrellas a house houses an egg eggs a cat cats an eel eels a dog dogs an orange oranges 3.2. Adding “es” to the count-nouns that end in “ s, ss, sh, ch, o, x ” with /iz/ sound: singular plural singular plural a bus buses a class classes a dish dishes a wish wishes a watch watches a torch torches a potato potatoes a tomato tomatoes a box boxes 3.3. Adding “ies” to the count-nouns that end in “y” with its preceding consonants: singular plural singular plural a lorry lorries a lady ladies a story stories 3.4. Adding “ves” to the count-nouns that end in “f, fe”: singular plural singular plural a wife wives a leaf leaves a knife knives a loaf loaves 3.5. Irregular changes: singular plural singular plural a man men a woman women a child children an ox oxen a tooth teeth a goose geese a louse lice a mouse mice a medium media a phenomenium phenomenia 3.6. Collective noun: crew, family, group, team,…(either singular or plural form, either singular or plural verb) 3.7. Always plural form-nouns: clothes police breeches pants pyjamas trousers scissors pliers (kìm) binoculars glasses scales shears (kéo cắt cỏ) arms damages earnings goods greens (vegetable) outskirts savings pains (trouble, effort) spirits surroundings stairs valuables athletics ethics mathematics physics politics 3.8. Unchange the names of creatures: deer, sheep,carf, cod, pike, plaice, salmon, squid, trout, turbot (these nouns can take either singular or plural verbs) 3.9. Plural form but singular verb-noun: news, mumps (bệnh sưng quai hàm), billiards, bowls 4. Uncount-nouns: 4.1. Substances: bread beer Cloth coffee cream dust gin Glass gold ice jam oil paper tea sand Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group soap stone water wine wood 4.2. Abstract nouns: advice beauty courage death experience fear help Hope horror information knowledge mercy Pity relief suspicion 4.3. Others: baggage camping damage furniture luggage parking shopping Work weather 4.4. Notes: Particular sense of uncount nouns: 4.4.1. a help: A great help to + O (He gave a great help to our family) 4.4.2. a relief: A relief to + V (That gave me a relief to continue my study) 4.4.3. a knowledge: A good/ bad knowledge of + N (Pete has got a good knowledge of history) 4.4.4. a dislike / dread / hatred / horror / love of + …(He had a great love for funny stories) 4.4.5. a mercy / pity / shame / wonder + that…(It’s a pity that I couldn’t come) 4.4.6. a fear/ fears; a hope/ hopes; a suspicion/ suspicions: We have a suspicion / suspicions that no one will agree to help. 5. Compound nouns: 5.1. Noun-noun: Hanoi-capital; halldoor; hitch-hiker; kitchen-table; traffic light; winter clothes; petrol tank;… 5.2. Noun-gerund: fruit-picking; weight-lifting; lorry-driving; bird-watching; coal-mining; surf-riding;… 5.3. Gerund-noun: waiting-list; landing card; driving board; dining room; driving licence; swimming pool;… 5.4. Free combination: - shop window; church bell; picture frame; garden gate; college library; gear level;… - city street; corner shop; coutry lane; … - summer holiday; spring flowers; Sunday paper; dawn chorus; November fog; … - steel door; stone wall; silk shirt;… - coffee cup; golf club; chess board; football ground;… - fish-farm; gold-mine; oil-rig; … - football match; beauty contest; pop music;… 6. Suffixes: 6.1. er/ or/ ist/ ant/ ee/…: teacher, visitor, terrorist, vegetarian, applicant, employee,… 6.2. ent/ ce/ ion/ ism/ ance/ age/…: government, difference, action, capitalism, assistance, marriage,… 6.3. hood/ dom/ ship/ ness/ iety/…: neighbourhood, freedom, friendship, sadness, variety, 6.4. ility/ ing/ al/ our/ y/…: possibility, fishing, refusal, arrival, behaviour, difficulty,… II. Adjectives (adj): 1. Kinds (Classification): Main kinds: a. Demonstrative: this, that, those, these. b. Distributive: each, every, either, neither. c. Quantitative: some, any, no, little, few, many, much, numbers. d. Interrogative: which, what, whose. e. Possessive: my, your, his, her, our, its, their f. Quality: clever, dry, fat, golden, heavy,… Participles: a. present: ING-form boring, interesting, exciting,…(for objects) b. past: ED-form broken, tired, bored,…(for human-beings) c. Notes: Present participles are different from gerund e.g He was fishing./ His hobby is fishing. Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group 2. Functions (Position): 2.1. Noun-subordinator: a new book, a kind lady, a large room,… 2.2. Verb-complementation: Follow the certain verbs as be, become, seem appear, feel, get, grow (become), keep, look (appear), make, smell, sound, taste, turn,… But some verbs can take either an adjective or an adverb: Eg: - He looks calm (=He himself is calm) - He looks calmly at the angry crowd (= He shows no attitude to the angry crowd) - He turned pale (= He became pale) - He turned angrily to the man behind (=He was angry with the man behind) - The soup tasted horrible (= The soup was not delicious itself) - They tasted the soup suspiciously (= They thought there was something wrong with the soup) 3. Comparison forms: 3.1. Positive degree: as + adjs + as Eg: - She is as tall as my wife. - Peter was as hard-working as I was (me). 3.2. Comparative degree: 3.2.1. Monosyllable-adjectives: adjs-ER + than Eg: - Lan is shorter than Na - She was better at English than we were (us) 3.2.2. Multisyllable-adjectives: more + adjs + than Eg: - She was more hard-working than us. - We are more intelligent than him. 3.3. Superlative degree: 3.3.1. Monosyllable-adjectives: the adjs-EST Eg: - Nam is the best in our class. - She was the kindest lady I’ve ever met. 3.3.2. Multisyllable-adjectives: the most + adjs Eg: - Sharol was the most intelligent in my group. - She is the most hard-working girl I’ve ever known. Notes: For adjs ending in “er”, “y”, “ly”, or the irregular cases: Adjective Comparative Superlative clever Cleverer the cleverest pretty Prettier the prettiest happy Happier the happiest silly Sillier the silliest good Better the best bad Worse the worst far farther/ further the farthest/ furthest little Less the least many / much More the most old older/ elder the oldest/ eldest 3.4. Parallel: - “The… the”:The older she gets, the wiser she become. - And: It’s getting darker and darker. She has now more and more free time. - Gerunds/ infinitives: Riding a horse is not as easy as riding a bike. It’s nicer/ better/ more fun to go with someone than to go alone 3.5. Like/ alike: Tom is very like Bill. Tom and Bill are alike. 3.6. Like/ as: He swims like a fish. Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group You look like a ghost. Do as I told you. 3.7. Like + N/ as + N: He worked like a slave (He worked very hard/ He wasn’t a slave). He worked as a slave (He was a slave in fact). 3.8. The adjectives: The rich, the poor,… 4. Clauses: That – clause: It is disappointed that he failed the exam. It’s better that someone should tell him. find/ think/ believe + that it + adjs + to + V: I found that it is impossible to start now. She thought that it was silly to ask him to stay. It be + adjs + (of O) + infinitives: a. Character: brave, careless, corwardly (nhút nhát), cruel, generous, good, nice (=kind), mean, rude, selfish, wicked, wrong,… b. Sense: clever, foolish, idiotic (ngu), intelligent, sensible (nhạy bén), silly, stupid,… Pronoun + be + adjs + noun + infinitives: Using the above adjectives and: astonishing, curious, ridiculou s(lố bịch), unreasonable, funny(=strange), odd (lập dị), pointless, useful, useless,… - That’s the amazing idea to show. - It was an unreasonable result to accept. It’s + adjs + infinitives: advisable, inadvisable, better, best, desirable, essential, good, important, necessary, unnecessary, vital (tất yếu),… It be + adjs + (for O) + infinitves: convenient, dangerous, difficult, easy, hard, possible, important, safe, unsafe,… S + be + adjs + infinitives : - Angry, delighted, dismayed, glad, happy, pleased, relieved, sorry, sad,…( S + be + glad/ happy/ sorry/ sad + to say/ tell/ inform; Others adjs + to find/ learn/ hear/ see/…) - Able, unable, apt, inclined, liable, prone, prepared, quick, reluctant, slow, ready, willing, unwilling. Special cases: - Due: (time) >The race is due to start in 5 minutes. - Due to: a result of >The accident was due to his carelessness. - Owing to: because of >owing to his carelessness, we had an accident. - Certain/ sure + to V= opinion >He is sure to take legal action. - Certain/ sure that + (clause) = opinion >I am certain that the price will be higher. - Certain/ sure/ confident of + N/G: He was sure of entering the haunted house. - Bound + to V= obligation > We were bound to leave. - Afraid/ ashamed of + N/G: She was afraid of being left alone. - Sorry for/ about + N/G: Tom felt sorry for making so many mistakes. - Afraid/ ashamed/ sorry + to V: I’m sorry to tell you that bad news. - Anxious about = worried He was anxious about going in the dark alone. - Anxious for O to V = wish He was anxious for you to go in the dark alone. - Anxious that + (clause) We are anxious that we couldn’t come. - Fortunate/ lucky that +(clause) = It’s a good thing…It was lucky that we weren’t late. - S + be fortunate/ lucky to V She was lucky to have such an interesting book. - Possible/ probable/ likely + future = perhaps It’s possible that man will live longer. - Aware/ conscious of N/G We should be aware of protecting our nature. - Aware/ conscious + that +(clause) She was concious that she would be late. Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group 5. Suffixes: able/ ible/ ish/ ed/ ing/ ful/ less/…: talkable, visible, whitish, bored, amusing, careful, hopeless,… y/ ly/ en/ ese/ ous/ al/ ive/…: wealthy, manly, golden, chinese, poisonous, logical, effective,… ade/ ate/ ent/ wide/ ic/ ist/…: adequade, humanate, dependent, worldwide, domestic, communist,… like/ style/ type/…: childlike, Romantype, Germanstyle,… Nationality: a. an: American, Venezuelan, German, Mxican, African,… b. ese: Chinese, Vietnamese, Portugese, Sudanese, Lebanese,… c. i: Pakistani, Iraqui, Israeli, Yemeni, Saudi,… d. ian: Argentinian, Australian,Brazillian, Italian,… e. ish: English, Polish, Turkish, danish, Finnish,… f. others: Czech, French, dutch, Swiss, Greek, Thai,… C. Verbs (v): 1. Definition: To denote action, state, and be the most important part of sentences. 2. Classification: Auxiliary verbs: Primary auxiliary verbs: be/ have/ do (These verbs can either be auxiliaries or lexical verbs) Modal verbs: can/ could/ may/ might/ must/ have to + base form/ will/ would/ shall/ should/ be going to + base form/ used to + base form/ ought to + base form/…(These are sometimes functional verbs) Lexical verbs: Intensive verbs: verbs that show the state (She feels tired/ He is selfish) Extensive verbs: verbs that show the affection (He gets angry/ They arehelpful) Intransitive verbs: verbs that can function as verb phrases and make sentences meaningful without any complementation. e.g. She cried (noisily). It rains/ is raining (hard/ heavily/ cat and dog) Transitive verbs: verbs that need complementation. a. Monotransitive verbs: verbs that followed by one object (S+V+O). e.g. She bought flowers. Ann met her fiancé yesterday. b. Ditransitive verbs: verbs that followed by both direct and indirect objects. (S+V+O+O) e.g. She bought me some sweets. (= She bought some sweets for me) They gave me a big cake. (=They gave a big cake to me) c. Complex transitive verbs: follow the form “S + V + O + Co” e.g. He made me angry. The female film star drove him mad. 3. Affixations: en: added to nouns or adjectives (mean make, or lead to ) e.g. danger…….to endanger wide…… to widen courage……to encourage lenghth……to lenghthen rich……… to enrich broad …… to broaden ize/ ise: added to nouns or adjectives (mean make, or develop, or specify) e.g. modern……to modernize industrial….to industrialize maximum….to maximize capital…… to capitalise natural…… to naturalize minimum….to minimize 4. Sentence models: 4.1. S + Vintrans: e.g. They laugh/ The wind is blowing. 4.2. S + Vmonotrans + O: e.g. He did his homework/ Harlay carried an umbrella. 4.3. S + Vin/ extensive + Cs: e.g. He became famous/ They are nearly exhausted. Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable [...]... sometimes/ never/ once/ twice/… (We never eat dog-meat/ She once became the leader) Adv of sentence: certainly/ definitely/ luckily/ surely/… ( He was certainly the liar/ luckily, she passed the exam) Adv of degree: fairly/ hardly/ rather/ quite/ too/ very/… (He was quite handsome/ Hardly did we see anything) Adv of interrogative: when/ where/ why/… (When did you go?/ Where is she now?) Adv of relative:... Downland Distaste Misjude Upcountry Down-market Distasteful Misjudement Uphill Down-payment Disapprove Mischance Upland Downpipe Disbelieve Mistrust Upholster Downpour Disloyal Mistimed Upbeat Downright Disapproval Misfortune Upstroke Downstage Disagree Miscalculate Upbringing Downstairs Discomfort Misspelt Upgrade Downstream Displeasure Mislead Upheaval Down-to-earth Dishonestly Mistook Uptown Downtown... plan/…(She is coming soon) The recognition: - now/ right now/ at present/ at this time/ at this moment/… - follow a command, request,… Notes: - The ING-forms ( getting, running, having, writing, dying, lying,…) - The omission of the verbs of awareness or sensation as: be/ see/ hear/ understand/ know/ like/ want/ glance/ feel/ think/ smell/ love/ hate/ realize/ seem/ remember/ forget/…( use the simple... the city centre at this time of day isn’t easy Complement (C): (of to be) Her passion is studying What we really want is escaping from this terrible place Compound nouns: 2.3.1 Gerund-noun: fishing-rod cooking-apple driving licence wrapping paper writing paper cooking oil 2.3.2 Non-gerund: fruit-picking sky-diving bush walking time counting Object (O): Direct objects: Follow these certain verbs admit... by Persist in Plan on Put off Rely on Return to Result in Safe from Succeed in Think about Think of Take to Threaten with Worry about Object to Look forward to… Adjective preposition: Absorbed in Accustomed to Afraid of Amused at Angry with Annoy at Ashamed of Aware of (in)capable of Careful about Careful in Careless of Certain about Clever at (un)concious of Content with Delighted at Different from... Teach Tell Tempt Think Understand Urge Warn Want To be demonstration, purposes, results: enough / save money/… e.g The house, to be demolished, is very old She has nothing to eat We haven’t got enough to have one each They saved money to go abroad To form absolute phrases: To tell the truth; To cut a long short story;… e.g To tell the truth, she was a real liar To form exclamation: e.g To think she met... I heard a knock at the door, I came to open it When I opened the door, I saw my mum.) - this is a timed action F The past perfect tense: 1 The form: {+} S + had + past participles {-} S + had not (hadn’t) + PP {?} Had + S + PP? 2 The usage: - To denote past finished actions that happened and finished before a certain point of time or another past event (the past of the past tense) e.g: She had sold... Immortal Unknown Inexpert Illiberally Immoralize Unpack Inevitable Illicite Immortally Untidy Inexact Illiteral Immovable Unwilling Inexhaustible Illiterally Immovablity Unwise Inessential Illiterate Immovably Unfasten Inattentively Illogical Impersonally Uncover Inaccurate Illogically Impractical Untie Incapable Impolite Undress Inactive Impractically Unpack Inaccuracy Improbable Undo Inactivity SYMImprobably... occasionally/ often/ once/ twice/ periodically/ repeatedly/ sometimes/ usually e.g: She usually walks to school 4.2 Restricted (inversion): hardly ever/ never/ rarely/ scarely ever/ seldom e.g: Never will she eat this kind of food Inversion cases: Hardly…ever Never Nowhere Only then/ when E Affixations: UNNegative almost Unambitious Unbutton Unemployed Unemployer Unemployment Unfortunate Unfortunately Hardly…when... denote unfulfilled actions with “yet” (He hasn’t come yet) Created by Truong Quang Khanh Uncopiable Pham Cong Binh Secondary School - - - - - - - - - English Group - To denote past actions having no certain time expression, using “already” (We have already seen that film) 3 The recognition: - just = recently = lately - ever/ never (comments) - already/ yet/ since/ for/ so far/ until now/ up to now (present) . Exercises Ex 9: Classify / δ / and / θ /: Think, thigh, though, thought, breath, breathe, bath, bathe, cloth, clothe, clothing, clothes, threaten, although…. an accident. - Certain/ sure + to V= opinion >He is sure to take legal action. - Certain/ sure that + (clause) = opinion >I am certain that the price