GENERAL REVIEW.

ÔN TẬP TỔNG QUÁT.

Exercise 1.

1. 1) The family of the Lambs had long been among the most thriving and popular in the neighborhood; the Miss Lambs were the belles of Little Britain, and everybody was pleased when old Lamb had made money enough to shut up shop, and put his name on a brass plate on his door.
   Sample Answer / Đáp án gợi ý

   Loại: ghép - phức, trần thuật. Mệnh đề 1: The family of the Lambs had long been among the most thriving and popular in the neighborhood. Mệnh đề 2: the Miss Lambs were the belles of Little Britain. Mệnh đề 3: everybody was pleased when old Lamb had made money enough to shut up shop, and put his name on a brass plate on his door (chứa mệnh đề phụ when old Lamb had made money enough to shut up shop, and put his name on a brass plate on his door là trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian).
   Giải thích: Ba mệnh đề chính nối bằng dấu chấm phẩy và "and"; mệnh đề phụ "when..." bổ nghĩa cho "was pleased".

2. 2) In an evil hour, however, one of the Miss Lambs had the honor of being a lady in attendance on the Lady Mayoress, at her great annual ball, on which occasion she wore three towering ostrich feathers on her head.
   Sample Answer / Đáp án gợi ý

   Loại: phức, trần thuật. Mệnh đề chính: one of the Miss Lambs had the honor of being a lady in attendance on the Lady Mayoress, at her great annual ball. Mệnh đề phụ: on which occasion she wore three towering ostrich feathers on her head (tính từ không hạn định, bổ nghĩa cho ball).
   Giải thích: Mệnh đề quan hệ không hạn định với "on which occasion" bổ sung thông tin về buổi dạ hội.

3. 3) The family never got over it; they were immediately smitten with a passion for high life; set up a one-horse carriage, put a bit of gold lace round the errand-boy's hat, and have been the talk and detestation of the whole neighborhood ever since.
   Sample Answer / Đáp án gợi ý

   Loại: ghép, trần thuật. Mệnh đề 1: The family never got over it. Mệnh đề 2: they were immediately smitten with a passion for high life. Mệnh đề 3: (they) set up a one-horse carriage, (they) put a bit of gold lace round the errand-boy's hat, and (they) have been the talk and detestation of the whole neighborhood ever since (các mệnh đề có chủ ngữ bị lược bỏ).
   Giải thích: Ba mệnh đề độc lập nối bằng dấu chấm phẩy và dấu phẩy; các chủ ngữ bị lược bỏ ở mệnh đề 3.

4. 4) They could no longer be induced to play at Pope-Joan or blindman's buff; they could endure no dances but quadrilles, which nobody had ever heard of in Little Britain; and they took to reading novels, talking bad French, and playing upon the piano.
   Sample Answer / Đáp án gợi ý

   Loại: ghép - phức, trần thuật. Mệnh đề 1: They could no longer be induced to play at Pope-Joan or blindman's buff. Mệnh đề 2: they could endure no dances but quadrilles, which nobody had ever heard of in Little Britain (chứa mệnh đề phụ which nobody had ever heard of in Little Britain là tính từ không hạn định bổ nghĩa cho quadrilles). Mệnh đề 3: they took to reading novels, talking bad French, and playing upon the piano.
   Giải thích: Ba mệnh đề chính nối bằng dấu chấm phẩy và "and"; mệnh đề quan hệ không hạn định bổ sung thông tin về quadrilles.

5. 5) Their brother, too, who had been articled to an attorney, set up for a dandy and a critic, characters hitherto unknown in these parts; and he confounded the worthy folks exceedingly by talking about Kean, the opera, and the "Edinburgh Review."
   Sample Answer / Đáp án gợi ý

   Loại: ghép - phức, trần thuật. Mệnh đề 1: Their brother, too, who had been articled to an attorney, set up for a dandy and a critic, characters hitherto unknown in these parts (chứa mệnh đề phụ who had been articled to an attorney là tính từ không hạn định bổ nghĩa cho brother). Mệnh đề 2: he confounded the worthy folks exceedingly by talking about Kean, the opera, and the "Edinburgh Review."
   Giải thích: Hai mệnh đề chính nối bằng dấu chấm phẩy và "and"; mệnh đề quan hệ không hạn định bổ sung thông tin về người anh.