I. Finish each of the following sentences so that its meaning stays same

1. I can get to the nearest supermarket in fifteen minutes.

-> It only

2. His book is not the same as mine.

-> My book

3. Minh is a better football player than Quang .

-> Quang can't

4. The cost of the new car is too expensive for me

-> The new car costs

5. My father gave me a new pair of shoes on my birthday.

-> A new pair of shoes

Thank you so much!!!

Exercise 9. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning, using the word given

11. Her book is not the same as mine.  " Her book is__________________________________

12. It only takes half an hour to get to the art gallery. " We can_________________________

13. The painting is bigger than the photograph. (not as …as)->The photograph______________________

14. My father finds playing board games interesting.

→  My father is_________________________________________________________________

15. He hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.

→  The last time________________________________________________________________

16. I spend twenty minutes walking to school every morning.

→  It takes ____________________________________________________________________

17. I find losing weight very difficult. →       It’s       ________________________________

18. The last time I spoke to David was at Christmas.

→  I haven’t___________________________________________________________________

19. Nobody wanted to go, so they cancelled the school trip.

→  They cancelled______________________________________________________________

20. Jim doesn’t play the saxophone well. His brother doesn’t play the saxophone well.

→  Jim doesn’t play the saxophone well and _________________________________________

V. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above.
1. I didn't go to school because I was sick.
- I was sick, so ................................................................................................................
3. He likes playing computer games in his free time.
- His hobby is .....................................................................................................................
4. I am interested in watching TV in the evening
- I enjoy.............................................................................................................................
5. I think that learning English is important.
-I find .................................................................................................................................
6. The tickets to the show are too expensive for us.
- The tickets to the show cost .....................................................................
7. Charles Dickens’ novels attract a lot of children.
- A lot of children ..................................................................................
8. We can get to the art gallery in half an hour.
- It only ..............................................................................................
9. My house is bigger than your house.
- Your house is....................................................................................
10. The black car is not so expensive as the red car.
- The red car.......................................................................................
11. This film is not so interesting as the play.
- The play...........................................................................................
12. Her book is not the same as mine.
- Her book ........................................................................................
13. I enjoy listening to pop music best.
- Pop music is my ................................................................................

I. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given so that it has the same meaning as the original one.
1. The cinema was practically empty. There was hardly_____________________________________________________
2. The house has got everything except a large garden. The only thing_______________________________________________________
3. Although he works hard, he cannot earn enough. Hard______________________________________________________________
4. Alan was not a confident person, and that was why he was so shy. Alan’s______________________________________________________________
5. Jack is proud of the fact that he is never late. Jack prides himself___________________________________________________
6. It’s very kind of you to give me a lift. I appreciate _________________________________________________________ 7. Although he wasn’t experienced, he got the job. Despite______________________________________________________________
8. My mother lives a long way from the supermarket. There isn’t___________________________________________________________
9. It is cheaper to send things by sea than by airmail. It costs _____________________________________________________________
10. He delayed writing the book until he had done a lot of research. Only when___________________________________________________________

Rewrite sentence using the words in brackets. do not change the meaing of sentences and do not change form of the words:

1.We can get to the movie theater/in an hour and a half.

It only...................................................................................

2.My personality is not the same as yours.

Yours personality.................................................................

3.Lan is better guitarist than me.

I can't....................................................................................

4.This building is more modern than that one.

That building is not...............................................................

5.Tuan is a better English speaker than Nam.

Nam can't...........................................................................

Part II. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means exactly the same as the given one. Using the given word in brackets. Do not change the word. (5 points)

1.    I’m hoping to go skiing at Christmas.                                          (HOPEFULLY)

       -  __Hopefully, i will be going skiing at Christmas.__

2.    Do you think that your chances of getting promotion are good?            (OPTIMISTIC)

       -  _______________________________________________________________________

3.    I don’t quite understand the meaning of this word.                    (SURE)

       -  _______________________________________________________________________

4.    All I can do is cross my fingers and be optimistic.                      (BEST)

       -  _______________________________________________________________________

5.    I expect he’ll be late, as usual.                                                     (DOUBT)

       -  _______________________________________________________________________

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Do not alter the given words in any way.
1. I don’t know the girl’s name. She helped me yesterday. (who)
→ 
2. He looks really like his father in many ways. (takes)
→ 
3. Nobody has used these rooms for a long time. (been)
→ 
4. “Could you please ring back in half an hour?” the receptionist said. (required)
→ 
5. John and Mike got up late this morning (neither)
→

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Do not alter the given words in any way.

1. I don’t know the girl’s name. She helped me yesterday. (who)

→ 

2. He looks really like his father in many ways. (takes)

→ 

3. Nobody has used these rooms for a long time. (been)

→ 

4. “Could you please ring back in half an hour?” the receptionist said. (required)

→ 

5. John and Mike got up late this morning (neither)

→ 

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word given in bold in such a way that it means the same as the original one. 1. He went to the bank to get some money. (so)  He went to the bank ………………………………………………………….. money. 2. You should lock all the doors before you leave. (had)  You ………………………………………………………….. all the doors before you leave. 3. He has never travelled by ship before. (first)  It’s the ………………………………………………………………………..……………. by ship. 4. Lucy spent the same amount of money on clothes as Laura. (as)  Lucy spent ………………………………………………………………………. Laura. 5. We could see that the two girls were very happy. (of)  We could see that ………………………………………………………….. were very happy.