💎 IELTS CÔNG THỨC NÓI TIẾNG ANH PHẦN 8

✅ Formula 8: What is the best time (of year) to do X?
Cấu trúc:
1 Use superlatives correctly.
Da Lat is the most beautiful place in Vietnam.
This is the best time to travel.
2 Use prepositions of time corretly for times of day, month and year.
Ha Noi is beautiful in the late fall.
Ba Na Hills is beautiful at any time of the year.
At is used with festivals, the time of day, and with dawn, noon, night, midnight, dusk.
The train will arrive at 9 p.m.
The streets are always busy at Christmas.
On is used with a particular day or date.
I’m often late to work on Mondays.
Peter gave Helen a call on Friday.
In is used with years, seasons, months, and other parts of the day.
She said she would give you a call in the evening.
For me, Australia is far too hot in the summer.
By is used to show that an activity will be completed or end by a certain time or point (and no later).
I usually start to feel tired by 10 p.m.
All the leaves on the trees will have fallen by November.
During is used to talk about something that happens at a certain period of time, and can be used with parts of the day, seasons and festivals (not a point in time like noon).
The best time to do exercise is during the morning break.
Not many people like to visit Quang Tri during the summer months.
Until is used to talk about something which will continue to happen up to a certain time or particular event.
The park is a really quiet place to study until about 5 o’clock, when everybody finishes work.
I like swimming in the sea until late September, after that it gets cold.
3 Use a few colloquial expressions for advantageous conditions.
The winter months are ideal for skiing.
The summer is perfect for cycling in the mountains.
good / great for
The cold weather is good for making ice sculptures.
Evenings at home are great for relaxing and listening to music.
ideal for
Spring in Beijing is ideal for hiking along the Great Wall.
The day before a big national holiday is ideal for throwing a party.
provide the perfect conditions for
The combination of mountains and lakes near my hometown provides the perfect
conditions for camping in the summer.
The karst stones and dry weather of the summer provide the perfect conditions for rock climbing and mountain biking.
4 Using depend on
Depend on can be used with nouns.
The availability of train tickets during the Tet holiday depends on the amount of people travelling.
The best time to do exercise depends on people’s lifestyles.
Or depend on can be used with gerunds (the -ing form of the verb).
Finding a good job depends on having good qualifications.
Being happy doesn’t necessarily depend on being very rich.