Cách làm bài tìm câu gần nghĩa nhất

Câu đ ề ngh ị Suggestions Can/ Could you open the window, please?. I wonder if you could open the window for me?. Would you be so kind as to open the window for me?. Could you possibly o

CÁCH LÀM BÀI TÌM CÂU GẦN NGHĨA NHẤT (PARAPHRASE IDENTIFICATION) I/ CHỨC NĂNG NGÔN NGỮ

1 Câu yêu c ầ u (Requests) 2 Câu đ ề ngh ị (Suggestions)

Can/ Could you open the window, please? Let’s go to the cinema

Would you mind opening the window? Why don’t we go to the cinema?

Will/ Would you open the window? How about going to the cinema?

I wonder if you could open the window for me? We could go to the cinema

Would you be so kind as to open the window for

me?

Could you possibly open the window for me?

3 T ự đ ề ngh ị (Offers)

Let me carry your suitcase

Offering things

“A soft drink?”

= Would you like a soft drink?

(Yes, please./ No, thanks, it’s OK.) Would you like tea or coffee?

(I’d rather have coffee, please

I’d prefer tea, please

I don’t mind)

I think you should stay at home Is it alright if I leave early?

If I were you, I’d stay at home Can I leave early?

You’d better stay at home Could I possibly leave a bit early, please?

I would rather you stayed at home May I leave early?

accept decline apologize (to sb for) announce

II/ NGUYÊN NHÂN/ HỆ QUẢ/ MỤC ĐÍCH

1 because, as, since + C = because of/ due to/ owing to/ on account of +N

• Note: Khong dung “owing to” sau “to be”.

Eg: The company’s success is largely due to (owing to) the new director.

2 so/ such … that = so adj as to V

It was so unusual as to seem almost a joke = it was so unusual that it seemed almost

a joke.

too adj = adj enough

3 , which (thay thế cho cả mệnh đề)

4 5 để: so that / in order that + C = in order to/ so as to/ to V

5 with the aim of Ving = with the view to Ving

III/ TƯƠNG PHẢN

1 although/even though/though/ in spite of/ despite/ but

2 Though/ however/ nonetheless/ nevertheless

3 Adjective/ adverb + though/ as

4 Much as

5 Try, may/ might

Eg: Try as I might, I could not pass my driving test = Although I tried hard, I could not pass my driving test

6 Even if

7 If + adjective = although

Eg: The room was well-furnished, if a little badly decorated (Can phong day du tien nghi, mac du trang tri hoi toi.)

8 Whatever + (N) + S + V = No matter what + N

However + adv/adj + S + V = No matter how + adv/adj

IV/ SO SANH

Outdo (v) = lam tot hon

Exceed (v) = vuot qua

Surpass (v) = vuot troi, hon

V/ DIEU KIEN

1 Unless = if … not

2 But for = without = If it weren’t/ hadn’t been for

3 On the condition that = As long as/ provided (providing) that = mien la

4 Even if = du cho

5 Happen / should

Eg1: If you happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?

Eg2: If you should happen to be passing, drop in for a cup of tea (neu ban tinh co di ngang qua nha toi, hay ghe vao uong mot tach tra.)

6 As if/ as though

VI/ CAU NHAN MANH

1 It is/ was … that/ who + C

2 It + be + (high) time + C

3 What / All + C (thuong dung voi “need, want, like, hate”)

Eg: What I hate is rainy weather Eg: All I need is another $20

4 Whatever/ Whoever/…

5 Tro dong tu DO

6 at all / in the least / in the slightest

• No/ none co the dc nhan manh bang cach them “at all/ whatsoever”

Eg: There were none left at all

Eg: There were no tickets left whatsoever

• Them “bit” truoc tinh tu khi co the least

I wasn’t the least bit interested = I wasn’t in the least interested = I was not interested at all = I wasn’t interested in the slightest.

7 Them trang tu va tinh tu

• actually/ by no mean/ even/ sheer (chi la, that la, hoan toan)/ utter (hoan toan, dut khoat)

• absolutely/ quite/ completely/ utterly/ simply/ just

VII/ PAST MODALS

1 might / may have + pp

2 could have = pp

3 should have + pp

4 must have + pp

5 will have + pp

VIII/ THI HIEN TAI/ QUA KHU HOAN THANH

IX/ TU DONG NGHIA / TRAI NGHIA

Eg1: I’m sure that Peter won’t be late = Peter is bound to be on time.

Eg2: Selling drugs is the against the law here = The sale of drugs is not permitted here Eg3: The critics undervalued his new book = The critics had a low opinion of his new book

X/ EXCEPT / ONLY/ LAST/ BUT/ APERT FROM

Eg: No one but the boy saw the terrible accident = Only the boy saw the terrible accident XI/ DẠNG TỪ (STYLES) Xem lai bai Van Phong

XII/ NGU DONG TU XII/ THANH NGU

1 get on with 6 call off 1 be hard on st = treat st roughly: tho bao

3 come across = come

light to = come upon

8 set off 3 somehow or other = one way or another: bang

cach nay hay cach khac

4 get off: escape

punishment

9 long for 4 take my place = stand in for me: thay the

5 come up with 10 turn down 5 out of order: hong