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1A VNTV Linking Verb
1A VNTV Linking Verb
A. VOCABULARY
B. 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
- 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 .