Nguyenthanhlong’s document 1 *********Grammar in use******** How can you use the Tobe –verb? Exercise -To be->is/am/are/were/was/be . a-I … ……happy yesterday. b-If I… …… happy, I’d meet you. c-He … …….good at Math last year. d-If he … ………good at math, he’d pass the exam. e-She ……….rich two years ago. f-She spends money as if she … ….rich. g-He …………a successful businessman last month. h-He spent money as though he … ….a successful businessman. i-She is poor. I’d rather she … . richer. j- He is bad. I’d rather he … … better. k- She is short. I wish she … ….taller. l-The weather is hot. She wishes it … ….cooler. m-If I … .you, I’d rather continue to learn. n-……… he to have a map, he wouldn’t get lost. o-… …….she harder, she’d get a better job. p-“If it is big, I will buy it.” ->He said that if it … big, he would buy it. q-Is he here? ->He asked me if he … there. r-“Are you busy with your homework?” ->She asked me if I…………busy with my homework. s-When I came in, she … cooking. t-She …….reading while they … ….preparing for dinner. u-Would you mind if I … ….here with you? v-If it … … warmer, we’d have a walk. w-Does she wish he … … able to pass the exam? x-What would you do if you… …good at French? y-Did he speak English well as if he … ……an English man? z-If the poor…… ….helped every day, they’d have a better life. aa-If it .for the money you gave me, I couldn’t come home. ab-If it for your teaching, my brother wouldn’t have passed the final exam. ac-I’d rather she .better at English in her future. ad-It is important that she here in time tomorrow. ae-Is it essential that they seen off at the station. af-If he .harder, he wouldn’t have failed the exam. Nguyenthanhlong’s document 2 Usage 1-is/am/are: -I am at home now -She is talking in class now -They are going to visit us tomorrow. 2-Was: I/He/She/Nit :QKT/QKTD -My brother was at the seaside last night. -She was walking when it rained . 3-Were a-QKT/QKTD =We/You/They/Ns -They were out last night. -My parents were watching TV while we were reading newspapers. b-Were all of the subjects *If S were =Were S If I were you, I’d keep silent. ->Were I you, I’d keep silent. *Were S to V .=If S Ved/P1 . -If he had enough money, he’d travel around the world. ->Were he to have * .wish S were . I wish she were better at English. * as if/as though S were a/an Nnn. -She spends/spent money as if she were a rich woman. c-be *It is important/essential that S be . * .suggested/be suggested that S be *I’d rather S be (future) -It is important that she be good at learning. -I’d rather you be here tomorrow. -She suggested that I be interested in learning. d-had been *If S had been =Had S been *After S had been . . they’d have a better life. aa-If it .for the money you gave me, I couldn’t come home. ab-If it . .for your teaching, my brother wouldn’t have. s-When I came in, she … cooking. t-She …….reading while they … ….preparing for dinner. u-Would you mind if I … ….here with you? v-If it … … warmer, we’d