[ledminh]

Mấy bữa nay ngồi làm mấy bài thi tiếng Anh mới phát hiện ra là kiến thức mình bị mất căn bản một cách trầm trọng.
Mún đi học nhưng muh hơi bị lười, chỉ còn có một cách là tự học qua mạng thui.
Bởi vậy ledminh dự tính "mở lớp" trên này để lấy lại căn bản. Mong các cao thủ tham gia giúp sức.

[ledminh]

Trước tiên đọc bài "Tổng quan" cái đã !

Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Active Voice
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.

Adjective
A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Adverb
A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.

Article
The "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.

Auxiliary Verb
A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.

Clause
A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).

Conjunction
A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).

Infinitive
The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.

Interjection
An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).

Modal Verb
An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called "modal auxiliary verb".

Noun
A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).

Object
In the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.

Participle
The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).

Part Of Speech
One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Passive Voice
In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.

Phrase
A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress).

Predicate
Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

Preposition
A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.

Pronoun
A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

Sentence
A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).

Subject
Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.

Tense
The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.

Verb
A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.

[trikili]

Tớ thì chẳng phải "cao thủ" gì, nhưng hôm nay đọc được cái này hơi bị lạ nên chịu khó gõ lên cho mí bạn xem thử nè:

There are basically four types of conditional, though combination of the four are also posible depending on the context.

Zero Conditional (if + present + present)Expresses general truths and scientific facts
Ex: Time travel is possible only if you travel faster than the speed of light.

First Conditional (if + present + will)
We use the first conditional to make predictions or talk about action or states that may or may not happen (rather than general truths which are always valid)
Ex: If you are not careful you will break it.

Second conditional (if + past simple + would)
The second conditional refers to actions or states that are not real or unlikely to be real in the future.
Ex: If he had enough money, he would propably retire. (He doesn’t have enough money at the moment.)

Third Conditional (if + past perfect + would have + past participle)
We use the third conditional to talk about possible past situations or events that did not happen. It can be used to express regrets or criticism.
Ex: If you hadn’t given me a lift, I would have missed the train.

Mixed Conditionals
Conditional clauses can be mixed with the modal clauses.
Ex: If you’d like a break, we can stop for lunch now.
The four basic types of conditional clause can also be mixed.
Ex: If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t be here now.
It would be better if we tell him now.

hic, vậy mà trước giờ tớ tưởng chỉ có 3 loại if thôi đấy chứ.

[ledminh]

VOCAB STUDY : Drop in, drop out, drop off

Drop in (also drop by)- to visit someone unannounced.

Examples:
David dropped by yesterday on his way home from work.
It was great to see him.

Be sure to drop in whenever you get to town.


Drop out - to quit; to leave.

Examples:
He dropped out of college in his second year.

The candidate dropped out of the political race.


Drop off - deliver someone or something.

Examples:
Can you drop this letter off at the post office when
you go out?

After the game, she dropped me off at my house.

[heocon]

So funny, really. You just think the fhrasal verb with just only three words can help you?
Actually, if you want to brush up your English, you have to decide which field you want to aim. If you need English for your medical study, don't pay too much attention on grammar. Just study the special words in your own field.
on the other hand, if you want to have a good command of E., first you have to grasp the grammar extremely well.I suggest beginning with tenses.

[hemi]

http://www.world-mys.../sci_17.htm---> FIBONACCI NUMBER!

The Fibonacci numbers are Nature's numbering system. They appear everywhere in Nature, from the leaf arrangement in plants, to the pattern of the florets of a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple. The Fibonacci numbers are therefore applicable to the growth of every living thing, including a single cell, a grain of wheat, a hive of bees, and even all of mankind.Stan Grist

Introduction

The sequence, in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers is known as the Fibonacci series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, ... (each number is the sum of the previous two).

The ratio of successive pairs tends to the so-called golden section
(GS) - 1.618033989 . . . . . whose reciprocal is 0.618033989 . . . . . so that we have 1/GS = 1 + GS.

The Fibonacci sequence, generated by the rule f1 = f2 = 1 , fn+1 = fn + fn-1,
is well known in many different areas of mathematics and science.
However, it is quite amazing that the Fibonacci number patterns occur so frequently in nature ( flowers, shells, plants, leaves, to name a few) that this phenomenon appears to be one of the principal "laws of nature".

[vesperala]

sorry if I do not post this on topic...but do you have any thread here for foreigners, so if they learn your language through English? ..



no edit time?

hemi, on May 19 2006, 10:35 PM, said:

The Fibonacci sequence, generated by the rule f1 = f2 = 1 , fn+1 = fn + fn-1,

f₁ = f₂ = 1 , f_n+1 = f_n + f_n-1, for any natural number n greater than or equal to 2.

[Lucky Luke]

vesperala, on Oct 14 2008, 06:57 PM, said:

sorry if I do not post this on topic...but do you have any thread here for foreigners, so if they learn your language through English? ..

You want to learn Vietnamese ?
Trust me ! This language is difficult and complicated
I really want to help you but I don't know how to begin.

[vesperala]

Lucky Luke, on Oct 14 2008, 06:24 PM, said:

vesperala, on Oct 14 2008, 06:57 PM, said:

sorry if I do not post this on topic...but do you have any thread here for foreigners, so if they learn your language through English? ..

You want to learn Vietnamese ?
Trust me ! This language is difficult and complicated
I really want to help you but I don't know how to begin.

with the alphabet
and basic things

like:
to be/to have/to go/

thank you
please
yes/no
days of the weeks..
numbers

like for a child

[1m62]

Chào mừng Vesperala đến Nhipcauykhoa.net

( Welcome you to Nhipcauykhoa.net ).

I know one website teaching Vietnammese for foreigner ( and teachs foreign languages for Vietnamese ). For me, it is very useful. I hope that you'll feel like me.

Visit here: http://tiengnuocngoai.com/vietSens.asp

In case you have a difficulty in learning Vietnamese or have any question, tell us .

Quote

The Vietnamese language is the communicative language of Vietnamese people and also the mother-tongue of Viet people (also named as Kinh, the major ethnic group in Vietnam). The formation of a common language used by the entire people is a hard task due to the diversity of dialects and accents. Vietnamese is based on melodious syllables and stressed accent. Accent has an important role to play in helping distinguish and identify the meaning of the sayings. There also exist numerous accents in the Vietnamese language, among which the most common and favorite is the Southern one. This accent seems to be different form the a standard one as its pronunciation is based heavily on the main sound disregard of the standard accent and even grammar. Vietnamese is a monosyllabic language with each articulated sound carrying a certain meaning. Also, it offers innumerable pairs of compound words, which are comprised of 2, 3 or even for constituent single sounds. 

THE ORIGIN OF VIETNAMESE

The Vietnamese language has been formed and developed for many centuries now. Documents of early feudal dynasties used Chinese and not until the birth of Nom (Demotic script) language in 14th century was it employed in both speaking and writing, especially in composing literature. In 17th century, Vietnamese or namely national language came to existing. Its origin is closely related to Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French propagators working in South East Asia countries.  

Those invented a new writing script as the mean to express the Vietnamese language. The most noticeable contributors to the formation and studying Vietnamese at that time was a French vicar named Alexandre de Rhode with his publication of one of the first Vietnamese dictionary and grammar called Vietnamese – Portuguese – Latin Dictionary. Initially, Vietnamese was used merely for the purpose of propagation but was soon popularised officially when French people imposed their colonial regime on Vietnam. To some extents, Vietnamese was originally the tools for ruling of colonists, but then, thanks to its convenience, Vietnamese became popular. Moreover, its easy-to-pronounce alphabet system and combination enabled it to overcome any criticism. 

Source: http://tiengnuocngoai.com/vietSens.asp

[vesperala]

thank you