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Lỗi sai thường gặp ở các cấu trúc đồng dạng sau:

a ở chuỗi A, B and/ but/ or C:

b Liên từ theo cặp như: either or,

neither nor, not only but also,

both and

Both and

Either cùng cấu trúc or cùng cấu trúc

Neither nor

Not only but also

Ex 1:

The movie was neither amusing nor it was

interesting

A B C D

Ex 2:

She would neither to see a movie or to go

bowling

A B C D

Đáp án đúng là D -> interesting

Đáp án đúng là C ->

nor

center of the (C) Mexican people (D)

4 Industrial (A) lasers are most often (B) used for (C) cutting, welding, drilling and measure (D)

5 Milk, often considered a nearly perfect (A) food, contains (B) fat, (C) sweet, (D) and protein.

6 The tongue is the principal (A) organ of taste, (B) and is (C) crucial for chewing, swallowed, (D) and speaking.

7 Many museum exhibits (A) encourage you to

investigate further (B) through (C) microscopes, magnifiers, and even telescoping (D)

8 There are (A) papers to file, reports to type, (B) and (C) lettters should be answered (D)

9 Manufacturers may use (A) food addictive for (B) preserving, to color, or to flavor, (C) or to

fortify foods (D)

Ex 1: Today, (A) the glaciers of the world occupies

(B) about (C) 10 percent (D) of the Earth’s

surface

Ex 2: Anyone reproducing (A) copyrighted Đáp án đúng: B -> occupy

works (B) without permission of the holders

of the copyrights are (C) breaking (D) the

law

2 Thì: Lỗi sai liên quan đến việc dùng sai thì, hoặc là sai một phần của thì.

Ex 1: Before the newspaper became widespread (A) , a tow crier (B) has (C) walked throughout a village or town singing out (D) new

Đáp án đúng: C -> had

Ex 2: During the 1940’s science and

engineering had an impact on the way (A)

music reach (B) its audience and even (C)

influenced the way in which (D) it was

composed

Đáp án đúng: B-> reached

3 Dạng động từ: Lỗi sai liên quan đến việc dùng sai dạng của động từ.

Ex: Natural resources (A) provide (B) the raw materials (C) needing (D) to produce finished goods

Câu trả lời đúng là D (Needed) vì đây là

mệnh đề tính từ rút gọn materials which are needed to

Vì Hardly đứng đầu câu nên phải đảo could

lên trước chủ ngữ (could I)

PRACTICE:

1 As a result (A) of the Women’s Movement,

women now holds (B) positions that were once

restricted (C) to men (D)

2 The number of wild condors, an endangered

species of (A) bird, have been (B) increasing

steadily (C) because of (D) the work of scientists and environmentalists.

3 Not one (A) in one hundred children exposed to the disease are (B) likely (C) to develop (D)

5 Children’s games, which are amusements

involve (A) more than one individual, appear (B) to be a cultural (C) universal (D)

6 Different kinds of turtles (A) are uniquely

adapt (B) to living (C) on land, in fresh water,

or in the (D) ocean

7 I wish I have (A) a car It would (B) make life

so much (C) easier (D)

8 I’ve lost (A) one of my gloves (B) I must

have been (C) dropping it somewhere.(D)

2 Dùng sai đại từ cho chủ ngữ one/ each/ every

Ở vế sau của câu có chủ ngữ là one, each of

 hay every, người ra đề thường đặt lỗi sai là đại

từ you hoặc they Thực tế, ta phải

dùng one hoặc he/ she

Ex 1: Each of the students (A) in the

(B) accounting class has to type their (C) own (D) research paper this semester

Đáp án là C ->

his/her

Ex 2: One can only live without water for

(A) about ten days because (B)almost 60

percent of their (C) body is (D) water

Đáp án là C -> his/ her

3 Sai đại từ quan hệ 

 Các đại từ quan hệ who, whose, whom, which, that…đều có cách

sử dụng khác nhau Ví dụ who thay thế cho danh từ chỉ người

đóng vai trò là chủ ngữ, which thay thế cho danh từ chỉ vật….

Đáp đúng là C -> who

Ex: He gave (A) orders to the manager (B)

whose (C) passed them on to the foreman

(D)

4 Sự hoà hợp giữa đại từ và danh từ

Đại từ và từ sở hữu phải hợp với danh từ mà nó thay thế

Ex1: The best way (A) for children to learn

science (B) is for them to perform (C)

experiments himself (D)

Đáp án đúng: D -> themselves

Ex 2: If a person (A) really wants (B) to

succeed, they (C) must always work hard

(D)

Đáp án đúng: C -> he/she

PRACTICE:

1 Whatever the problem (A) , you should think

profoundly (B) about them (C) before coming to a decision (D)

2 There are (A) many different ways of comparing (B) the economy of one nation with those (C) of another. (D)

3 I did not know (A) that you and her (B) were

working (C) together on (D) the project.

4 Humus a substance found (A) in soil, is soft (B) and spongy and enables plant roots to send out (C) tiny hairs through that (D) they absorb water and food.

5 Education (A) trains (B) a student to see things

as it is, (C) to disentangle a skein (D) of thought.

6 The cards connecting (A) the computer to its

printer (B) need to be (C) replaced before them wear down (D)

7 If one had thought about the alternatives, you (A) would not have chosen (B) such (C) a difficult topic for a term paper (D)

8 There are (A) not many (B) people which (C)

adapt to a new culture without feeling (D) some disorietation at firs

9 Someone who (A) has ever tried to pick up (B) spilled mercury will agree that (C) this element is hard to handle (D)

10 Mary and Mark (A) invited theirs parents (B) to see (C) their (D) new apartment

their experience in the film industry.

(Câu 47, đề thi tuyển sinh ĐH-CĐ, khối D, 2007)

Đáp án đúng là B Ở đây phải dùng danh từ chỉ người: film, directors (đạo diễn phim) thay vì film

directions

1 Danh từ ghép

 Lỗi thường gặp nhất ở dạng này là đặt sai trật tự từ

của các bộ phận cấu thành nên danh từ ghép. Lỗi này

xuất phát từ thực tế cách học sinh Việt Nam dịch từ tiếng Việt sang tiếng Anh Chúng ta đều biết:

Frame – khung

Picture – tranh

 Vậy khi ghép lại, một cách logic, chúng ta thường

ghép “khung tranh” là "frame picture, tuy nhiên cách dùng này là sai Từ đúng phải là picture frame và

người ra đề thường tập trung vào điểm yếu này để

đánh lừa thí sinh.

Ex : Televisions are now an everyday  feature of most

A B households  in the United States, and television viewing C

 is the number one activity leisure

D

Đáp án là D vì từ đúng là leisure

activity (n) hoạt động giải trí chứ không

phải activity leisure

2 Trật tự từ

Ex: Goods (A) such as flowers fresh (B) and

seafood are often shipped (C) by air.(D)

Đáp án đúng là B (fresh flowers), vì fresh là

tính từ, nên phải đứng trước danh từ flowers.

3 Lỗi sai liên quan đến các dạng so sánh thường là phần

gạch dưói dùng các dạng so sánh sai, hoặc thiếu một phần nào đó của dạng so sánh sử dụng trong câu

Ex: He studies Mathematics frequently than

she does

A B C

DĐáp án đúng là C -> more frequently.

4 Để ý đến các trạng từ có cùng dạng như tính từ.

Ex: It is necessary (A) that he work (B) fastly (C) as soon as (D) possible.

5 Dùng tính từ thay vì trạng từ và ngược lại

Ex 1: The mother (A) was pleasant surprised

(B) when (C) her daughter came (D)to visit

Câu này có thể sửa lại bằng nhiều cách sau:

Recently, he has taken an English course

= He has recently taken an English course

= He has taken an English course recently

7 Dùng tính từ tận cùng bằng -ed thay vì -ing.

Ex: Modern transportation can speed a doctor to (A) the side of a sick person (B) , even if (C)the patient lives on an isolating farm (D)

(Câu 58, đề thi tuyển sinh ĐH-CĐ, khối D, 2006)

8 Dùng tính từ thay vì danh từ và ngược lại

Ex 1: Male (A) guppies, like (B) many other male fish, are (C) more color (D) than females

Đáp án đúng là D -> isolated farm

Câu trả lời đúng là D -> colorful.

Ex 2: Philosopher (A) Theodore A Langerman was interested (B) in the fields of literary (C) and music (D) Đáp án đúng là C, phải dùng danh từ

literature.

9 Dùng sai danh từ: sô' ít và sô'nhiều, đếm được và

không đếm được, các từ chỉ sô' lượng, và động từ

không hợp với danh từ, danh từ chỉ người, danh từ chỉ vật.

Ex 1: Many of (A) the food consumed (B) by

penguin consists of (C) fish obtained from the ocean (D)

Đáp án đúng là A -> much

Ex 2: The amount of (A) women earning

Master's (B) Degree has risen (C) sharply in

recent years (D)

Đáp án đúng là A -> The number of

PRACTICE:

1 Workers who repair (A) the road surface (B) wear

specially (C) jackets for (D) easy identification.

2 Plants require (A) much less (B) moist (C) in cold

weather than (D) in warm weather.

3 The letter that (A) was sent (B) by special delivery (C) must be importance.(D)

4 The normally (A) force of gravity (B) at the Earth’s (C) surface is (D) called 1 g.

5 Dentistry (A) is a branch of (B) medicine that (C) has

developed very dramatical (D) in the last twenty years.

6 The skin of mammals is (A) a complexity organ (B) that

serves vital (C) protective and metabolic functions (D)

7 Naturalists say that there is (A) evidence to support (B) the assertion that anthropoids,

whether in captive (C) or in the native state, sometimes beat their breasts.(D)

8 Generally, (A) Europe and Asia are regarded (B) as being distinct continents, but they are simply vast geography (C) divisions of the

larger land mass known as Eurasia (D)

9.Unlike folk dancers, (A) which is the product (B) of a single culture, (C) ballet is an

international (D) art form

10.Cotton (A) is one of the most popular (B)

fiber (C) used to make (D) clothes

museum of Modern Art in New York city.B -> works of art

2 Sai phó từ

If you need to keep fit, then why not take on a sport such

A B C D

as badminton or tennis?

(Câu 56, đề thi ĐH- CĐ, 2006)

C -> take up sth

1 The advances (A) in (B) information technology are

rapidly changing (C) the nature at libraries (D)

2 Mount St Helens, a (A) volcano in Washington state (B)

in the United states, (C) erupted in May 18 th (D),1980

3 Wood, the hardened material from which (A) trees are composed, (B) is made up of millions (C) of tiny tubes of fibers (D) packed together.

4 Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance in (A)

individuality and of living (B) in harmony (C) with

6 The need for vitamins (A) of our diet (B) was

discovered by (C) the Dutch doctor Christian

Eijkman in 1896 (D)

7 Frogs get much of their (A) oxygen by means blood capillaries (B) in the surface (C) of the skin (D)

8 Candles were mankind's (A) chief source of (B)

illumination since (C) at least (D) 2, 000 years.

9 Some (A) of the most of (B) spectacular waterfalls

in the eastern (C) Unite States are found in (D) the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania

10 In nowadays, (A) commercial bakeries use

complex, automated machines, but the basic

principles of baking (B) have changed little (C) for thousands of years (D)

Ex 2: Tom’s very good at science when his brother is

A B C absolutely hopeless.

D

 (Câu 59, trích đề thi tuyển sinh ĐH-CĐ, khối D, 2006)

B là đáp án đúng (while= trong khi, trái

lại)

Ex 3: Daisy has such many things to do that she has no

A B C

time to go out

D

(Câu 60, trích đề thi tuyển sinh ĐH-CĐ, khối D, 2006) Đáp án đúng là A (so /such many + N + that)

Một sô' từ sau

đây

dễ nhầm lẫn

most/ almost

1 I've (A) read almost of (B) the chapters in (C)

the book.(D) Đáp án: B -> most

2 I’ve booked (A) most all (B) of the problems (C) in the book (D) Đáp án: B -> almost

so/ such/ too

1 At present (A) , solar cells are (B) so

expensive (C) and inefficient to be used in the commercial generation of electricity (D) Đáp

án: C -> too expensive

2.Continental islands (A) are too close to (B)

continents that their plants and animal life are (C) identical (D)

Đáp án: B -> so close to

a/ an/ the

1 The coal (A) is the world's (B) most abundant fossil (C) fuel (D) Đáp án: A -> Coal

2 Lack of (A) animal protein in (B) the human

diet is a serious (C) cause of the

(D)malnutrition

Đáp án: D -> bỏ

3 Drying (A) food by means (B) of solar energy

is a (C) ancient process applied (D) wherever food an climatic conditions make it possible Đáp án: C -> an

2 Synthetic plastic foam should no be used

(A) where there are (B) high (C) temperatures

or risks of (D) fire

Đáp án: A -> not

 Despite/ in spite of

1.Despite of (A) the pills which (B) are available, many people still (C) have trouble sleeping (D) Đáp án: A -> bỏ of

2.In spite its (A) frightening appearance, (B) the octopus is (C) shy and completely harmless (D) Đáp án: A -> In spite of its

percent/ percentage

1.It has been estimated that in a few years, (A) twelve percents (B) of Canadians (C) will be senior citizens (D)

Đáp án: B -> percent

2 Calculate what percent (A) of (B) your

income you (C) spend on food (D)

Đáp án: A -> percentage

like/ alike/ unlike

1.I think (A) he looks (B) alike (C) his (D) father Đáp án: C -> like

2 The two versions (A) of (B) the text are like (C) in many ways (D)

Đáp án: C -> alike

3 It's (A) a show (B) that appeals (C) to young and old like (D)

Đáp án: D -> alike

4 The festival has been (A) a great

success, like (B) last year when it rained (C) non-stop (D)

Đáp án: B -> unlike

do/ make

1.The helicopter (A) can make (B) jobs that (C)

no other aircraft can (D)

other/ another/ other(s)

1.A ballet dancer’s techniques (A) and skills (B) are very different from (C) those of another

3 Some birds perch (A) on branches (B) , while

other (C) cling to their trunks (D)

Đáp án: B -> others

 many/ much/ few/ little/ number/

 beside/ besides

1 Many small towns (A) have a (B) wooded park

besides (C) a lake or stream (D) Đáp án: C ->

1 Sapporo is (A) a food processing center (B) ; it

(C) is and (D) a tourist mecca Đáp án: D -> also

2 Rubber is (A) composed chiefly (B) of carbon also (C) hydrogen (D) Đáp án: C -> and

THỪA TỪ

 là việc thêm vào từ hoặc cụm từ không cần thiết.

Ex 1: In my opinion, I think (A) this book is

more interesting (B) than the other (C) one (D)

(Câu 50, đề thi tuyển sinh ĐH-CĐ, khối D, 2007)

Đáp án đúng là A Nếu dùng In my opinion thì

không dùng thêm I think, hoặc ngược lại.

Ex 2: The first original (A) packaged (B)

breakfast cereal was (C) introduced in (D)

1984

Đáp án đúng là A First và original đều có

cùng nghĩa là đầu tiên, nên chỉ dùng một trong hai từ.

Sau đây là các cặp từ đứng cùng nhau tạo nên sự thừa từ một cách không cần thiết.

 advance forward nearly almost reread again

 ancient old precede before return back

 enter into proceed forward same

identical

 following after progress forward sufficient

enough

 join together repeat again tiny little

 first original only unique new

innovations

 incorrect mistake rarely seldom single only