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

1. People said that he could swim across the river.

→ He was said_________________________________________________________.

2. Someone serviced his car last week.

→ He ________________________________________________________________.

3. Nga would rather stay at home and watch TV than go to the movies.

→ Nga prefers_________________________________________________________.

4. The owners of restaurants are usually rich.

→ The people_________________________________________________________.

5. These two boxers weigh exactly the same.

 → There is no_________________________________________________________.

6. I don’t phone you because I don’t know your phone number.

 → If_________________________________________________________________.

7. He was punished because he behaved badly.

→ Because of __________________________________________________________.

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

→ He regretted ________________________________________________________ .           

9. The box was so heavy that my son couldn’t carry it.

→ It was _____________________________________________________________.

10.  “Why don’t you take a day off tomorrow?” she said to me.

→ She suggested that____________________________________________________.

X. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it means the same as the sentence before it.

1. I can’t find a good job because I am not good at English. -> If I.............................................................

2. Be careful or you cut yourself with that knife.-> If ...............................................................................

3. Teenagers should eat more fruits and vegetables in order to stay healthy.--> If teenagers

4. Mrs Nga was our teacher. We will never forget her. -> Mrs Nga ...........................

5. We haven’t seen the friends for ten years. They are coming to visit us this weekend.

-> The friends …………………………………………………………………….

6. The receptionist gave me very useful information.--> The information………………………………

7. She hasn’t practised her El for ages. ( rusty) ->.................................................................................

8. I can speak both English and French fluently. (bilingual ) >.............................................................

9. We took part in in a stimulating holiday.-->……………………………………………………..…..!

       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____________________________________________________________

Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentences printed before it.

1. “Let buy flowers for the teachers on the Teachers’ Day”, Lan said.

Lan suggest ____________________________________________________________________

2. It takes me an hour to do my homework every evening.

I spend ……………………………………………………………

3. No one can run faster than me.

I am …………………………………………………………..

4. Is there a library at your school?

Does……………………………………………………….?

5. How old are you?

What …………………………………………………………?

6. Shall I bring you a cup of tea?

Would …………………………………………………………?

7. My sister is more hard-working than me.

I don’t …………………………………………………………………?

8. Do you have a better refrigerator than this?

Is this………………………….

9. “Don’t  get up late “, He said to me.

He told……………………………………………………………………………..

10. Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because of her sickness.     

    Because Lan………………

Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentences printed before it.

1. “Let buy flowers for the teachers on the Teachers’ Day”, Lan said.

Lan suggest ____________________________________________________________________

2. It takes me an hour to do my homework every evening.

I spend ……………………………………………………………

3. No one can run faster than me.

I am …………………………………………………………..

4. Is there a library at your school?

Does……………………………………………………….?

5. How old are you?

What …………………………………………………………?

6. Shall I bring you a cup of tea?

Would …………………………………………………………?

7. My sister is more hard-working than me.

I don’t …………………………………………………………………?

8. Do you have a better refrigerator than this?

Is this………………………….

9. “Don’t  get up late “, He said to me.

He told……………………………………………………………………………..

10. Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because of her sickness.     

    Because Lan………………

II. Complete the second sentences so that it means the same as the sentence before. (1 point)

1. She is interested in watching television.

" She likes …………………………………………………………………………

2. We live near the school, but they don’t.

" They live ………………………………………………………………………..

3. We will probably go to the moon for our summer holidays in 2050.

" We might ………………………………………………………………….……..

4. We make the air dirty because we use the car all the time.

" If…………………………………………………………………………………..

5.  Does your class have twenty-five students?

" Are there…………………………………………………………………………..?

Part I. Complete each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. Use the word given in CAPITALS (if provided).(10 points)

1.   The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees.

Each  _______________________________________            .

2.   The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than The Atlantic.

The average _______________________________

 3.  The result of the match was never in doubt.

At no       ________________________________

4.   Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating him. (BUT)

_______________________________   , she would not be dating him.

5.   By chance I was in that town when the earthquake started. (HAPPENED)

I _________________in that town when the earthquake started

Part 2:

                            GOOD AT LANGUAGES

At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad (0)           at         languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish  and  Italian  and works (1)                      _ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in

England. (2)                         several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries like her, it is all standard practice.

Sarah comes from Spain, (3)                          she attended school and college. But it was time spent abroad after college that encouraged her interest in languages.

In her job, Sarah has a great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance  of (4)                         fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (5)                               customers  from  Latin  America.  (6)                           such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything they say into English. She is given (7)                          time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (8)                       _ difficult.

It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (9)      her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to her vocabulary. Sarah says she (10)       not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company

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