Bên cạnh HƯỚNG DẪN TỪNG BƯỚC CÁCH LÀM BÀI TẬP MẪU IELTS READING DẠNG FILL IN THE GAP, IELTS TUTOR cung cấp Cách dùng "quite" tiếng anh
I. Giới thiệu chung
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- Quite được dùng với các chức năng ngữ pháp sau:
- Dùng như adv:
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- I was quite angry with her.
- I quite agree with you.
- I can’t quite decide which dress to wear today.
- ‘I can’t talk about it over the phone.’ ‘Quite. I understand.’
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- Dùng như từ chỉ định - predeterminer (followed by ‘a/an’ and a noun) >> IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn Cách dùng Pre-determiners (từ chỉ định) tiếng anh
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- I was taking quite a risk when I decided to talk to him. (followed by ‘the’ and a noun)
- That was quite the nicest party I’ve ever been to.
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- Dùng như adv:
II. Cách dùng
1. Mang nghĩa"không nhiều lắm, khá"
=You use quite to indicate that something is the case to a fairly great extent. Quite is less emphatic than 'very' and ' extremely'.
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- I felt quite bitter about it at the time.
- The girl sang quite a long song (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: cô gái hát một bài khá dài)
- I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.
- Well, actually it requires quite a bit of work and research.
- I was quite a long way away, on the terrace.
- I quite enjoy living here.
2. Mang nghĩa"dùng để nhấn mạnh"
=You use quite to emphasize what you are saying
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.
- That's a general British failing. In the U.S.A. it's quite different.
- I can state quite definitely it will be terrible.
- This was a serious breach of trust quite apart from the gravity of any offence.
- I quite agree with you. That's a good way of looking at it.
- 'Oh, he's quite a character,' Sean replied.
- It's quite a city, Boston.
3. Dùng sau câu phủ định
=You use quite after a negative to make what you are saying weaker or less definite.
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- Something here is not quite right.
- After treatment he was able to continue but he was never quite the same.
- We still can't quite believe he's here with us after all this time.
- Cheer up, it's not quite hopeless yet (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: cố lên, chưa hẳn hết hy vọng đâu!)
- And at the beginning, I didn't quite understand what all this was about.
- That wasn't quite what I meant.
4. Diễn tả sự đồng tình với ai
=You can say 'quite' to express your agreement with someone.
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- 'And if you buy the record it's your choice, isn't it?'—'Quite.'
- 'I won't say over the air who it is.'—'No, quite.'
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