Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they have the same meaning, beginning with the words provided.
1. It takes me 20 minutes to ride my motorbike to get to school every day.
>> I spend ………….………………………………………………………………………….
2. She spent 2 hours solving this geometric problem.
>> It took ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The police arrested the robbers yesterday in the town.
>> The robbers  ………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Nam still found the solution to the problem although it was difficult.
>> The problem ….…………………………………………………………………………….
5. The road is slippery but he still drives quite fast.
>> Although ……………………………………………………………………………………..
6. People spent 5 years building this trade centre.
>> It took  …………………………………………………………………………………………
7. The suitcase is very heavy, but he still lifts it up.
>> Although …..………………………………………………………………………………….
8. OUP published this book in 2010.
>> This book …….……………………………………………………………………………….
9. He washed his car yesterday.
>> His car ………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Although the poem is long, he still memorizes it.
>> The poem …………………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 2: Identify one error (A,B,C,D) in each sentence below.
1. Nam has lived far from his parents for 2 years, so he is looking forward to see them as soon as possible.
                     A            B                                                                                                   C                             D
2. It is difficult for the city government solve the water pollution overnight.
      A                   B                                           C                             D
3. Yesterday the police stopped him and made him to get out of his car because he broke the traffic law.
                                                A                                             B                                   C                 D
4. How do you go to the market? – 3 times a week, sometimes 5 times a week.
       A                              B                            C                           D
5. In spite of it rained heavily, the students went to class on time.
             A                              B                                C                       D
6. He was breaking his leg while he was playing football in the schoolyard yesterday.
                    A                            B                   C                                      D
7. Although his legs were broken, but he still had got out of his car before it exploded.
           A                                                B                                                            C               D
8.I would like buying some sugar, 3 eggs and a bunch of banana, please.
                             A                     B            C                                   D
9. Would you mind to turn on the fans? It’s very hot in this room.
         A                             B                              C                   D

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident.

A. He wasn’t driving fast enough to avoid an accident

B. He didn’t have an accident although he was driving very fast

C. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident

D. An accident happened, and it was caused by his very fast driving

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident

A. He wasn’t driving fast enough to avoid an accident

B. He did’t have an accident although he was driving very fast

C. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident

D. An accident happended, and it was caused by his very fast driving

2. get / It / me / 20 / to / to / minutes / takes school.

3. We / students / fewer / than / vacations / have / American.

4. My / five / father / hours / a works / day.

5. Classes / start / seven / finish / fifteen / eleven.

6. Our / vacation / starts / June / lasts / three months

7. During / vacation / maybe / I / visit / uncle / aunt / Dalat

8. How / hours / day / you / do / homework?

9. Do / you / work / hours / than / sister?

10. People / think / students / have / easy / life.

1. It/took/two months/his illness/him/get over/to.

A. It took two months to him to get over his illness.

B. It took him two months to get over his illness.

C. It took to get over his illness in two months

D. It took two months for his illness to get over.

2. school/ subject/off/ all/ the/ prefer/ subjects/ because/ at/ an/ I/ English/ it/ is interesting.

A. Of all the subjects at school, I prefer English because it is an interesting subject.

B. Of all at school, I prefer the interesting subjects because it is an English subject.

C. I prefer it at school because English is an interesting subject of all the subject.

D. English is an interesting subject of all the subjects at school because I prefer it.

3. school/ I/ used /now/ foot/ to/ go/ but/ to/ on /I/no longer

A. I used to go to school but I no longer on foot now.

B. I no longer go to school on foot but I used to now.

C. No longer I go to school now but I used to on foot.

D. I used to go to school on foot but no longer now.

4. English/ We /for/have/ learnt/five/years

A. We have English learnt for five years

B. We have learnt five years for English.

C, We have learnt English for five years.

D. English we have learnt for five years.

5, these trees/ my/father/ are/watered/ by/ every/ day .

A. My father are watered by these trees every

B. My father are watered these trees by every day.

C. These trees are watered my father by every day.

D These trees are watered by my father every day. The end