Giáo án Luyện tập Chuyên đề nâng cao ngữ pháp tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 6: Vietnam then and now

 UNIT 6: VIETNAM: THEN AND NOW
A. VOCABULARY
 New words Meaning Picture Example
Considerable Đáng kể I wasted a considerable amount of 
(adj) time and money on this project.
/kən'sidərəbl/ Tơi đã lãng phí một lượng lớn thời 
 gian và tiền của cho dự án này.
Cooperative (adj) Cĩ tính hợp My classmates are very highly 
/kəʊˈɒpərətɪv/ tác cooperative. 
 Bạn cùng lớp tơi rất hợp tác với 
 nhau.
Dramatic (adj) Gây ấn Jane made a dramatic 
/drə'mỉtik/ tượng, đáng improvement in her work. 
 kể Jane đã cĩ nhưng tiến bộ đáng kể 
 trong cơng việc.
Flyover (n) Cầu vượt A flyover will be built next year.
/ˈflaɪəʊvər/ Một cây cầu vượt sẽ được xây 
 dựng vào năm sau.
Gradual (adj) Dần dần He is making gradual recovery 
/ˈɡrỉdʒuəl/ from his disease. 
 Anh ấy đang phục hồi dần dần từ 
 căn bệnh.
Manual (adj) Bằng tay This company provides numerous 
/´mỉnjuəl/ manual jobs for the local residents. 
 Cơng ty này mang đến rất nhiều 
 cơng việc lao động chân tay cho 
 người dân địa phương. Sympathetic Cĩ lịng đồng I felt very sympathetic towards 
(adj) cảm Jane.
/¸simpə´θetik/ Tơi thấy rất đồng cảm với Jane. 
Thatched house Nhà lá A majority of Vietnamese people 
/θỉʧt/ /haʊs/ used to live in thatched houses. 
 Phần lớn người Việt Nam đã từng 
 ở nhà lá. 
Tiled (adj) Lợp ngĩi We are going to build a tiled 
/taild/ house.
 Chúng tơi sẽ xây một ngơi nhà lơp 
 ngĩi. 
Tolerant (adj) Chịu đựng My mother is very tolerant of my 
/´tɔlərənt/ mistakes. 
 Mẹ tơi chịu đựng được những sai 
 lầm của tơi. 
Tram (n) Tàu điện Have you ever travelled by tram?
/trỉm/ Bạn đã bao giờ đi tàu điện chưa?
Trench (n) Hầm chiến Trenches were very popular in 
/trent∫/ đấu. Vietnam during wartime.
 Hầm chiến đấu rất phổ biến ở Việt 
 Nam trong thời kì chiến tranh. 5. Where ___ had Jim been _ (Jim / be) before you found him?
6. Peter (travel)____ had travelled __ to 5 foreign countries on business trips before he retired.
7. My mother (write)___ had written ____ me a note before she left for work.
8. I wish I (not attend)__ had not attended _____ that meeting. 
9. Jim (read)___ had read ____ all his books before he brought a new one yesterday. 
10. ____ had you cleaned ___ (you / clean) your room before you went out?
Bài 2: Cho dạng đúng của dộng từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ hồn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn.
1. Mr. Brown (come)___ came ___ home as soon as he (finish)____ had finished ____ his work.
2. I (live)___ had lived __ in Texas for 4 years before I (move)__ moved ____ to California.
3. When Mr. Smith (wake)___ woke __ yesterday morning, breakfast (already be) __ had already 
been _ ready. 
4. Before I (get)___ got ___ promotion, I (work)___ had worked _ very hard.
5. Yesterday, my mother (pick)___ had picked __ me up from school before we (go) __ went ___ 
shopping together.
6. Our grandparents (tell)__ told __ us that he (serve)__ had served __ in the army in 1945.
7. After having dinner with my boyfriend, I (go)___ went __ home.
8. Yesterday (be)___ was ____ the first time Jane (perform)___ had performed __ in front of such 
large audience.
9. Peter (admit)____ admitted __ he (break)___ had broken __ my favorite vase the day before.
10. What ___had you done___ (you / do) before you (come)___ came______ there?
11. Yesterday I (feel)____ felt __ nervous as I (not prepare)___ had not prepared ____ my 
presentation carefully.
12. ___ Did Peter come___ (Peter / come) to see you after he (finish)__ had finished __ his work?
13. Mary (prepare)___ had prepared __ the meal before she (invite)___ invited __ her new neighbor 
to have lunch with her.
14. Before I (buy)____ bought __ a car, I (travel)__ had travelled ____ by bus for nearly 5 years.
15. As soon as Jane (see)____ saw___ Jim, she (storm)___ stormed __ out of the room.
Bài 3: Dựa vào các từ cho sẵn, hãy viết câu hồn chỉnh. 
1. Before / Peter / go / university /,/ he / take / gap / year.
Before Peter went to university, he had taken a gap year.
2. Where / you / be / before / you / come / home. B. CẤU TRÚC TÍNH TỪ 
1. Cấu trúc tính từ đi cùng với động từ nguyên thể cĩ ‘to’ (Adjective + to – infinitive)
Cấu trúc 1
 Cấu trúc tính từ + động từ nguyên thể cĩ to cĩ ý nghĩa “thật là thế nào để làm gì” 
Cách dùng 
 hoặc “thật như thế nào để ai đĩ làm gì”, dùng để nhấn mạnh thơng tin
Cấu trúc It + be + adj + (for O) + to V
 It’s hard to believe that she failed the exam.
 (Thật khĩ để tin rằng cơ ấy bị trượt kì thi). 
 It was easy for her to pass the exam. (Thật dễ dàng để cơ ấy đỗ kỳ thi)
Ví dụ
 It is boring to go to the meeting. (Đi đến buổi họp thì thật là nhàm chán)
 It was dangerous for Harry to drive fast. (Thật là nguy hiểm khi Harry lái xe nhanh)
 It’s interesting to talk to you. (Nĩi chuyện với bạn thật là thú vị)
 It’s difficult to learn Japanese. (Học tiếng Nhật thì rất khĩ)
Cấu trúc 2
 Cấu trúc tính từ + động từ nguyên thể cĩ to cịn được dùng để diễn tả phản ứng, cảm 
Cách dùng 
 xúc, sự tự tin hay sự lo lắng.
Cấu trúc S + be + adj + to V
 Happy (vui), glad (vui), pleased (hài lịng), relieved (nhẹ nhõm), sorry (tiếc), certain 
Các tính từ (chắc chắn), sure (chắc chắn), confident (tự tin), convinced (tin chắc), afraid (sợ), 
thơng dụng annoyed (hơi giận), astonished (ngạc nhiên), aware (nhận biết, nhận thấy), conscious 
 (tỉnh, cĩ ý thức, biết được)
 Tom was surprised to see you. (Tơm ngạc nhiên khi thấy bạn) 
Ví dụ He’s afraid to stay alone at night. (Anh ấy sợ ở nhà một mình vào ban đêm)
 I’m very pleased to see you here. (Tơi rất vui mừng khi được gặp anh ở đây)
 I was sorry to hear that your father is ill. (Tơi lấy làm tiếc khi nghe rằng cha của anh 
 bị ốm) 
2. Cấu trúc tính từ đi cùng với mệnh đề danh từ (Adjective + that – clause) 8. I / glad / you / come / to / my party. 
I am glad that you come to my party.
9. It / not / surprising / Peter / be / best / student / in / his / class.
It is not surprising that Peter is the best student in his class.
10. I / convinced / Peter / be / right. 
I am convinced that Peter is right.
Bài 6: Gạch chân lỗi sai trong câu và sửa lại cho đúng.
1. I sure that you have mistaken my pen for yours. I am sure
2. Peter is not confident presenting his ideas to the class. To present
3. It is impossible that a fish to climb a tree. For 
4. Is it possible for me winning this competition? To win
5. Mr. Brown was relieved hearing his wife was not injured in the accident. To hear
6. Are you certain that he to be the pickpocket? Is 
7. Peter astonished that he accidentally found his childhood toy. Was astonished
8. It is difficult for you pass the test if you don’t study hard. To pass
9. Were they be able to swim across that river? Able 
10. They don’t aware that staying up late is bad for health. Aren’t
Bài 7: Sắp xếp các từ đã cho thành câu hồn chỉnh.
1. that / I / thankful / me / so / homework / with / my / you / am / help.
I am so thankful that you help me with my homework.
2. difficult / It / English / has / learn / very / to / for / me / been.
It has been very difficult for me to learn English.
3. museum / me / the / it’s / to / interesting / go / to / for.
It’s interesting for me to go to the museum.
4. Peter / yesterday / was / party / his / to / came / glad / birthday / that / his / classmates.
Peter was glad that his classmates came to his birthday party yesterday.
5. boring / to / very / attend / be / that / must / It / meeting. 
It must be very boring to attend that meeting.
6. It’s / week / Jim / next / will / hard / house / his / to / move / believe / that.
It’s hard to believe that Jim will move his house next week.
7. dangerous / play / It’s / for / to / children / knife / with. 6. By the time we (arrive)_____ arrived ____ at the station, the train (already leave) ____ had 
already left ____ for 15 minutes.
7. When Jim (come) ______came_____ home, he (be)____was ___ angry (realize)___ to 
realize______ that someone (break)____ had broken ____ into his house.
8. ____ Was it_____ (it / be) hard for you (understand)____ to understa____ the lesson yesterday?
9. As soon as the teacher (walk)_____ walked ______ into the classroom, she (be)_____ wast 
______ surprised that her students (prepare)____ had prepared_____ a birthday present for her. 
10. _____ Were you_____ (you / be) confident that you would win the competition? 
Bài 10: Dựa vào những từ cho sẵn, viết câu hồn chỉnh
1. By / the / time / Peter / everyone / already / leave.
By the time Peter came, everyone had already left.
2. They / really / enjoy / themselves / at / party / before / they / have / go / home.
They had really enjoyed themselves at the party before they had to go home.
3. It / be / boring / me / learn / Japanese / before / I / have / new / teacher.
It had been boring for me to learn Japanese before I had a new teacher.
4. Yesterday / it / surprising / that / my sister / cook / dinner / before / I / come / home.
Yesterday it was surprising that my sister had cooked dinner.
5. I / annoyed / that / my brother / not / clean / the house / before / he / go / out. 
I was annoyed that my brother hadn’t cleaned the house before he went out.
6. You / happy / know / that / your mother / give / you / a special / gift / yesterday?
Were you happy to know that your mother gave you a special gift yesterday?
7. Peter / disappointed / know / his / final scores.
Peter was disappointed to know his final scores.
8. It / difficult / me / accept / the fact / that / I / not / get / that / job. 
It was difficult for me to accept the fact that I didn’t get that job.
Bài 11: Khoanh trịn vào đáp án đúng
It is not difficult (1)_________ to imagine how life used to be in the past. My grandfather 
(2)_________ keen on telling me about people and things of his generation before he (3)_________ 
away. According to what he said, life in the Vietnamese traditional village was very peaceful, 
(4)_________ it was exciting. People often lived very closely to others and they formed a neat 
society. Although there weren’t any convenient means of communication such as telephone or