Chuyên đề bồi dỡng HSG môn tiếng anh 7 Năm học 2010-2011 Buổi 1 PHN I grammar TENSES Present simple S + V(s-es) (be): am- is- are S + dont/ doesnt +V 1 S+ am not/ isnt/ arent Do/Does + S+V 1 ? Am/Is/Are + S+? Everyday, usually, after school, never, often, sometimes, always, . Present progressive S + am/is/are + V-ing S+am/is/are(not)+V-ing Am/ Is/Are +S+V-ing? Now, at the present, at the moment, at this time, Look! Listen, !Be careful!. Hurry up! I. Give the correct form of these verbs: 1. The sun (set) in the West. 2. It usually (rain) in the summer. 3. They (build) the buildings at the moment. 4. Bees (make) honey. 5. They (get) on the scale now. 6. The earth (circle) the Sun once every 365 days. 7. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea. 8. Dont worry. I (give) him your message when I (see) him. 9. Look! Jane (play) the guitar. Hurry up! The bus (come) . 10. I (not talk) to her at present. 11. How often she (go) fishing? - She (go) once a year. 12. your friends (be) students? -Yes, they (be) 13. the children (play) in the park at the moment? -No, they arent. They (learn) to play the piano. 14. .you (go) to school on Sundays? Yes, I do. 15. My mother (cook) a meal now. She ( cook) everyday. 16. What your mother (do) . at this time? - She (make) a dress. 17. . she often (go) to the cinema every weekend? 18. I dont know. But she always (go) . to the church on Sundays. 19. The students (not be) . in class at present. 20. She always (wash) the dishes after meals. I (do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) . that I (know) . how to use it now. 21. My mother sometimes (buy) . vegetables at this market. 22. It (rain) . much in summer. It (rain) . now. 23. Daisy (cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) . in the morning. EXERCISES II 1. Every morning , Linda ( get ) .up at 6 . She ( have ) Breakfast at 6:10 . After breakfast , she ( brush ) her teeth . She ( go ) to school at 6:30 . She ( have ) lunch at 11:30 at school . 2 . We ( watch ) .T.V every morning . 3. I (do ) my homework every afternoon . 4 . Mai and Lan ( play ) .games after school . Gv: Đỗ Xuân Hà Trờng THCS Hơng Lâm 1 Chuyên đề bồi dỡng HSG môn tiếng anh 7 Năm học 2010-2011 5 . Vy ( listen ) to music every night . 6 . Where ( be ) your father now ? He ( read ) a newspaper . 7 . What .you ( do ) ? I ( be ) .a student . 8 . Where .you ( go ) .now ? I (go ) to the market . 9 . She is cooking and we ( do ) the housework . 10 . He isn`t in the room . He ( play ) in the garden . 11. Look ! The birds ( fly ) . 12 . I ( go ) .to school by bus every day , but today I ( go ) to school by bike . 13 . Listen ! Mai ( sing ) . 14 . They ( play ) volleyball every afternoon . They ( play ) volleyball now . 15 . Mai ( brush ) her teeth every morning . She ( brush ) her teeth now . 16 . Listen ! Lan ( play ) .the piano . 17 . Mai ( be ) .tired now . 18 . It is 6:00 p.m . Mary is at home . She ( have ) . dinner with her family around six o / clock . 19 . Where is your father ? He is upstair . He ( watch ) T.V He always ( watch ) T.V at night . 20 . Our teacher ( live ) on Quang Trung street . 21 . Đao and Mai ( do ) the housework now . 22 . What your mother ( do ) .? She is cooking . 23 . How you ( go ) to school every day ? 24 . Nam ( go ) to work by car every day but today he ( take ) a bus . 25 . Where your father ( work ) ? In the hospital . 26 . Look ! The teacher ( come ) 27 . She is very clever . She ( speak ) .4 languagues. 28 . Steve often ( smoke ) .10 cigarettes a day . 29 . We usually ( have ) dinner at 7: 00 30 . Anne ( wash ) .her hair twice a week . 31 . Jane ( teach ) English to children . 32 . You ( meet ) .a lot of people . 33 . He often ( go ) .to the cinema . 34 . Food ( cost ) a lot of money . 35 . Listen ! Somebody ( sing ) 36 . She is tired . She ( want ) .to go home now . 37 . How often you ( read ) a newspaper ? 38 . Excuse me , but you ( sit ) in my place Oh , I am sorry 39 . I am sorry I ( not understand ) Please speak slowly. 40 . What time she ( finish ) work every day ? 41 . He ( not usually drive ) to work . He usually ( walk ) 43 . Mozart ( play ) the piano when he ( be ) three . 44 . Many people prefer ( fly ) to ( go ) by sea . 45 . My mother ( go ) to the supermarket yesterday evening but she ( not buy ) . 46 He ( move ) to Paris in 1917 and ( spend ) 6 years in Paris . 47 . Teenagers like ( listen ) to the latest pop music . 48 . What .you ( do ) tomorrow morning . Gv: Đỗ Xuân Hà Trờng THCS Hơng Lâm 2 Chuyên đề bồi dỡng HSG môn tiếng anh 7 Năm học 2010-2011 49 . Children shouldn`t ( drink ) .coffee . It ( not be ) good for their health . 50 . My family ( watch ) .T.V every night . But now we ( listen ) to pop music .51 . Yesterday Nga father ( start ) .his new job . 52 . I ( meet ) her at the movie theater last night . 53 . He ( go ) .to the English club every Sunday . But last Sunday he ( not go ) there , he ( go ) to the City Museum . 54 . My mother ( make ) a dress now . 55 . Two years ago , she ( teach ) at a village school . 56 . We ( travel ) to Hue next week . 57 . What .you ( do ) yesterday morning . 58 . They usually ( have ) dinner at home , but they ( have ) dinner in a small restaurant yesterday evening . 59 . The children ( be ) .here ten minutes ago , but at the moment they ( play ) .in the jard 60 . Could you ( show ) me the way to the bus stop . 61 . Lan and Hoa ( go ) to the post office now. 62 . Liz ( need ) .some stamps and envelopes . 63 . Hoa ( mail ) .this letter tomorrow . 64 . I need ( buy ) a phone card . 65 . He ( phone ) .his parents three or four times a week . 66 . Nam wants ( send ) this postcard to his penpal . 67 . We would like ( visit ) Ngoc Son Temple . 68 . My hair is dirty . I ( wash ) .it . 69 . We ( have ) an English test tomorrow. 70 . They usually ( paint ) their house blue . 71 . My father ( buy ) a new car 2 months ago . 72 . Nam ( help ) his father repair the radio at this time . 73 . I ( be ) busy last night , so I ( miss ) .a good film on T.V 74 . Mr Robinson ( watch ) T.V every night . 75 . Mrs Mai ( make ) .all her own clothes . At the moment she ( make ) a dress for her daughter . 76 . He ( teach ) .math at this school in 1986 . 77 . Every body ( wait ) .for the president in the hall now . 78 . You should ( go ) .to bed early . 79 . Lan ( be ) very tired when she ( catch ) a bad cold 2 days ago . 80 . She needs ( eat ) a lot of vegetables and fruit . 81 . I hope you ( feel ) better soon . 82 . He ( not come ) .to the meeting last week . 83 . My father never ( take ) .medicine . 84 . There ( be ) nobody there when I ( arrive ) yesterday . 85 . Yesterday , Hoa and her aunt ( go ) .to the supermarket . 86 . I would like ( tell ) you about my family . 87 . Vegetables often ( have ) .dirt from the farm on it . 88 . Be careful ! The children ( cross ) the street . 89 . I ( be ) .fourteen years old next week , and so will I . 90 . My father ( not watch ) T.V last night . He ( read ) newspapers and magazines . 91 . You should ( add ) a little salt to the spinach when you boil it . 92 . When you ( buy ) this dress ? Two days ago . 93 . I hope you ( visit ) .Ha Noi soon . 94 . She would like ( buy ) some bananas . 95 . Hoa ( receive ) .a letter from her mother 2 days ago . 96 . It stopped ( hurt ) .afterwards . 97 . I like ( watch ) baseball . 98 . The children must ( be ) .back by six o`clock . Gv: Đỗ Xuân Hà Trờng THCS Hơng Lâm 3 Chuyên đề bồi dỡng HSG môn tiếng anh 7 Năm học 2010-2011 99 . Marconi ( invent ) .radio . 100 . The disease ( spread ) fast now. 101 . You ought ( finish ) your home work before ( watch ) T.V 102 . Hoa ( have ) .a lot of friends in Hue . 103 . Nam and Trung always ( visit ) their grandparents on Sunday . 104 . My father ( listen ) to the radio everyday . 105 . The children ( like ) .to play in the park . 106 . She ( not live ) .with her parents . 107 . Lan ( brush ) her teeth after meals . 108 . The students ( not go ) to school on Sunday . 109 . Nga ( talk ) to her friends now . 110 . She ( be ) .14 on her next birthday . 111 . We ( visit ) Huong Pogoda next week . 112 . They ( live ) .with their grandparents . 113 . I ( come ) back tomorrow . 114 . He ( have ) .a lot of friends . 115 . She ( have ) a meeting tonight . 116 . M y father ( jog ) every morning . 117 . We often ( play ) .tennis in the afternoon . 118 . What you ( do ) .next Sunday . 119 . Phong ( watch ) .T.V everynight . 120 . They ( go ) to the movies tonight . 121 . Tomorrow , She ( invite ) .all friends to her birthday party . 122 . My brother ( listen ) to music in his free time . 123 . Our friends ( come ) here soon . 124 . My father never ( drink ) coffee . 125 . I usually ( go ) .to school by bike but tomorrow I ( go ) to school by bus . 126 . Jane ( play ) the piano at present . 127 . He ( visit ) his grandparents next week . 128 . Jane ( play ) the piano at present . 129 . We ( not invite ) many friends to the party tonight . 130 . Hurry up ! we ( wait ) .for you . 131 . Lan and Hoa ( read ) in the library at the moment . 132 . We ( not come ) here tomorrow morning . 133 . Listen ! The girl ( play ) .the piano . 134 . Nam ( go ) to the English club every Saturday . 134 . What .you ( do ) .now . I ( grow ) some flowers . 135 . My father ( travel ) to Nha Trang next week . 136 . Students often ( go ) to the school cafeteria at lunch time . 137 . You can ( find ) math books on the racks in the middle . 138 . Look ! The teacher ( come ) .here . 139 . She ( study ) maps in Geography . 140 . Ba can ( fix ) the lights . 141 . They ( do ) .some experiments at the moment . 142 . You ( be ) .a famous author one day . 143 . He enjoys ( draw ) .pictures . 144 . Mai ( learn ) to play the piano in her free time . 145 . I ( try ) .to repair the radio now . 146 . The students ( write ) an essay in Literature next Monday . 147 . Let us ( go ) to the English club . 148 . I ( do ) .my math homework at the moment . 149 . Next year , my sister ( be ) a teacher . Gv: Đỗ Xuân Hà Trờng THCS Hơng Lâm 4 Chuyên đề bồi dỡng HSG môn tiếng anh 7 Năm học 2010-2011 150 . When they ( be ) young , they ( leave ) their family and ( go ) to Ho Chi Minh city . 151 . When Thomas Edison ( die ) ? In 1931 . Gv: Đỗ Xuân Hà Trờng THCS Hơng Lâm 5 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 Bi 2 PARTS OF SPEECH OF WORD FORMS I. Danh từ (Nouns): 1. Đònh nghóa: Danh từ là những từ dùng để chỉ sự vật, sự việc hoặc con người. 2. Phân loại danh từ: - Danh từ đếm được (countable nouns): book, student, table, . - Danh từ không đếm được (uncountable nouns): water, grass, information, - Danh từ đơn (simple nouns): war (chiến tranh), bus (xe buýt), - Danh từ kép (Compound nouns): world peace (hòa bình thế giới), bus station (trạm xe buýt), 3. Chức năng: a. Làm chủ ngữ (Subject-): The children go to school every day. b. Làm tân ngữ động từ và giới từ: (Object): The mother gave a cake to her son c. Làm bổ ngữ cho chủ ngữ (Sau keep / seem/ be/ feel/ look) (Complement): He is my best friend. d. Làm bổ ngữ cho tân ngữ (Sau call/ select/ name/ ) We call him Tom II. Đại từ (Pronouns): 1. Đònh nghóa: Đại từ là những từ dùng thay cho danh từ. 2. Phân loại đại từ: a. Đại từ nhân xưng (Personal pronouns): có 2 loại: - Đại từ làm chủ ngữ: I/ We/ You/ They/ She/ He/ It - Đại từ làm tân ngữ: me/ us/ you/ them/ her/ him/ it b. Đại từ chỉ đònh: This/ that/ these/ those c. Đại từ bất đònh: (Chỉ người) someone, somebody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, everyone (Chỉ vật) something, nothing, anything, everything 3. Chức năng: Giống danh từ III. Tính từ (Adjectives): 1. Đònh nghóa: là từ dùng để miêu tả hoặc cho biết thêm chi tiết về danh từ . 2. Phân loại: a. Tính từ miêu tả: SIZE + SHAPE + AGE + COLOR + NATIONAL + MATERIAL . (kích thước + hình dạng + tuổi + màu + quốc tòch + chất liệu) b. Tính từ sở hữu: my/ our / your / their / her / his/ its c. Tính từ chỉ số lượng: much/ little/ few/ a lot of / plenty of / each/ every/ another 3. Chức năng: a. Bổ nghóa cho danh từ: A beautiful girl b. Bổ nghóa cho đại từ: Something new c. Đứng sau keep / seem/ be/ feel/ look . vàbổ nghóa cho chủ ngữ; He looks happy. d. Đứng sau keep /make let + O + Adj vàbổ nghóa cho tân ngữ. We make our parents happy. IV. Trạng từ (Adverbs): 1. Đònh nghóa: là những từ dùng để diển tả tính cách, đặc tính, mức độ, . và được dùng để bổ nghóa cho động từ, tính từ, trạng từ khác hoặc cho cả câu. 2. Phân loại: a. Trạng từ chỉ thể cách: well, carefully, quickly, hard, fast b. Trạng từ chỉ thời gian: early/ late / yet/ now, today, yesterday, before, after, tomorrow . c. Trạng từ chỉ mức độ: too much/ too little/ very / extremely/ a lot / nearly d. Trạng từ chỉ đòa điểm: here/ there/ upstairs/ at home / in the garden . e. Trạng từ chỉ sự thường xuyên: always/ often/ usually/ sometimes/ hardly/ once a week . 3. Chức năng: a. Bổ nghóa cho tính từ: A very beautiful girl b. Bổ nghóa cho động từ: walk slowly; study hard; play well c. Bổ nghóa cho trạng từ: walk very slowly; study so hard; play quite well Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 6 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 WORD FORM 1. NOUN VERB ADJ PARTICIPLE ADV NOTE 2. Anger Angry Angrily Giận 3. Attraction Attract Attractive Attracted Attractively Hấp dẫn 4. Beauty Beautify Beautiful Beautifully Đẹp 5. Business Busy Busily Bận việc 6. Care/ ful/ ness Care Careful/ less Carefully/ lessly Cẩn thận 7. Center Central Centrally Trung tâm 8. Collection Collect Collective Thu thập 9. Curiosity Curious Curiously Tò mò 10. Danger Endanger Dangerous Dangerously Nguy hiểm 11. Death Die Dead Cheat 12. Depth (độ sâu) Deepen (làm) Deep Deeply Sâu 13. Difference Differ Different Differently Khác nhau 14. Difficulty Difficult Difficultly Khó khăn 15. Excitement Excite exciting Excited/ ing Excitingly Hào hứng 16. Friend/ - ship Friendly Bạn bè 17. Fluency Fluent Fluently Trôi chảy 18. Harm Harm (gây hại) Harmful/ less Harmlully/lessly Hại 19. Happiness Happy Happily Hạnh phúc 20. Health Healthy Healthily Mạnh khoẻ 21. Invention Invent Inventory Phát minh 22. Laziness Lazy Lazily Lười biếng 23. Length Lengthen Long Dài 24. Nation/ ality Nationalize National Nước/ qtòch Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 7 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 25. Nature Naturalize Natural Naturally Tự nhiên 26. Pollution Pollute Polluted Ô nhiễm 27. Practice Practice Practical Practically Thực hành 28. Prevention Prevent Preventable Ngăn cản 29. Reason Reason Reasonable Reasonably Lý do 30. Science/ Scientist Scientific Scientifically Khoa học 31. Strength Strengthen Strong Strongly Mạnh 32. Success Succeed Successful Successfully Thành công 33. Warmth Warn Warm Warmly Ấm áp 34. Width Widen Wide Widely Rộng 35. Wonder Wonder Wonderful Wonderfully Kì diệu Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 8 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 Bi 3 IDENTIFICATION OF WORD FORMS I. Chọn danh từ: (đầu câu, sau độïng từ và giới từ) - A, AN, THE - THIS/ THAT/ THESE/ THOSE - MY/ OUR / YOUR / THEIR / HER / HIS/ ITS - EACH/ EVERY, BOTH , NO - FEW, A FEW, LITTLE, A LITTLE, ENOUGH - SOME/ ANY/ MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF THE MOST /BEST − + NOUN (Danh từ) II. Chọn tính từ: Trước danh từ, sau linking verbs, 1. ADJ + NOUN 2. KEEP / SEEM/ BE/ FEEL/ LOOK + ADJ: A happy girl always smiles. (happiness) 3. Linking verbs: He’s heavy. ( heaviness) III. Chọn trạng từ: Giữa chủ ngữ và động từ / sau động từ thường, sau tân ngữ. đầu câu, . 4. S + ADV + V(thường): 5. S + V (+ O) + ADV 6. ADV , S + V 1. I have recently received my friend’s letter. 2. The doctor told me to breathe in slowly. 3. Suddenly , he saw an accident. IV. Chọn động từ: đứng ngay sau chủ ngữ: - S + V: 1. My mother bought a new bike yesterday. V. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in brackets. He feels very ………… ……….………so he talks ………… ……….……… Anger She looks………… ……….………in her new coat. Attraction He plays soccer ………… ……….……… Beauty Nam is always ………… ……….………. He is on his …… ……….……… this week. Business Mr. Han is a ………… ……….……… driver. He drives ………… ……….……… Care I live on ………… ……….……… highland in Dalak. Center Hoa has a fine ………… ……….……… of stamp. Collect His ………… ……….……… helps him successful. Curious AIDS is a……… ……….disease Danger Her parents’ ………… ……….……… makes her very sad. Death Mai understands me ………… ……….……… Depth (độ sâu) There is no ………… ……….……… between my answer and his. Differ We have a lot of ………… ……….……… in learning English. Difficult The is an………… ……….……… football match this afternoon. Excite We are very proud of our……… ………. Friend He speaks English ………… ……….……… Fluency If you smoke, it is ………… ……….……… to you. Harm She sent her best wishes for my future………… ……….……… Happiness He does exercise every morning, so he is very………… ……….……… Health Exercises ………… ……….………your health. Strong ………… ……….………students don’t often succeed in the tests. Laziness . ……… ……….are trying to find out new stars. Science Nam is very………… ……….……… and heavy. Strength I don’t like hot weather. I like………… ……….……… weather Warmth Ha Long Bay is a ………… ……….……… Bay. Wonder Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 9 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 Bi 4 ADVERB CLAUSES OF TIME & REASON A. ADVERD CLAUSES OF TIME: Là mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian bắt đầu các liên từ When, while, after/ before, as (khi), until (đến khi ) S +V+ When/ while/ after/ before/ as/until + S + V Chỉ tương lai: When he comes tomorrow, we will welcome him. Chỉ hiện tại: When it’s hot, I go swimming. / As I come, he is eating. B. ADVERD CLAUSES OF REASON: Là mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ lý do hay nguyên nhân bắt đầu các liên từ: because/ since/ as (bởi vì) S + V + because/ since/ as + S + V Mr. Ba is late because/ since/ as she oversleeps. Because Lan and Ba don’t have a tent, they never go camping. C. Join two sentences into one, use because/ since/ as: 1. Lan and Ba never go camping. , so they don’t have a tent . 2. I stay at home. It rains. . 3. Tan is late for school. He misses the bus. . 4. The weather is fine. We have a picnic on the mountain. . 5. I don’t have a bike, so I walk. . 6. Nhan is free, so he flies his kites. . D. Join two sentences into one, use when/ while/ after/ before/ as/until: 1. It is warm. I go fishing. (when) . 2. My father is eating. My mother cooks. (while) . 3. I take a bath first. Then I eat. (before) . 4. Mr. Quang waits for the farmer. The farmer comes. (until) . 5. He will come tomorrow. We will welcome him. (When) . 6. You will go the museum. You will see a lot of valuable pictures. (When) . Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 10 [...]... dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 Bi 5 N¨m häc 2010-2011 ARTICLES A Mạo từ không xác đònh: A ,AN 1 A An : đứng trước danh từ đếm được số ít để giới thiệu một điều gì chưa được đề cập hoặc lần đầu 2 An : đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng nguyên âm A : đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng phụ âm 3 Những danh từ ,luôn dùng với A Examples 4 Những danh từ ,luôn dùng với AN B Mạo từ xác đònh: THE Đứng trước danh từ đếm được... Learning another language ! Learning English ! Why do all these people want to learn English ? It is difficult to answer that quetion Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects They study their own language , and mathematics and English ( In England , or America , or Australia , many boys and girls study their own language , which is English and mathematics and another... many languages can the writer speak? A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 17 The writer has learnt Spanish _ A in Spain B at high school C at University D B and C 18 Traveling may cause troubles if _ A you cannot speak the language well enough B you can speak the language well enough C you can speak the language bad enough D you can communicate in the target language 19 Some useful ways to practice your target language... school children study A English as a foreign language B English and Mathematics only C such foreign languages as French , German , and Spainish D their own language and no foreign language 5 Many adults leanr English because Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ 25 Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 A their work is useful B they want to go abroad C most of their books are in... neuter, singular or plural We use the definite article - the - when we talk a bowl, a car,a dog, but an ant, an elephant, an about a singular or plural noun which refers insect, an orange, an urn to a particular member of a a group But, what is important here is not the way a word is written, but the way it sounds We choose a or an The woman.The man.The door.The doors depending on the sound at the beginning... that the meaning not change: 1 It took Mr Hoang half an hour to walk to work yesterday Mr Hoang spent 2 What is the price of this cap ? How much .? 3 You shouldn’t eat too much meat Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ 22 Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 You’d 4 Lan is the youngest of the three sisters Lan has 5 Our house is older than any other house... noone, nothing, nobody, anyone, anything, anybody, everyone, everything, everybody cũng dùng theo cách trên Chú ý No = Not + any: nobody = not any body 3 MANY / A LARGE NUMBER OF/ A GREAT NUMBER OF/: (nhiều) Dùng với danh từ sốâ nhiều đếm được: Ex: He has many books Ex: A large number of students in our school are good 4 MUCH / A LARGE AMOUNT OF/ A GREAT DEAL OF /: (nhiều) Dùng với danh từ số ít không đếm... Highlands games football, tennis, bar billiards instruments the piano, the bag pipes He is an American and she is a nationalities Swede Exceptions include: the Hague; the Matterhorn; the Mall; the White House, the United States of America In this example, the group is all men; we want to reference a particular man so we say: The man in the hat Compare this with the indefinite article, which refers to any... anh 7 N¨m häc 2010-2011 ®Ị thi häc sinh giái Phßng GD&§T hun HiƯp Hoµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m Teacher : §ç Xu©n Hµ Mơn Tiếng anh Lớp 7 Thêi gian lµm bµi : 150 phót (kh«ng kĨ giao ®Ị ) ®Ị bµi I/ Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 5 1 A sure B saw C send D sit 2 A new B sew C few D knew 3 A image B arcade C take D days 4 A plays B looks C wants D helps 5 A decided... brought (2) language to this country Now in the USA, people speak (3) English Most of the words are the (4) in American and British English, but the American say some English words not as people (5) in England Canada is (6) to the North of the United States of America It is the larger (7) the United States In Canada, many people (8) English because they also came from England many years (9) . Width Widen Wide Widely Rộng 35. Wonder Wonder Wonderful Wonderfully Kì diệu Gv: §ç Xu©n Hµ Trêng THCS H¬ng L©m 8 Chuyªn ®Ị båi dìng HSG m«n tiÕng anh 7 N¨m. an ant, an elephant, an insect, an orange, an urn But, what is important here is not the way a word is written, but the way it sounds. We choose a or an