CHUYÊN ĐỀ 2: CỤM TỪ VÀ MỆNH ĐỀ (2) Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………… Bài tập ôn tập: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous I (live) ………………………………………………with my parents but right now I (stay) ……………………………………………… with some friends for a few days I can't talk on the phone now I (drive) ………………………………………………home Where are the children? They (lie) ………………………………………………on the beach over there He (not understand) ………………………………………………what you (talk) ……………………………………………… about He's foreign How much …………………………………… your suitcase (weigh) ……………………………………………… ? It (look) ……………………………………………… really heavy Normally I (start) ………………………………… work at eight o'clock but I (start) ……………………………… at this week We are busy just now What's that smell? Something (burn) ……………………………………………… in the kitchen I (work) ……………………………………… overtime this month because I (save up) ………………………………… to buy a car He (smoke) ……………………………………………… thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment he (try) ……………………………………………… very hard to cut down 10 We usually (read) ……………………………………………… books, (listen) ……………………………………………… to music or (watch) ……………………………………………… TV Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning Although she didn’t want to see The Lord of the Rings, she enjoyed it in the end - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… They visited Madrid although they didn’t have time to visit El Prado - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although it was raining, we decided to go anyway - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… The English actor Oliver Reed was often rude to people although he was always kind to animals - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although he behaved badly, he wasn’t punished - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although it was raining heavily, we played the match as planned - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although my doctor had told me to stay in bed, I went to work - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Although he takes a lot of exercises, he’s fat - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… 10 Although I had practiced for hours on end, my first golf ball ended up in the trees - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Bài tập luyện tập: Because / Since / As Because of / For Because of / For + Cụm danh từ / V-ing Because / Since / As + mệnh đề (S + V) Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences, using because/because of He didn’t come because of his sickness - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… The train was late because the fog was thick - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… The plane couldn’t take off because of the bad weather - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… He left the school because his family was poor - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… We couldn’t study because of the noise - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… I didn’t go swimming because it was cold - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… These students arrive late because of the bad traffic - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Mary can’t sleep because she has drunk a cup of strong coffee - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… Because of getting up early, he wasn’t late for the first train - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… 10 He was accepted for the job because he had much experience - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… ... because it was cold - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… These students arrive late because of the bad traffic - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... For Because of / For + Cụm danh từ / V-ing Because / Since / As + mệnh đề (S + V) Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences, using because/because of He didn’t come because of his sickness - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... family was poor - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… We couldn’t study because of the noise - …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………… I didn’t