Câu I: Xác định câu nào đúng (về sự kết hợp "so...that")
The room is so tidy that it took us one hour to clean it.
→ Câu này sai. Câu này không hợp lý về nghĩa. Thực tế, nếu phòng rất gọn gàng, không cần phải mất một giờ để dọn dẹp. Nên sửa thành:
The room is so untidy that it took us one hour to clean it.
The man is so fat that no one took any notice of him.
→ Câu này sai. Thông thường, khi ai đó béo, họ thường thu hút sự chú ý hơn là không ai để ý. Nên sửa thành:
The man is so fat that everyone took notice of him.
The film is so long that they can't broadcast it on one night.
→ Câu này đúng, vì nếu bộ phim quá dài, không thể phát hết trong một đêm.
The books are so interesting that we have read them many times.
→ Câu này đúng, vì nếu sách rất thú vị, bạn sẽ muốn đọc lại nhiều lần.
There are...
→ Câu này chưa hoàn chỉnh, cần thêm thông tin để xác định đúng hay sai.
The news was so bad that she burst into tears on hearing it.
→ Câu này đúng, vì nếu tin tức quá tồi tệ, người ta sẽ khóc.
The food was so hot that it turned my tongue.
→ Câu này sai. Cách diễn đạt "turned my tongue" không hợp lý. Sửa lại là:
The food was so hot that it burnt my tongue.
There is so much rain that we can't go out.
→ Câu này đúng, vì mưa quá nhiều nên bạn không thể ra ngoài.
The boy is so fat that everyone calls him Stuffy.
→ Câu này đúng, vì béo quá có thể khiến người ta gọi là "Stuffy" (người béo).
The milk is so excellent that all the children want some more.
→ Câu này đúng, vì sữa rất ngon, tất cả các đứa trẻ đều muốn thêm.
The weather was so warm that they had a walk in the garden.
→ Câu này đúng, vì thời tiết ấm áp nên họ đã đi bộ trong vườn.
Câu II: Viết động từ đúng trong ngoặc
- The teacher was revising the lesson when Nam came yesterday morning.
- These flowers are dying. You haven't watered them for ages.
- All the students have finished painting the pictures so far.
- She invited us to join her family on a trip to Ha Noi.
- Those workers don't start work at 7 a.m every day.
- Thousands of people have visited it since it opened in 1960.
- She invited us to join her family on a trip to Ha Noi.
- It’s worth talking to your financial adviser before making your final decision.
- I wrote to my pen pal two months ago. But I haven't received his reply since then.
- Jane really enjoys inviting me to dinner parties.
- I love teaching, but I don’t want to do it all my life.
- Mr. Lam met his old friend while he was working in Nha Trang.
- They haven't kept in touch with each other for two years.
- Do you think chatting on the Internet is a waste of time?
- I used to be told folk tales by my grandmother when I lived in the countryside.
Câu III: Chia động từ đúng của cụm từ trong ngoặc ở thì thích hợp
- At this time yesterday we were playing tennis in the schoolyard.
- At 7 p.m yesterday he was watching TV.
- Yesterday while my father was watching TV, my mother was reading the newspaper, my sister was doing her homework and I was playing chess with my friend.
- What were you doing when I phoned you? I was having a bath.
- She was doing her homework at the time yesterday.
- Marry was watering the flowers at 3 p.m yesterday.
- They were visiting the zoo at ten o'clock yesterday.
- Peter and I were doing the exercise at this time last night.
- At 7 p.m last night my father was feeding the pigeons.
- At this time last year we were learning English in London.