Rewrite each sentence , beginning as shown , so that the meaning stays the same .
1. Brian bought a new television . First he checked all the prices . -> Before buying a new television, Brian checked all the prices
2. First Trudy red the book . Then she decided that she didn't like it . -> After reading the book, Trudy decided that she didn't like it.
II. WRITING (2 points / 0.5 each): Finish the second sentence (according to the instruction in
the bracket) so that it has the same meaning as the first.
33. Come soon or you may not meet us.
=> If ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
34. Ba stayed up late watching TV, so he is tired now.
=> Because ...............................................................................................................................................................................
35. My friend cannot stay with me longer.
=> I wish ......................................................................................................................................................................................
36. He is fond of walking in the rain.
=> He enjoys ............................................................................................................................................................................
EXERCISES
Exercise 1 – Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense form.
1. Please don’t make so much noise. I (study) ......
2. My father usually (have) ...... tea for breakfast.
3. What ...... you (do) ...... at this time yesterday ?
4. I (watch) ...... that film with my sister last week.
5. We (study) ...... almost every lesson in this book so far.
6. He (win) ...... the gold medal in 2009.
7. We (not see) ...... your father for ages.
8. He (type) ...... ten letters by lunchtime yesterday.
9. All of you (take) ...... the graduation examination in two months’ time.
10. By the end of this year, I (work) ...... here for 18 years.
11. He (see) ...... her while he (walk) ...... down the street.
12. I thought they (wait) ...... for us for half an hour.
13. After he (do) ...... his homework, he went to the cinema.
14. We (not see) ...... her since she (leave) ...... school.
15. When I (be) ...... a boy, I often (go) ...... fishing with my teacher.
16. When I (leave) ...... my office last night, it (still
Exercise 2 – Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a similar meaning
to the original one.
1. I have never read this kind of book before.
- It is the first time ......
2. I have never read such an interesting novel.
- This is the most ......
3. She began to work as a secretary in 2005.
- She has ......
4. He hasn’t seen his sister since she left for Japan.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. They began drawing 3 years ago →They have
2. I have never been here before.
→ It is the first
3. Keep the environment clean is very important
→ It's
Complete the sentences
1. The student/study/for/exam/now.
2. She/usually/practise/listen/English programs/TV.
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same
as the sentence printed before it.
1. He drives so carefully that he has never had any accidents.
→ He is so .................................................................
2. “ We got home late last night” they said.
→ They said .............................................................
3. We suggested a lot of things, which were all rejected.
→ Everything ...........................................................
4. This is his first visit to Ho Chi Minh City.
→ He is .....................................................................
5. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of
his age.
→ The man was too ..................................................
6. Despite his intelligence, he doesn’t study well at school.
→ Even ....................................................................
7. If you don’t take care of those shoes ,they won’t last for long.
→ Unless you look .....................................................
8. I would prefer you not to phone me at work.
→ I’d rather ................................................................
9. It is thought that the accident was caused by human error.
→ The accident is ......................................................
10. She didn’t know the way, so she asked a policeman.
→ Not .......................................................................
13.
Give the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.0 point) are now very interested in tidal power
14. Mns Nga speaks English quite.
15. Ha Noi and areas to him north will be
16. The baby laughed... as she played with her toys.
VI. Fill in the blanks with a correct preposition. (1.0 point)
Me and Mrs Hoang get up early poultry
18. Dr. Van's clinic is
47 Le Loi Street
21.1 wish I
A knew
C. will know
22. Let's have dinner,..
(good) tomorrow. (sun) science (happy)
the morning to feed the animals and the
19. He's lost his key and now he's looking.. it 20. She has studied English VII. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) thar best fits the space in each sentence. (1.0 point) B know .2010. his name.
D. would know
A will he
B. shall we
C. won't we
D. shan't we
23. Would you like to have lunch with us? -
A. All right
B. Yes, I would
C. No. I wouldn't like
D. Yes, I'd love to
24. "I must leave now"
A. she had to leave now
B. she must leave now
She said..
C. she had to leave then D. she must leave then VIII. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (1.0 point)
25. She wishes she is the most beautiful girl in the world.
A
D
C
B
26. Uncle Tom said that he would go to Nha Trang tomorrow
BC
27. The road to our village should be widening soon.
А
В
D
28. She has taught in this school since five years.
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (1.5 points)
29. The fire has destroyed many houses.
Many houses
30. I started working for the company 4 years ago.
→ I've
31. Hoa asked, * What do you do in the morning. Lan?"
Hoa asked Lan
X. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences (1.5 points)
32. likes listening /her friends. / to music /and/chatting/with/Lan
Lan...
33. loved/said /He/badminton / he / that/ playing He.
34. how to school. /l/ went/Ba/me/ asked.
17. “I have something to show you now.”, he said to me.
A. He told me that he has something to show me then.
B. He told me that he had something to show you then.
C. He told me that he had something to show me now.
D. He told me that he had something to show me then.
18. “I’m leaving here for Hue tomorrow,” she said.
A. She said that she is leaving leave there for Hue the day after.
B. She said that she was leaving leave there for Hue the day after
.C. She said that she would leaving leave there for Hue the day after
.D. She said that she is leaving leave here for Hue the day after.
19. “I’ll come with you as son as I am ready.” Tom said to her.
A. Tom said to her that he will come with her s soon as he was ready.
B. Tom said to her that he would come with her s soon as he was ready.
C. Tom said to her that he will come with you as soon as he was ready.
D. Tom said to her that he will come with her s soon as he is ready.
20. “I must go now,” the father said to us.
A. The father said to us that he must go then
B. The father said to us that he had to go now
C. The father said to us that he has to go then
D. The father said to us that he had to go then
21. “Who puts the salt in my cup of coffee?”
A. Peter asked who put the salt in his cup of coffee?
B. Peter asked who put the salt in his cup of coffee.
C. Peter asked who puts the salt in his cup of coffee.
D. Peter asked who put the salt in my cup of coffee.
22. “Why do you come here late?”, she asked me.
A. She asked me why I came there late.
B. She asked me why I come there late.
C. She asked me why I came here late.
D. She asked me why you came there late.
23. ‘Can you lay the piano?”, he asked the girl.
A. He asked the girl if she can play the piano
.B. He asked the girl if she could play the piano?
C. He asked the girl if she can play the piano.
D. He asked the girl if she played the piano.
24. “I’m having a good time here, said Maryam.
A. Maryam said that she was having a good time there.
B. Maryam said that she is having a good time here.
C. Maryam said that she was having a good time there.
D. Maryam said that she had a good time there.
25. “Do you like popmusic?”, hoa told Maryam.
A. Hoa asked Maryam if she likes pop music.
B. Hoa asked Maryam if she liked pop music.
C. Hoa told Maryam if she likes pop music.
D. Hoa told Maryam if she liked pop music.
26. “Where do you lve the boys?”, asked the man.
A. The man asked the boys where they live.
B. The man asked the boys where they lived.
C. The man asked the boys where they lived?
D. The man asked the boys where did they live.
I Rewrites there sentences,so that their meaning stays the same,using the beginning given for each.
1 What the distance between Quang Ngai and HCM City?
→ How .........................?
2 I often walked to school when I was a student
→I used.....................
3 Although tom was a poor student, he student very well
→ In spite of............................
4 Although the weather was bad, she went to school on
→ depicts.....................
II Wirte about from 80-100 word about the festival which you attended
Mong mọi người giúp và làm nhanh cho mk nhà!!!!!!
IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.
1. Reading newspapers in the morning gives him pleasure.
He enjoys .....................................................................................................................
2. They first printed “The Time” two hundred years ago.
“The Time” ..................................................................................................................
3. Does your brother use the internet every day ?
Your brother ................................................................................................................?
4. Some newspapers have more pictures than texts.
There are .....................................................................................................................
5. “Can I borrow you 100,000 dong ?” he said to me.
He asked me ...............................................................................................................
6. You do not have a computer , so you can not get access to the Internet .
I wish......................................................................................................................................
7.We must finish the work on time .
The work ................................................................................................................................
8.They have just bought their son a new bicycle .
A new bicycle .........................................................................................................................
9. It is a pity that your friend isn’t at this party .
I wish ....................................................................................................................................
10. I often go to bed late .
I am used to…………………………………………………………….........................................
● Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage
Freddy liked to go the countryside to draw animals and plants. Ne day, while(1)____across a field, looking for rabbits to draw, he was so lost in thought that he did not (2)______a bull running towards him. About a hundred meters (3)____ was a tree under which he usually sat to draw. Suddenly, he heard a (4)______ noise behind him. It was the bull! He knew that a bull could run much(5)_____ than a man, but he also knew that a bull could not see very (6)_____and noticed only shape and movement. To distract the bull, he threw his bag away (7)______ him. The bull saw the sudden movement and headed for the bag. Freddy quickly climbed (8)______ the tree and watched the bull attack his bag. (9)_____ the bull was satisfied and had gone away, he got down from the tree and ran(10)______ fast as he could. Everything in the bag was completely ruined.
●Complete the sentences below. Use the prepositions in the box.
after at between by during
for in on since until
1. Mr. Thanh isn't here at the moment. He'll be back ___ a few minutes.
2. We were at the seaside _____ two weeks.
3. I haven't seen Liz _____ Monday.
4. Mrs. Nhung has gone away. She's been away ___ Friday.
5. Where's Trang? She should be here ______ now.
6. There are usually a lot of parties ____ New Year's eve.
7. Can I meet you ______ 8 am and 9 am?
8. We met a lot of people _____ our holiday.
9. Ten o'clock is a bit early. We should come ____ that.
10. They don't like traveling ____ night.
●Write sentences with "wish"
1. Our classroom doesn't have any windows.
2. The sun isn't shining right now.
3. The teacher is going to give us an exam tomorrow.
4. Lan doesn't know how to make a cake.
5. We live in a small flat in the city.
6. Please don't say things like that.
7. I can't go with you to the countryside next weekend.
8. Nam is too young to ride a motorbike.
9. My aunt and her children are not coming to dinner with us tonight.
10. You are always forgetting your homeworks.
● Read the passage and answer the questions that follow
The tiny village og Frinley is said to possess a "cursed tree". Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased. The tree was planted near a church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation. It is said that if anyone touched the tree, he will have bad luck, if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims. The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that tree is a useful source of income as tourists have come from all parts of the country to see it. In sprite of all that has been said, the tourists have picked leaves and cut their names on the tree-trunk. So far not one of them has been truck down by sudden death!
1. Where and when was the tree planted?
2. What has the tree got in recent years?
3. What will happen to a man if he touches the tree?
4. Why is the tree a useful source of income?
5. Are the visitors afraid of what has been said about the tree?
●Combine the sentences below, using the words in brackets.
1. The movie was boring. We went home before it finished.(so)
2. Mai opened the door. Mai greeted the guests.(and)
3. We started the trip very early. We reached the village before noon.(so that)
4. Liz saw some wild ducks. Liz was resting under a tree.(while)
5. Hoa is very sick. She can't sit up.(so...that)
6. Ba felt tired and hungry. Lan felt tired and hungry.(so)
7. We enjoyed the fresh air in the countryside. We enjoyed the food thete.(both)
8. The water is very cold. We can't swim in it.(too)
9. Peter didn't have money to buy a bus ticket. He had to walk home.(so)
10. Mr. Parker feeds the chicken. He collects their eggs.(not only...-but also)
● Put the words in order to make meaningful sentences
1. wanted/clearly/the front line/the President/we/so/to see/stood/in/we.
2. holiday/she/in/wishes/Nha Trang/spend/next summer/her/Liz/could.
3. return/twice/they/home/least/a month/town/to usually/at/their.
4. started/after/pleasant/the countryside/home/day/a/to go/in/they/having.
5. people/mountain resorts/some rest/hard-working/many/go to/to have/a/after/week.
6. the capital/80 kilomerters/home village/about/the north-east/is/of/to/my.
7. hours/boat/got/main/after/traveling/to/island/three/by/the/we.
8. some minutes/a tree/tired/the man/and/he/and/for/felt/hungry/so/slept/under/sat down.
9. stay/until/September/uncle/with/the end/my/will/of/us.
10.learned/alot/people/arrived/Tom/about/since/Vietnamese/has/he/here.
