Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given in brackets in the correct form.

1.   Labourers in the Mekong Delta can earn enough money from their crafts during the flood seasons. (live)

Labourers in the Mekong Delta can live on from their crafts during the flood seasons

2.   The methods of producing handcrafted paper flowers in Thanh Tien village in Hue were transferred from generation to generation to keep the craft alive. (pass)

3.   The tour guide gave a short speech so that foreign visitors could get information about the process of making fish sauce in Phu Quoc. (find)

4.   Craft village development is now a good way to solve the poverty in rural areas. (deal)

5.   We are thinking with pleasure about the trip in order to discover the traditional craft villages round Hue. (forward)

C Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the words
in bold.
1 Have you got any plans for the weekend?
DOING
What ________________ this weekend?
2 He must get access to an internet connection in order to see your email.
ONCE
He will be able to see your email, ________________ an internet connection.
3 Stacy started taking computer lessons from September and she will take her exams in May.
BEEN
By the time Stacy takes her exams, she ________________ computer lessons for nine months.
4 I’ll get home and I’ll text you.
SOON
I’ll text you ________________ home.
5 We have arranged to give an online seminar on 9 December.
ARE
We ________________ an online seminar on 9 December. Not For Sale
6 I had no intention of buying anything online.
WAS
I ________________ to buy anything online.
7 Tina told me she was having problems with their after sales service, so I didn’t shop from them.
GOING
I ________________ from them, but Tina told me she was having problems with their after sales service.
8 I’ll still be replying to emails when you get here.
NOT
By the time you get here, I ________________ replying to emails.

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. It took a long time for them to decide to get married.
→ They _____________________________________________________________________
2. I'm more interested in the people than the job.
→ It's not the _________________________________________________________________
3. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
→ The excuse ________________________________________________________________
4. Although Jack drives carefully on public roads, he is a terror on the racetrack.
→ lack is a___________________________________________________________________
5. Our science correspondent sees this new invention as the answer to many of our problems.
→ According to ______________________________________________________________
.
6. “It is, or is it not true that you have been misappropriating company funds?” the managing director
asked the accountant.
→ Die managing director wanted ______________________________________________
7. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
→ Only by ________________________________________________________________
8. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every morning.
→ If _____________________________________________________________________
9. Attendances at the exhibition have been down this year.
→ The exhibition __________________________________________________________
10. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
→ As long as _____________________________________________________________
 

IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word
given in the brackets. Do not change the word given.
1. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. (SPITE)
→ In ___________________________________________________________________________
2. He prefers golf to tennis. (THAN)
→ He __________________________________________________________________________
3. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago. (FOR)
→ We _________________________________________________________________________
4. The bookshelf was so high that the children couldn't reach it. (TOO)
→ The bookshelf ________________________________________________________________
5. It takes three hours to drive from Haiphong to Hanoi. (DRIVE)
→ It ___________________________________________________________________________

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.

1. Mr Hung lived in the country when he was a child.

@ Mr Hung used to  ______________________________________________

2. Some people will interview the new president on TV.

@ The new president______________________________________________

3. He isn’t happy although he is very rich.

@ In spite of  ____________________________________________________

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.

1. Mr Hung lived in the country when he was a child.

@ Mr Hung used to  ______________________________________________

2. Some people will interview the new president on TV.

@ The new president______________________________________________

3. He isn’t happy although he is very rich.

@ In spite of  ____________________________________________________

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.

1. Her hair now is much longer than that in the past.

In the past her hair used __________________________________________

2. I didn’t often go to the supermarket every Sunday last year.

I didn’t use ____________________________________________________

3. Did she often go to the beach when she lived in Hai Phong?

Did she use ____________________________________________________

4. The distance from my house to school is about 2 km.

It ____________________________________________________________

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.

1. Her hair now is much longer than that in the past.

In the past her hair used __________________________________________

2. I didn’t often go to the supermarket every Sunday last year.

I didn’t use ____________________________________________________

3. Did she often go to the beach when she lived in Hai Phong?

Did she use ____________________________________________________

4. The distance from my house to school is about 2 km.

It ____________________________________________________________

5. Watching science fiction movies is one of my interests.

I am interested _________________________________________________

6. Although she was successful, she felt dissatisfied.

In spite of ____________________________________________________

7. It is a horror film. He laughed a lot.

Although ______________________________________________________

8. What’s the distance between New York and Boston?

How far _______________________________________________________

IV. Write the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one. (4,0ms)
1. My father gets up early in the morning. He doesn’t want to get to the meeting late.
 My father gets up early in the morning so that _______________________________________
2. Traveling around the city in a day is impossible.
 It is _____________________________________________________________________
3. Nobody has used these rooms for ages .
 These rooms _______________________________________________________________
4. My friend, Lan didn’t get good grades in the exam. She made her parents sad.
 My friend, Lan promised she ___________________________________________________