Ngữ pháp và Bài tâp sự hòa hợp giữa chủ từ và động
từ
I. NGỮ PHÁP
- The number
+ of + N số nhiều + V (chia số ít)
Ex: The number of
students is from Singapore. The number of stuents has moved in Ho Chi Minh city
- A number + of +
N số nhiều + V (chia số nhiều)
Ex: A number of
students are from Singapore. The number of stuents have moved in Ho Chi Minh
city.
- Each + N số ít +
V (chia số ít)
- Each + of + the
+ N số nhiều + V (chia số ít)
Ex: Each car is
sold to its owners. Each of the cars is sold to its owners.
- One + N số ít +
V (chia số ít)
- One + of + the +
N số nhiều + V (chia số ít)
- Tiền bạc /đo
lường/ thể tích /giờ giấc dù danh từ số nhiều nhưng vẫn chia động từ số ít
Ex: 5 hours is not
enough for a sleep.
- Đại từ bất
định (everyone, everybody, no one, someone, nobody, eveything…)
Ex: Everyone is
coming.
- S1 +
(as well as / together with / along with / accompanied with) + S2 +
V (chia theo chủ ngữ S1)
Ex: Lan as
well as her classmates wants to drink coffee.
- S1 +
(Either … or , Niether …. Nor, not only …. But also) + S2 +
V (chia theo chủ ngữa S2)
Ex: Either my
friends and I am going to HaNoi this week.
II. BÀI
TẬP
Choose the best
answer:
1. A large number
of students in this school _________ English quite fluently.
A.
speaks B.
is
speaking C.
has
spoken D.
speak
2. A series of
lectures _________ being presented at the Central Hall this week.
A.
are B.
will be C.
has
become D.
is
3. Bread and
butter _________ what she asks for.
A.
is B.
are C.
will
be D.
have been
4. Each student
_________ answered the first three questions.
A.
has B.
have C.
have
to D.
must
5. Either John or
his wife _________ breakfast each morning.
A.
make B.
is
making C.
makes D.
made
6. Everybody who
_________ a fever must go home at once.
A.
has B.
have C.
is having D. are
having
7. Five dollars
_________ all I have on me.
A.
are B.
is C.
will
be D.
have
8. John, along
with twenty friends, _________ planning a party.
A.
are B.
is C.
has been D.
have been
9. Mathematics
_________ the science of quantity.
A.
was B.
are C.
is D.
were
10. Measles
_________ cured without much difficulty nowadays.
A.
is B.
are C.
will
be D.
have
11. Neither Mary
nor her brothers _________ a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A.
need B.
needs C.
is
needing D.
has need
12. The number of
the months in a year _________ twelve.
A.
was B.
were C.
are D.
is
13. The picture of
the soldiers _________ back many memories.
A.
will
bring B.
brings C.
bring D.
have brought
14. These
pictures, as well as the photograph _________ the room.
A.
brightens B.
brightening C. brighten D. being
brightened
15. The quality of
the recordings _________ not very good.
A.
is B.
are C.
is being D.
has been
16. Twenty miles
_________ a long way to walk.
A.
are B.
was C.
is D.
were
17. What he told
you _________ to be of no importance.
A.
seems B.
seem C.
must seem D.
have seemed
18. Mathematics
_________ not always an exact science.
A.
was B.
are C.
is D.
were
19. The flock of
birds _________ circling overhead.
A.
gets B.
are C.
is D.
get
20. The levels of
intoxication _________ from subject to subject.
A.
has been varied B.
have been
varied C.
varies D. vary
21. The use of
credit cards in place of cash _________ increased rapidly in recent years.
A.
have
been B.
has been C.
has D.
have
22. Advertisements
on television _________ becoming more competitive than ever before.
A.
has B.
have C.
are D.
is
23. The English
_________ famous for their calmness.
A.
has B.
was C.
are D.
is
24. The number of
employees who _________ their work yet _________ to work on the weekend.
A.
hasn’t finished / have B.
haven’t finished / have
C. hasn’t finished /
has
D. hadn’t finish / has
Mark the
letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1: The teacher together with
his students have finished their project on
time.
A B C D
Question 2: Neither his
parents nor his teacher were satisfied with his
result when he was at high school.
A B C D
Question 3: An
increasing number of companies has changed dress
codes, allowing employees to wear
A B C
casual
clothing in the work place.
D
Question
4: The police is now investigating the
robbery that took place in our neighborhood last
night.
A B C D
Question 5:
Neither William or his brother stole the
rambutans from our orchard.
A B C D
Question 6: The
rapid growth of the world’s population over the past 100 years have led to
a great
A B
increase in the acreage of land under cultivation.
C D
Question 7: The passengers,
tired after a very long trip, was relaxing in
every available seat in the airport lobby.
A B C D
Question 8: They
had a discussion about training not only the new
employees but also giving them
A B C
some challenges.
D
Question 9:
Tom, together with his sisters were on the
way to Chicago when they had an accident.
A B C D
Question 10: My
uncle has just bought some expensive
furnitures for his new house.
A B C D
Question 11: Each
of the members of the group were made to
write a report every week.
A B C D
Question 12:
Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because
those clothes that a person
A B C
likes are
rarely the ones that fit him or her.
D
Question 13:
Although there were a lot of opposition initially,
many people now accept that infertile
A B C
couples have the
right to medical help.
D
Question 14: The
camel is able to convert fat in its hump into water, and as a
result, it was able
A B C
to survive two weeks without
drinking.
D
Question 15: After a violence volcanic
eruption in 1963, a new island, is born off the
coast of Iceland.
A B C D
Choose
the best answer:
1. My parents let
me __________ the phone.
A.
using
B.
use
C. to
use
D. used
2. They also
permit __________ the family motorbike.
A.
using
B.
use
C. to
use
D. used
3. They aren’t
allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.
A. Their parents don’t
want them to go out in the evening.
B. Their parents
never let them go out in the evening.
C. Going out in
the evening is permitted by their parents.
D. Although their
parents don’t allow, they still go out in the evening.
4. She gets up
early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.
A. She gets up
early to prepare breakfast because she wants her children to come to school on
time.
B. Despite her
getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children can’t come to school on time.
C. If she doesn’t
get up early to prepare breakfast, her children won’t come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets
up early to prepare breakfast, her children won’t come to school on time.
5. Alex is busy
__________ for his exams.
A. to
study B.
studied
C. studying D.
studies
6. My mother
allows my sister __________ her prepare meals.
A.
helping B.
help
C. helped
D. to help
7. everyone in my
family / do the share / household chores.
A. Everyone in my
family has to do the share of household chores.
B. Everyone in my
family, they must do the share of household chores.
C. As everyone in
my family has to do the share of household chores.
D. To everyone in
my family, we have to do our share of household chores.
9. I’m not allowed
__________ TV late.
A. to
watch B.
watching C.
watched D. watch
10. We are not
allowed __________ jeans at school.
A.
wear
B. to wear C.
wearing D.
worn
11. She is never
willing __________ any personal question.
A.
answer
B. to
answer
C. answering
D. answered
12. I love __________
films but I seldom find time to go the cinema.
A.
see
B. saw
C.
seen
D. seeing
13. Sometimes I do
not feel like __________ to my sibling about my troubles.
A.
talk
B. to
talk
C. talking
D. talked
14. My father
hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.
A. It’ s a month
since my father last smoked cigarettes.
B. It’ s a month
ago that my father smoked cigarettes.
C. It’ s for a month
that my father hasn’t smoked cigarettes.
D. It’ s a
cigarette that my father smoke a month ago.
15. I arrived in
HCM city for the first time in 2000.
A. I had not
arrived in HCM city until
2000.
B. I have not arrived in HCM city since 2000.
C. I had not
arrived in HCM city since
2000.
D. I came to HCM city in 2000.
16. I began
teaching in this school 5 years ago.
A. I have started
teaching in this school for 5 years.
B. I have begun to
teach in this school for 5 years.
C. I have been
teaching in this school since 5 years
D. I have been
teaching in this school for 5 years.
17. Mercury
__________ at 357,23 degree Centigrade.
A.
boils
B. is
boiling
C.
boiling
D. boiled
18. John
__________ as a journalist since he __________ from university in 2000.
A. is working /
graduate
B. worked / graduated
C. had worked /
will be
graduate
D. has been working / graduated
19. He found a
watch in the street, and then he __________ to return it to the loser.
A. had
tried B. was
trying
C. tried
D. had been trying
20. Sometimes
__________ weekends, he cooks us some special dishes.
A.
from
B.
up
C.
at
D. in
21. By 8 o’clock
they __________ dinner.
A. will
have
B. will be have
C. will have had
D. is having
22. We __________
from school by the end of June.
A. will
graduate B. will have graduated
C. have
graduated
D. had graduated
23. Come and see
me when you __________ your report.
A.
finish
B. finished
C. will
finish
D. had finished
24. __________ ,
people used to read more.
A. Twenty years
before B. Twenty years ago
C. For twenty years D. Since twenty
years
25. In the last
hundred years, traveling __________ much easier and more comfortable.
A.
becomes B. has
become
C. became
D. will become
26. I am now in my
final year __________ the secondary school.
A.
from
B.
up
C.
at
D. in
27. By the time I
got to the dentist, the pain in my tooth __________ stopped.
A.
was
B.
has
C.
had
D. would
28. My sister has
been a newsreader on TV __________ she finished university.
A.
as
B.
for
C.
when
D. since
29. How much do
men share housework and the __________ of their children?
A.
attention B.
care
C.
notice
D. belief
30. In case the
parents no longer to live together, they each continue to be _______ for their
children.
A.
good
B. supportive
C. sympathetic
D. responsible
Choose
the word that has the stress pronounced differently from the others:
31. A.
confide
B.
reject
C.
precede D.
wedding
32. A.
appropriate B.
interesting C.
different D.
cultural
33. A.
culture
B.
engage C.
majority D.
determine
34. A.
romantic
B. counterpart
C.
discussion D. appearance
Circle the word
whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other word
35. A.
barracks
B. series
C. means D. headquarters
36. A. learned
B. retarded
C. unemployed D. injured
37. A. admired
B. looked
C. missed
D. hoped
38. A. sports
B. plays
C. households D. minds
39. A.
received
B. enjoyed
C. equipped D. transferred
40. A. lived
B. enjoyed
C. washed
D. considered