6. Read the Look out! box above and the dialogue below. Circle the correct words to complete the dialogue. Then listen and check.

(Đọc hộp chú ý! ở phía trên và đoạn hội thoại phía dưới. Khoanh tròn các từ đúng để hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra.)

LOOK OUT! (Chú ý)

In affirmative sentences, much and many often sound very formal. In everyday English, we use a lot of.

(Trong các câu khẳng đinh, much và many nghe có vẻ trang trọng hơn. Trong tiếng Anh hằng ngày, chúng ta dùng a lot of.)

Jack: Look, there's a building with (1) many / some people outside. Turn left just before you get there.

Evie: I can't see (2) any / some people. There isn't (3) many / much light. Hey! What's that noise?

Jack: Nothing. There was (4) any / some rubbish in the road.

Evie: I hate this part of town. There aren't (5) a few/ many nice areas. Let's go north.

Jack: How (6) many / much fuel have we got? Only (7) a few / a little litres.

Evie: Oh no, listen. The police are chasing us now.

Jack: Let me drive. I know (8) a few/ a little tricks.

Mum: Jack, are you doing (9) any / many homework in there?

Jack: Er ... Yes. We're doing (10) a little/ much IT homework.

Evie: Jack! That's not true ...

Jack: Well, we're spending (11) a lot of/ a few time on the computer!

Evie: But we aren't doing (12) some / any work!

6. Read the Look out! box. Circle the correct prepositions to complete the sentences.

(Đọc bảng Chú ý. Khoanh tròn các giới từ đúng để hoàn thành câu.)

Look out!

Some verbs can be followed by more than one preposition, sometimes with a slight change in meaning.

(Một số động từ có thể được theo sau bởi nhiều hơn một giới từ, đôi khi sẽ có chút thay đổi về nghĩa.)

e.g. shout at/ shout to, agree with/ agree to

(hét vào / hét lên, đồng ý với / đồng ý làm gì.)

My sister shouted to me because I lost her mobile.

(Em gái tôi đã hét vào mặt tôi vì tôi đã làm mất điện thoại di động của cô ấy.)

I saw Liz on the other side of the road and shouted to her.

(Tôi nhìn thấy Liz ở phía bên kia đường và hét lên với cô ấy.)

1. a. Have you ever heard of / about wearable gadgets?

    b. Have you heard of / about John's new job?

2. a. She has to care for / about her elderly mum.

    b. I don't care for / about money.

3. a. You look worried. What are you thinking about / of?

    b. What do you think about / of my new dress?

4. a. I write to / about my penfriend about once a month.

    b. I wrote to / about my holiday on my blog.

5. a. My teacher agreed with / to my request to leave early.

    b. I don't agree with/ to you.

Bài 4

Exercise 4. Compound sentences. Look at the underlined sentences in the text. Then circle the correct words.

(Câu ghép. Nhìn vào các câu được gạch chân trong bài đọc. Sau đó khoanh tròn các từ đúng.)

1. We use and to join similar / opposite independent clauses in a compound sentence.

2. We use but to join similar / opposite independent clauses in a compound sentence.

Now order the words to make sentences.

(Bây giờ sắp xếp các từ để tạo thành câu.)

3. old town / 152,160 / Hội An Town /and /is / got/ a population / it's / of about/an

4. sometimes / stays in Hà Nội / Mr Nam/but/ in Hồ Chí Minh City / lives / he

4. Listen to the sentences. Pay attention to the words that are stressed. Circle the sentence in each pair (a or b) which the speaker is replying to.

(Nghe các câu. Chú ý đến những từ được nhấn trọng âm. Khoanh tròn câu trong mỗi cặp (a hoặc b) mà người nói đang trả lời.)

1 No, he flew to Italy last summer.

(Không, anh ấy đã bay đến Ý vào mùa hè năm ngoái?)

a. Did Sam fly to France last summer?

(Sam đã bay đến Pháp vào mùa hè năm trước phải không?)

b. Did Sam fly to Italy last spring?

(Sam đã bay đến Ý vào mùa xuân năm trước phải không?)

2. I'd like a black coffee, please.

(Làm ơn cho tôi một cà phê đen.)

a. Would you like a drink?

(Ông có muốn uống gì không?)

b. Would you like white coffee or black coffee?

(Ông muốn uống bạc xỉu hay cà phê đen?)

3. No, we’re meeting at three fifty.

(Không, chúng ta sẽ họp vào 3 giờ 50.)

a. Are we meeting at three fifteen?

(Chúng ta sẽ họp vào 3 giờ 15 sao?)

b. Are we meeting at two fifty?

(Chúng ta sẽ họp vào 2 giờ 50 sao?)

4. I haven't got a credit card.

(Mình chưa có thẻ tin dụng.)

a. You can buy the tickets by credit card.

(Cậu có thẻ mua vé bằng thẻ tín dụng.)

b. Why didn't you buy the tickets online?

(Sao cậu không mua vé trên mạng.)

5. I'll have a ham sandwich, please.

a. What kind of sandwich would you like?

b. Would you like something to eat?

G. Circle the correct words or phrases to complete the sentences.

(Khoanh tròn các từ hoặc cụm từ đúng để hoàn thành câu.) 

1. On the whole, / In contrast, I think that doing volunteer work is the best choice for all the reasons I’ve just mentioned. 

2. On the one hand, going to the game would be fun. In addition, / On the other hand, I have a test tomorrow and need to study! 

3. She wants to save up for a laptop. Similarly, / However, it's impossible because she needs to pay for her classes soon.

7. Look at the highlighted examples of non-defining relative clauses in the text. Circle the correct words below. 

(Nhìn vào các ví dụ được tô sáng về mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định trong văn bản. Khoanh tròn các từ đúng dưới đây.)

LEARN THIS! Non-defining relative clauses

a. In non-defining relative clauses, we use who, which, where and whose, but we do not use that.

b. A non-defining relative clause: 

comes immediately (1) before / after a noun and gives us information about that noun.

adds extra information to the sentence; the sentence (2) makes sense / does not make sense without it.

(3) has / doesn't have a comma at the start. It has a comma or a full stop at the end.

7. Complete the sentences with the or no article. Remember: we do not use the with generalisations...

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với the hoặc để trống: Nhớ rằng ta không dùng the với các danh từ khái quát.)

1. Children need _ milk for healthy teeth and bones.

2. I love the UK, but I don't like _ weather here.

3. On holiday, I prefer to stay in _ nice hotels.

4. I'm not a sports fan, but _ table tennis is fun.

5. It's freezing, but the children are enjoying _ snow.

6. At school, students learn how to use _ computers.

7. I'm not interested in _ science fiction films.

8. These dancers are great but I don't really like _ music.

5. Read the Look out! box. Complete part 2 of the text with the comparative form of the words in brackets.

(Đọc hộp Chú ý! Hoàn thành phần 2 của bài khóa với thể so sánh hơn của cac từ trong ngoặc.)

LOOK OUT! little - less

Some quantifiers also have comparative forms. (Có vài định lượng từ có thể so sánh hơn.)

few-fewer much/many-more

Part 2

The Tunguska Event of 1908 was (1) _____ (far) from a city so (2) _____ (few) people saw it, but it was much (3) _____ (powerful) than the one in Chelyabinsk. It destroyed more than 80 million trees in the Siberian forest, so it's lucky it was not (4) _____ (close) to a town or city. The night sky became (5) _____ (bright) than normal for a few days, and people a hundred kilometres away could read a newspaper outdoors even at midnight.

Most scientists believe it was a meteor explosion, but there are some (6) _____ (unusual) theories too. Perhaps it was a UFO!