Unit 4 Flashcards
full stop
dấu chấm
is used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or an exclamation and is sometimes used in abbreviations. Each new sentence must begin with a capital letter.
comma
dấu phẩy
is like a pause in speech. It is used:
- to separate parts of a sentence, e.g. After we left, someone tried to phone us.
- between adjectives, e.g. A big, expensive car.
- separate words in a list, though it is often omitted before and, e.g. I went to France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
- when words or phrases interrupt the normal progression of a sentence, e.g. I decided, however, that I needed something to eat first.
colon
dấu hai chấm
is often used to introduce further detail such as an explanation or a list, e.g. The shop is full of antiques: dining tables, chairs, wardrobes, mirrors, and so on.
semicolon
dấy chấm phẩy
is sometimes used instead of a full stop when two sentences are very closely connected, or to separate two main clauses, especially ones that aren’t joined by a conjuntion such as and or but, e.g. I went round this morning; nobody was there.
question mark
dấu hỏi chấm
exclamation mark
dấu chấm than
apostrophe
dấu móc lửng
Dấu móc lửng được sử dụng để thay thế các chữ cái trong hình thức rút gọn. VD: can’t = cannot
Dấu móc lửng được sử dụng trong sở hữu cách.
VD: the girl’s father
Từ hạn định và đại từ sở hữu (yours, its) không có dấu móc lửng
Dấu móc lửng được sử dụng trong dạng số nhiều của các chữ cái và đôi khi là trong các con số hoặc chữ viết tắt. VD: It was in the early 1960’s
hyphen
dấu nối
dash
dấu gạch ngang
brackets
dấu ngoặc đơn
slash
dấu gạch chéo
A slash separates words or phrases that are alternatives, e.g. single/married.
quotation marks
dấu ngoặc kép
abbreviation
a short form of a word (e.g. a.m. is an abbreviation meaning ‘in the morning’)
capital letter
A B C are capital letters (a b c are small letters)
pause
a short period of time when sb stops talking
separate sb/sth
keep people or things away from each other.
SYN divide sb/sth
list
a series of names, items, or numbers (e.g. a shopping list, a list of countries)
omit sth
FML If you omit sth, you don’t include it.
SYN leave sth out
interrupt sth
occur in the middle of sth and stop it continuing
details
small pieces of information about sth.
instead of sb/sth
in the place of sb/sth
connect sth
put two or more things together.
SYN join sth
such as
You use such as to introduce an example.
SYN like
alternative
one of two or more things that you can choose between
