Phân biệt ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE

Để giúp các bạn phân biệt (difference) giữa các từ ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE, bài viết hôm nay Thích Tiếng Anh mang đến cho bạn các đồng nghĩa cũng như ví dụ sinh động để các bạn nhớ được những từ này một cách hệ thống nhất. Bài viết có bài tập vận dụng và đáp án đi kèm.

I/ PHÂN BIỆT VÀ CÁCH DÙNG

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

ON PURPOSE: cố tình BY CHANCE: vô ý

1. ON PURPOSE

ON PURPOSE mang nghĩa “cố tình, có chủ tâm”

Một vài đồng nghĩa của từ này có thể kể đến 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”.

Các 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 đây là những lưu ý phân biệt ON PURPOSE và BY CHANCE. Hi vọng bài viết phần nào hữu ích giúp các bạn phân biệt tránh nhầm lẫn khi sử dụng các từ này.

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Mira Vân _ Thichtienganh.com

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