Question

Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them.

1. Her sister can’t get the good job so she doesn’t have enough qualifications.

2. As getting the poor scores in the exam, he felt deeply disappointed.

3. We couldn’t drive to the wedding party on time because the bumpy road.

4. That boy isn’t allowed to enter the club since he not old enough.

5. Because of the weather is terribly bad, the drivers have to drive very slowly.

Answer 1

1. Her sister can’t get the good job so she doesn’t have enough qualifications.

so + S + V: vì vậy (chỉ kết quả)

because/ since/ as + S + V: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

Sửa: so => because/ since/ as

Her sister can’t get the good job because/ since/ as she doesn’t have enough qualifications.

(Em gái của cô ấy không thể kiếm được công việc tốt bởi vì cô ấy không có đủ bằng cấp.)

2. As getting the poor scores in the exam, he felt deeply disappointed.

as + S + V: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

because of + cụm danh từ/ V_ing: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

Sửa: As => Because of

Because of getting the poor scores in the exam, he felt deeply disappointed.

(Vì bị điểm kém trong kỳ thi nên anh ấy cảm thấy vô cùng thất vọng.)

3. We couldn’t drive to the wedding party on time because the bumpy road.

because + S + V: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

because of + cụm danh từ/ V_ing: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

Sửa: because => because of

We couldn’t drive to the wedding party on time because of the bumpy road.

(Chúng tôi không thể lái xe đến tiệc cưới đúng giờ vì đường gập ghềnh.)

4. That boy isn’t allowed to enter the club since he not old enough.

since + S + V: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

Mệnh đề “he not old enough” => thiếu động từ “be”

Sửa: he not old enough => he is not old enough

That boy isn’t allowed to enter the club since he is not old enough.

(Cậu bé đó không được phép vào câu lạc bộ vì cậu chưa đủ tuổi.)

5. Because of the weather is terribly bad, the drivers have to drive very slowly.

because of + cụm danh từ/ V_ing: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

because/ since/ as + S + V: bởi vì (chỉ nguyên nhân)

Sửa: Because of => Because/ Since/ As

Because/ Since/ As the weather is terribly bad, the drivers have to drive very slowly.

(Bởi vì thời tiết quá xấu nên người lái xe phải lái xe rất chậm.)