VIII. SOME OTHER STRUCTURES ( Một số cấu trúc khác )
Các cấu trúc câu thường dùng ở bậc phổ thông
Adjactives with prepositions
- Be afraid of s.th . doing s.th
- Be tired of s.th/doing s.th
- Be keen on s.th/ doing s.th
- Be interested in s.th/ doing s.th
- Be kind of s/b
- Be different from s.s/ s.th
- Be bad/ good at s.th/ doing s.th
- Be disappointed with s.th/s.b
- Be annoyed with s.b/ s.th
- Be/ Get worried about s.b/ s.th
- Be polite to s.b
- Be surprised at s.b/ s.th
- Be proud of s.b/ s.th
- Be fond of s.b/ s.th
- Be satisfied with s.b/ s.th
- Be wrong with s.b/ s.th
- Be familiar with s.b/ s.th/ doing s.th
- Be fed up with s.b/ s.th/ doing s.th
- Be about to do s.th
- Be aware of s.th (problem)
- Be full of s.th
- Be bored with s.b/ s.th
- Be successful in s.th/ doing s.th
- Be famous for s.th/ doing s.th
- Sợ, lo ngại. e ngại……………
- Mệt mỏi………………….
- Say mê…………………….
- Quan tâm, yêu thích, thích thú………….

- Khẩn cầu, nài nỉ………………
- Cười nhạo…………………
- Tìm kiếm………….
Chăm sóc……………
- Thành công ………………
- Bao gồm……….
- Chịu đựng từ………………
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- Belong to s.b
- Wait for s.b/ s.th
- Apologize for s.th
- Recover from s.th
- Believe in s.b/ s.th
- Live on s.b/ s.th
- Concentrate on s.th/ doing s.th
- Object to s.b/ doing s.th
- Accuse s.b of s.th / doing s.th
- Remind s.b of doing s.th/ to do s.th
- Prevent s.b from s.th/ doing s.th
- Fall in love with s.b
- Cope with s.b/ s.th
- Face with s.b/ s.th
- Fight against s.b/ s.th
- Ask s.b for s.th
- Dream about s.b/ s.th
- Agree with s.b
- Complain about s.th/ s.b
- Base on s.th
- Take care of s.th/ s.b

- It will take / takes / took s.b (time) to do s.th
- Be + adjs + enough (for s.b) to do s.th
- Be + too + adjs (for s.b) to do s.th
- S + V + such (a.an) + adjs + that + clause
- S + V + so + adjs / advs + that + clause
- Have s.b do s.th
- Have s.th done
- Make s.b do s.th
- Make s.b/ s.th + adjs
- Let s.b do s.th
- Mong đợi …………….
- Hối tiếc ……………………
- Từ chối……………
- Đã từng (chỉ thói quen trong QK)……
- Quen, thích nghi với………………
- Mất bao thời gian ………………….
- Mất bao thời gian………………
- Đủ……… để………
- Quá ……để………….
- Đến nỗi mà…………….
- Đến nỗi mà…………….
- Nhờ ai làm giì
- Có cái gì đó được làm (nghĩa bị động)
- Buộc ai làm gì
- Làm cho ai, cái gì…………
- Cho phép ai……………
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- Need + doing s.th
- Hope + clause (in the future)

- Thuyết phục.ai……………
- Chú ý, tập trung……………
- Có cơ hội……………
- Cảm ơn ai……………
- Giữ liên lạc với……………
- Giỡ hoà thuận với…………
- Bạn vui lòng…………….
- Bạn có thích/ muốn…………
Mặc dù, mặc dầu…….
- Thích …….hơn……
- Gợi ý…….
- Từ chối………
Chú ý: s.th = something ; s.b = somebody
dấu (….) : có thể có, có thể không
dấu / : hoặc cái này hoặc cái kia
Exercise: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning.
1. It's a pity your friend isn't at this party.
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 I wish
2. They usually wore jeans when they were young.
 They used
3. I would like you to help me to put the chairs a way.
 Do you mind
4. Having a vacation abroad is very interesting
 It is
5. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it
 the water was not……………………
6. He failed the exam because of his laziness
 Because he

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22.That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there
 It is such
23.John is not old enough to join the club
 John is too
24.We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad
 It was such
25.The switch was too high for him to reach
 He wasn’t tall
26.Mark is too young to get married
 Mark is not
27.My room is smaller than your room.
 Your room
28.Does Phong 's school have forty classrooms?
 Are
29.I get to work in half an hour.
 It takes
30.There are over eight hundred stamps in Tim's collection.
 Tim's collection
31.It takes me about two hours each day to do my homework.
 I spend
32.Hoa is a hard student.
 Hoa studies
33.Mr Thanh couldn’t enjoy the meal because of the stomachache.
 The stomachache prevented
34.What is your daughter's age, Mrs Mai?
 How
35.Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because of her sickness
 Because Lan

50. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
 We are going ……………………………………………
51. Minh laughed when I told him the joke.
 The joke ………………………………….
52. Richard can cook very well.
 Richard is a …………………………
53. The cafe was crowded, but we found a table. 
 Although ………………………………………
54. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year.
 Why …………………………………………… ?
55. Since he was careless, Tim lost his job.
 Because of …………………………
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