Giáo trình anh văn căn bản 1

Giáo trình này cung cấp cho sinh viên nền tảng từ vựng tiếng Anh và một số câu dùng cho giao tiếp hàng ngày.. Ngoài ra, các bài đọc sẽ giúp sinh viên làm quen với các bài đọc tương đối đ

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CẦN THƠ TRUNG TÂM ĐÀO TẠO TỪ XA

TÀI LIỆU HƯỚNG DẪN HỌC TẬP

Biên soạn: Lưu Bích Ngọc

Lưu hành nội bộ Năm 2010

Lời mở đầu

Giáo trình Anh văn căn bản 1 được biên soạn nhằm giúp sinh viên tự

trao dồi kiến thức tiếng Anh ở mức độ căn bản Giáo trình này cung cấp cho sinh viên nền tảng từ vựng tiếng Anh và một số câu dùng cho giao tiếp hàng ngày Bên cạnh đó, các đề mục ngữ pháp căn bản cũng được giải thích rõ ràng với các bài tập ứng dụng Ngoài ra, các bài đọc sẽ giúp sinh viên làm quen với các bài đọc tương đối đơn giản

Phần đáp án ở cuối giáo trình sẽ giúp sinh viên kiểm tra kết quả các phần bài tập sau khi làm xong

Để việc tự học đạt hiệu quả cao, sinh viên nên tra cứu các từ mới và thường xuyên đọc lại các bài đã học để ôn lại từ vựng và ngữ pháp

Mong rằng giáo trình này sẽ phần nào hỗ trợ việc tự học tiếng Anh của sinh viên được tốt hơn

Table of Contents

Unit 1: It’s Nice To Meet You page 01

Unit 2: What’s This? page 07

Unit 3: Where Are You From? page 13

Unit 4: What Do You Do? page 19

Unit 5: We Live In The Suburbs page 25

Unit 6: Does The House Have A Garden? page 31

Unit 7: Tell Me About Your Family page 37

UNIT 1

VOCABULARY

The English Alphabet

Spell the names of these people (đánh vần tên những người sau)

Names for males

Christopher Joshua Matthew Steven

Names for females

Ashley Jessica Michelle Stephanie

R-1 Read this conversation

Michael: Hi My name is Michael Parker

Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Yang

Michael: It’s nice to meet you, Jennifer

Jennifer: Nice to meet you, too

Michael: I’m sorry What’s your last name again?

Jennifer: It’s Yang

Michael: How do you spell that?

Jennifer: It’s Y – A – N – G

The English NUMBERS

Write the numbers for these words ( viết số của những từ dưới đây)

R – 2 Read this conversation

A: Thank you for calling What’s your name, please?

B: I’m Michelle Jenkins

A: How do you spell your last name?

B: Jenkins J – E – N – K – I – N – S

A: And what’s your phone number?

B: It’s 555-2491 (five-five-five _

R - 3 Match each statement or question in column A with the best response in column B

to make a conversation (ghép những câu ở cột A với câu trả lời tương ứng ở cột B)

Three Thirteen Thirty Four Fourteen Forty

Five Fifteen Fifty Six Sixteen Sixty

Seven Seventeen Seventy Eight Eighteen Eighty

Nine Nineteen Ninety Twenty Twelve Two hundred

A B

Hi, my name is Tony Kim

Sorry, your name is Yumiko? How do

you spell that?

Nice to meet you, Yumiko Are you a

R – 4 What do people say when they meet for the first time? Circle the letters (Người ta nói gì khi gặp nhau lần đầu? khoanh tròn kí tự của câu)

a How do you do?

b What are you doing?

c Hi, how’s it going?

d Pleased to meet you

e I’m going now

f Hello, I’m John

g Nice to meet you

h What’s the matter?

i Hi, my name’s Amy

j Good to see you again

k Good morning

l I don’t think we’ve met

R – 5 Read the article Then fill in the blanks with Mr., Ms., Mrs., or Miss (đọc bài văn dưới đây và điền vào chỗ trống với Mr., Ms., Mrs., hoặc Miss)

a _= a man, married or single

All men, married or single, are Mr

Until recently, all married women were Mrs

and all single women were Miss

Now women can choose A married woman

can be Mrs or Ms A single woman can be

Miss or Ms

GRAMMAR

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (TO BE)

Thì hiện tại đơn (đối với động từ TO BE) Forms (dạng)

Affirmative: (dạng khẳng định)

We are students

You are from Vietnam

They are ten years old

He is from Hanoi

She is Karen

It is a nice day

Negative: (dạng phủ định)

I’m teacher I’m not a student

He’s from the US He isn’t from Japan

I am  I’m

We are  we’re You are  you’re They are  they’re

He is  he’s She is  she’s

It is  it’s

He/ she/ it Is + NOT  short form: isn’t

They’re doctors They aren’t teachers

Questions: (câu hỏi)

Are you Kim?

Is he a student?

Are they Vietnamese?

Yes, I am

Yes, he is

Yes, they are

No, I’m not

No, he isn’t

No, they aren’t

What’s your name?

Who’s that?

How old are you?

Who is  who’s What is  what’s

7 That are right

8 I’m OK, thanks

9 Clara and Steve is married

10 She is an English teacher

AM

(Question word) + IS + S + ?

ARE

Possessive Adjectives ( tính từ sở hữu) – My – Your – His – Her – Our - Their

 Their names are Keiko, Akira and Kumiko

We are students  Our jobs are students

Practice 2

Write the possessive adjective (điền vào chỗ trống với tính từ sở hữu thích hợp)

1 I’ve got a comb It’s _my comb

2 Sandra’s got a new computer It’s computer

3 We’re brothers parents are in Korea

4 The teachers have one cassette player It’s cassette player

5 She’s eight years old brother is nine years old

6 Peter’s got a grey wallet It’s wallet

7 He’s from Spain name is Alberto

8 I have a pencil pencil is yellow

9 Joe and Mary are students mother is a teacher

10 I have a house house is very big

Practice 3

Complete the sentences

1 Hi name is Jae-won Park This is my friend name is Kun-woo Lee We from Korea He from Seoul and I’m from Pusan

2 Hi My name is Nelson da Silva I a photographer This is my wife name is Gloria We from Sao Paulo, Brazil

3 Hi My name Sarah Kilbane I an English teacher I’m from Toronto, Canada But my parents from Canada They’re from Ireland names are Paul and Maggie

R – 2 Read and match each description with a picture of a desk (đọc và ghép những lời miêu tả sau với hình tương ứng)

GRAMMAR

ARTICLES: A – AN

Indefinited Articles (Mạo từ không xác định) A – An được dùng để giới thiệu cho một danh từ số ít đếm được, chỉ một vật/ một việc

Vị trí: Mạo từ A – An luôn đứng trước danh từ

A: đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng phụ âm

Ex: a book, a car, a student…

An: đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng nguyên âm

Ex: an apple, an orange, an eraser…

Ghi chú:

Không dùng mạo từ trong trường hợp danh từ không đếm được hoặc danh từ trừu tượng khi nói chung

1 Would you like cup of coffee?

2 Do you have umbrella with you?

3 I have got two sandwiches and apple for lunch today

4 Have you ever seen elephant?

5 Have you got brother?

6 apple a day keeps the doctor away

7 Magda is wearing blue dress with red shoes

8 Bornholm is island in the Baltic Sea

9 Christmas comes once year

10 Tim friendly person

Practice 3

Add A, An when necessary (thêm mạo từ A, An vào vị trí cần thiết)

1 cigarette is made of paper and tobacco

2 milk comes from cows

3 cows eat grass in summer

4 I want glass of lemon juice with sugar in it

5 good student is never late for lesson

6 Give me ink to write letter

7 There is dirt on this plate and dirty mark on the table cloth

8 bed made of iron is better than one made of wood

9 lightning is flash of light

10 man must have food

PLURAL NOUNS

Plural Nouns (danh từ số nhiều) là danh từ chỉ nhiều hơn một vật hoặc một việc

Danh từ số nhiều được thành lập bằng cách thêm –S/ES sau danh từ số ít, đếm được

Thêm –ES sau danh từ tận cùng bằng S – SS – SH – CH – GE – X – Z – O – (Y)

- Trước Y là nguyên âm: thành lập số nhiều bằng cách giữ nguyên Y và thêm ES cuối danh từ

Hình thức số nhiều của một số danh từ có dạng đặc biệt

1 Study the next three (chapter)

2 Can you recommend some good (book)?

3 I had two (tooth) pulled out the other day

4 You can always hear (echo) in these mountains

5 They are proud of their (son-in-law)

6 Did you raise these (tomato) in your garden?

7 My (foot) really hurt

8 These (roof) these house are tiled

9 How many (day) are there in this month?

10 The (mouse) were running all over the empty house

READING

R – 1 Read the list of the largest cities in the world and match them with the countries (đọc danh sách những thành phố lớn nhất thế giới và ghép chúng với tên nước tương ứng)

R – 2 Complete this conversation with the words given (hãy hoàn thành bài đối thoại dưới đây với những từ cho sẵn dưới đây)

Tim: So is your first language Chinese?

Jenny: Yes, it is

R – 3 Read the story, then circle the correct answers below ( đọc mẫu truyện bên dưới và khoanh tròn các câu trả lời đúng)

New York

New York is the largest city in the United States More than

eight million people live in the Big Apple New York City is

also home of the United Nations New York City is located

in the state of New York New York City is home to two

hundred and fifty museums, four hundred art galleries, and

the world famous Broadway for entertainment

New York City is the business capital of the world and many national and international corporations have their headquarters in New York City, Wall Street, the world's leading center of finance and the home of the American Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange

As far as professional sports go, this city has two of everything Two professional baseball, basketball, hockey, and football teams are located in the city

1 New York is the largest in the United States

2 New York is home to more than _ million people

3 Which of the following is a true statement?

a New York is a small city

b New York has a large number of arts galleries

c New York has little impact on the world’s economy

d none of the above

4 How many stock exchanges reside in New York?

5 Which of the following is NOT true?

a Chicago is smaller than New York

b Chicago is larger than New York

c Little athletics takes place in New York because it is a city

d All of the above are true

to people he doesn’t know He is 9 to me and lets me play on his computer sometimes In fact, he is a 10 brother

Practice 2

Arrange the cues to make meaningful sentences (sắp xếp các từ đã cho để tạo thành câu

có nghĩa)

1 is/ game/ difficult/ chess/ a

2 this/ a/ book/ exciting/ very/ is/

3 sky/ the/ today/ cloudy/ is/

4 Shanghai/ big/ city/ and/ modern/ is/ a/

5 tall/ my/ is/ brother/

6 a/ it/ fine/ is/ day/ today/

7 she/ an/ woman/ is/ intelligent/

Big Brown Broad Perfect Strong

Friendly Curly Tall Kind Shy

8 my/ and/ mother/ are/ sister/ sociable/

9 flowers/ beautiful/ are/ these/

10 is/ big/ room/ a/ it/

Practice 3

Circle the correct adjective to complete the sentences (hãy khoanh tròn tính từ đúng để hoàn thành câu)

1 Mountain climbing can be

2 A dictionary is a very book

3 It is usually very in Spain in the summer

4 Switzerland is a very country

5 My brother is very He is always losing things

6 When I broke my leg it was very

7 The film I saw was very

8 Rowling is probably now the most _writer of children’s books in the world

9 I went to bed late last night, so today I am very

10 How was your holiday? – I had a great time It was

Artist Writer Homemaker (housewife) Lawyer

READING

R – 1 Read the article and check the answer(đọc bài dưới đây và cho đáp án bên dưới)

Chuck Hartman is a zookeeper in New York city

He works with lions, tigers, and other big cats Chuck also works with animals from Australia

“I work with some very beautiful animals.” Says Chuck “Some of them are dangerous, but they know me and they like me – I think!”

Does Chuck like his job? “Do I like my job?” Chuck smiles “No I don’t like my job I love my job!”

Helen Reed is a window washer in London,

England She washes the windows on tall office

buildings in the city center She cleans windows

eight hours a day, five days a week

“One of the buildings is 40 floors high and there

are more than 5,000 windows,” says Helen

“Cleaning the windows is like climbing down a

mountain, and the view of London is fantastic.”

Is she happy in her work? “Happy?” she says

“I’m delighted! It’s the best job in the world!”

True False

R – 2 Read the text below and answer the questions (đọc và trả lời các câu hỏi bên dưới)

The man with thirteen jobs

Seumas McSporran is a very busy man He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs He is a

postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel

Seumas lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland Only 120 people live on Gigha but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day

Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests At 8.00 he drives the island’s children to school At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub Then he helps Margaret in the shop

He says: “Margaret likes being busy, too We never have holidays and we don’t like watching television In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”

1 Where does Seumas live?

2 How old is he?

3 How many jobs does he have?

4 What’s his wife’s name?

5 What does she do?

6 How many people live on Gigha?

7 How many tourists visit Gigha in summer?

8 What does Seumas do in the morning?

9 What do he and Margaret do in the evening?

10 What do they think about their life?

GRAMMAR

Simple Present Tense (Ordinary Verbs)

Thì hiện tại đơn (đối với động từ thường)

They live in Paris

Ghi chú: Nếu chủ từ của câu là số ít, động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn sẽ đươc thêm –S/ ES

- Thêm –ES: nếu động từ tận cùng bằng –S, -SS, -SH, - CH, -X, -Z, -O, - Y

- Thêm –S: trong những trường hợp động từ còn lại

Negative

S plu + DON’T + V + O

Ex:

He doesn’t work now

I don’t live here

We don’t know him

HOW MANY/MUCH bao nhiêu

Ex: Whom do you know? - I know all of them

Why does he study English? - Because he wants to have a good job

- Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để diễn đạt chân lý hay sự thật hiển nhiên Ngoài ra, nó còn được dùng để diễn tả thói quen ở hiện tại, 1 hành động chung chung được lặp đi lặp trong hiện tại hay 1 sự việc diễn ra theo thời khóa biểu nhất định

Ex: Nick plays tennis every day

She gets up at 5.00 every morning

They start work at 8.00

Practice 1

Underline the correct verb form in brackets (gạch dưới dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc)

1 Mike (play/ plays) football every Saturday

2 (Do/ does) she like reading?

3 He (doesn’t/ don’t) speak German

4 They (have/ has) a big apartment in the city

(Question word) +

5 Does he (drink/ drinks) tea or coffee?

6 We usually (go/ goes) to the seaside for our holidays

7 You (don’t/ doesn’t) look very well today!

8 I (is/ am) very tired today

9 It (isn’t/ aren’t) very warm today

10 How many brothers and sisters does she (has/ have)?

3 (last) for 45 minutes Then they 4 (have) a break, but it

5 (not be) very long, just 15 minutes The second lesson is Maths Sally really 6 (enjoy) Maths She usually 7 (work) with her friend Pam She 8 (love) Maths, too The lesson 9 (finish) at 11.00 and after that it’s Social Science until 11.45 am

What 10 you (do) on Monday mornings at school?

Practice 3

Correct the error in each sentence (sửa lỗi câu)

1 She don’t study on Friday

2 My students isn’t hard working

3 He haves a new haircut today

4 I usually has breakfast at 7.00

5 She lives in a house?

6 Where is your children?

7 My sister workes in a bank

8 Dog like meat

9 My mother frys eggs for breakfast every morning

10 The bank close at four o'clock