Cấu trúc 20: To be amazed at = to be surprised at + N/V-ing: ngạc nhiên về….

Amazed is
much more intense than surprised

5. The viewers / be / amaze / at / watch / the boy’s show.

6. I / was / amaze / at the way / she finish / it.

7. I / be / surprised / to learn that / she / was / a Math student.

8. I / was / amaze / learn that / the guy next door / be / a world champion athlete / in track.
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9. I / be / surprise / by her call. I wasn't expecting it.

10. I / be / amaze / to see that everyone / walk / away from that horrible accident and that nobody
/ be / injured.

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Cấu trúc 21: To be angry at + N/V-ing: tức giận về

1. Her mother / be / very angry / her bad marks.

2. He / be / angry / at / see / her / chat with her friends / on the cell phone all the time.

3. I / be / always / angry / anyone / play tricks on me.

4. She / be / angry / know / that / he / deceive / her.

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5. Not / be / angry / at / anyone!

6. Be / not / angry / at anyone / be / a great way to keep yourself healthy.

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7. Be / angry / at no one / be / a great way to keep yourself healthy

7. He / be / good at / convince / people

Cấu trúc 23: by chance = by coincidence / by accident (adv): tình cờ

"By accident" is something that somebody did by making a mistake, but they did not mean to do.
Ex: "I crashed my car into the tree by accident." "By chance" is something that happens because
of luck. Ex: "By chance, I saw my friend at the shopping mall."

1. I / meet / him / by / chance / on the way / I / be / go / shopping.

I met him by chance on the way I was going shopping.

2. By accident, he / fall / into the ditch / while he / be / ride his bike

3. I / be / at the train station, but I / catch / the wrong train by coincidence.

4. He / run / into / his old friend / by chance.

ran into his old friend by chance. = Bump into sb: tình cờ gặp ai

5. She / find / the old valuable book / by chance.

She found the old valuable book by chance.

Cấu trúc 24: To be/get tired of + N/V-ing: mệt mỏi về…

1. Please stop! I / be / tired of / listen / to those nonsense things.

op! I am tired of listening to those nonsense things. (vô nghĩa)

2. I / be / tire / of / do / the chores day by day.

I am tired of doing the chores day by day. Chores: công việc lặt vặt
3. She / get / tire / of / office work, so she / give / up at last

4. I / get / tire / of / hear / about / his diseases.

I get tired of hearing about his diseases. (bệnh)

5. They / be / tire / of / their bore / love /, so they / say good bye / to each other.

6. I / be / tire / of / hear / your complaint.

I am tired of hearing your complaint.

Cấu trúc 25: Can’t stand/ help/ bear/ resist + N/V-ing: không nhịn, chịu đựng được làm gì…

1. None / us / of / can / stand / this place.

None of us can stand this place

2. Nobody / stand / can / him / when / he / be / expressing / his anger.

g his anger. (sự tức giận, angry (adj))

3. I / can / not / stand / listen / to / your complaint.

I cannot stand listening to your complaint.

4. I / can't / help / think / that the keys / turn up / will eventually.

’t help thinking that the keys will turn up eventually. (xuất hiện)

5. I / can / not / help / wonder / what / I / do / should / next.

6. She / be / a selfish woman /, but somehow / you / can / not help / help her.

She is a selfish woman, but somehow you cannot help helping her. (ích kỷ)

7. He / look / so funny that we / could / help / not laugh.

He looked so funny that we could not help laughing.

8. We / could / not / help admire / his courage after he / rescue / the victims. (khâm phục, than
phục; admiration (noun))

’t help admiring his courage after he rescued the victims.

9. I / can / not / resist / punish / him / for / such a crime. (phạt; punishment (noun))

10. He could / not / bear / love / her.

not bear loving her.

11. Her parents / live / nearby, so she / can't help / but / go there / on weekends.

’t help but go there on weekends.

Cấu trúc 26: Can’t but + Inf : chỉ việc bạn bị buộc phải làm và không có sự lựa chọn khác.

1. If we / be / attacked with violence, we / can't but / respond with violence.

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2. She / couldn't help / but / follow him / into the big department store.

3. He can’t but / marry / marry / because she / be / pregnant.

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4. I can’t / but / grin / and bear / the truth.

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5. He / not / can / but / live / his diseases / with.

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Cấu trúc 27: To be keen on/ to be fond of + N/V-ing : thích làm gì đó…(nhiệt tình, thiết tha
về một hành động); to be keen to + Verb: muốn làm gì trong tương lai

1. I / be / not / too / keen / on / go / the party.

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2. She / be / not / keen / on / be / told / what to do.

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3. He / be / very / keen / help / us.

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4. We / be / keen / that / the US / will / fight with / China.

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5. I / be / keen / on / study / English / as / it / be / my life.

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6. They / be / keen / start / a new course.

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7. I / be / keen / on / the idea / of / do / business.

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8. I / have / be / fond / of / her since / we / first / meet.

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9. I’ve / always / be / very / fond / of / your / mother.

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10. She / be / fond / of / cook / watch TV / and / read / books.

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11. I / be / very / fond of / tell / other people / what / do.

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12. He / be / rather fond / of / listen / to / the sound / of / his own voice.

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Cấu trúc 28: To waste + time/ money + (in) V-ing: tốn tiền hoặc thời gian làm gì

1. Why / do / you / waste / money / on / clothes you don’t want?

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2. She / waste / no time / (in) / reject / the offer.

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3. Not / do / waste / your / sympathy / on / him- he / get / what he / deserved.

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4. His talents / be / waste / in / that job.

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5. You / be / waste / as a sales manager – You should have been an actor.

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6 The criminal / waste / him / last week. (get rid of sb, usually by killing)

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7. He / waste / time / hang around / with / his / naughty friends.

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Cấu trúc 29: To spend + amount of time/ money + V-ing: dành bao nhiêu thời gian làm gì…

1. He / spend / all my / saved money / already.

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2. She / spend / 100 dollars / on / a new dress / yesterday.

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3. The company / have / spend / thousands of pounds / upgrate / their computer system.

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4. How / you / spend / on / your homework / last night?

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5. He / spend / much / time / watch TV every day.

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6. I / spend / five years / study Japanese since I left my university.

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7. Most / her life / be / spend / in / care / for / others.

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8. She / spend / too much / effort / on / things that / not matter.

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9. He / be / spend / all the night / with a friend of him.

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10. I / spend / 2 hours / read / books / a day.

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11. She / spend / all of / her money / clothes.

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