TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CẦN THƠ

TRUNG TÂM ĐÀO TẠO TỪ XA
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TÀI LIỆU HƯỚNG DẪN HỌC TẬP

Anh văn căn bản 1

Biên soạn: Lưu Bích Ngọc

Lưu hành nội bộ
Năm 2010


Lời mở đầu
Giáo trình Anh văn căn bản 1 được biên soạn nhằm giúp sinh viên tự
trao dồi kiến thức tiếng Anh ở mức độ căn bản. Giáo trình này cung cấp cho
sinh viên nền tảng từ vựng tiếng Anh và một số câu dùng cho giao tiếp hàng
ngày. Bên cạnh đó, các đề mục ngữ pháp căn bản cũng được giải thích rõ
ràng với các bài tập ứng dụng. Ngoài ra, các bài đọc sẽ giúp sinh viên làm
quen với các bài đọc tương đối đơn giản.
Phần đáp án ở cuối giáo trình sẽ giúp sinh viên kiểm tra kết quả các phần
bài tập sau khi làm xong.
Để việc tự học đạt hiệu quả cao, sinh viên nên tra cứu các từ mới và
thường xuyên đọc lại các bài đã học để ôn lại từ vựng và ngữ pháp.
Mong rằng giáo trình này sẽ phần nào hỗ trợ việc tự học tiếng Anh của
sinh viên được tốt hơn.


Table of Contents

Unit 1: It’s Nice To Meet You

page 01

Unit 2: What’s This?

page 07

Unit 3: Where Are You From?

page 13

Unit 4: What Do You Do?

page 19

Unit 5: We Live In The Suburbs

page 25

Unit 6: Does The House Have A Garden?

page 31

Unit 7: Tell Me About Your Family

page 37

Answer Keys


page 42


UNIT 1

VOCABULARY

The English Alphabet

Spell the names of these people (đánh vần tên những người sau)
Names for males

Names for females

Christopher

Ashley

Joshua

Jessica

Matthew

Michelle

Steven

Stephanie


R-1 Read this conversation
Michael: Hi. My name is Michael Parker.
Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Yang.
Michael: It’s nice to meet you, Jennifer.
Jennifer: Nice to meet you, too.
Michael: I’m sorry. What’s your last name again?
Jennifer: It’s Yang.
Michael: How do you spell that?
Jennifer: It’s Y – A – N – G

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The English NUMBERS
1. ONE

7. SEVEN

13. THIRTEEN

19. NINETEEN

2. TWO

8. EIGHT

14. FOURTEEN

20. TWENTY


3. THREE

9. NINE

15. FIFTEEN

21. TWENTY-ONE…

4. FOUR

10. TEN

16. SIXTEEN

30. THIRTY

5. FIVE

11. ELEVEN

17. SEVENTEEN

31. THIRTY-ONE

6. SIX

12. TWELVE

18. EIGHTEEN


100. ONE HUNDRED

Write the numbers for these words ( viết số của những từ dưới đây)

Three

Thirteen

Thirty

Four

Fourteen

Forty

Five

Fifteen

Fifty

Six

Sixteen

Sixty

Seven


Seventeen

Seventy

Eight

Eighteen

Eighty

Nine

Nineteen

Ninety

Twenty

Twelve

Two hundred

R – 2 Read this conversation
A: Thank you for calling. What’s your name, please?
B: I’m Michelle Jenkins.
A: How do you spell your last name?
B: Jenkins. J – E – N – K – I – N – S.
A: And what’s your phone number?
B: It’s 555-2491 (five-five-five _ two-fournine-one)

A: How old are you?
B: I’m twenty.
A: Thanks.
READING
R - 3 Match each statement or question in column A with the best response in column B
to make a conversation (ghép những câu ở cột A với câu trả lời tương ứng ở cột B)

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A

B

Hi, my name is Tony Kim.

It’s Y-U-M-I-K-O. And my last name is

Sorry, your name is Yumiko? How do

Sato. S-A-T-O.

you spell that?

No. I’m a friend of Leanne’s

Nice to meet you, Yumiko. Are you a

Pleased to meet you, Tony. I’m Yuniko


friend of John’s?

Sato.

R – 4 What do people say when they meet for the first time? Circle the letters. (Người ta
nói gì khi gặp nhau lần đầu? khoanh tròn kí tự của câu)
a. How do you do?

g. Nice to meet you.

b. What are you doing?

h. What’s the matter?

c. Hi, how’s it going?

i.

Hi, my name’s Amy.

d. Pleased to meet you.

j.

Good to see you again.

e. I’m going now.

k. Good morning.


f. Hello, I’m John.

l.

I don’t think we’ve met.

R – 5 Read the article. Then fill in the blanks with Mr., Ms., Mrs., or Miss (đọc bài văn
dưới đây và điền vào chỗ trống với Mr., Ms., Mrs., hoặc Miss)

What’s Ms?
-------------------------

All men, married or single, are Mr.
Until recently, all married women were Mrs.
and all single women were Miss.
Now women can choose. A married woman
can be Mrs. or Ms. A single woman can be
Miss or Ms.

a. _______________________= a man, married or single.
b. __________ or __________ = a single woman.
c. __________ or __________ = a married woman.
d. _______________________= a woman, married or single.

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GRAMMAR

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (TO BE)

Thì hiện tại đơn (đối với động từ TO BE)
Forms (dạng)
Affirmative: (dạng khẳng định)
I am a teacher.

Short forms (dạng rút gọn)

I am  I’m

We are students.

We are  we’re

You are from Vietnam.

You are  you’re

They are ten years old.

They are  they’re

He is from Hanoi.

He is  he’s

She is Karen.

She is  she’s

It is a nice day.


It is  it’s

Negative: (dạng phủ định)
I Am
am not
He/ she/ it Is + NOT  short form: isn’t
We/ they Are
aren’t

I’m teacher. I’m not a student.
He’s from the US. He isn’t from Japan.
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They’re doctors. They aren’t teachers.
Questions: (câu hỏi)
Are you Kim?

Yes, I am.

No, I’m not.

Is he a student?

Yes, he is.

No, he isn’t.

Are they Vietnamese? Yes, they are.


No, they aren’t.

What’s your name?

Who is  who’s

Who’s that?

What is  what’s

How old are you?

(Question word)

AM
+ IS
+
ARE

S

+ ...?

Use (cách dùng)
Simple Present Tense (thì hiện tại đơn) được dùng để diễn đạt một sự thật hiển nhiên,
một chân lý hay một dữ kiện khoa học.
Ex:
We’re Vietnamese.
Vietnam is in Asia.

Barrack Obama is the president of the US.
Practice 1
Correct the errors in these sentences, if any. ( sửa lỗi của những câu dưới đây, nếu có)
1. It am cold today.

6. We is from Ukraine.

2. I am at home now.

7. That are right.

3. They is Korean.

8. I’m OK, thanks.

4. There are a pen on the desk.

9. Clara and Steve is married.

5. My name is Nikita.

10. She is an English teacher.

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Possessive Adjectives ( tính từ sở hữu) – My – Your – His – Her – Our - Their

 Their names are Keiko, Akira and Kumiko.
We are students.  Our jobs are students.

Practice 2
Write the possessive adjective (điền vào chỗ trống với tính từ sở hữu thích hợp)
1. I’ve got a comb. It’s ___my____ comb.
2. Sandra’s got a new computer. It’s __________ computer.
3. We’re brothers. __________ parents are in Korea.
4. The teachers have one cassette player. It’s __________ cassette player.
5. She’s eight years old. __________ brother is nine years old.
6. Peter’s got a grey wallet. It’s __________ wallet.
7. He’s from Spain. __________ name is Alberto.
8. I have a pencil. __________ pencil is yellow.
9. Joe and Mary are students. __________ mother is a teacher.
10. I have a house. __________ house is very big.
Practice 3
Complete the sentences
1. Hi. __________ name is Jae-won Park. This is my friend. __________ name is
Kun-woo Lee. We __________ from Korea. He __________ from Seoul and I’m
from Pusan.
2. Hi. My name is Nelson da Silva. I __________ a photographer. This is my wife.
__________ name is Gloria. We __________ from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
3. Hi. My name __________ Sarah Kilbane. I __________ an English teacher. I’m
from Toronto, Canada. But my parents __________ from Canada. They’re from
Ireland. __________ names are Paul and Maggie.

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UNIT 2

VOCABULARY
Match the following words with the items below (ghép những từ dưới đây với những vật

trong tranh)
1. door

6. piece of paper

2. window

7. desk

3. book

8. chair

4. pen

9. video

5. pencil

10. bag

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Women’s purses only

only

Men’s pants pockets


men’s pants pockets

&

Both women’s purses

Women’s purses only

only

Men’s pants pockets

men’s pants pockets

&

Both women’s purses

READING

R–1 Read the article and check the correct column (đọc bài và đánh dấu vào cột phù hợp)


R – 2 Read and match each description with a picture of a desk (đọc và ghép những lời
miêu tả sau với hình tương ứng)

GRAMMAR

ARTICLES: A – AN

Indefinited Articles (Mạo từ không xác định) A – An được dùng để giới thiệu cho một
danh từ số ít đếm được, chỉ một vật/ một việc.
Vị trí: Mạo từ A – An luôn đứng trước danh từ.
A: đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng phụ âm.
Ex: a book, a car, a student…
An: đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng nguyên âm.
Ex: an apple, an orange, an eraser…
Ghi chú:
Không dùng mạo từ trong trường hợp danh từ không đếm được hoặc danh từ trừu
tượng khi nói chung
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Ex:
A cow gives milk.
Love is truth.
Health is precious than gold.
Practice 1

Fill in the blank with A or An. (điền vào chỗ trống với mạo từ A hoặc An)
1. __________ door

6. __________ dictionary

2. __________ window

7. __________ desk

3. __________ English book


8. __________ chair

4. __________ pen

9. __________ umbrella

5. __________ elephant

10. __________ bag

Practice 2

Complete the sentences with article A or An (hoàn thành những câu sau với mạo từ A
hoặc An)
1. Would you like __________ cup of coffee?
2. Do you have __________ umbrella with you?
3. I have got two sandwiches and __________ apple for lunch today.
4. Have you ever seen __________ elephant?
5. Have you got __________ brother?
6. __________ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
7. Magda is wearing __________ blue dress with red shoes.
8. Bornholm is __________ island in the Baltic Sea.
9. Christmas comes once __________ year.
10. Tim __________ friendly person.
Practice 3

Add A, An when necessary (thêm mạo từ A, An vào vị trí cần thiết)
1. __________ cigarette is made of __________ paper and __________ tobacco.
2. __________ milk comes from cows.
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3. __________ cows eat __________ grass in __________ summer.
4. I want __________ glass of lemon juice with __________ sugar in it.
5. __________ good student is never late for __________ lesson.
6. Give me __________ ink to write __________ letter.
7. There is __________ dirt on this plate and __________ dirty mark on the table cloth.
8. __________ bed made of iron is better than one made of __________ wood.
9. __________ lightning is __________ flash of light.
10. __________ man must have __________ food.

PLURAL NOUNS
Plural Nouns (danh từ số nhiều) là danh từ chỉ nhiều hơn một vật hoặc một việc.
Danh từ số nhiều được thành lập bằng cách thêm –S/ES sau danh từ số ít, đếm được.
Thêm –ES sau danh từ tận cùng bằng S – SS – SH – CH – GE – X – Z – O – (Y)
Ex:
An orange
A watch

oranges

A box

watches

A brush

boxes
brushes


Thêm – S sau những danh từ còn lại không thuộc nhóm trên.
Ex:
A car  cars

A book  books

An apple  apples

A map  maps

Ghi chú:
Danh từ tận cùng bằng Y:
-

Trước Y là phụ âm: thành lập số nhiều bằng cách đổi Y thành I trước khi
thêm ES.
Ex: a story  stories

-

a lady  ladies.

Trước Y là nguyên âm: thành lập số nhiều bằng cách giữ nguyên Y và
thêm ES cuối danh từ.
Ex: a boy  boys

a key  keys

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Hình thức số nhiều của một số danh từ có dạng đặc biệt
Singular

Plural

A man

Men

A woman

Women

A tooth

Teeth

A foot

Feet

A mouse

Mice…

Practice 4

Write the plural forms of these following nouns (Thành lập danh từ số nhiều của những
danh từ dưới đây)

1. a key 

6. a desk 

2. an address 

7. a wallet 

3. a clock 

8. a camera 

4. a telephone 

9. a briefcase 

5. a calculator 

10. an elephant 

Practice 5

Complete the sentences with the plural forms of nouns in brackets (hoàn thành những câu
dưới đây với hình thức số nhiều của danh từ trong ngoặc)
1. Study the next three ____________ (chapter)
2. Can you recommend some good ____________ (book)?
3. I had two ____________ (tooth) pulled out the other day.
4. You can always hear ____________ (echo) in these mountains.
5. They are proud of their ____________ (son-in-law).
6. Did you raise these ____________ (tomato) in your garden?

7. My ____________ (foot) really hurt.
8. These ____________ (roof) these house are tiled.
9. How many ____________ (day) are there in this month?
10. The ____________ (mouse) were running all over the empty house.

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UNIT 3

VOCABULARY

Write the name of these following countries (hãy viết tên những nước dưới đây)

1__________

2__________

3 __________

4__________

5 __________

6__________

7__________

8__________


9 __________

10 _________

Match the nationalities to the countries (ghép tên quốc gia với quốc tịch tương ứng)

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READING

R – 1 Read the list of the largest cities in the world and match them with the countries.
(đọc danh sách những thành phố lớn nhất thế giới và ghép chúng với tên nước tương
ứng)

R – 2 Complete this conversation with the words given. (hãy hoàn thành bài đối thoại
dưới đây với những từ cho sẵn dưới đây)
THE UNITED STATES

WHERE

SHANGHAI

CHINESE

Tim: 1____________ are you from, Jenny?
Jenny: Well, my family is here in 2____________ , but we’re from China originally.
Tim: Oh, my father is 3____________ – from Beijing! Are you from Beijing?
Jenny: No, we’re not from Beijing. We’re from 4____________ .
Tim: So is your first language Chinese?

Jenny: Yes, it is.

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R – 3 Read the story, then circle the correct answers below ( đọc mẫu truyện bên dưới và
khoanh tròn các câu trả lời đúng)
New York
New York is the largest city in the United States. More than
eight million people live in the Big Apple. New York City is
also home of the United Nations. New York City is located
in the state of New York. New York City is home to two
hundred and fifty museums, four hundred art galleries, and
the world famous Broadway for entertainment.
New York City is the business capital of the world and many national and international
corporations have their headquarters in New York City, Wall Street, the world's leading center of
finance and the home of the American Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
As far as professional sports go, this city has two of everything. Two professional baseball,
basketball, hockey, and football teams are located in the city.
1. New York is the largest ______ in the United States.
a. city

b. country

c. county

d. school

2. New York is home to more than _______ million people.
a. two


b. five

c. eight

d. ten

3. Which of the following is a true statement?
a. New York is a small city.
b. New York has a large number of arts galleries.
c. New York has little impact on the world’s economy.
d. none of the above.
4. How many stock exchanges reside in New York?
a. none

b. one

c. two

5. Which of the following is NOT true?
a. Chicago is smaller than New York.
b. Chicago is larger than New York.

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d. three


c. Little athletics takes place in New York because it is a city.
d. All of the above are true.


GRAMMAR

ADJECTIVES
Adjectives (tính từ) là từ được dùng để miêu tả tính chất của một người hay sự vật/ sự
việc/ hiện tượng. Tính từ thường được dùng để bổ nghĩa cho danh từ.
Vị trí của tính từ:
Tính từ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ nào sẽ đứng trước danh từ đó.

(Art) + ADJ + N
Ex: A beautiful girl
An orange shirt
Blue jeans
Tính từ đứng sau động từ TO BE để bổ nghĩa cho chủ từ.

S + BE + ADJ
Ex:
She is beautiful.
They are tall.
I am Vietnamese.
Match the adjectives with the pictures (ghép các tính từ sau với hình phù hợp)

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Practice 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct adjective from the box.
Big


Brown

Broad

Perfect

Strong

Friendly

Curly

Tall

Kind

Shy

My brother
My 1__________ brother is very good looking. He is 2__________ for his age. He
has large 3__________ eyes. His hair is black and a little 4__________. He does a
lot of sport. He has 5__________ shoulders and looks very 6__________. He doesn’t
talk a lot and people think he is 7__________. In fact, he is very 8__________, even
to people he doesn’t know. He is 9__________ to me and lets me play on his
computer sometimes. In fact, he is a 10__________ brother.
Practice 2

Arrange the cues to make meaningful sentences (sắp xếp các từ đã cho để tạo thành câu
có nghĩa)
1. is/ game/ difficult/ chess/ a

2. this/ a/ book/ exciting/ very/ is/
3. sky/ the/ today/ cloudy/ is/
4. Shanghai/ big/ city/ and/ modern/ is/ a/
5. tall/ my/ is/ brother/
6. a/ it/ fine/ is/ day/ today/
7. she/ an/ woman/ is/ intelligent/

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8. my/ and/ mother/ are/ sister/ sociable/
9. flowers/ beautiful/ are/ these/
10. is/ big/ room/ a/ it/
Practice 3

Circle the correct adjective to complete the sentences. (hãy khoanh tròn tính từ đúng để
hoàn thành câu)
1. Mountain climbing can be __________
a. danger

b. dangerously

c. endanger

d. dangerous

c. useless

d. used


2. A dictionary is a very __________ book.
a. use

b. useful

3. It is usually very __________ in Spain in the summer.
a. sunshine

b. sun

c. sunny

d. sunless

c. beautify

d. beautiful

4. Switzerland is a very __________ country.
a. beauty

b. beautifully

5. My brother is very __________. He is always losing things.
a. careful

b. care

c. careless


d. carelessly

6. When I broke my leg it was very __________
a. pained

b. painful

c. painless

d. pain

c. exciting

d. excitable

7. The film I saw was very __________
a. excite

b. excited

8. Rowling is probably now the most _______writer of children’s books in the world.
a. famous

b. famously

c. fame

d. infamous

9. I went to bed late last night, so today I am very __________

a. sleepy

b. asleep

c. slept

d. sleep

10. How was your holiday? – I had a great time. It was __________
a. wonderful

b. wondered

c. wonder

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d. wondering


UNIT 4

VOCABULARY
Student

Engineer

Artist

Musician


Doctor

Writer

Businessperson

Accountant

Homemaker (housewife)

Dancer

Actor

Lawyer

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READING

R – 1 Read the article and check the answer(đọc bài dưới đây và cho đáp án bên dưới)

Chuck Hartman is a zookeeper in New York city.
He works with lions, tigers, and other big cats.
Chuck also works with animals from Australia.
“I work with some very beautiful animals.” Says
Chuck. “Some of them are dangerous, but they
know me and they like me – I think!”

Does Chuck like his job? “Do I like my job?” Chuck
smiles. “No I don’t like my job. I love my job!”
Helen Reed is a window washer in London,
England. She washes the windows on tall office
buildings in the city center. She cleans windows
eight hours a day, five days a week.
“One of the buildings is 40 floors high and there
are more than 5,000 windows,” says Helen.
“Cleaning the windows is like climbing down a
mountain, and the view of London is fantastic.”
Is she happy in her work? “Happy?” she says.
“I’m delighted! It’s the best job in the world!”

1. Chuck and Helen work in the same country.
2. Chuck works with lions and tigers.
3. Chuck works in Australia.
4. Helen washes the windows of very tall buildings.
5. Helen climbs mountains at work.
6. Helen thinks her job is boring.

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True

False

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R – 2 Read the text below and answer the questions (đọc và trả lời các câu hỏi bên dưới)
The man with thirteen jobs
Seumas McSporran is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a
postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance
man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife,
Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.
Seumas lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on
Gigha but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day.
Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he
drives the island’s children to school. At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to
all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps
Margaret in the shop.
He says: “Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t like watching
television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a
glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”
1. Where does Seumas live?
2. How old is he?
3. How many jobs does he have?
4. What’s his wife’s name?

5. What does she do?
6. How many people live on Gigha?
7. How many tourists visit Gigha in summer?
8. What does Seumas do in the morning?
9. What do he and Margaret do in the evening?
10. What do they think about their life?
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GRAMMAR

Simple Present Tense (Ordinary Verbs)
Thì hiện tại đơn (đối với động từ thường)
Forms (dạng)
Affirmative
- Chủ từ số ít: (singular Subject)
Ssing. +

VS/ ES +

O

- Chủ từ số nhiều: (plural Subject)
SPlu.

+

V

+


O.

Ex:
He works in a bank.
I like my job.
They live in Paris.
Ghi chú: Nếu chủ từ của câu là số ít, động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn sẽ đươc thêm –S/ ES
-

Thêm –ES: nếu động từ tận cùng bằng –S, -SS, -SH, - CH, -X, -Z, -O, - Y
Ex:

-

Miss  misses

go  goes

wash  washes

mix  mixes

watch  watches

fly  flies

Thêm –S: trong những trường hợp động từ còn lại.
Ex:
Run  runs


Love  loves

Eat  eats

Give  gives

Sing  sings

Live  lives

Negative
Ssing. +

DOESN’T + V

+

O

Splu

DON’T + V

+

O

+


Ex:
He doesn’t work now.
I don’t live here.
We don’t know him.

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