Special notes for m a

Have/has/had + sb + do sth= My father has the repairman fix his laptop.. = have/has/had + sth + done v3= My father has his laptop fixed by the repairman.. Get/gets/got + sb + to do sth

Special notes for M.A entry-test

I Structures:

1 Causative form

a Have/has/had + sb + do sth= My father has the repairman

fix his laptop

= have/has/had + sth + done (v3)= My father has his laptop

fixed by the repairman

b Get/gets/got + sb + to do sth= My father gets the

repairman to fix his laptop

c = get/gets/got + sth + done (v3)= My father gets his laptop

fixed by the repairman

2 Make/have/let/suggest + sb/sth + do sth

He makes him do this project

I have my teacher correct my mistakes

She lets me stay here tonight

My director suggests (that) she go to work on time

# verb + sb / sth + to do

3 Of + TWOs + the er / more (d) / Of + THREEs + the est / most = (d)

= Of these two girls, she is the better / more beautiful

= Of the 4 cars you bought yesterday, this is the fastest/most expensive

4 Inversion

1/ No sooner had + sub + V3 than + sub + V2

No sooner had I arrived home than my boss called me

2/ Hardly had + sub + V3 when + sub + V2

Hardly had I just thought about him when he came

3/ Scarcely had + sub + V3 when + sub + V2

Scarcely had I just gone to bed when he called me

# further notes on transformation 29

5 If clauses (1;2;3;4;5)

6 Reported speech

7 Subjunctives

It is necessary that he go to work on time

8 Present participle (verb-ing) & past participle (V3)

The people who are carrying out this project have an

important meeting today

= The people (who are) carrying out this project have an

important meeting today

This is an important project which is carried out in my

company

= This is an important project (which is) carried out at my

company

9 Wish (present – V2) & (simple past – had + V3)

I can join the picnic tomorrow = I wish I could join

I did not study hard in high school= I wish I had studied

10 Unless

If our sales don’t improve soon, we have to cut down work

force

= Unless sales improve soon, we have to cut down work force

11 It takes / took + sb + how long + to do sth

It takes me 1 hour to finish this report

12 It’s + adj + (for sb) to do sth

It’s hard to be on time = to be on time is hard

13 Would rather + do

14 Would prefer + to do

15 Prefer + doing / noun + to + doing / noun

16 Had better = should = ought to + do

17 Neither nor; either or; not only but (also) +

“singular or plural verb”; both and + plural verb

18 Although / though / even though + clause +, +

clause

= Although/though/even though he is rich, he is not happy

In spite of / despite + gerund + , + clause

Despite / in spite of + Noun phrase + , + clause

= Despite / in spite of being rich, he is not happy

= despite / in spite of his wealth, he is not happy

19 Used to + do; be/get used to + doing

= I used to go to school by bicycle, but now I’m used to going

to school by motorcycle

20 The first; the last; the est; the most + to do

21 Order of adjectives: Determiner (this/her/one );

Ordinal Adjective (first, second ); Cardinal Adjective (two, four ); Quality (nice, good ), Size(small, large ), Age(old, new ), Length /shape(rounded, square );

Color(black, white ); Nationality(American, Chinese ); Material(wooden, steel ) + Noun (person, table )

Ex: These are her first two beautiful tiny new flat black Japanese wooden chairs

II Co-couples

22 A number of + Ns + plural verb = a number of

employees are/do

The number of + Ns + singular verb = the number of

employees is/does (often chosen in writing section)

23 Although/though/even though vs despite/in spite of

24 Affect (v) vs effect(n)

25 Do vs Make

26 Like vs Alike

27 Arrive – shipment

28 Within (future) vs For + period of time

29 Of + number vs about + number = Of; of about; about The profit of FPT is of 2billion

30 At 8am; On Monday; In March; In 1999

31 Cut off (source ) vs cut down (people, investment )

32 No + noun vs Not + adj, adv, gerund, to

33 Within vs for + period of time (2 days, weeks,

months )

34 Service: subscribe, subscribed, subscription

35 Defect: refund, return, replacement

36 Further, farther, far, furthermore, farly

III Chosen answers!!!

37 Premises

38 Since: present perfect + since + simple past

(since=because)

39 Takes effect + date; Effective + date

40 Talk about vs discuss

42 Information = sensitive; confidential; secret; in short;

in brief; for more/further information

43 Aim to do / aim at doing

44 Spend time/money doing sth - on sth

45 Non-count nouns often tested: Luggage, baggage, furniture, news, mail, information, bread

46 Special Nouns: the Philippines, the U.S, the United Nations, the Netherlands, politics, economics, physics, mathematics (1)

47 one of the; some of the, all of the, most of the + Ns

48 Connectives: so, also, therefore, however, thus,

consequently, nevertheless, as a result, besides, moreover, furthermore, next, yet

49 Prepositions in reported speech: thanks to; thank for; accuse of; congratulate on; threaten to; apologize for; look forward to = can’t wait to

50 (that) often chosen!!!

To be updated !!!