... are watching
television
4:00 yesterday: they were jogging
Positive
I was doing
You were doing
He/she/it was doing
We were doing
They were doing
Negative
I wasn’t doing
You weren’t doing
He/she/it ... weren’t doing
He/she/it wasn’t doing
We weren’t doing
They weren’t doing
Question
was I doing ?
were You doing ?
was He/she/it doing ?
were We doing ?
were They doing ?
Unit 3
I like/do/go
The ... was boring.
Who did you see at the party? – I saw lots of interesting people.
Who are going with? – I’m going with Johan.
Things what?
What’s that? – It’s my new computer.
What are you doing tonight?...
... jogging
I was doing
You were doing
He/she/it was doing
We were doing
They were doing
I wasn’t doing
You weren’t doing
He/she/it wasn’t doing
We weren’t doing
They weren’t doing
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was ... taught Englishin France for six years,
and has worked for the French ministry of education
(Education Nationale) as teacher and examiner. In his
native England, he used to train young people in ... Since
Compare these sentences:
ã Ive lived in New York for ten years
ã Ive lived in New York since 1998
Since is used for a specific time:
ã Ive had this car since August
ã Ive known Jean since...
... comma.
ã In short
ã In summary
ã To summarize
ã In conclusion
ã In a nutshell
(more informal)
Note: In addition, moreover, and furthermore are more formal
English. In informal spoken English, ...
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Linking Words:
Adding, Organizing, Summarizing
Adding Information and Examples
for example / for instance
Use these words to give one example of the idea you are talking ...
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avoid...
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ENGLISHGRAMMARIN USE
ENGLISH GRAMMARIN USE
GV: TRIEU THI KIM THONG – THCS TIEN KIEN
GV: TRIEU THI KIM THONG – THCS TIEN KIEN
ENGLISHGRAMMARIN USE
ENGLISH GRAMMARIN USE
GV: ... KIEN
ENGLISHGRAMMARIN USE
ENGLISH GRAMMARIN USE
The letter
The letter
are being written
are being written
by my secrectary
by my secrectary
Past continuous
Past continuous
... yesterday.( not by some one )
People speak Englishin Brazil -> English was spoken in Brazin.
People speak Englishin Brazil -> English was spoken in Brazin.
Cac thi o the bi dong:
Cac thi o...
... you think about these things? Write a sentence about each one. Begin with In my
opinion /I think /I don’t think /I don’t agree with /I’m against /I’m in favour of
1 (terrorism)
2 (smoking)
3 ... train. (prefer)
5 It’s a pity I didn’t see the film. (like)
UNIT 57: INFINITIVE or -ING (Động từ nguyên mẫu hay -ING) (2) với begin, start, intend,
continue, remember, try
57.1 Here is some information ... about yourself. Use -ing.
1 This evening I feel like
2 I’m looking forward to
3 I’m thinking of
4 I would never dream of
UNIT 61: EXPRESSIONS + -ING (Thành ngữ + -ing)
61.1 Join two sentences...
... stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot ... covered in paint. She has been painting the ceiling.
Has been Painting is the present perfect
We are interested in the activity. It does not matter whether something has been finished or not. In ... I/he/she/it was playing/doing/working etc.
we/you/they were playing/doing/working etc.
B. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
The...
... you think about these things? Write a sentence about each one. Begin with In my
opinion /I think /I don’t think /I don’t agree with /I’m against /I’m in favour of
1 (terrorism)
2 (smoking) ... sentence.
1 I’m playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it’s raining.
2 We’re going to start painting the house tomorrow unless/provided it’s not raining.
3 You can’t smoke in here unless/as long ... Spain in our holidays ans swam in Mediterranean.
Ton has visited most countries in western Europe.
A friend of mine used to work as a reporter in Middle East.
Next year we are going skiing in...
... sentence.
1 I’m playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it’s raining.
2 We’re going to start painting the house tomorrow unless/provided it’s not raining.
3 You can’t smoke in here unless/as long ... all her shopping. Then she went for a cup of coffee.
67.3 Make sentences beginning -ing or not-ing.
1 I thought they might be hungry. So I offered them something to eat.
Thinking
2 She is ... Charlie told you a lot of things. Here are some of
the things he said to you:
1 I’m thinking of going to live in Canada.
2 My father is in hospital.
3 Nora and Jim are getting married next month.
4...
... exasperating, frightening, gratifying, misleading, thrilling, time-
consuming, worrying
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As well as taking modifying words like very and extremely,adjectives also take different forms to
indicate ... with the following:
the work is rewarding ~*the work rewards
the job was exacting ~*the job exacted
your paper was interesting ~*your paper interested
In these instances, the inability to ... left
The definite and the indefinite articles can never be pronouns. They are always determiners.
3.3 The Ordering of Determiners
Determiners occur before nouns, and they indicate the kind of reference...
...
namely (naming something you
have just referred to
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Words
6.2 Prefixes
A common way of making new words inEnglish is by adding standard combinations of
letters to existing words, ... in This does not always have a negative meaning – often it gives the idea of
inside or into,e.g.
internal, insert, income
.
Verb prefixes:
un-
and
dis
These prefixes have two meanings. ... order to convey my points clearly to the
reader?
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Grammar
Six excellent career fields within mechanical engineering technology are heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning (HVAC); mechanical...
... the verb.
Infinitives with to are referred to specifically as TO-INFINITIVES, in order to distinguish them from
BARE INFINITIVES, in which to is absent:
To-infinitive Bare infinitive
Help ... non-gradable:
my main reason for coming ~*my very main reason for coming
the principal role in the play ~*the very principal role in the play
As well as taking modifying words like very ... using a main
verb, we cannot invert:
[John sings] in the choir ~*[Sings John] in the choir?
Instead, we have to use the auxiliary verb do:
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My sister spoke French on holiday Past Finite
It...
... were rare in Ancient Rome.
But their occupations are in the feminine gender in Latin, the mother of all the Romance
languages. A spoon is masculine in German (der Loffel); a fork is feminine (die ... soon plunge the "gifted" man into financial ruin. Can you
explain the meaning of red herring"? The original red herrings were strong-smelling fish that the
fox hunters of Old ... We can fall into a black mood, a
purple passion, or a blue funk; when things start looking up, we feel in the pink.
Even the animal world gets painted by the colouring of human imagination.
Have...