1. It + be + time + S + V (-ed, cột 2) / It’s +time +for someone +to do something : (đã đến lúc aiđó phải làm gì...) e.g. It is time you had a shower. e.g. It’s time for me to ask all of you for this question. 2. It + takes/took+ someone + amount of time + to do something: (làm gì... mất bao nhiêu thời gian...) e.g. It takes me 5 minutes to get to school. e.g. It took him 10 minutes to do this exercise yesterday. 3. To prevent/stop + someone/something + From + V-ing: (ngăn cản ai/ cái gì... làm gì..) e.g. He prevented us from parking our car here. 4. S + find+ it+ adj to do something: (thấy ... để làm gì...) e.g. I find it very difficult to learn about English. e.g. They found it easy to overcome that problem. 5. To prefer + Noun/ V-ing + to + N/ V-ing. (Thích cái gì/ làm gì hơn cái gì/ làm gì) e.g. I prefer dog to cat. e.g. I prefer reading books to watching TV. 6. Would rather ('d rather) + V (infinitive) + than + V (infinitive: (thích làm gì hơn làm gì) e.g. She would play games than read books. e.g. I’d rather learn English than learn Biology. 7. To be/get Used to + V-ing: (quen làm gì) e.g. I am used to eating with chopsticks. 8. Used to + V (infinitive): (Thường làm gì trong qk và bây giờ không làm nữa) e.g. I used to go fishing with my friend when I was young. e.g. She used to smoke 10 cigarettes a day. 9. To be amazed at = to be surprised at + N/V-ing: ngạc nhiên về.... e.g. I was amazed at his big beautiful villa. 10. To be angry at + N/V-ing: tức giận về e.g. Her mother was very angry at her bad marks. 11. to be good at/ bad at + N/ V-ing: giỏi về.../ kém về... e.g. I am good at swimming. e.g. He is very bad at English. 12. by chance = by accident (adv): tình cờ e.g. I met her in Paris by chance last week. 13. to be/get tired of + N/V-ing: mệt mỏi về... e.g. My mother was tired of doing too much housework everyday. 14. can’t stand/ help/ bear/ resist + V-ing: Không chịu nỗi/không nhịn được làm gì... e.g. She can't stand laughing at her little dog. 15. to be keen on/ to be fond of + N/V-ing : thích làm gì đó... e.g. My younger sister is fond of playing with her dolls. 16. to be interested in + N/V-ing: quan tâm đến... e.g. Mrs Brown is interested in going shopping on Sundays. 17. to waste + time/ money + V-ing: tốn tiền hoặc thời gian làm gì e.g. He always wastes time playing computer games each day. e.g. Sometimes, I waste a lot of money buying clothes. 18. To spend + amount of time/ money + V-ing: dành bao nhiêu thời gian làm gì.. e.g. I spend 2 hours reading books a day. e.g. Mr Jim spent a lot of money traveling around the world last year. 19. To spend + amount of time/ money + on + something: dành thời gian vào việc gì... e.g. My mother often spends 2 hours on housework everyday. e.g. She spent all of her money on clothes. 20. to give up + V-ing/ N: từ bỏ làm gì/ cái gì...e.g. You should give up smoking as soon as possible.
