TIẾNG ANH CƠ BẢN (Dành cho học viên cao học) ĐH NGÂN HÀNG TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH

BANKING UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - TIẾNG ANH (Dành cho học viên cao học) COMPILED AND ADAPTED BY NGUYEN QUANG NHAT NGO THI HANH QUYEN PHAN LE VINH THONG NGUYEN HOAN VU HO CHI MINH CITY, 02/2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: VOCABULARY I TIPS TO DO THE “VOCABULARY” SECTION II VOCABULARY PRACTICE III REFERENCE WORDS BASED ON LEVEL A2 + B2 WORD LIST (CEFR) 35 CHAPTER 2: GRAMMAR 50 SECTION 1: REVISION OF MAJOR TENSES 51 I Present time 51 II Future time 53 III Past time 55 IV Present perfect and Present perfect continuous 58 V Mixed tenses 60 VI Adverbs of time for the major tenses 61 SECTION 2: VERB FORMS I 64 Infinitive 64 To –infinitive 64 Verb + infinitive (without to) 64 II Gerunds (V-ing) 65 III Gerund or infinitive 66 IV Practice 67 SECTION 3: AUXILIARIES AND MODALS 70 I Must vs Have to 70 II Mustn’t vs don’t have to 70 III Should – Ought to – Had better 70 IV Could 70 V Can 70 VI Must vs can’t 70 VII May vs might 71 VIII Shall 71 IX Will 71 X Be able to vs can 71 XI Practice 71 SECTION 4: ARTICLES 75 I Articles “a/an” 75 II Article “the” 75 III Practice 77 SECTION 5: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE 79 I What is Voice? 79 II Types of Voice 79 III Rules of Conversion from Active to Passive Voice 79 IV Passive Voice for all tenses 80 V Tips on using Voices in special cases 83 VI Practice 84 SECTION 6: WORD FORMATION 87 I Verb 87 II Noun 87 III Adjective 88 IV Adverb 88 V Practice 89 SECTION 7: PREPOSITIONS 92 I Preposition of Time 92 II Verb + preposition 93 III Practice 94 SECTION 8: TAG QUESTIONS 97 I Definition 97 II Sentence Patterns 97 III Rules for Tag Questions 98 IV Practice 99 SECTION 9: ADVERBIAL CLAUSES I 102 Conjunctions 102 Coordinating Conjunctions…………………………………………………………… 102 Correlative Conjunctions…………………………………………………………… .102 Subordinating Conjunctions…………………………………………………………… 103 II Conditional sentences 106 III Relative clauses 109 IV Adverbial clause of comparison 112 V So/Such/Enough/Too 118 CHAPTER 3: PASSAGE COMPLETION 121 CHAPTER 4: READING COMPREHENSION 135 REFERENCES 171 SUGGESTED ANSWERS 172 CHAPTER 1: VOCABULARY TIPS TO DO THE “VOCABULARY” SECTION I a Tip 1: Identify the word form of the missing word Identify which word form (adjective, adverb, noun or verb) of the missing word is Then determine the word forms of the options/ alternatives Some common rules: • After a preposition is a noun • Before a noun is an adjective • Before an adjective is an adverb • Between to be and Ving / Ved is the adverb E.g.: Ms Kim asked that the marketing _ e-mailed the final draft to her before p.m (team, respect, responsible, careful) The missing word is a noun→ “team” is the answer in this sentence One way to identify the word form of a word is by looking at its suffix (see more in Chapter 10) E.g.:  A noun is normalled ended with “-ment, -tion, -ity, -sion”  An adjective is normalled ended with “-ful, -less, -ous, -tive, -sive”  A word ending with “-ing –ed” can be either an adjective or a verb b Tip 2: Learn some common terminology, collocations, idioms, and phrasal verbs of different topics Learners should learn some common terminology, collocations, idioms, and phrasal verbs in certain topics such as business, education, environment, etc E.g.:  fill out = điền vào (đơn), apply for = nộp đơn, free of charge = miễn phí  take responsibility for something = be responsible for something = chịu trách nhiệm cho việc c Tip 3: Equip yourselves with a good amount of vocabulary You can learn the necessary vocabulary list for levels A2 and B1 according to the European reference framework (CEFR) via online sources Some essential words are also provided in section of this document d Tip 4: Manage your time effectively Do not spend more than 30 seconds on a question because you need more time to other parts If you cannot make a decision after minute, put it aside and it later II VOCABULARY PRACTICE Task 1: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence Many people money into business because they want to make a huge profit A buy D currency B making C offering D spending B rented C produced D deposited B pension C income D interest B selling C finance D demand B used C charged D required The of the US dollars has fallen recently due to the trade war A value 10 C interest The Vietcombank us 1,100 VND for online banking transactions last year A gave B change Two key principles of the economy are supply and A shopping D gold My mother is retired and she gets a(n) from the government every month A salary C risk Jim has just gone to the nearest ATM and some money to buy a new TV A withdrew B lose It seemed that the bank was extra services to the customers A lending D save The dollar, yuan and yen are called _ A capital C use He sold his shares and earned a of 100 000 000 VND A profit B put B price C buying D worth Linda loves doing such as helping poor people and homeless children A housework B charity C production D exercises Task 2: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence Many companies hire consultants to give _ on special projects A advertising B time C fun D loan B catch C stay D share You need to your PIN each time you use the ATM card A buy D addition Everyone in the team needs to responsibility for this mistake A follow C advice Yesterday Peter got a for driving when the light was red A fine B adventure B enter C type D fill Our bank a refund of all the money customers deposit Do not worry! A suffers B borrows C hires D guarantees Did you know that the Coca-Cola Company was more than 100 years ago? A moved B visit C trial B expired D choice C returned D researched His answer was so confusing that the teacher could hardly make any _ of it at all A sure 10 D discovered Mr Pike's passport _ last month, so he will have to get a new one A lost C founded We are pleased to offer a free 15 day of our product A package B found B mistake C sense D meaning When the company had to close because of economic difficulties, he became _ A extra B unemployed C calm D ambitious Task 3: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence After retiring, my aunt spent half of her _ on an expensive holiday A career B talk C save D recommend B taught C worn D expressed We had to walk since we couldn’t _ to take a taxi, and there is no bus stop near here A afford D accounts Smoking is _ in many companies and public places in our country A banned C savings This resort is absolutely wonderful and I’d _ it to anyone A express B dollars B explain C build D decorate He did everything he could to make her _ such as shouting, whistling, or waving his arms-but they were not effective A watch D care B opportunity C vacation D hobby A lot of people left school at 16 and they now _ leaving so early A confuse C sign My _ is collecting coins from all over the world A experience B notice B worry C regret D sorry Mary was _ with friends at school because she always made them laugh and helped them when they needed A attractive B sensitive C popular D familiar The new boss _ his employees to work overtime to finish their project without paying any extra money A requested 10 B talked C denied D expected Her parents were _ that she could be hired to work for such a big company A scared B delighted C angry D sleepy Task 4: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence We can’t help laughing because there are some excellent _ in this magazine A books B payment C decrease B gone C thrown B mind C memory B result C voice B money D thought D environment D broken D head D thinking C population D portion The CFO would like to celebrate his wedding _ at a 5-star hotel next Sunday A souvernir 10 C remained Up to 2018, the total _ of Vietnam is more than 90 million people A area B prepared The _ of the new secretary is so quiet that we can hardly hear what she says A sentence D react When she was a child, she wished to be an accountant but she changed her _ later on A heart C compare His flat was _ into while he was away and his computer, television and video were stolen A taken B solve The manager is pleased with the _ in his employee’s performance A improvement D programs After telling Lan that she would be dismissed, her colleague _ silent for a moment A saved C forecasts Finally, it was decided that our companies would _ with a foreign company A merge B jokes B appointment C memory D anniversary On the Tet holiday, he often goes back to his _ for family reunion A hometown B party C conference D snack Task 5: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence There’s been a great deal of lately against building a nuclear station in this area A agreement C raise D fly B discussion C debate D talk B persuading C whispering D playing Our school a system of monthly tests instead of the annual exam A collected B increase Finally, that new salesman has succeed in me to buy the new Mercedes A resulting D protest The President was invited to make a about startups in the hall of the university yesterday A speech C transport Employees hope that their salary will with the cost of living A drop B hearing B adopted C took D watched Mr Lam usually organizes many trips for teachers during the summer holidays He is a travel A singer B nurse C agent D accountant The women’s liberation has given the woman more opportunities to get an education A movement D war B excited C pleasant D unhealthy My brother is old enough to his own living He is moving out next month A share 10 C control There is so much smoke in the air that it is to live in many of the world's cities A enjoyable B job B demand C earn D produce He _ his alarm at 6:00 because he wanted to get up early on the next day A turned B locked C kept D set Task 6: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence Remember to _ off your lights when you go out of the room A take D spend B station C status D shower C joyful D glad B embarrased C excited D satisfied B imagination C task D discovery C skipped D passed This morning I overslept and _ my bus to school B missed Doing _ is a popular hobby and healthy exercise nowadays in many western countries A video games 10 C record The _ of the telegraph gave birth to telecommunication industry A lost D bored The night before her birthday, Amanda was very _ and she could not sleep A invention B avoid B scared A exhausted C relaxed He woke up at night and he heard a noise He was so _ that he could not move A shy B stressed Sorry, he is taking a _ in the bathroom now, so he cannot answer your phone A sound D wake Coffee and alcohol _ some chemicals which are bad for our health A contain C switch Drinking some milk and listening to classical music may make us feel _ A excited B dream B riding C yoga D livestream C opinion D state Be careful! The boss is not in a good _ today A idea B mood SUGGESTED ANSWERS CHAPTER 1: VOCABULARY Task 1: B A D C A B D C A 10 B C A D B D C C B C 10 B C D A A B D C C A 10 B B A C A D B C C D 10 A D B A B B C A D C 10 D C C A D B C A B C 10 B A B A D D 6.B D A C 10 C A B D C D C B C B 10 A Task 2: Task 3: Task 4: Task 5: Task 6: Task 7: Task 8: 172 Task 9: A B B D 5.C C B C D 10 A A B D B C A B C C 10 A A B C D C D A C A 10 B C B A C C A B C D 10 D B B A C B A C A B 10.C D C D D D A C B A 10 B A B B D C B D B D 10 B B C D B C B D C D 10 A B B C B D C A D A 10 B Task 10: Task 11: Task 12: Task 13: Task 14: Task 15: Task 16: Task 17: 173 Task 18: D A A D C D C B D 10 B B C D C D B D C D 10 A A B C B D C D B A 10 D C C A B C D B B A 10 D B C D C D A B C D 10 A B A A C B D A B B 10 A D D C B A C B D D 10 C A D B B C C C D D 10 B A A C C A A B C C 10 C Task 19: Task 20: Task 21: Task 22: Task 23: Task 24: Task 25: Task 26: 174 Task 27: D A A B B A A A A 10 C C D C A A A C B C 10 B A C D D A C A D B 10 D C D C B B B C D B 10 A D D A A B B B B D 10 A D A C B D A A B B 10 B B D B A D B A B D 10 B A C A D C D B B A 10 D D C N B C C C B B 10 D Task 28: Task 29: Task 30: Task 31: Task 32: Task 33: Task 34: Task 35: 175 Task 36: B B A A B B D B C 10 D D A C B B D D C A 10 B C A B B B B D A B 10 B B A A C D D D D B 10 A C C A D B A C A A 10 C A A C B B A A A C 10 D A D C A D D C D C 10 A C D A B C A B D B 10 B Task 37: Task 38: Task 39: Task 40: Task 41: Task 42: Task 43: 176 CHAPTER 2: GRAMMAR SECTION 1: REVISON OF MAJOR TENSES Task 1: Choose the most suitable answer C D A A D C B C A 10 D Task 2: Choose the most suitable answer B C B A B A A A A 10 B Task 3: Choose the most appropriate answer C B D C D C D B D 10 A Task 4: Choose the most appropriate answer They went home after they had finished their work She just had gone out when I called her He wondered why I hadn’t visited him before She said that she had already seen the Pyramids His mother had worried a lot about him before she heard that he was safe He had already learned English before he left for England, but before he arrived in England, he had forgotten some The police didn’t stop the investigations until they had caught the burglars All the files had been deleted from the PC after the hackers got into the system Task 5: Choose the most appropriate tense A C D C A C A C C 10 A 11 D Task 6: Choose the most appropriate tense in each sentence C B C B D A C A C 10 D 11 C 12 D 13 A 14 B 15 B 16 A 17 B 18 A 19 C 20 D 21 C 22 B 23 A 24 B 25 D 177 12 A Task 7: Choose the most appropriate advern B C D A C C B B D 10 A 11 D 12 A 13 A 14 B 15 A 16 C 17 B 18 D 19 A 20 D 21 C 22 D 23 A 24 C 25 A 26 B 27 C 28 A 29 A 30 C SECTION 2: VERB FORMS Task 1: Choose the correct causative verb C C B D A B D A C Task 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form A C D C B A D B A 10 B 11 D 12 B 13 B 14 A 15 B 16 C 17 A 18 A 19 B 20 A 21 A 22 B 23 C 24 D 25 D 26 C 27 A 28 A 29 B 30 C 31 D 32 D 33 A 34 B 35 C 36 D 37 A 38 A 39 B 40 C SECTION 3: AUXILIARIES AND MODALS B A C D D A B C B 10 C 11 A 12 C 13 A 14 B 15 A 16 A 17 C 18 A 19 B 20 A 21 B 22 A 23 C 24 C 25 B 26 A 27 D 28 A 29 B 30 C 31 C 32 A 33 B 34 C 35 D 178 36 A 37 B 38 D 39 B 40 A 41 A 42 A 43 A 44 B 45 A 46 D 47 B 48 C 49 D 50 A SECTION 4: ARTICLES a Ø The Ø The the Ø Ø A 10 Ø 11 Ø 12 Ø 13 the 14 Ø 15 the the 17 Ø 18 an 19 The 20 the 21 Ø 22 Ø 23 the 24 a 25 Ø 26 Ø 27 a 28 the 29 Ø 30 Ø 31 a 32 Ø 33 the 34 The 35 the 36 Ø 37 Ø 38 the 39 an 40 a SECTION 5: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE C B A B A B A C B 10 A 11 B 12 A 13 C 14 C 15 B 16 B 17 A 18 A 19 B 20 C 21 B 22 C 23 A 24 B 25 D 26 D 27 A 28 B 29 C 30 A 31 B 32 D 33 A 34 D 35 B 36 A 37 B 38 C 39 A 40 A SECTION 6: WORD FORMATION C C B C B C B C C 10 A 11 C 12 B 13 C 14 A 15 A 16 D 17 C 18 D 19 D 20 B 21 B 22 C 23 D 24 A 25 A 26 C 27 D 28 A 29 B 30 C 31 D 32 A 33 B 34 D 35 A 36 B 37 A 38 B 39 C 40 D 179 SECTION 7: PREPOSITIONS B A D C B A A C C 10 A 11 B 12 B 13 C 14 B 15 D 16 B 17 B 18 A 19 B 20 A 21 A 22 B 23 C 24 D 25 A 26 B 27 B 28 A 29 A 30 C 31 D 32 B 33 C 34 C 35 D 36 B 37 C 38 A 39 B 40 C SECTION 8: TAG QUESTIONS Choose the correct answer for each sentence A D B A B D B B B 10 D 11 A 12 B 13 B 14 C 15 B 16 D 17 A 18 B 19 D 20 C 21 D 22 C 23 B 24 A 25 B 26 B 27 D 28 D 29 C 30 B 31 A 32 A 33 B 34 D 35 C 36 B 37 A 38 B 39 D 40 D SECTION 9: ADVERBIAL CLAUSES Task 1: Circle the correct conjunction for each sentence Since or Although as soon as Since and Although so that After 10 although 11 due to 12 until 13 before 14 if 15 and 16 unless 17 due to 18 as 19 Despite 20 while 21 because 22 And 23 or 24 while 25 during 26 since 27 because 28 but 29 although 30 Though 31 although 32 Despite 33 or 34 because 35 so that 36 so that 37 Although 38 because 39 Despite 40 while 180 Task 2: Choose the correct answer for each conditional sentence D B B A B D A C D 10 D 11 C 12 B 13 A 14 C 15 B 16 A 17 B 18 D 19 B 20 B 21 A 22 B 23 C 24 B 25 A 26 B 27 A 28 D 29 C 30 C 31 B 32 A 33 B 34 B 35 C 36 A 37 B 38 C 39 D 40 A Task 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct relative pronouns or relative adverbs B B A A C C D D A 10 A 11 A 12 D 13 D 14 B 15 C 16 D 17 C 18 B 19 C 20 D 21 C 22 B 23 D 24 C 25 D 26 C 27 B 28 A 29 B 30 B 31.D 32 C 33 B 34 D 35 B 36 D 37 D 38 A 39 C 40 A Task 4: Choose the correct answers C C C D A A A A A 10 C 11 B 12 C 13 D 14 C 15 B 16 D 17 D 18 D 19 A 20 D 21 A 22 B 23 C 24 D 25 D 26 C 27 B 28 D 29 C 30 B 31 A 32 D 33 B 34 A 35 B 36 C 37 C 38 A 39 B 40 C C C Task 5: Choose the correct answers A D A A C A A 10 A 11 A 12 B 13 B 14 B 15 B 16 B 17 C 18 C 19 A 20 B 21 C 22 D 23 C 24 D 25 A 26 D 27 B 28 B 29 C 30 D 181 CHAPTER 3: PASSAGE COMPLETION PASSAGE 1 D A C D A C B D B 10 C B A D D D B C B D 10 B C D A B C D A B B 10 D A B C D B B C D B 10 A D C C C B A B C D 10 B D B A C A D D C A 10 C B C A B C B D A D 10 B B C C D A B B B D 10 B C D A B C B A D B 10 A D B C A A D A D C 10 A PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE PASSAGE 10 182 PASSAGE 11 B A C D A B C D D 10 D A B A A C D B C A 10 B C A A C D C D A D 10 A A A C B C D A B B 10 D A B D B B A C A C 10 D D A C B A D C B A 10 B B C A D C B A B D 10 B C C D A B C A C C 10 B D D B D A C C A C 10 D A D C A B A A B C 10 D PASSAGE 12 PASSAGE 13 PASSAGE 14 PASSAGE 15 PASSAGE 16 PASSAGE 17 PASSAGE 18 PASSAGE 19 PASSAGE 20 183 CHAPTER 4: READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 1: B A C A D C B D A B D A C A B C D D D D A B D C C B D C A A B D C D D C D D A B C B B C D A B B D B B D A C C B D C PASSAGE 2: A PASSAGE 3: B PASSAGE 4: A PASSAGE 5: C PASSAGE 6: A PASSAGE 7: A PASSAGE 8: D PASSAGE 9: A PASSAGE 10: A C PASSAGE 11: A D PASSAGE 12: A B PASSAGE 13: A D PASSAGE 14: A C PASSAGE 15: D A PASSAGE 16: A A 184 PASSAGE 17: D B D A C C B D D D A A B D A B C D A B B C A D C A A D B C B A D A C C B A A D C B A D B D C C B B A A D PASSAGE 18: C B PASSAGE 19: C A PASSAGE 20: D C PASSAGE 21: B B PASSAGE 22: D D PASSAGE 23: D B PASSAGE 24: D B PASSAGE 25: D C PASSAGE 26: B D PASSAGE 27: C B PASSAGE 28: D A PASSAGE 29: B D PASSAGE 30: D C PASSAGE 31: B A PASSAGE 32: A C PASSAGE 33: B C 185 PASSAGE 34: B C C B D A B A B C B A A C B C C D C B C C A PASSAGE 35: A C PASSAGE 36: A C PASSAGE 37: A C PASSAGE 38: C A PASSAGE 39: C D PASSAGE 40: C D THE END 186 ... school at 16 and they now _ leaving so early A confuse C sign My _ is collecting coins from all over the world A experience B notice B worry C regret D sorry Mary was _ with friends at school... you cannot make a decision after minute, put it aside and it later II VOCABULARY PRACTICE Task 1: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence Many people money into business... helping poor people and homeless children A housework B charity C production D exercises Task 2: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in each sentence Many companies hire consultants to