Sẽ giúp những tín đồ phân biệt (difference) giữa những từ ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE, nội dung bài viết ngày hôm nay Thích Tiếng Anh mang đến cho tín đồ những đồng nghĩa cũng như ví dụ sinh động để những tín đồ nhớ được những từ này một kiểu khối hệ thống nhất. Nội dung bài viết có bài tập vận dụng và đáp án kèm theo.

I/ PHÂN BIỆT VÀ CÁCH DÙNG

ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE nhiều khi khiến người tiêu dùng nhầm lẫn về nét nghĩa, nhất là lúc đặt trong những đồng nghĩa của chúng. Tuy nhiên, nếu học hai từ này theo cụm, không thật khó để phân biệt.

ON PURPOSE: cố ýBY CHANCE: vô ý

1. ON PURPOSE

ON PURPOSE mang nghĩa “cố ý, có dụng tâm”

Một vài đồng nghĩa của từ này hoàn toàn có thể nói tới như: ON PURPOSE = purposely = consciously = deliberately = intentionally.

Ví dụ:

A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose.

He slammed the door on purpose.

I came here on purpose to see you.

2. BY CHANCE

BY CHANCE lại Có nghĩa là “tình cờ, vô tình”.

Những thay thế khác của BY CHANCE là: By chance = by mistake = by accident = by coincidence = accidentally

Ví dụ:

They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married. I bumped into her quite by chance in Oxford Street. The pair met often — at first by chance but later by design.

II/ BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG

1. I hope his family know it was an accident and not (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
2. But they’d had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
3. Perhaps it is no more improbable than anything else that may happen (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE) in this universe.
4. You did that (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE)., you cheeky little devil!
5. Perhaps if it hadn’t happened so handily (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE), he would have engineered a meeting.
6. I didn’t do it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE)- it was an accident.
7. Fortunately, just (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE), I had an appointment the next day with my naturopath and told her what was happening.
8. She seems to do these things (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
9. He did it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE), knowing it would annoy her.
10. Are they doing it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE)? Probably not.
11. Several years after they’d split up they met again (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE) in Paris.
12. Fire investigators believe the fire was set (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
13. He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE) in a shop window.
14. Its white fur looked unnatural, bleached (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE), for a disguise
15. Several years after they’d split up they met again (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE) in Paris.
16. He wasn’t the kind of bloke to do it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
17. If I throw one up in the zone, it’s not (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
18. He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE) in a shop window
19. I don’t think he stepped on your toes (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE).
20. Fortunately, just (ON PURPOSE/ BY CHANCE), I had an appointment the next day with my naturopath and told her what was happening.

ĐÁP ÁN

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Trên đấy là những lưu ý phân biệt ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE. Hứa hẹn nội dung bài viết phần nào hữu ích giúp những tín đồ phân biệt tránh nhầm lẫn khi tận dụng những từ này.

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