Cách dùng từ "OR"tiếng anh

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Bên cạnh Bài sửa đề thi IELTS WRITING TASK 2 ngày 22/8/2020 của HS đi thi đạt 7.0 writing, IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn kĩ thêm Cách dùng từ "OR"tiếng anh

I. Giới thiệu chung

1. Tổng quan

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • Or là liên từ (conjunction) được dùng để nối hai khả năng >> IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn Cách dùng liên từ tiếng anh
  • Or có thể dùng để nối các words, phrases and clauses và tuân theo CÁCH DÙNG "CẤU TRÚC SONG SONG" TIẾNG ANH mà IELTS TUTOR đã hướng dẫn
  • Khi đi với động từ ở phủ định sẽ dùng OR (không dùng AND) (We use or after the negative form of a verb, instead of and)

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • Which do you prefer? Leather or suede?
  • You can have some freshly baked scones or some chocolate cake or both.
  • The child never smiles or laughs.

2. Chia động từ với "OR"

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

Khi chủ ngữ được nối bởi liên từ “OR” hoặc “NOR” thì chia động từ theo chủ ngữ gần nhất với động từ

S1 OR/NOR S2 + V(s2)

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • Our happiness or our sorrow is largely due to our actions.
  • My parents or my brother is staying at home now.
  • You or I am the winner.
  • A banjo or a mandolin is what we need. (singular nouns)

  • I think more pictures or ornaments are needed in this room. (plural nouns)

3. Cách dùng "either or"

II. Cách dùng từ "OR"

1. Mang nghĩa"hoặc, hay là"

=You use or to link two or more alternatives/You use or to give another alternative, when the first alternative is introduced by 'either' or 'whether'

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • either... or
  • whether... or
  • or not

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • 'Tea or coffee?' John asked.
  • ‘When will you get the results?’ ‘Either tomorrow or the day after.’
  • You don’t care whether he lives or dies, do you?
  • The jury must decide whether the prisoner is guilty or not.
  •  is it yellow or red ? (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: cái đó màu vàng hay màu đỏ?)
  • is it right or wrong ? (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: cái đó đúng hay sai?)
  • Spread the inside of the loaf with olive paste or pesto sauce for extra flavour.
  • He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands.
  • Students are asked to take another course in English, or science, or mathematics.
  • Items like bread, milk and meat were either unavailable or obtained only on the black market.
  • Either you can talk to him, or I will.
  • I don't know whether people will buy it or not.
  • I am not sure whether I was knocked over by the blast or whether I just fell.
  • The bathroom has taken a lot longer to get right than either Elaine or Dennis had envisaged.
  • The man was a fool, he thought, or at least incompetent.
  • There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought.
  • That was sporting of him. Or should I say cowardly.
  • She was aware of tension between them. Or had it been there from the beginning?

2. Mang nghĩa"nếu không thì"

=If you say that someone should do something or something unpleasant will happen, you are warning them that if they do not do it, the unpleasant thing will happen/used for saying what will happen if someone does not do something

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • or else

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • She had to have the operation, or she would die.
  • The soldiers told everyone to leave or they would be shot.
  • We must deal with the problem now, or else it will be too late.
  •  Turn the heat down or your cake will burn (IELTS TUTOR giải thích:Hạ nhiệt độ xuống kẻo bánh cháy đấy)
  • You’d better do what I say, or else (=I will do something bad to you).

3. Mang nghĩa"cũng không"(sau một câu phủ định)

=used for including someone or something else in a negative statement

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • She’s had nothing to eat or drink all day. 
  • I never had any help or advice from my parents.
  •  he can't read or write (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: nó không biết đọc cũng không biết viết)
  • they never dance or sing (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: họ chẳng bao giờ nhảy cũng chẳng bao giờ hát)

4. Mang nghĩa"tức là; nghĩa là"

=used for introducing a comment that corrects or adds more information to what you have just said

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • or rather

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • There are six cashpoints, or ATMs, in the main airport terminal.
  • a dug-out or a hollowed-tree boat (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: một chiếc thuyền độc mộc, tức là một chiếc thuyền bằng một thân cây đục thành)
  • a kilo , or two pounds (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: một ký lô tức là hai pao)
  • This is a problem for the government, or rather for the Prime Minister, to deal with.
5. Mang nghĩa"không biết có phải vậy hay không?"(đưa ra một ý nghĩ nảy ra sau)

=used when you are trying to show that something must be true, by saying that the situation would be different if it was not true

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • or else

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • He obviously doesn’t have a plan, or he would have said something.
  •  He was obviously lying - or was he? (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: Rõ ràng lá nó nói dối - không biết phải vậy hay không?)
  • I need a new coat - or do I? (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: tôi cần một cái áo mới - chẳng biết có cần không nhỉ?)
  • It must be something serious, or else they wouldn’t have radioed for help.

6. Mang nghĩa"hoặc là, khoảng chừng"

=You use or between two numbers to indicate that you are giving an approximate amount/used between two similar numbers for showing that you do not know what the exact number is

IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:

  • one or two/two or three/three or four etc

IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:

  • Everyone benefited from limiting their intake of tea to just three or four cups a day.
  • When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work.
  • Normally he asked questions, and had a humorous remark or two.
  • I can photocopy your notes. It’ll only take a minute or two. 
  • The car has to be serviced every five or six thousand miles.

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