1. The document describes 10 grammatical structures involving verbs: 1) Subject + be + adverb/prepositional phrase, 2) Subject + be + adjective, 3) Subject + be + subject, 4) Subject + linking verb + adjective, 5) Subject + linking verb + subject, 6) Subject + intransitive verb, 7) Subject + transitive verb + direct object, 8) Subject + transitive verb + indirect object + direct object, 9) Subject + transitive verb + direct object + adjective, 10) Subject + transitive verb + direct object + objective complement. 2. It then provides 10 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these structures, with answers explained. Common errors involving verb forms

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1. NP1 + V-be + ADV/ TP
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My friends
are
here.
NP1 (subject)
V-be
ADV/ TP
.
My friends
are
at the library.
NP1 (subject)
V-be
ADV/ TP
2. NP1 + V-be + ADJ
–
His clear tenor voice
was
NP1 (subject)
V-be
quite
lovely
ADJ (subjective complement)
).

3. .
The supervisor
was
in a good mood
today.
NP1 (subject)
V-be
ADJ (subjective complement)
3. NP1 + V-be + NP1
.
Mr. James
has
NP1 (subject)
been
a
teacher
V-be
for forty years
NP1 (subjective complement)
:
(Mr. James =
teacher).
4. NP1 + LV + ADJ
.
The cake
on the table
looks
LV
NP1 (subject)
delicious.
ADJ (subjective complement)
.
Marianne
looks
like her mother.
NP1 (subject)
LV
ADJ (subjective complement)
5. NP1 + LV + NP1
.
At a very early age
Joan
became
NP1 (subject)
LV
a
Buddhist.
NP1 (subjective complement)
(Joan =
Buddhist).
6. NP1 + V-int

4. .
In a few weeks
my cousin
will
arrive.
NP1 (subject)
V-int
.
In a few weeks
my cousin
will
NP1 (subject)
arrive.
with my uncle.
V-int
7. NP1 + V-tr + NP2
.
The archer
shot
NP1 (subject)
an
V-tr
arrow
into the target.
NP2 (direct object)
8. NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP3
.
Smithers
gave
the employees
a raise.
NP1 (subject)
V-tr
NP2 (indirect object)
NP3 (direct object)
the defendant
guilty.
9. NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + ADJ
.
The jury
found
NP1 (subject)
NP2 (direct object)
10. NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP2
.
ADJ
complement)
(objective

5. Most people
consider
a loyal friend.
NP2 (direct object)
NP1 (subject)
Jacobsen
NP2 (objective complement)
: (Jacobsen = friend)
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1. Jane is not _____. She’s just gone out for shopping.
A. at here
B. on here
C. here
D. to here
2. Mark was not _____ at that time. He can’t persuade her parents to accept their journey.
A. clever
B. cleverless
C. cleverly
D. cleverness
3. Most students in class 12A5 consider Hung ______.
A. good monitor
B. a good monitor
C. is a good monitor
D. are a good monitor

6. 4. Joanne found the problem _____ and so did John.
A. difficulty
B. difficulties
C. difficult
D. difficultness
5. ABC company’s manager gave Mark _____
A. a high raise
B. high raise
C. a tall raise
D. to a raise
6. Yesterday George sent his parents ______ from Moscow.
A. to a letter
B. with a letter
C. by a letter
D. a letter
7. Two weeks ago, Eileen borrowed me ______ but she forgot to bring me back.
A. of a book
B. for a book
C. to a book
D. a book

7. 8. All of apples in the Smiths’ garden look ______.
A. delicious
B. beauty
C. deliciousness
D. deliciously
9. Elizabeth’s daughter felt extremely ______.
A. misery
B. miserly
C. miseriliness
D. miserilinesses
10. The waiter brings Mary _____ every morning.
A. a glass of lemon juice
B. with a glass of lemon juice
C. by a glass of lemon juice
D. to a glass of lemon juice
Đáp án bài thi mẫu:
1. Key: C
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here.
2. Key: A
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4. Key: C
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8. 5. Key: A
1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP3
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6. Key: D
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7. Key: D
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8. Key: A
1 + LV + ADJ t
delicious.
9. Key: A
misery.
10. Key: A
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