Unit 7: The Mass Media
Unit 8: The Story of My Village
I.The present perfect
Ex1: Ihavelived in Chau Thanh since 1995.
S VED
Ex2: Ihavetaught English for four years.
S V3
*Form: S + has/ have + V3/ ED + …..
S + has/ have + not + V3/ ED + …..
Has/ Have + S + V3/ ED + …..?
*Notes:
– since + mốc thời gian
– for + khoảng thời gian
2.Because of:
* because + pronoun + be + adjective
=> because of + prossessive + noun
Ex: His boss is very hard to talk with becauseheissevere.
Pro be adj
=>His boss is very hard to talk with because ofhisseverity.
Pos Noun
* because + the + noun + be + adjective
=>because of + the + adjective + noun
Ex: He can’t go to the lecture becausetherainisheavy.
be adj
=> He can’t go to the lecture becauseof theheavyrain.
Art adj noun
- In spite of: Cụm giới từ in spite of được dùng để chỉ sự nhượng bộ và được theo sau bởi cụm danh từ hay cụm danh động từ.
*In spite of + noun phrase
Ex: Although the test was difficult, Jack tried to finish it.
=> Inspiteofthedifficulttest, Jack tried to finish it.
* In spite of + gerund phrase
Ex: Although he is poor, he always leads an honest life.
=> In spite of being poor, he always leads an honest life.