The past perfect Thì quá khứ hoàn thành a.. Cách dùng chính Thì QKHT dùng để diễn tả: - Một hành động xảy ra và hoàn tất trước một thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong quá khứ.. - Mộ
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I VOCABULARY
A READING (pages 32-33)
atomic weigh (n) trọng lượng institute (n) học viện
nguyên tử joy (n) niềm vui award (n) trao giải thưởng obtain (v) đạt được
brillant (adj) th.minh, sáng dạ position (n) vị trí
degree (n) văn bằng (do PhD bằng tiến sĩ
trường ĐH cấp) private tutor (n) gia sư
in spite of (prep) mặc dù(=despite) proffessor (n) giáo sư
ease (v) xoa dịu đi radium (n) rađi
founding (n) việc thành lập receive (v) nhận
from then on kể từ đó research (n) nghiên cứu general education (n) gdpthông specialisation (n) sự ch.môn hóa
human suffering (n) nỗi đau nhân loại take up (v) tiếp tục
(việcbỏ dở)
B SPEAKING (pages 34-35)
appearance (n) vẻ bề ngoài journalist (n) phóng viên experience (n) kinh nghiệm primary school (n) trường tiểu học
interview (n) phỏng vấn secondary shool trường THCS
C LISTENING (pages 36-37)
champion (n) nhà vô địch join (v) gia nhập
congratulations (inter) xin chúc mừng sports teacher
D WRITING (pages 37-38)
attend (v) tham dự travel agency (n) VP du lịch pass (v) (thi) đậu work as (v) làm việc như là
tourist guide (n) hướng dẫn viên du lịch
telephonist(n) nhân viên điện thoại
E LANGUAGE FOCUS (pages 38-39)
Trang 2angry (adj) giận dry (adj) khô
drop (v) làm rớt mat (n) cái chiếu
mess (n) sự lộn xộn torch (n) đèn pin
pan (n) cái chảo turn off (v) tắt (# turn on) parrot (n) con vẹt vase (n) lọ, chậu
thief (n) tên trộm
II GRAMMAR
1 The past perfect (Thì quá khứ hoàn thành)
a Cách thành lập
- Câu khẳng định : S + had + v3/ed
- Câu phủ định: S + had + not + V3/ed
- Câu hỏi: Had + S + V3/ed
b Cách dùng chính
Thì QKHT dùng để diễn tả:
- Một hành động xảy ra và hoàn tất trước một thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
Ex: - We had had dinner before seven o’clock last night.
- Nam had learned English before she came to England.
- Một hành động đã xảy ra nhưng chưa hoàn thành, tính đến một thời điểm nào đó trong quá khứ.
Ex: By the time I left that school, I had taugh there for seven
years.
(Tới lúc tôi rời ngôi trường ấy, tôi đã dạy được 7 năm)
2 The past perfect vs the past simple
Để diễn tả hai hành động xảy ra trước sau trong quá khứ, ta dùng HAD + V3/ed cho hành động trước, V2/ed cho hành động sau.
Ex: After An had finished his homework, he wen t to bed.
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND EXERCISE
Exercise 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
1 A ambitious B background C tragic D humane
Trang 35 A eleven B said C anyone D camera
Exercise 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words
6 A November B diploma C interrupt D romantic
7 A educate B chemistry C mature D obtain
8 A mathematics B university C difficult D calculate
9 A private B atomic C receive D professor
10 A intelligent B secondary C appearance D development Exercise 3: Hãy chọn thì Quá Khứ Đơn hoặc thì Quá Khứ Hoàn Thành cho các động từ trong ngoặc
11 When we arrived , the dinner ……….…….(already begin)
12 She ………… …… (cry) after he ………… ……….(go)
13 They ……….… (tell) us we were too late The train ……….… (leave)
14 When I ………… ….(get) to the theatre , the play …….… ….(already start)
15 John was not at home He ……….……… …(go) away
16 The house was very quiet Everybody ……….….(go) to bed
17 They ……… (not go) home until they finished their work
18 We ……….……….(just turn off) the lights when we heard someone at the door
19 Everyone ……… (eat) dinner by the time we ………(get) to the dining-room
20 We ………… (ask) the poster where he ………… …(put) our luggage
21 He ………(do) nothing before he saw me
22 He thanked me for what I ……… (do)
23 I ………(be) sorry that I had hurt him
24 After they had gone, I ………(sit) down and ……….(rest)
25 He ……… (die) after he ……… (be) ill a long time
26 As soon as you ……… (go), I ……….(want) to see you again
27 Before you ………….(go) very far, we found that we …………(lose) our way
28 My friend ………(not see) me for many years when I met him
29 My father ……….(tell) me he ………….(give) up smoking
30 He ………(be) late because he ………(have) an accident
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer
31 When I was young, I received some …… training from my father
A science B scientific C scientist D scientifically
32 We must send ………….aid to the refugees
33 Nowadays, more and more young people want to have a university ……
A educate B education C educator D educational
34 The purpose of the test is to ……… The weight of the chemical element
A ease B interrupt C determine D receive
35 In the 19th century, it was ………… for a woman to become a doctor
A unable B impossible C couldn’t D incapable
36 He took …………the position that his father had obtained at the college
37 Tran Hieu Ngan was the first Vietnamese athlete … an Olympic medal
38 After it ……….dry for two months, it rained heavily last night
39 Jane had gone to the supermarket ………she got home
40 When I ……….to visit him, he ……….to work
A came / gone B came/ had gone C had come/went D had come/had gone
41 When I first ……….abroad to study, I ……… in a dormitory before
Trang 4A travelled - was never lived B had travelled – never lived
C travelled - had never lived D was living – had never lived
42 After the … death of her husband, Marie Curie took up his position at
the Sorbonne
A tragic B tragedy C tragical D tragically
43 Marie Curie was … … the Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the atomic weight
of radium
44 He was ……….injured in the accident last night
45 The hall was ……….students
A crowded with B packed with C full of D All are correct
46 ………….her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard
A In spite of B Despite of C Although D However
47 Marie Curie was the first woman ……… a PhD from the Sorbonne
A receive B to receive C received D was received
48 Jim, ………… since you got home from football practice
A are you eating B had you eaten C did you eat D have you eaten
49 It rained yesterday after it ………… dry for months
50 When you phone me, it …………my lunchtime
Exercise 5: Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting
51 She was sad after she reads her boyfriend’s letter
A B C D
52 He hardly never makes any mistakes in his reports
A B C D
53 After she had had lunch, she had taken a nap
A B C D
54 Although our poor living conditions, we all feel happy
A B C D
55 Because of he was ill, he had to stay at home
A B C D
Exercise 6: Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question
Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman She was
born on November 7th, 1867 she left her home for Paris to pursue her interest in science Living in poverty, she still managed to graduate at the top of the class She met Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and married him a year later
Together, Pierre and Marie formed the most famous husband-and-wife partnership in science history They discovered the radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903
56 The word “determined” in line 1 means most nearly ………
A resolute B found out C brave D honest
57 What did Marie Curie go to France for?
A To find a job B To earn her living
58 How was Marie Curie when she first lived in Paris ?
59 How old was Marie Curie When she won the first Nobel Prize?
A 30 years old B 36 years old C 44 years old D 67 years old
60 Polonium is a ………
A country B science history C prize D.radioactive elements