appear, happen, pretend, seemshould, might, could not, ought, would like, cannot, must, needn't He pretended to have read the book.. V + TO BE DOING appear, happen, pretend, seem I happe
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GRAMMAR COURSE – I
Trang 2agree** aim appear* arrange**
ask** attempt bother care (negative)
choose claim** decide** decline
demand** determine** be determined**
* + that-clause
** + to do or that should ( passive).
V + TO DO
Trang 3endeavour fail forget* guarantee**
happen* hesitate hope learn*
plan prepare be prepared pretend*
V + TO DO
Trang 4proceed promise prove* refuse
remember* resolve** seem* swear*
undertake* threaten* tend volunteer
trouble (negative) try (= attempt) vow
V + TO DO
Trang 5appear, happen, pretend, seem
should, might, could (not), ought, would (like), can(not), must, needn't
He pretended to have read the book
V + TO BE DOING
appear, happen, pretend, seem
I happened to be looking out of the window when they arrived
V + TO HAVE DONE
Trang 6V + Wh- + TO DO how/ what/ when/ where/ which/ why
Trang 7V + DOING
admit* anticipate* avoid appreciate consider* dread defer enjoy
escape excuse fancy (= imagine) finish
mean* (= involve) mind (= object) miss
loathe resent remember* (= recollect)
resist pardon postpone risk
Trang 8V + DOING
stop (= cease) delay forgive practise
suggest* prevent deny* imagine*
understand* detest involve dislike
propose* (= suggest) keep (= continue) recollect
* + that-clauses
can't stand, can't help, it's no use/good, worth, busy
Trang 9V + Poss Adj/Pro OBJ + DOING
dislike dread fancy involve mean mind object to insist on like (negative)
Tom insisted on reading the letter
Cf
Tom insisted on my/me reading the letter
Trang 10V + Poss Adj/Pro OBJ + DOING
propose it's no good/use recollect
remember resent save stop there's no point in suggest
understand what's the point of
Trang 11doing sb/th +to do
regret, remember, forget to do
doing
N/Pro, that-clause; Wh
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ability demand failure request
attempt willingness decision promise
His ability to get on with people is his chief asset.
Trang 14II Choose the right verb
Trang 15III Correct if necessary
6.will pass passes →
7.left had left, sit → →
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Trang 171.repeat, to make, understood, to do, had gone
2.to put, broken, to prevent, (from) climbing 3.to look, take, had written, didn’t like,
had, to do, said
4.arrive, don’t like, to move/ moving, has been committed
Trang 18I Correct verb form
6 being accused, to apologize
Trang 2014 without, being fired
15 for making, grow
III Correct prepositions & necessary changes
Trang 21IV Correct if necessary
6 to let → letting, running → being run
7.to phone phoning →
Trang 221 Becoming tired of my complaints about the
program, she turned it off
2 Exhausted by his work, he threw himself on his
bed
3 Having spent … money, he decided … a job.
4 Having found the money, they began … it.
5 Having found his revolver and loaded it, he sat
down facing the door
IV Use participles to combine sentences
Trang 236 Realizing that … alone, she asked me to help.
7 Looking/ Having looked through … magazines, I
realize … date
8 Believing that she … absolutely, she gave …
check
9 The lion, finding … open and seeing … keeper,
left … and walked … entrance
10 Wearing … clothes and surrounded by …
IV Use participles to combine sentences
Trang 24I Supply the correct verb form
10 had been taken
11 had … told
12 would have told
13 has been working
Trang 251 will stay, haven’t seen, was
2 are being followed
3 have been looking, haven’t found
4 thanked, had done
5 to persuade, agree
6 go on, will lose/ went on, would lose
7 hasn’t gone, failed
8 arrived, had been shown
9 will phone, comes
10 have been reading, gave, haven’t finished
II Use the right verb & necessary change
Trang 27I Supply the correct verb form
10 had been taken
11 had … told
12 would have told
13 has been working
Trang 28IV Correct if necessary
1 had → was having,
talking → to talk
2.spend → spent
3.overlook → overlooking
4.listen → listening
5.try → had tried
6.Did … have Have … →
had
7.climb would climb, → isn’t wouldn’t be, will → → would
8 will to→
9 to cut to be → cut/cutting, do done→
10 is was, explains → →
explained
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1 lived → had lived
2.don’t → doesn’t
3.wasn’t → hadn’t been
4.sleeps → has been
sleeping
5.Right
6 to take → taken
7.informed had → informed
8 I never I would → never
9 lose be lost→
10 spend spending→
Trang 33V Rewrite the sentences
1 By Monday this will be finished
2 I prefer driving to being driven
3 They used to live in town when he was a child
4 It took her 2 hours to write the letter
5 I wish he would visit me (again)
6 Many houses have been destroyed by the fire
7 I suggested that we (should) meet sometimes