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GRAMMAR
I. LINKING VERBS
1. Định nghĩa
Động từ nối (Linking verbs) là các động từ dùng để diễn tả trạng thái / bản chất của chủ ngữ thay vì
miêu tả hành động của chủ ngữ.
2. Cấu trúc
Form: S + linking verbs + Complement (Adj/ N)
3. Ví dụ
E.g:
- Hung looks happy. ("look" là động từ nối; "happy" là tính từ làm bổ ngữ cho chủ ngữ "Hung")
- The football match was exciting. ("was" là động từ nối; "good" là tính từ làm bổ ngữ)
- Lan becomes the president of this club. ("become" là động từ nối, "the president of this club" là
cụm danh từ làm bổ ngữ)
Những động từ nối thường gặp là:
be (thì, là, ở) become (trở nên) remain (vẫn) stay (vẫn)
appear (dường như) seem (dường như) sound (nghe có vẻ) taste (có vị)
feel (cảm thấy) look (trông có vẻ) smell (có mùi) get (trở nên)
prove (tỏ ra) grow (trở nên) turn (trở nên)
4. Lưu ý
- Phía sau động từ nối là tính từ chứ không phải trạng từ.
E.g: She feels unhappy.
- Động từ nối không được chia ở dạng tiếp diễn
- Một số động từ ở phía trên có thể làm chức năng là động từ nối (linking verbs) hoặc là động từ thường
(ordinary verbs).
E.g 1:
- She looks angry. (Cô ấy trông có vẻ tức giận).  "look" là động từ nối
- She looks at the man angrily. (Cô ấy nhìn vào người đàn ông một cách giận dữ.)  "look" là động
từ thường
E.g 2:
- The food tastes delicious. (Thức ăn ngon quá.)  "taste" là động từ nối
- They tasted the food. (Họ đã nếm thức ăn.)  "taste" là động từ thường
E.g 3:
- This house smells musty. (Ngôi nhà có mùi mốc.)  "smell" là động từ nối

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- The woman is smelling the flowers gingerly. (Người phụ nữ đang ngửi hương thơm của hoa một cách
thận trọng.)  "smell" là động từ thường

■ BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG CƠ BẢN

Bài 1: Underline the linking verb in each sentence.
1. At the hospital, the sick woman's face turned blue.
2. These potatoes tasted awful.
3. The boy was injured during the soccer match.
4. My parents sounded unhappy after the news.
5. At the park, I feel happy.
Bài 2: Fill in the blanks with the suitable words below.
looks sounds tastes become feel

1. I uncomfortable when living here.

2. The food delicious.
3. Lan very nice in that pink skirt.
4. - Lisa: How about going to the movies tonight?
- Mark: That great!
5. I want to a talented football player like Messi.

Bài 3: Decide whether the underlined part in each of the following sentences is an "ordinary verb"
or a "linking verb".
1. Miss Lan is smelling the flowers that her students has just given to her.
2. My mother tasted this soup carefully.
3. Alex looks more beautiful when wearing this shirt.
4. Mary's grandmother used to look after her carefully when she was a child.
5. I want to become a good doctor after graduating from university.
6. The weather here is getting worse and worse.
7. If you want to stay healthy, you should take exercise regularly.
8. I decide to stay at a friend's house in Nha Trang for several days.
9. When my son grows older, he will understand what I do for him.
10. My father seems exhausted after a long working day on the farm.

Bài 4: Choose the best answer in the brackets complete the sentences.
1. What's wrong with you? You look (unhappy/unhappily) today.
2. He (sudden/ suddenly) appeared in the meeting.
3. I taste the soup very careful/carefully. Don't worry!
4. My wife appeared (calm/ calmly) after the news.
5. He is shouting at his son. He seemed very (angry/angrily).
6. I think the food smells (terrible/terribly). You should throw it away.
7. This plant grows (quickly/quick) if it absorbs enough water.
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8. His resignation was very (surprising/ surprisingly).
9. The doctor checked my legs (carefully/careful) to see if there were any injuries.
10. She is looking at the picture (attentive/attentively).
Bài 5: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Can you help me? I for my shoes now.
A. look B. am looking C. looked
2. The sky brighter after the storm.
A. is growing B. grows C. grow
3. At the moment, he calm.
A. remains B. remained C. is remaining
4. To determine who is the winner of the competition, the examiners candidates dishes now.
A. taste B. tasted C. are tasting
5. She upset after hearing the exam result.
A. seem B. seems C. is seeming
6. Listen! His story interesting.
A. sounds B. is sounding C. sound
7. She at a hotel when she visits Vietnam.
A. will stay B. stays C. stayed
8. He really unhappy when you mention his baldness.
A. gets B. got C. is getting
9. The situation unchanged in the past few years.
A. is remaining B. remained C. has remained
10. The boy sad today.
A. is B. was C. is being

II. CLEFT SENTENCES

Câu chẻ (Cleft sentences) được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần của câu như chủ ngữ, tân ngữ hay
trạng từ
1. It cleft sentences (Câu chẻ với it)
* Form: It + be (is/ was) + emphasized word/ phrase (từ/ cụm từ được nhấn mạnh)+ relative clause
(that/who/which clause)
E.g: It was in 2008 that we first met each other. (Chính vào năm 2008 chúng tôi đã gặp nhau lần đầu
tiên.)
Note: Các đại từ who, which có thể được dùng để thay thế cho "that". When và where cũng có thể được
sử dụng (informal English), nhưng how và why thì không thể thay thế cho "that" trong câu chẻ.
E.g: It was last Saturday that/ when we played badminton.
It was in New York that/ where she met him.
a. Emphasis on subject (Nhấn mạnh vào chủ ngữ)
E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.
 It was Tom that took Mary to the party on Sunday.

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 b. Emphasis on object (Nhấn mạnh vào tân ngữ)
E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.
 It was Mary that Tom took to the party on Saturday.
c. Emphasis on adverbial (Nhắn mạnh vào trạng ngữ)
E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.
 It was on Sunday that Tom took Mary to the party.
d. Emphasis on prepositional phrase (Nhấn mạnh vào cụm giới từ)
E.g: Tom took Mary to the party on Sunday.
 It was to the party that Tom took Mary on Sunday.
2. Wh_ cleft sentences
* Form: Wh_clause (What clause) + be + emphasized word/ phrase
E.g: They gave me some gifts.
 What they was some gifts.
All he wanted to do as he was growing up was play tennis. (= the only thing he wanted to do): Điều

duy nhất anh ta đã muốn làm khi anh ta trưởng thành là chơi quần vợt.
dùng "all" thay cho "what". What ~ The thing(s) that
 Thỉnh thoảng chúng ta có thể

Sau mệnh đề what, động từ to be thường được chia ở dạng số ít (is/ was). Tuy nhiên, thỉnh thoảng hình
thức số nhiều (are/ were) có thể được sử dụng trước danh từ số nhiều.
E.g: What I hope to see is/ are children who are successful in their studies.
- Chúng ta có thể đặt mệnh đề what ở đầu hoặc cuối câu.
E.g: What makes me happy is his love. / His love is what makes me happy. (Điều mà làm tôi hạnh phúc
là tình yêu của anh ấy.)
Để nhấn mạnh vào một hành động (action), chúng ta dùng cấu trúc: What + S + hình thức của động từ
do + be + (to) + infinitive
E.g: What Tom did was (to) Mary to the party.

Other types of cleft sentences

Chúng ta có thể sử dụng wh_clause (why/ where/ who/ when), nhưng phía trước mệnh đề này phải có
một danh từ có nghĩa liên quan đến từ để hỏi đó
E.g:
The reason (why/that) I left here early was that I was feeling tired.
The place (where/that) you should read books is a reading room.
The day (when/ that) he left was the saddest day of her life.
■ BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG CƠ BẢN
Bài 6: Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase.
1. Mr David saw that I could also take part in the contest.
 It .
2. I didn't invite them.
 It .

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3. I began to think about everything at that moment.
 It ..
4. His attitude towards other people really annoys me.
 It .
5. I didn't decide to postpone the match.
 It .
6. The candidates didn't start the trouble.
 It .
7. The computer gives me a headache.
 It .
8. My uncle came on Monday.
 It .

Bài 7: Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase, starting with It was... Look
carefully at the underlined words in the last two questions.
1. She liked the smell of garlic the best.
2. She found studying Math most difficult at school.
3. H e first heard about it from Mary.
4. She got the job because she was the best qualified.
5. Mike first met Jenny when they were both studying in London.
6. I only realized who he was when he started speaking.
7. I didn't hear about it until yesterday.

Bài 8: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
1. (A) That (B) was Tim (C) who (D) went to hospital last week.
2. It was (A) in Nha Trang (B) that I first (C) meet (D) my wife.
3. It (A) is (B) in 2010 (C) that I (D) graduated from university.
4. It (A) was (B) on New Year's Eve (C) who my sister (D) broke up with her boyfriend.
5. It (A) was her husband (B) who (C) dropped out of his university and (D) setted up his business.

Bài 9: Complete each gap with one of the words in the box. Where necessary (but only where
necessary) add that.

day person place reason thing way

1. The you really need to speak to is Mike, the guy standing by the fire.
2. One I've asked you here today is to talk about last week's sales.
3. The really got my goal was that he never even apologized.
4. The main I want to talk to you is to discuss your future.
5. The it works is that you press this button here and hey presto!
6. The we got married was the happiest day of my life.

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7. One I'll never forget is Ba Na Hills.
8. The you need to remember is that he's only a child.
9. The impressed me the most was Mary; she really knew her stuff.
10. One to get it through the door is to put it on its end.
11. The made the most lasting impression was the Temple of Literature.
12. The works best for me is to write down new words in context.

Bài 10: Rearrange the words to make a complete sentence.

1. missed/ what/ friends/ old/ I/ was/ all/ my/.
.
2. my/ what/ was/l/ that/ passport/ happened/ lost/.
.
3. the/ most/ that/ me/ surprised/ was/ thing/ price/ the/.
.
4. it/ only/ relax/ I/ weekends/ is/ at/ that/ the/ can/.
.
5. happened/ apologize / that/ all/ was/ had I to/ I.
.

■ BÀI TẬP TỔNG HỢP NÂNG CAO

Bài 11: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
1. What's the matter with you? You look .
A. happily B. sadly C. unhappy D. unhappily
2. I have been very up to this point, but I am going to lose my temper if you don't find my
luggage immediately.
A. impatiently B. impatient C. patient D. patiently
3. Sarah grew from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite that she needed
a long vacation.
A. tired/obvious B. tired/obviously
C. tiredly/obvious D. tiredly/obviously
4. These watermelons were sweet.
A. excepting B. exception C. exceptional D. exceptionally
5. You can't blame an automaker for wanting to design a car that looks , even if it doesn't have
what it takes under the hood.
A. fast B. fastly C. quickness D. quickly
6. The young girl sing .
A. amazing good B. amazing well
C. amazingly good D. amazingly well
7. She said she would become a actress .
A. famous/quick B. famous/quickly

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C. famously/quick D. famously/quickly
8. The skies became as the moon moved between the Earth and the Sun.
A. surprising dark B. surprising darkly
C. surprisingly dark D. surprisingly darkly
9. Healthy relationships allow both partners to feel supported and connected but still feel .
A. dependence B. dependent C. depending D. independent
10. Talking to professional counsellors who are trained to help people to process feelings, can be most
.
A. beneficial B. beneficially C. beneficiary D. benefit
Bài 12: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
1. The chef (A) tasted the meat (B) cautious before (C) carefully serving it to his (D) special guest.
2. The doctor (A) checked the leg (B) carefully to (C) see if there were any (D) brokenly bones.
3. After (A) being closed for (B) a long period of time, the house (C) became dirty and (D) smelled
awfully.
4. Tim (A) has lived in Vietnam (B) for several years. He (C) knows the culture (D) very good.
5. I (A) feel both (B) excited and (C) nervously because I have got a (D) date with Daisy tomorrow.
6. The (A) humid weather (B) made it (C) difficultly to enjoy the (D) tropical beach.
7. It was in a (A) warm and cosy coffee shop (B) in where they (C) had their (D) first date.
8. Tom's parents (A) are not pleased because he (B) does not study (C) hardly and (D) seriously enough.
9. The food was (A) good with (B) reasonable price, (C) but the service was (D) slowly.
10. (A) It is his dishonesty (B) what I (C) dislike (D) the most.

Bài 13: Choose the best answer in the brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Tom spoke (confident/confidently) to the audience urging them to elect him president of the union. He
knew he had a (good/well) chance of winning the election.
2. Alex (quick/ quickly) ate her lunch. She knew the meeting was (important/ importantly) and she didn't
want to be late.
3. The entrance examination is (extreme/ extremely) challenging. Very few people make it into the
(prestigious/ prestigiously) medical school.
4. Although Lisa speaks (soft/ softly) and seems quite (timid/ timidly), she is the leading expert in her
field. Don't underestimate her abilities.
5. After the medieval cathedral was (tragic/ tragically) burnt down last year, the city (quick/ quickly)
rebuilt it stone for stone. It looks exactly the same as it did before the fire.
6. The tomato plants grew (quick/ quickly) in the rich soil. Mrs. Brown intended to use the homegrown
tomatoes to make her (delicious/ deliciously) tempting lasagna.
7. Mr. Michael (generous/ generously) donated $ 1,000,000 to the law school's scholarship fund. With
this money, they will be able to help low-income students cope with the (increasing/ increasingly) cost of
education.
8. Tim is (good/ well) known for his sense of humor. Last Saturday, when he told the joke about the
fireman and the school teacher, everybody there started laughing (uncontrollable/ uncontrollably).

Bài 14: Fill each gap with ONE suitable word.

a. What I liked most about the movie (1) the music.
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b. What she (2) was (3) look for another job.
c. (4) I said (5) that she was a bit late and she bit my head off.
d. What (6) then (7) that all hell broke loose.
e. All that has happened is (8) the police (9) given me a warning.
f. (10) really annoys me (11) that he's always right.
g. All I (12) (13) to ask for a clean cup, and the waiter went berserk.
h. What (14) happened was that she'd completely forgotten about it.
i. Your attitude is exactly (15) I wanted to talk to you about.

Bài 15: Rewrite the following sentences using the words given in bold.
1. We just need 3 minutes to fix it. (all)

2. I'm not questioning her dedication, (isn't)

3. Those men are totally ruthless, (what)

4. We inherited everything except the garden, (only thing)

5. You know the shop assistant told me exactly the same thing, (that's)


6. We're cleaning the house, (doing)

Bài 16: Complete the sentences as cleft sentences focusing on the underlined phrases and including
any words in bold. After It's, only use that where necessary.
1. I really enjoy a long walk in the country.
 It's .
 What .
 (is) A long walk .
2. I dislike his rudeness the most.
 What .
 (what) His rudeness .
 It's .
3. His sense of irony makes me laugh.
 (what) His .
 It's .
 What .