TRƯỜNG THPT LIẾN SƠN www.thptlienson.edu.vn – TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ - GIÁO ÁN CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH PHẦN VI - ASPECTS OF SPEECH I- EMPHASIS: 1. Kinds (Classification): 1.1. Pronunciation: using stresses and intonation. e.g. Are you free? Really? 1.2. Written forms (transformation): e.g. She could hardly understand. ~Hardly could she understand. 2. Styles: 2.1. Verbs: do/ does/ did + bare infinitives e.g. He visited us yesterday. ~ He did visit us yesterday. Hoa loves romantic films. ~ Hoa does love romantic films. 2.2. Adjectives: It is/was + adjs + to infinitives. e.g. + Knowing your limitation is important. ~ It’s important to know… + He found that learning English was difficult. ~ He found that it was 2.3. Reflexive pronouns: myself/ yourself/ himself/ herself/ itself/ ourselves/ … e.g. She did it. ~ She herself did it. He thought that. ~ He himself thought that. 2.4. Emphasis case: It is/ was …that …(cleft sentences) e.g. I hated him. ~ It was him who I hated. I need a replacement not others. ~ It is a replacement, not others that I need. 2.5. Inversion case: here/ restricted adverbs e.g. He could never find out the truth. ~ Never could he find out the truth. We seldom eat snails. ~ Seldom do we eat snails. II- QUANTITIERS: 1. Single verbs agreements: 1.1. each/ every/ either/ neither + N(s)/ of N(s) + singular V. e.g. Each person has his own thought. Neither of my children gets up late. 1.2. each/ every + N(s)/ each/ every + N + singular V e.g. Each day and each night passes without me missing her./ Each of the boys has his own books of photos. 1.3. every/ some/ no + singular V(s) e.g. Someone was sitting outside. No-one knows him. 1.4. plural forms but singular verbs: news/ physics/ economics/ politics/ linguistics/ genetics/ athletes/ mumps/ the United States/ the PhiliP.Pines/ Wales/… e.g. The United States was shock by the bombing on September 11 th . The Philippines is a developing. 1.5. uncountable nouns: furniture/ water/ traffic/ progress/ homework/ knowledge/… e.g. Water is composed by Oxygen and Hydrogen. At this time of day, traffic is very heavy. 1.6. distance/ time/ money: e.g. Five miles is a relatively far distance. Fifty billion dongs is a big sum of money. 1.7. titles of books/ articles/ stories: e.g. “Tom and Jerry” is well-known all over the world. “The seven dragon pearls” is a picture book. 1.8. subjective clauses: e.g. All that he needed was a full apology. What I really like is an ice cream. 2. Plural verbs agreements: 2.1. combination “and”: e.g. Tom and his friends were walking to school. 2.2. “the + adj(s)” form: e.g. The English are cool. The rich are not always happy. 2.3. collective nouns: e.g. Cattle are driven to the field. 2.4. some/ a few/ a lot of/ both/… e.g. Some boys are resigned. 3. Various agreements: 3.1. Either or Neither + N1 nor + N2 + V Not only but also (but ….as well ) e.g. Either Tom or his friends are coming. Neither the Prime Minister nor his ministers have been injured. 3.2. The number of + N(s) + singular V A number of + N(s) + plural V e.g. The number of attendants is poor. A number of visitors are killed. 3.3. Pronoun1/ N1 + pre + pronoun2/ N2 + singular V. e.g. A pair of shoes is cheaper than a table. Two pairs of shoes is much more expensive than a table. 3.4. All/ some/ plenty / a lot singular N(s) + singular V Half/ most/ the rest/ lots + of + plural N(s) + plural V 1 CREATED BY DO QUOC BINH – TEACHER OF ENGLISH - binhbac72@gmail.com/ binhbac12@yahoo.com.vn 1 TRƯỜNG THPT LIẾN SƠN www.thptlienson.edu.vn – TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ - GIÁO ÁN CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH e.g. A lot of money is lost. All of them have been arrested. 2 CREATED BY DO QUOC BINH – TEACHER OF ENGLISH - binhbac72@gmail.com/ binhbac12@yahoo.com.vn 2 . cream. 2. Plural verbs agreements: 2. 1. combination “and”: e.g. Tom and his friends were walking to school. 2. 2. “the + adj(s)” form: e.g. The English are cool. The rich are not always happy. 2. 3 of money is lost. All of them have been arrested. 2 CREATED BY DO QUOC BINH – TEACHER OF ENGLISH - binhbac 72@ gmail.com/ binhbac 12@ yahoo.com.vn 2 . rest/ lots + of + plural N(s) + plural V 1 CREATED BY DO QUOC BINH – TEACHER OF ENGLISH - binhbac 72@ gmail.com/ binhbac 12@ yahoo.com.vn 1 TRƯỜNG THPT LIẾN SƠN www.thptlienson.edu.vn – TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ