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Part 5: Subject - Verb agreement
Part 6: Advertisement, article
OVERVIEW FOR THIS UNIT

Part 5: Subject - Verb agreement

Vocabulary Part 5
practice practice

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Part 5: Subject - Verb agreement
I. Subject & S-V agreement:
Noun as Subject: My mom is a doctor
-> Focus on the noun - Singular or Plural
* S (N singular/uncountable) + V_singular
Example: A group has been formed
The water is clean
* S (N plural) + V_plural
Example: The performances were so excellent
Pronoun as Subject: He is a doctor
* you, we, they + V_plural
* he, she, it + V_singular
Noun phrase as Subject:
* adj - N (S) + V_n A beautiful girl is singing
* N1 - N2 (S) + V_n2 The office workers work from Monday to Friday
N1 N2
Subject V_n2
Compound nouns: office worker, expiration date, interest rate, customer service,
sales figure, job opening, admission fee, safety rule, bank account,etc.
* N1 - prep - N2 (S) + V_n1 The apples in the fridge are ripe
N1 prep N2

Subject V_n1
* (N - relative pronoun - V) (S) + Vn
The man that is sitting next to me is my friend
N RP V

Subject V_n
Gerund as Subject: Playing soccer is fun
V-ing - (Object) (S) + V_singular Constructing this house is easy
V-ing Object

Subject V_singular
To-Infinitive as Subject: To pass this exam is my goal
To-Verb (S) + V_singular To be a singer is my dream

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II. Notice:
Khi là m cá c câ u chia độ ng từ nên luyện tậ p theo cá c bướ c sau:
*Nhìn và o câ u hỏ i có 4 đá p á n chung 1 gốc từ và là động từ
- Bước 1: Xá c định chủ ngữ + độ ng từ chính
- Bước 2: Loạ i cá c đá p á n khô ng ở dạ ng độ ng từ chính
(ví dụ : V_ing, to V, to V-ing)
- Bước 3: Dấ u hiệu thì (Unit 1 Reading)
- Bước 4: Chủ ngữ ở dạ ng nà o (số nhiều, ít, cụ m danh từ ) (Unit 3 Reading)
- Bước 5: Chủ độ ng/ bị độ ng (dự a và o tâ n ngữ + loạ i độ ng từ )
(Unit 2 Reading)

III. Practice:
1. Installing new software _____ 5. Your active ____ in this project will
longer than we expected. be appreciated.
(A) is taken (A) participate
(B) is taking (B) participating
(C) take (C) participated
(D) taking (D) participation
2. Mr. Johnson ______ working as an 6. _____ a new system will require your
accountant at this firm a few years patience and effort.
ago. (A) Implement
(A) is started (B) Implementing
(B) starting (C) Implemented
(C) started (D) Implementation
(D) starts 7. The _____ of a new highway will
3. The office building __________ a lot of definitely attract more tourists from
trees and grass. other parts of the country.
(A) surrounds (A) construct
(B) surrounding (B) constructing
(C) is surrounded (C) constructive
(D) are surrounded (D) construction
4. The _____ date of the warranty is on 8. The new director ______ to lay off
the back of the product. more than a hundred employees.
(A) expire (A) decide
(B) expiration (B) has decided
(C) expires (C) is decided
(D) expired (D) to decide

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Part 5: Subject - Verb agreement

9. Conducting a customer survey ____ 14. _______ coupons are enclosed in the
useful if you want to find out what envelope we sent yesterday.
customers want. (A) Discount
(A) is (B) Discounts
(B) are (C) Discounting
(C) be (D) Discounted
(D) were 15. Belden Hospital’s chief of staff meets
10. _____ clients like about this product regularly with the staff to ensure that
are its quality and low price. procedures ______ correctly.
(A) That (A) to be performed
(B) Which (B) would have performed
(C) What (C) had been performed
(D) Where (D) are being performed
11. Information about vacation plans 16. Depending on your answers to the
will ____ on the company bulletin board. survey, we ___ you to collect additional
(A) post information.
(B) be posted (A) may call
(C) posts (B) are calling
(D) posting (C) have been called
12. ______ enough experience in the field (D) must be calling
will enable you to find a better job. 17. At Pharmbeck’s banquet, Mr.Jones ____
(A)Have a trophy for his performance in this year’s
(B)Having quality-improvement initiative.
(C)Had (A) accepted
(D)Be had (B) congratulated
13. The ______ of the new president will (C) nominated
be finalized next Monday. (D) hoped
(A) appoint 18. Mr.Brennel _____ positions in various
(B) appoints areas of the company before he became
(C) appointment president.
(D) appointing A. occupation
B. occupational
C. occupying
D. occupied

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Part 6: Advertisement, instruction, article

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Part 6: Advertisement, instruction, article

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Part 6: Advertisement, instruction, article
HOMEWORK

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Part 7: SINGLE PASSAGE (EMAIL, LETTER, JOB AD)

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Part 5, 6
GHI CHÚ CÁ NHÂN:

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