9 LIÊN TỪ "KHÔNG THỂ KHÔNG BIẾT" KHI HỌC TIẾNG ANH
1. AND (thêm): bổ sung thêm thông tin
- Do you want a pen and some paper?
- I cooked lunch. And I made a cake.
- I try to eat less and get more exercise to keep fit.
2. BUT (nhưng): dùng để diễn tả sự đối lập, ngược nghĩa, trái ngược
- It’s an old car, but it’s very reliable.
- I’d like to go but I’m too busy.
- By the end of the day we were tired but happy.
3. SO THAT / IN ORDER THAT (để mà): dùng để diễn tả mục đích (để cái gì đó)
- She's studying English at night school so that she can go to university.
- She arrived early in order to get a good seat.
- In order to get a complete picture, further information is needed.
4. UNTIL (cho đến khi): dùng để diễn tả quan hệ thời gian, thường dùng
- The ticket is valid until March.
- Let's wait until the rain stops.
- Until now I have always lived alone.
5. BECAUSE / SINCE (bởi vì): Nêu nguyên nhân, lý do
- She's in a bad mood because her father won't let her go to the party tonight.
- She's studying because she has a test tomorrow.
- We thought that, since we were in the area, we'd stop by and see them.
- I didn’t go to school today since it rained heavily.
6. OR (hoặc): dùng để trình bày thêm một lựa chọn khác.
- He doesn’t have a television or a video.
- Are you coming or not?
- Is it a boy or a girl?
7. AFTER / BEFORE: Sau khi/ Trước khi
- We'll leave after lunch.
- I go swimming every day after work.
- I saw her a few days before she died.
- He always watches TV before having dinner.
8. AS LONG AS ( miễn là): dùng để diễn tả điều kiện
- We'll go as long as the weather is good.
- As long as we keep playing well, we’ll keep winning games.
- You can go as long as you're home for dinner.
9. AS SOON AS (ngay khi mà): dùng để diễn tả quan hệ thời gian
- I’ll come over to your place as soon as I can.
- I came as soon as I heard the news.
