HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR GLOSSARY: subway (n) underground/ tube (n) crossroads (n) crossing (n) to cross (v) playground (n) police station (n) roundabout (n) town hall (n) tòa thị monument (n) =landmark local council 10 directly (adv) direct (a) # indirectly (adv) directness (n) 11 wise (a) wisdom (n) 12 faraway (a) 13 ignore (v) ignorance (n) 14 brief (v) 15 keen ~ on doing sth/ to sth (v) 16 selfish (a) selfishness (n) 17 glad (v) 18 dusty (a) 19 admit (v) admission (n) 20 troublemaker (n) 21 sort (n) 22 charge (v) 23 tip (n) 24 delay (v) 25 cycle lane (n) 26 rail line (n) 27 mosque ( n) nhà thờ hồi giáo 28 licence/ license (n) 29 adventure (n) 30 divert (v) 31 route (n) 32 consult (v) 33 reputation (n) good/ bad reputation 34 dishonest (a) # honest (a) Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR PRACTICE: Complete the sentences with the given words from the list: consult delayed tip glad charged I'm ………………………………… to hear you're feeling better If the pain continues, ………………………………… your doctor He ………………………………… telling her the news, waiting for the right moment He gave the waiter a generous ………………………………… The restaurant ………………………………… £20 for dinner ignored keen wiser brief crossed I'm older and ………………………………… after ten years in the business He ………………………………… all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette I waved and she ………………………………… the road towards me He gave a ………………………………… introduction about the course before starting the lesson 10 I wasn't too ………………………………… on going to the party admit reputation disappointed report cancelled 11 The company enjoys a world-wide ………………………………… for quality of design 12 You must ………………………………… that it all sounds very strange 13 All flights have been ………………………………… because of bad weather 14 A police station is a place where we ………………………………… a crime 15 I'm ………………………………… in you—I really thought I could trust you! GRAMMAR: ARTICLES: A/ AN/ THE “A” “AN” sử dụng với danh từ số đếm o a book, an orange, a milk, an information “A” đứng trước từ bắt đầu phụ âm, “AN” đứng trước từ bắt đầu nguyên âm o a pen, an interesting book Chú ý: phụ âm nguyên âm trường hợp không tính theo mặt chữ mà tính theo cách phát âm Ví dụ: hour /ˈaʊə(r)/ an hour university /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti/ a university MC /ˌem ˈsiː/ an MC Sử dụng mạo từ bất định A/ AN: (Indefinite articles) Cho lần đề cập We stayed in an old hotel in a small town near Naples Một người vật loại/ loài (đi với danh từ đếm được): An owl can see in the dark (= Owls can see in the dark.) An orange contains vitamins C (= Oranges contain vitamin C) Trước danh từ nghề nghiệp, chức vụ: Mr Johnson is a sale manager Sử dụng mạo từ xác định THE (definite article) người nghe biết thứ mà người nói đề cập vì: Nó đề cập trước đó: We stayed in an old hotel in a small town near Naples The town was nice, but we didn’t like the hotel Chỉ có thứ diện: Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR Can you turn the light on? Mệnh đề hay cụm từ sử dụng làm cho nghĩa vật đề cập rõ ràng hơn: The dance music that they played at the party was terrible Nói vật giới (tên biển, song, rạp hát, …) the Atlantic Ocean the Red Sea the Seine the equator the Hilton the Globe the Pyrenees the sun Tên Đảng trị, tên tàu thủy, tên ban nhạc: The Beatles was an international famous British pop group The Titanic sank on its first voyage across the Atlantic in 1912 She’s a long-life member of the Republic Party The + adjective Noun in plural forms để nói nhóm người cụ thể xã hội: The young, the old, the poor, the rich, the unemployed, the deaf, … The homeless really need help from the government and all of us Không sử dụng mạo từ: Nói thứ chung chung, đại diện cho nhóm/ 1loại (đi với danh từ không đếm được) Life can be strange sometimes I listen to dance music a lot Một số cụm giới từ định: I’m going to work He’s at university She’s going by bus Tên riêng châu lục, quốc gia, thành phố số tên địa danh khác Asia Cuba Lake Como Oxford Street Mount Fuji Chú ý: Có số tên nước mang “THE”: The Philippines, The United Kingdom, The United States, The United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, … PRACTICE Exercise 1: Fill “A”/”AN” or the in the blanks IF NECESSARY: A I’m going to (1)……………… ….work and I can see that today is (2)………… ……… nice day (3) ………………… … sun shines in the blue sky and gives (4) ………….………earth lots of light I hope this will continue till the end of (5)………… …… day B When I went to (1)………… ……school by (2)…………… bike yesterday, I saw (3)……….…man and (4)………… …… woman (5)………………… man was shouting at (6)………………woman C My sister has two children: (1)……….……… son and (2)………… daughter (3) ………… … son is a student He likes to play music with (4)…….……… MP3 player (5)…………… daughter is very small She often plays with (6)……… …….ball D There was (1)……… ……… cat and (2)……….….…dog in my house (3)……………….cat is very big, but (4)………… dog is very small Every time I go (5)… ……….home from work, I buy some food for them E (1)………………….food in Laos was quite strange Most days, we had (2)…………spicy noodles for (3)………… breakfast – sometimes with (4)……………egg on top F I saw (1)……………accident this morning (2)……………….car crashed into (3)……………tree (4)…………….driver of (5)……………car wasn’t hurt, but (6)………………car was badly damaged Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR Exercise 2: Put in “THE” WHERE NECESSARY: I haven’t been to the cinema for ages I lay down on ………… ground and looked up at ……………… sky She spends most of her free time watching ……………… television ……………….television was on but nobody was watching it Have you had ………………….dinner yet? Mary and I arrived at …………………same time You’ll find …………….information you need at …………… top of page 15 Peru is a country in ……………South of America ………………capital is Lima What …………….longest river in …………… world? 10 The man is in ……………prison He went to……………prison two years ago His wife goes to ………… prison to visit him every month 11 The weather was awful We stayed at ………….home all weekend 12 Vicky’s parents are religious They go to …………….church every Sunday 13 Is the fact that …………… rich get richer and ……………poor get poorer always true? 14 These children go to ………… school on…………….foot every day 15 Is this ………… book you told me about? Exercise 3: Correct the mistakes in the sentences below IF ANY: I have never tried English food …………………………………………………………………………………… We hired a boat and sailed down Nile …………………………………………………………………………………… I usually come to school by the train …………………………………………………………………………………… Our friends have the lovely cottage in the Black Forest …………………………………………………………………………………… The train service from my town to the capital is great …………………………………………………………………………………… I’m meeting one friend of mine later …………………………………………………………………………………… One day I’d love to try and climb the Mount Everest …………………………………………………………………………………… My father is pilot, so he’s away from home a lot …………………………………………………………………………………… The happiness is more important than money …………………………………………………………………………………… 10 We missed the last train into the city, so we had to get a taxi to our hotel …………………………………………………………………………………… 11 I don’t like the eggs I don’t know why I just don’t …………………………………………………………………………………… 12 I can’t drink the coffee they sell in the café round the corner …………………………………………………………………………………… 13 I can’t stand music my parents listen to …………………………………………………………………………………… 14 I really love the dance music …………………………………………………………………………………… 15 We rented a small flat near the city centre …………………………………………………………………………………… Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR QUANTIFIERS: MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF/ LOTS OF, (A) FEW, (A) LITTLE, SOME, NO, ANY SOME + countable nouns (plural)/ uncountable nouns: - Thường dùng câu khẳng định There is some milk left in the fridge - Dùng câu hỏi ta mong câu trả lời YES Have you got some money? - Dùng câu yêu cầu, lời mời, đề nghị: Would you like some water? How about going out for some drink? ANY + countable nouns (plural)/ uncountable nouns: - Dùng câu phủ định nghi vấn There weren’t any students in the class when I came Have you got any money? Could I borrow some? - Dùng mệnh đề khẳng định trước danh từ số sau từ phủ định never, hardly, without, …(bất cứ) You can catch any bus from here They all go to the downtown We would be grateful for any help He passed the exam without any difficulty There’s hardly any food left after the meal MANY + countable nouns (plural), MUCH + uncountable nouns: - Thường dùng câu phủ định, nghi vấn, câu khẳng định văn viết trang trọng, câu cấu trúc There… Do you know many people here? I didn’t give him much information about you There are many people in the street these days Many people believe that car use should be limited FEW/ A FEW + countable nouns (plural), LITTLE/ A LITTLE + uncountable nouns - Dùng câu khẳng định - (very) Few, (very) little (ít) mang nghĩa phủ định, số lượng ít, mong đợi He’s unhappy because he has few friends here Hurry up! There is little time - A few/ A little: (một vài, ít) mang nghĩa khẳng định, số lượng nhỏ I have a few friends here, so I don’t feel lonely He spoke a little English, so we could understand him - Chú ý: sau much, many, few, little dùng TOO SO để nhấn mạnh mức độ We bought so many things that we couldn’t carry them all There’re too few trains running A LOT OF/ LOTS OF + countable nouns (plural)/ uncountable nouns - Thường sử dụng câu khẳng định There were a lot of/ lots of people at the party My nephew received lots of/ a lot of lucky money during Tet holiday NO = NOT … ANY There are not any people waiting for the bus = There are no people waiting for the bus There isn’t any water in the bottle = There is no water in the bottle Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR PRACTICE Exercise 1: Complete the sentence with ONE word in each gap: It doesn’t cost ………………… money to take a taxi here I fainted because I’d eaten so ………………………food There aren’t ………………………… things to here There was so …………………noise in the room that I couldn’t hear what anyone was saying He can’t give………………………….information yet – only the date of the course He needs to speak to a ……………… people first There’s a ………………… of anger about the train strike …………………… anyone cycles here It’s too dangerous There are………………… parking facilities here You have to drive to the theater nearby We didn’t take ………………luggage with us We just bring necessary things 10 Could you give me …………………information about places of interest in the town? Exercise 2: Correct the mistakes if any: There weren’t a lot of people at the party …………………………………………………………………………………… It’s a problem when there are very many people …………………………………………………………………………………… It seems to me that we haven't had much assignments in English this term …………………………………………………………………………………… Also, I've paid very a little attention to how much rain we've had …………………………………………………………………………………… I'm afraid it's rained few times this summer, and that is why the grass is turning brown and dying Farmers are very upset …………………………………………………………………………………… They said that just a much help could make a big difference …………………………………………………………………………………… I didn't use lots of fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference …………………………………………………………………………………… There isn’t no expensive furniture in the room …………………………………………………………………………………… I think he drank many wine last night …………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Some information proved to be outdated …………………………………………………………………………………… 11 Although there are a few brilliant students in this state - thousands, even, only a few will choose to remain in the state after graduation …………………………………………………………………………………… 12 How many does it cost you to buy these things? …………………………………………………………………………………… 13 Let’s go out for much coffee …………………………………………………………………………………… 14 He’s eaten so much candy that he’s got an upset stomach …………………………………………………………………………………… 15 You can choose any many question to answer …………………………………………………………………………………… Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of ... …………………………………………………………………………………… Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY + GRAMMAR QUANTIFIERS: MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF/ LOTS OF, (A) FEW, (A) LITTLE, SOME, NO, ANY... countable nouns (plural)/ uncountable nouns - Thường sử dụng câu khẳng định There were a lot of/ lots of people at the party My nephew received lots of/ a lot of lucky money during Tet holiday NO =... (3)……………tree (4)…………….driver of (5)……………car wasn’t hurt, but (6)………………car was badly damaged Unit – Getting there – Outcomes – Pre-intermediate Page of HCMC University of Technology VOCABULARY +