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Cấu trúc as…as trong bài task 1

As…as ngoài việc sử dụng trong so sánh bằng mà nhiều bạn đã biết, nay thầy hướng dẫn những cách sử dụng mới của cấu trúc as…as nhé

As much (danh từ không đếm được) as

In 2020, Company A produced as much amount of rice as Company B

Trường hợp nói gấp 2,3 ta chỉ cần thêm twice hoặc three times trước as nhé.

Ví dụ. The amount of gas sold in 2020 was twice as much as in 2019

As many (danh từ đếm được) as

in 2020, the population of China was approximately ten times as many as Russia

In Rio 2016 Olympics, The united states won 37 silver medals, more than twice as many as Rusian Federation

Hướng dẫn viết câu phức ielts writing

Câu phức

Complex sentence là câu chứa 1 mệnh đề độc lập và ít nhất 1 mênh đề phụ thuộc (subordinate clause)

Ví dụ

Parks should be replaced by new buildings   because there is not enough accomodation for residents.

Parks should be replaced by new buildings   là mệnh đề độc lập

There is not enough accomodation for residents là mệnh đề phụ thuộc vì chứa subodinating conjunction (because) ở phía trước

Có 4 loại từ nối khác nhau trong câu phức

  1. Because, since, as: đưa ra nguyên nhân

Ví dụ: Parks should be replaced by new buildings   as there is not enough accomodation for residents.

  • Though, although, while, even though: đưa ra sự tương phản

Ví dụ: Many people go traveling though corona virus outbreak has been widespread

  • After, as, since, before, until, when, while: Chỉ thời gian hay chuỗi sự kiện

Ví dụ: the living area has been polluted since a factory was built nearby

  • If, unless: đưa ra điều kiện

Ví dụ: I will study abroad unless I pass the university entrance exam

Thầy Anh IELTS

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Từ vựng chủ đề covid-19

As Coronavirus (officially called COVID-19) continues to dominate the news, I thought it might be useful to look at some of the language we use to talk about it. Regular readers will know my obsession with collocations (word partners), and there are lots of good ones in this topic, most of which can be applied to other diseases too.

The first is that people contract a virus (= get it). When a disease passes very easily from one person to another, as this one does, we say that it is extremely infectious or highly contagious. People that have it and may pass it to others are known as carriers. Some people seem to be more infectious (= pass on the disease more) than others, and these people are known as super-spreaders.

The first person to get a new disease is known as patient zero. When a patient has signs that they are ill, we say that they show/display symptoms, in this case a fever (= high temperature), cough and respiratory difficulty (= problems with breathing). The period between catching the illness and showing symptoms is the incubation period.

We use the word cases to refer to people who have a disease, e.g. There have been several cases of COVID-19 in the UK. When doctors have done tests and are sure that people have it, we call them confirmed or diagnosed cases. If doctors find that someone has the disease, we say that they test positive for it. If there is an unusually high number, we say that there is a spike in cases, whereas if numbers seem as though they are continuing to fall, we say that they have peaked.

We often talk about the mortality rate of a disease to say what proportion of people die from it. The death toll is the number of people who have died. The start of a disease is called the outbreak. At the time of writing this post, COVID-19 hasn’t been classified as a pandemic (= a disease that has spread all over the world), but it has the potential to become one.

Governments have to decide how to control/contain the spread of the virus. Towns and cities may be put/placed on/in lockdown so that nobody can enter or leave them, countries may close their borders (= stop letting people from other countries in) and airlines sometimes suspend flights (= stop flying) to certain places.

People who may have the disease are often put/placed in quarantine (= made to stay somewhere away from other people). Passengers returning from an area with coronavirus may be asked to self-quarantine (= stay away from other people voluntarily). Despite the fact that most experts don’t think they are effective, some countries have seen huge queues for face masks (= covers for your mouth and nose). Meanwhile, scientists are racing to develop a vaccine (= make medicine that will stop people getting the virus).

By Liz walter

pie chart writing sample

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by local authorities in Someland in 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

saw a fall        

45%          

9%    

rose dramatically           

  10%             

40%

Model answer

The charts show how much local authorities spent on a range of services in Someland in three separate years: 1980, 1990 and 2000.

In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on education. But while K-12 education

saw a fall
from 25% in 1980 to only 18% of spending in 2000, higher education remained the largest proportion, reaching
45%
of total spending in 1990 and ending at
40%
in 2000.

Expenditure on health and human resources had increased to 20% by 1990 before decreasing to only
10%
by the end of the period. In contrast, the share of transportation saw an opposite trend. This cost decreased to only 6% of total expenditure in 1990 but
rose dramatically
in 2000 when it represented 22% of the total budget. Similarly, the cost of environmental services saw a rising trend, growing from only 4% to
9%
by 2000.

Overall, higher education constituted the largest cost to local authorities, and while spending increased for transportation and environmental services, there were corresponding drops in expenditure on health and human resources and K-12 education.

(178 words)