I.            Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it:

1.      Be quiet or you will not understand the lesson.

→ If ___________________________________________________________________

2.      Study harder and you will not fail the coming exam.

→ If ___________________________________________________________________

3.      Work harder or you won’t get high salary.

→ If ___________________________________________________________________

4.      Practice speaking English every day or you can’t improve your English.

→ If ___________________________________________________________________

5.      The children like to walk in the rain.

→ The children enjoy _____________________________________________________

→ The children are _______________________________________________________

6.      I think surfing the Net is useful.

→ I find it_______________________________________________________________

7.      I don’t think she broke the vase accidentally.

→ I think _______________________________________________________________

8.      Watching TV consumes a lot of time.

→ Watching TV is a ______________________________________________________

9.      Can’t you control the child?

→ You ________________________________________________________________ ?

10.  “I don’t know anything about it,” he said.

→ He denied ____________________________________________________________

11.  Did they understand the problem?

→ They hardly__________________________________________________________ ?

12.  He forced me to put my hands up and quickly searched through my pockets.

→ I ____________________________________________________________________

13.  “Don’t forget to phone the office,” she told him.

→ She reminded _________________________________________________________

14.  Mary will watch the film in three hours.

→ It will ________________________________________________________________

15.  The children are excited about going to the circus.

→ The children are looking_________________________________________________

16.  He is interested in reading detective books.

→ He enjoys _____________________________________________________________

17.  Do you find it difficult to speak English?

→ Do you have any _______________________________________________________

18.  My father needs 15 minutes to read “Tuoi Tre” newspaper every morning.

→ My father spends_______________________________________________________

19.  The floor was cleaned by Loan

→ Loan_________________________________________________________________

20.  The Browns last painted the living-room two years ago.

→ The Browns have ______________________________________________________

21.  Would you close the door, please?

→ Would you mind ______________________________________________________ ?

22.  They didn’t allow us to smoke here.

→ They didn’t let _________________________________________________________

23.  My teacher advised buying that book.         

→ My teacher advised us ___________________________________________________

24.  He has studied English for six years.

→ He began _____________________________________________________________

25.  It is necessary to master English.     

→ Mastering ____________________________________________________________

26.  He spent two hours writing the essay.          

→ It took _______________________________________________________________

27.  He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.

→ He is looking __________________________________________________________

28.  I would like you to help me (to) put the chairs away?

→ Do you mind _________________________________________________________ ?

29.  Don’t forget that you have to do this homework.

→ Please remember _______________________________________________________

30.  Don’t ask so many questions.

→ Please stop ____________________________________________________________

31.  He hasn’t smoked for 3 years.

→ He stopped ____________________________________________________________

32.  It's not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.

→ It's better to____________________________________________________________