Complete the unfinished sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. WRITE THE WHOLE SENTENCE.

1. Children like walking in the rain. *

=> Children are fascinated 

2. He writes so carefully that he never makes a mistake. *

=> He’s such 

3. John’s reaction at the party surprised me. *

=>I was 

4. People believe that the island was found more than 200 years ago. *

=> The island 

5. We decided to go on a picnic. *

=> We made 

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

41. Peter intends to listen to music after work.

=> Peter is ________________________________________

42. Walking in the rain is funny.

=> It’s ____________________________________________

43. It takes me an hour to do my homework.

=> I spend  ________________________________________

44. He said to me, “ Wait for me outside.”

=> He told me ______________________________________

45. She teaches English excellently.

=> She is  _________________________________________

46. He said to me, “ Don’t give me any sugar.”

=> He told me ______________________________________

47. He is too weak to carry this box.

=> He isn’t  ________________________________________

48. We often went to Vung Tau at weekends.

=> We used  _______________________________________

1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1.   “Why hasn’t Peter phoned? she wondered.

      She wondered____________________________________________________________

2.   I’m only interested in why he did it.

      The only thing____________________________________________________________

3.   He tried to escape but the police stopped him.

      The police prevented him___________________________________________________

4.   She has ordered a new outfit from her dressmaker.

      She is having_____________________________________________________________

5.   Couldn’t you find a better hotel?

      Is this___________________________________________________________________

6.   John began playing the piano ten years ago.

      John has_________________________________________________________________

7.   They won’t be able to come on Sunday.

      It will be_________________________________________________________________

8.   She needs to study harder.

      She doesn’t______________________________________________________________

9.   I only paid a few hundred pounds for the car.___________________________________

      The car_________________________________________________________________

10. My mother made these curtains.

      These curtains____________________________________________________________ 

Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentence in such away that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

 a. People say that Nam is good at playing guitar

=>Nam is said______________

b. It is said that you were in Paris theno

=>You_______________________________________

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentence using a present partiapial phrase

 a. There are some children who are playing in the backyard of the house

=>

b. Astronouts who are orbiting the earth in space capsules are weightless

 =>

VIII. Finish the second sentences in such way that it means the same as the sentence printed before. 41. I often went to the cinema at weekends.  I used ____________________________________________________________________. 42. Peter is too young to see the horror film.  Peter is not ________________________________________________________________. 43. We’ll go out. The rain will stop.  When ____________________________________________________________________. 44. He had to stay at home because of his sickness.  Because he ________________________________________________________________. 

45. My mother stopped working ten years ago. My mother hasn’t ___________________________________________________________

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.

1.   No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this one.

→ This hotel is the ……………………………………………………………………..

2. No one plays soccer as well as Ronaldo.
→ Ronaldo is……………………………………………………………………………

3. The movie was so interesting that we couldn’t miss it.

→ It was such……………………………………………………………….………….

4. My brother likes walking better than cycling

→ My brother prefers …………………………………………………………………...

5. Mary found it difficult to concentrate on her lesson because of the noise.
→ Mary had difficulty…………………………………………………………………..
6. It was a two-hour flight from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city.

→ It took us ………………………………………………………………………………

7. The boys prefer playing soccer to staying indoors.

→The boys would rather ………………………………………………………………..

8. Neither Nam nor his parents like chocolate cakes.

→ Nam doesn’t …….……………………………………………………………………

    9. My grandfather can’t walk on his foot.

    → My grandfather is ……………………………………………………………………

    10. It’s not necessary for you to send her this message

    → You don’t ……………………………………………………………………………

Part III: Sentence transformation

Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. He has never met her before. => It is the ………………………………………. ...........................................

2. Mr Hai has not smoked for a week. => It is ……………………………………............................................

3. She will transfer you a parcel tomorrow. => A parcel …………………………...................................

4. The Nile is the longest river in the world. => The Nile is longer ……………….......................................

5. Jogging in the morning is a part of Nam's daily routine. => Nam ………………...................................

6. Why don't you try to ask John for help? => You should ………………………............................................

7. Everything is all right. => There is not …………………………………………........................................

8. The whale is the biggest in the world. => No other animal………………………........................................

9. I watched the film in two hours. => It took …………………………………….............................................

10. The farmer was very poor. He couldn't buy a buffalo. =>The farmer was too…...............................................