When yoư come to the traffỉc ỉiìịhts, turn ri^ht.. The road on the ỉeft ĩs the one ỵou want.. How I found an apartm ent to rent: I agreed with the landlord that I would rent it.. but it
Trang 17 5 Adverbs (3): place, direction, sequence
1 \Ve Lise h e r e wiLh l h f m eaniiig ‘in cư to ihis
p l a c e / t h e p liic e \ v h c r t i h t sp e a k c T is':
/Ví' hecn Ìivitìg here for ĩhree' v-vưr.s.
CơrỉìL' hcrc, ỉ w anĩ To speak To you.
We use t h e r e w ìth t h c m c a n i n g ‘in o r TO ĩ h a ĩ
p l a c e / a n o t h e r pla ce , a w a y tVom \v h c rc rh c
iĩpcakcr ìs':
S t a y th e r e , r i ỉ c o m e a n d g er y ou.
CĩO a tĩd s ta n d there, ư u take a p ìc tu r e
o f yoĩi.
We iilso use there wiLli the nieaiùiig ‘ ia o r Lo
a place p r e v i o u s l ỵ m e n t i o n e d ’:
/ ỉivcd iti Prancv for a vcur and ĩ mưdc li ỉoi
of ỷrieriiis w h íỊ c ỉ w a s th c r e
W e u U e n Lise o v c r h c r c a n d o v e r t h e r e vvhcn
we are s p e a k i n g i n t b r m a l l ỵ :
Comc ỡver here and sit dỡwn.
2 S o m e c o m m o n a d v c r b s d c s c r i b ì n g a p i a c e o r
a m o v e m e n t in a p a r t i c u l a r d i r c c t i o n arc:
abroad (= in/to another couatry}, ahead,
away, back, dovviistairs/upstairsi in/out,
i n s i d e / o u t s i d e ( = in o r ơul ol' a b u iỉd i n g ),
nearby, forward(s)/backward(&)/i>Ìdewayii
M (ư y 75 abroad biit shc’s conũng back soon
S h e m t i ík iy v r t s ta i r s ưticỉ o p e n e d ĩ h e ỷ r o n ĩ iỉoor.
H e n ' a ỉ k c í Ẩ o u í , s u y i ? ì \ ’ t h a t h c c o u l d n ' ĩ s ĩ a y
T h e i j u c ĩ u * s l o w Ị y ĩ7K>vt'ii f o n y a r í i ( s )
Notice that \vc use out vvith the mcaning ‘nor
a t h o i n e / \ v o r k c t c f o r p a r t o f a d a y o r n d a y ’
a n d a w a y vvirh ĩ h e m e n n i n g 'noT nt
h o m e / w o r k e t c f o r m o r c t h a n ã d a y ’:
A'/r Burỉer is out at ĩhe ỉĩĩorĩetnĩ Helỉ be Ì?tìck a t a r o u ỉĩd ĩ\v eỉve ơ'chck:.
A ir B(UỈer ịỹ anay tỉũỷ [\’eek He^ỉ at a three- iỉa ỵ conỊerence.
3 We o íte n use these lìdverbíal p l u a s e s \vhen giviiìg s o m e o n e d i r e c t ì o n s t o a pla c e : stra ig h t on/ahead> tu r n ỉeít/rÌỊỊht, on the
le f t / r i y h l Uo say vvhere s o m e l h i n g is), to t h e
ỉ e f t / r i g h t ( f o r m o v e m c n t ) , a s f a r a s
Co straight on When yoư come to the traffỉc ỉiìịhts, turn ri^ht The road on the ỉeft ĩs the one ỵou want.
4 vvlicn wc talk abouí a n iim b c r o f actions or
e v e n t s thiiT h đ p p e n o n e a t t e r t h e o th e r, w e
c a n in d ic íít e t h e o r d e r \v it h t h e s e a d v e r b s a n d
a d v e rb iiii p h r a s e s ;
f ĩrs t(ly )/firs t o f all, se cond(ly)» th ir d ( ly ) , etc,
la s tíly ), íĩn a lly
I n s t c a d u f u s i n g s c c o n d l y , t h i r d l y , e t c , vve
D ÍÌtn IISC th e s e a d v c r b s a n d a đ v e r b ia ì p h r a s e s
to l i n k a c t i o n s o r e v e n t s in a s e q u e n c e :
t h e n , n e x l , aítervviirds, a f te r th a t
Tí) rỉỉdkí' this clish, Ịĩr s tỉy you ihoịì some loĩruiíoc^i, t h v ĩ ĩ v o u y t'í :>onĩt'
f ; > ì f o f a lỉ ĩ WCĨU (o Pỉìris, t ì f i c r t h a t I s p e n i
:>orne t i m v in Swjizcrf4ìĩid> t h t ĩ i I ( r ư v d ỉ e í ỉ rouTĩíỉ G e r m u r t y a n d ỷ ì n c i ĩ ỉ ỵ Ị to
H o ỉ l ư t u l
Practice
A Com plete the sentences with the corre ct adverb in brackets ( )
► Joan lived (a b ro a d /a w a y) íor several years m o stly in the u s
1 We had to w ait (ouưoutside) unlil the Club opened,
2 Tm going (out/aw ay) now and ril be back in a b out an hour.
3 P ortunate ly there was a hospỉtal (nearby/sidevvays).
4 I w e n t (u p sta ir/u p sta ĩrs) and looked for the bathroom
5 The q ueue o f traffic slovvly m oved (forw ards/out).
6 W e ’re going (out/aw ay) for the vveekend.
7 G eorge has gone (out/aw ay) until the end of the w eek.
8 VVould you like to live (aw aỵ/abroad)?
I»AGE 162 • ADJEC’ I\/ES AND ADVERHS
nearby (a d j) /'n ia b a i/ ở vị trí gần, không xa
fo rtu n a te ly (adv) / 't b i t / n s t l i / m ay mán, m ay thay
sidevvays (a d j) /'s a id w e iz / sang bên dovvnstairs (a d j) /'d a u n s te a z / ở dưới nihề, ở tầng dưới
Trang 2B C om plete th e d ire c tio n s fro m the s ta tio n to T om ’s house, u sin g these
adverbíal phrases:
on the right turn left straight ahead turn right turn right
► Come out of the station and turn.ri^ht
1 at the fìrst junction
2 Go until you reach the traffic lights
3 into my road
4 You’ll find my house
Loo k at th is se q u ence o f e ve n ts and p u t them in the rig h t order L in k the even ts, using su ita b le adve rb s o r a d ve rb ia l phrases M ore th a n One ansvver is p o ssib le
in each gap
How I found an apartm ent to rent:
I agreed with the landlord that I would rent it
I made a list of apartments I could afford
I signed the contract
I went to see some of the apartments
ị ịooke d through4l>e adve rts in the local news papef
I moved into the apartment
I paid the íirst month’s rent as a deposit
I decided vvhich aparlm ent to rent
F irẹ t pf ạlJ/Firẹt(ịY) I \ọokẹd th rọ ụ ^h thẹ ạ ậvẹrtp in tnẹ lọcạỊ nẹvyef?fper
1
2
3
4
5
7
AOJECTIVES AND ADVERBS • PAGE 163
co ntract (n)/'kũntreel<t/ hợp đông
landlord (n ) /'la s r d b :d / chủ nhà
ren t (v ) /r e n t/ cho thuê jun ctio n (n) /'d 3 A r|k /n / sự nối liền
Trang 37 6 Adverb + adjectlve; noun + noun; etc.
It wa$ coíd. ỉ t was very coỉd.
VVc c a n u s c a n a d v e r b ( e g v e r y ) b e f o r e a n
a d i e c t í v e í e g c o l d ) t o m a k e t h e a d ịc c ú v c
s t r o n g e r S o m c c o m n i o n a d v e r b s Iist* in
t h i s w a y a r e :
v e r y e x t r c m c l y re a ỉly
IV t' were v e ry tired after the trip
ỉ fcỉr cxtrem ely nervỡus heíore the cxLĩni,
i'n i realỉy an g ry \v iih ỵ o u ( = v c r v a n g r y )
W e (-an a ỉ s o m a k c a n a d j e c r i v e vve*Tker vvitii
t h e s e a d v e r b s :
Tairly q u ì t e r a t h e r
O ur car is fa ir ỉỵ old { = It*s olcl> b t í l il Ì6n'L
v e r y o l d )
T h e ư ì c a l MYĨ 5q u i t e n i c e ( — í t \ V i i s ĩ i i c e b u l
n o t v v o t ì d e r í u l )
Jr u w rather la te wỉien \vcịh ia lly iìrrivcíi
( _ lĩ w a s ỉa te b u l noL v crỵ la tc )
vvhen we use Two adiccTívcs togctỉìcr, wc
order tỉieni lilve úúy,
► We usc*opinion’ adịcctives (e.g
v v o n d e r í u l , Iiice, p l e a s a n ụ s t r a n g e ) beíbrc any o th er adicctivc :c.g n c w ) :
O r i N I O N
woỊìderfàil
ìo v ự ỉy
h e a u tiỷ u l
h ợ rrih ỉe
ĩ ie w prodiK t
w a r m d a y liTtle cottage
^ r e e n s h i r t
► use ‘size’ a d j e c l i v e s (e.g big> t a l l )
h c í o r c a n a d j e c t i v e ThnT g i v e s o t h e r
i n t o r n u ì t i o i i , í o r e x a i i i p l e Its a g e ( n c w ,
o l d ) , i t s c o i o L i r , i t s s h a p e ( t h i n , r o u n d ) :
S I Z E
big S7naỉl hu^e
large
n c w b u i l d i t i j
r c d m a r k
b l a c k d o u d
r o u n d sliỉíìe
3 VVc c a n lise t\v o n o u n s t o g e t h e r T h e í ì r s t
n o ì i i i is iike aii adjecLivc a n d giv es
i n í o r m a t i o n a b o u t tỉìe s e c o i ì d n o u n :
a a
a
ưn
N O t N
Liịrãboarả casscĩte
cheque
uỉarm
N O U N
hox recorder
hook
d o c k
Practicc
A C o m plete th e s e s e n te n c e s u sin g roalỉy or quite.
► T h e fifrT» w a s g o o d I enjoyed it a lot.
1 lt's cold oưtside, but not very cold
2 It isn’t a wonderful book, but it’s good
3 T h e tic k e ts w e re e xp e n sivo - Ihey co st m u ch m o re th a n I e xp e cte d ,
4 T h is p ro g ra m m e is p o p u ỉa r in m y co u n try: m illio n s o f p e o p le w a tc h it.
5 H e 's g o o d a t h is job, but he s o m e tim e s m akes b a d m ista ke s
6 The meal was níce but it wasn't very good
7 ỉt’s d a n g e ro u s to drive so fa st in su ch te rh b le w e a th e r co n d itio n s.
8 ỉ'm n o t a v e ry g o o d te n n is player, but I am g ood.
9 T h e y 're all in te llig e n t students, and th e y w ill all p a s s th e ir e x a m s easily.
10 The company that I work for is big, but it's not enormous
P A C F I M • A D J E C T l V t S A N D A D V E R a S
e xtre m ely (adv) /il< s 'tri:m li/ vô cùng, cực độ, cực kỳ
opinion (n) /9 'p ỉn ia n / ý kiến, quan điểm
cottage (n ) /'k D tid 3 / nhà tranh cassette (n) /k a 's e t/ băng cát xé t
Trang 4B Put these words into the correct order.
► (a - town - beaiitiful - litMe)
1 (a - day - pteasant - sunny)
2 (a - smile - blg - ntee)
3 (a - large - coffée - black)
4 (a - okl - coat - horrible)
5 (a - large - bulldlng - wtilte)
6 (a - bird - big - grey)
7 (a - woman - ữiln - tail)
8 (a - smaM - car - blue)
9 (a - story - littie - strange)
a beaưCHlil Itttlô town
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS • PAGE 165
soup (n ) / s j : p / xúp, canh, cháo
bowl (n ) /b o u l/ cái bát
lam p (n) /laem p/ đèn
sm ile (n) /s m a il/ nụ cười, vẻ m ặ t, tươi cười
Trang 57 7 Position of adverbs in a sentence
r h e r e i i r c f o u r p o i > s i b l c p o s i t i o n s f o r
Íìdverbí):
► b e t b r e i h e ỉ>ubjett:
S o m e tim e s she ^elỉ, verỵ lire(Ị.
► h e n v e e n t h c siibjc(.t a n t i t h e v e rb :
ỉ s o m e tin te s read biogm phies.
► b e t w e e n a m o d u l o r a u x i l i a r v a n d t h e
m a i n v e r b :
1 ca n s o r n e tim e s p h ĩy tliis g a tn c v e rv weỉỉ.
► a l i h e e n d o f a c l a u s c o r s c n t e n c c ;
H e m akes m e (.ìĩigrv sơ m e tim e s.
H o w e v e r , n o t a J l a d v e r b s c a n g o i n a l l ÍO III
p o s i t i o n s
VVe I i s e i ì d v e r b s o í c e r t a i n t y I p r o b a b l y ,
c e r t a i n l y , d c f in i tc ly ) in rh c s e p o s ir io iis :
► b etv v ee n t h e s u b j c c t a n d a p o s i ĩ i v e v e rb ;
ĩane p robahỉy kf wws TÌie answer.
► a í t e r a p o s i l i v e a u x i l i a r y / m o d a l :
T h ey’li p rob ab ly \vin.
► b e í o r e a n eg a tiv c a u x i lia ry /n i o d a l:
]ane proh abìy cỉocsn^t know the Cinswer They p ro ba biy y\'on’r win.
W e I i s e a d v t r b i i o f c o i T i p l e t c n c s s ( a l m o s t ,
n e a r l y , e l c ) i n t h e s e p o s i t i o n s :
► botrvvccii t h e s u b j e c l a n d t h t v e rb :
He alm ost died.
► a í l e r a n a u x i l i a r y / m o d a l :
/ V e nearìyỊìriished.
W e u s e s o m e a c i v c r b s t h a t e m p h a s Ì 7 c a
s t a t e n i e n t { e v e n , j u s t ( = s i m p l y ) » o n l y , a l s o ì
i n t h c s c p o s i t i o n s :
► b e t v v e e n t h e , s u b j c c t a n d t h e v e r b :
S he was rucie a n d she even ìa ughed ar me
l d o n ĩ ktìo w \vky, ỉ j u s t ỉikc }LIZZ,
► a f t e r a n a u x i l i a r y / m o d a l :
ỉ ca n l evetĩ understand a word.
/ ’m ortly jokifìỉi.
X o l i c c t h a t w e Iis e j i i s l b e t b r e a n e g a t i v e niodal or auxiliary:
/ ịu s ĩ d o n t u n d c r s ĩa n d w h ỵ It h a ppened.
5 Nolc- ihíii iill I h c s t adverbb g(j a i i e r btr:
She is p r o h íih íy (ìt \vork.
F o r t h e p o s i t i o n s ot' a d v e r b s r e l a t e d t o t i m e
t iubt, a ừ c a d y , y c l j sc c U n i t 15.
6 VVe u s e t o o a n d e i t h c r a t t h c c n d o f a
s c n t c n c c VVc u s c t o o a f t c r t w o p o s i t i v c v e r b s and eilher ailer t\vo Iic^ative verbs:
Georíĩe ciĩrỉỊỉ (ỉ iot iiììii he speruis a lơt too
i ả o n t ỉike dogs a n d Vrn n o ĩ keen on cats
either. ( S e c d l s o L ^ n i t 1 0 3 )
7 VVe u s u a l l y u s e a d v e r b s o f i n a n i i e r ( t h o s e
i h a t d e s c r i b e h o w s o ĩ ĩ i c t h i n g i s d o n c , c g
w e l l , b a d l y , q u i c k l y , c a r e f u U y ) i n L h tr s f
p o s i l i o n s ;
► a tte r ĩlic verb:
h*ìeuse Urivt’ carefutly.
► dller un obịecl:
ỉ read the ictter cctre/iiỉỉỵ.
8 W e LISC a d v c r b i a l p h r a s e s o f t i m c ( e g in the morninỵ^y lưsí Sưiurciny^ cẦurịtĩg the hoỉidays)
a t t h e h e g i n n i n g u r e n d o í a s e n i e n c e o r
c l a u s c ;
Ị M t $(4turduy ỉ hu d (4 greưt time.
I h ( ì ĩ i (ỉ ị* r r < ìỊ l i r n i ' S a t u r í ỉ í t y ,
W'o u s u a l l y IISC o t h c r a d v e r b ì a l p h r a s e s (e.g
thobt^ d e s c rib in g p lacc a r m a n n c r ) a ítc r th c
o b ị e c t :
hỉc put hừ ỳỉátcasc on the fỉoor
she opened the ỉetters w ith a knife.
9 W [ i e n t h e r t * iii m o r e t h a n o n e a d v e r b o r advcrbial phrase in lí sentence we norm allv
I i s e i h e m i n t h i s o r d c r :
m a n n e r —► p l a c e —* t i m c
He m?5 \vorkiĩiỸỉ h a rd iỉỉ his office ìust ni^h t.
Practice
A W rite sente ncG s u sing th© adve rb in b ra cke ts ( ) in the c o rre ct place
1 (detinitely) She comes from Leeds
P A G E I t ò • A D J E C T I V h S A N D A D V E R B S
clause (n ) / k b : z / (ngôn ngữ học) mệnh đề
biography (n ) /b a i'D g ra fi/ tiếu sừ, lý lịch
probably (adv) /'p o b a b li/ hâu như chắc cnẵn modal (a d j) /'m o u d l/ (ngôn ngữ học) t ử tn h thái
Trang 62 (nearly) The meal is ready
3 (even) He lent me some money
4 (certainly) She works very hard
5 (only) There were two tickets left
B T h e se se n te n c e s are ta ke n fro m a n e w s p a p e r’s s p o rts se ctio n b u t th e y are a ll in c o rre c t Revvrite th e m so th a t th e y are co rre ct ► He will play deíinitely in Saturday’s game H ẹ w\[ à ọ f \ n \ t e \ y 2 \ạ'^ in S ạ t ụ r d ạ y ẹ 1 Tickets tor the game almost have so!d out 2 They won't probably become champions 3 He scored two goals and he created also two goals 4 They didn’t just play well enough to win 5 They won nearly but they were unlucky at the end c T h e se se n te n c e s are ta ke n tro m film revievvs Put th e a d ve rb s in b ra c k e ts ( ) in to th e c o rre c t p o s itio n in the u n d e rlin e d p a rts o f th e sentences ► This film wỉll be a big hit with the public (deíinitely) bẹ
1 Many of the characters and events arẹ unbẹlievable (almost)
2 This film doesn*t create any interest or excitement Qusi)
3 The plot isn’t very interesting and the períormances aren’t
verv good (either) 4 Although the film was released last week, it has earned a lot
of money (only) 5 This rilm has attracted a lot of publicity (certainly)
6 She can act very well and she can sinq very we!l (also)
o P u t th e w o rd s and ph ra se s in th e rig h t o rd e r to m ake sentences ► hard/worked/yesterday S u s a n harà ^eetẹràạỵ. 1 all day/have/well/worked They
2 after lunch/in the sea/swam The children
3 during the nighưrained/heavily It
4 betore supper/did/in my room/my homework I
5 better/last weekyplayed Our team
ADJECTtVES ANO ADVERBS • PAGi- 167
unlucky (a d j) / A D A k i / không may mắn
create (v ) / k r i : ’eiư tạo, tạo nên, tạo ra
release (n ) / r i'li: s / sự phóng thích unbelievable (a d j) / , A n b i ' l i : v a b l / khó tin , lạ lùng
Trang 7Test G: Adjectives and adverbs
A Put the c o rre ct co m p a ra tive o r s u p e rla tive form of the a d je ctive o r adverb in th e gaps
in th is conversatỉon between tw o neighbours
G e o ff: Tm p re tty s u re m y h o u se is a bit (big) than yours.
Pete R eally? I th o u g h t m ine w a s (1 ) (big) in the Street
G e o ff: Oh Anyway, m y d a u g h te r Jo is ( 2 ) (pretty) girl in h e r school T h e y had a
b e a u ty c o n te s t la st w eek.
Pete: T h a t rem ỉnds me I s a w you and Jo pushing ỵour c a r last w e e k 1 m ust say m y car
works (3 ) (good) than yours
G eoff: R eally? W h a t’s ( 4 ) (fa r) youV e ever driven? W e V e c ro s s e d A m e rica fro m
co a st to co a s t in my c a r Pete: Your w ife didn t e njoy th e ịourney, th o u g h , did she? You know 1 think IVe been
(5 ) (happy) married than you
G e o ff: Tm not su rp rise d Y o u v e b o u g h t y o u r wife ( 6 ) (e xp e n sive ) p re se n ts in
the w o rld , h a ve n ’t you?
Pete; Well iV e g ot e n o u g h moneỵ I su p p o se I w ork ( 7 ) (h a rd ) than you, don't I
and earn money (8) (quick)?
G e o ff: 1 think w e 'd have a fig h t if you w e re n ’t ( 9 ) (tall) m an in tow n.
B Joan has ju s t arrived in a sm all town in Italy S he’s vvriting to h e rírie n d M oyra in England C hoose the c o rre c t w o rd to put in the gaps
I arrỉved about th re e ho u rs ago r m sitting in the living room on the (►) tn rí?
(th re e /th ird ) tlo o r of the house I w as ( 1 ) (excited/exciting), o f course, on the way here, but th e jo u rn e y vvas ( 2 ) (tired/tlring) It’s ( 3 ) (so /su ch ) a
beautiful house! I m a bit ( 4 ) (w o rrie d /w o rryin g ), th o u g h Life here fo r the next six
m o n th s is going to be very ( 5 ) (quietly/quie t) O n the ( 6 )
(sixte e n /sixte e n th ) o f June, th e re ’s a íe stiva l in the village but th a t’s th c on ly th in g this yoar! 1 hope yoLi w ill w rite to me I wiiỉ be ( 7 ) (d ỉsa p p o in te d /d isa p p o in tin g ) if I đon't get a
le tte r now and agairv I m et m ỵ n e ig h b o u r ju s t aíter I arrived She w a s ( 8 )
(so /su ch ) heỉpíul! She got m a rrie d last rĩia n th , and it’s her ( 9 ) (tw e n
ty-o n e /tw e n ty-first) b ĩrth d a y tty-omty-orrty-ovv She sp e a ks English (1 0 ) (gty-oty-od/w ell), and she sings (1 1 ) (beautifu!ly/b eautiful) - I can hear her now! Anyvvay, you know
I m golng to try to w n le a book a b o u t m y father, so ! w on't bo (1 2 ) (boring/bo re d)
here ỉ'm a (13) (sio w ly/slo w ) vvritGr, but I Ihink it will be an (14)
(in te re s tin g /in te re s tc d ) sto ry in the end.
c Tom, Ingrid, P h ilip and H ila rỵ are ta lk in g about their children Revvrite the u n đ e rlin e d
p a rt o f the conve rsa tion
Tom: Tm vvorried, Ingrid P a iil IS q u icke r a l schoolvvork than J o a n n a (►) isn't
a s a t erAi0'.'A\*/0rk
Philip: Kids w ork tao hard at sch o o l these d ays in my vievv Tom O u r son A ndy d ĩdn’t w atch
the íootbạll m atch w ith m e on Saturdav He vvas too tired!
( 1 ) too tired to .
.bH • a d j e : c t ( v e s a n u a d v /e - r b s
Trang 8Ingrid: But you need to work hard to get a job with good pay O ur oldest boy, Sam, is
tvventy-five now He can’t buy a house He hasn*t gọt enouQh monev
(2 ) enough money to
Hilary: But everything costs so m uch these days! We took A ndy to a cycle shop to see a
new bike yesterday We did n ì buv it because it was reallv expẹnsive
(3 ) so expensive that
Tom: I know! We looked at a new c a r IVe never seen a m ore beautiĩul machine!
(4) lt’s the IVe ever seen!
Ingnd: And vou drive wonderfullv Tom!
(5) And you’re
Tom; Thank you, darling rm not as fast as Philip (6) Philip
Hilary: Tom! Don’t say things like that! Philip is the w orst driver IVe ever met!
(7) l’ve never
Philip: How do you know? You d o n ì open vour eves in the car You're too triQhtened
(8 ) too trightened to
Hilary: Vvn not goinq to araue with you I havenì qot enouah time.
(9 ) enough tim e to Boys and their cars! W hy don’t you spend m ore time in the garden, Phil?
L o o k a t th is s h o rt te x t a b o u t B a th P u t th e w o rd s in b ra c k e ts ( ) in th e rig h t order
interesting/city) Tourists (1 ) (for four or five
days/stay/usually/there.) Most people will visit (2 ) (the/Roman/old/amazing/Baths), and then they (3 ) (probably/will/a bus/up to the Royal Crescenưtake.) After that they (4 ) (beautiful/parks/in one of Bath’s/green/can either relax) or have tea in (5 ) (the/eighteenth-century/elegant/very/Pum p Rooms) There’s a testival once a year and (6) (to get/tickels/(jifficult/always/it’s) because it’s so popular Outside Bath, ỵou can visit
lions at Longleat, or you (8) (can/peacefully in the countryside/drive around/just)
E s th e r is le a v in g a te le p h o n e m e ssa g e P u t th e c o rre c t w o rd s in th e gaps
‘Hi there Helen! I thought you'd be (>) Oh d e a r Anyway Tm going
(1) for a few days rm leaving the car (2) , though It's
(3 ) old, like me and the garage is fuíl o f rubbish ( 4 ) IVe lost my (5 ) book but I think I know the way to The Grange You take the train
(6 ) Little Hollovv, and then it’s (7 ) w hen you leave the station
Anyvvay, the vveather looks good, so if you want to borrovv my (8) chairs whlle 1’m away, go (9 ) , turn left and theyVe in that little cupboard You’ll have to go into the cupboard (10) t’ m afraid, because it's full of old (11) legs and things like that! Anyvvay, l’d better go Bye for now !’
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frig h te n (v) /T ra itn / làm hoảng sỢ, làm sợ amazing (a d j) /a 'm e iz in / làm kinh ngạc, làm sừng sốt, làm
Trang 97 8 Prepositions of place and movement
1 In, on and at are used to talk about places:
► Wc usc in with enclosed spaces (e.g rooms> buildings) and limited areas
<c.g towns, parkSt countries, continents);
in mỵ pocket in her car in Germanỵ
► We usc on with 5urfaces (c.g walls, Aoors, shclvcs) and lincs (c.g paths, coasts, the cquator):
► We use at with a point (e,g at xhe bus
stop), and at with a buiỉding, when we mean either inside or outside:
A: Let's meet at the cinema, B: OK Shaỉỉ we meet in the cinema itseỉf or on the pavement outsiảe?
2 Look at ứie iUustration and rcad the scntences:
o
There is a woman in the phone box.
There are peopỉe outside the cinenuL The peopu are on the pavement.
There ừ a clock above the ànem a entrance The cinema entrance Ì5 under the docL The bank Ì5 next to/besiắe the ãnema The phone box ừ opposite the cinenuL The bank is between the ànema and the café.
There ừ a hill béhỉnd the towru The car Ì5 in front of the bank.
ỉnto, onto and to are used to taỉk about movement:
We moved the chairs into my beároom, The actor ran onto the stage.
They walktd to the next tơwn,
The opposites are out of, ofif and from:
We moved the chairs out o f my bedroom The actor ran o ff the stage.
We đrơve from London to Edinburgh.
Here are other prepositions of movcmcnt:
They ran across the ỷieỉd to the road,
!im cycỉed aỉong the road to the next town.
I walked up the hiil and ran down the other side.
The bus went past the bus stop without stopping.
The train goes through three tunnels.
Practicc
The sentences below descrlbe the picture Look at the picture and change ttìe
u tíđ words whlch are wrong Tick ( / ) the underlined words which are correct
-► There is a TV under on the table
► There ỉs a dog ỒD / the fkx)r
1 The dog is b e h in d the table
2 The cat is next t o the tk>wers
3 The keys are n e x tto the flowers
4 The flowers are i n the vase
5 There ís a big book In front of the flowers
6 There is a picture u n d e r the table
7 The cat ís a b c ỵ e the table
0 There ís a bird QD a cage
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cage (n) /k e id 3 / lồng, chuồng, cũi
pavem ent (n) /'p e iv m a n t/ khu vực hoặc bề m ặt được lát,
m ặ t lát
lim ited (a d j) /'lim itid / hạn chế, có giới hạn
e quator (n ) /i'k w e ita / xích đạo
Trang 10► Peterlives in Turkey.
1 There were some beautitul p ic tu re s the walls of their sitting room
2 The children are playing the grass tíìe park
3 Does this bus s to p ứie railway station?
4 I live in a f la t the fìflh tloor
5 Ecuador i s South America; it lies the equator
6 There is a queue of p e o p le \he bus stop.
c Put the w o rd s in the box in ứìe gaps
B Put in, on or at in the gaps.
into (x3) onto (x2) te out of off
► The march started in the park From there we marched tọ the Town Haỉl
1 The tiger escaped from its cage and jumped the lake It took a long time to get i t the lake and b a c k its cage
2 stupỉdly, Simon drove his c a r the beach and then he couldn’t move it,
because the wheels s a n k the sand In the end he needed eight people to push í ỉ the beach and b a c k the road
D Look at th is pícỉure o f a tow n show ing the route fo r a race
Now fìll th e gaps using the w o rd s in ttie box
across along at down in front of past from under through up
The race starts (►) ạ t at the Town Hall The runners go (1 ) the Town
Hall and they run (2) the main square, to the river Then they run over New Bridge and they go (3 ) the road beside the river for about 200 yards They go (4 ) the theatre and (5 ) Câstle HilL They turn right (6 ) the castle and they go (7 ) Steep Hill Then they go (8 ) the tunnel (9 ) the river, and they íìnish at the station
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sand (n ) /saend/ cát