1. Is there a colorful picture in your room? (have)

-> Does ……you have a colorful picture in your room………………?

2. Peter is the best at English in his class.(good)

-> Nobody ..…is as good at English as Peter in his class…………

3. My house is near the supermarket.(not)

-> My house ……is not far from the supermarket…….……

4. How much are these notebooks?(is)

-> What ……is the price of these notebooks…………………………………….?

5. What is your brother’s favorite sport?(does)

-> Which …sport does your brother like……?

1. Students don’t have to wear forage caps on Monday mornings.

-> It isn’t .....necessary for students to wear forage caps on Monday mornings...........

2. It is nearly ten years since I last saw her.

-> I have…not seen her for 10 years………

3. If we don’t save natural resources, they will run out soon.

-> Unless we…save natural resources, they will run out soon.…………

4. Minh didn’t go to school last Saturday.

-> Minh was …absent from school last Saturday……………………………..….……

5. My mother spends two hours cooking a day.

-> It takes……my mother two hours a day to cook…………………………………………………………………………

6. It is an eighty-minute test.

The test …lasts for eighty minutes…………………………...

7. Our house is older than any other house in the living center.

Our house …is the oldest house in the living center…………………..

8. Miss Quynh wrote the letter in twenty minutes.

Miss Quynh spent …twenty minutes writing the letter…………………………..

9. It is not necessary for her to join the party.

She …does not need to join the party…………………………………….

10. Nobody in the team runs as fast as Paul

Paul …is the fastest runner in the team………………………………………

57. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
"Not only did he spend all his money but she also borrowed some from me
58. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
" No sooner had I left the office than the phone rang
59. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
" Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back
60. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
" Not until the bell rang did he finish his work
61. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.

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" Only several months did we begin to see the symptoms of the disease
62. I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you.
" Never in my life have I seen anyone drink as much as you
63. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
" Under the table is lying a dog
64. His brother had rarely been more excited.
"Rarely had his brother been more excited
65. The facts were not all made public until later.
"Only had his brother been more excited
66. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
"Had I realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
67. The response to our appeal was so great that we have to take on more staff.
" Such was the responsible to our appeal that we has to take on more staff
68. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder.
"Not only did Harry break his leg but he also injured his shoulder
69. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.
" Little did the police suspect that the judgment was the murderer
70. If you do happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
"Should you see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
71. The bus driver can not be blamed for the accident in any way.
" In no way can the bus be blamed for the accident
72. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
" So heavy was the snowfall that all the trains had to be cancelled
73. If the government raised interest rates. They would lose the election.
"Were the government to raise interest rates, they would lose the election.
74. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.
" No sooner had I got into the bath than someone knocked on the door
75. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
"Such was the uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed
76. It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March.
"Seldom is there so much rain in March
77. You won’t allowed in until your identify has been checked.
"Only when your identity has been checked will you be allowed in
78. Just after the play started there was a power failure.
"Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure
79. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.
"Rarely has the Prime Minister made so inept a speech
80. We had only just arrived home when the police called.
"Scarcely had we arrived home when the police called

63 under the table was lying a dog

65only until later were the facts all made public

rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed above it :

1 the children are too young to be in class 6.

->the children are not.....old enough to be in class 6........................................................................ .

2. we built this house...

=>This house was built

1 the children are too young to be in class 6.

=>The children are not old enough to be in class 6

2. we built this house...

=>This house was built

1, The childrenare not old enough to be in class 6

2, This house was built

33. Someone finds climbing the mountain alone  challenging.

34. My younger sister spends less time doing homework than I do.

35 It takes me twenty minutes to walk to school every morning.

36. I am  interested in going to the cinema with my friends at weekends.

1.       Although the weather was terrible we had a good time at the campsite.                                    

Despite___the terribe weather, we had a good time at the campsite. _______________________________________________________________________________

2.       I regret telling him the news.

I wish _________I hadn't told him the news__________________________________________________________________________

3.       'Don’t be late for the meeting tomorrow morning, Tim!” she said.

She told ______Tim not to be late for the meeting the next morning___________________________________________________________________________

4.       The school I went to last year was better than this one.

This school ________is not as good as the school I went to last year_______________________________________________________________________

5.       I’d rather you stayed home tonight than went out with those people.

I’d prefer___you to stay home home tonight rather than go out with those people.______________________________________________________________________________

6.       People think that Mr Smith took bribes from a mafia group.

Mr Smith _________is though to have taken bribes from a mafia group. ________________________________________________________________________

7.       I’ve never seen such a long bridge before.

This ______is the first time I have seen such a long bridge _______________________________________________________________________________

8.       Thanks to Paul’s encouragement, I finished the work so early.

If it ________hadn't been for Paul’s encouragement, I finished the work so early. ______________________________________________________________________________

9.       How much does this camera cost?

What_______is the price of this camera_____________________________________________________________________________

10.    The work is very hard and he can’t do it.

The work is too_______hards for him to do_____________________________________________________________________

1. My bag is the same as my brother’s.

à My brother’s bag is .……familiar with my brother's………………………………………….…..….

2. Her living room does not have any pictures.

à There are …………not any pictures in her living room……………………………..……..…...……..……..…

3. I find collecting bottles interesting.  

à  I find…………it interesting to collect bottles ………………………………………................…………..

4. He often makes his students practice speaking English a lot before the examination.

à His students …are made to practice speaking English a lot before the examination …………………………………..……………………..…..

5. Did you use to write to her when you were abroad?

à She …use to be written when you were abroad, wasn't she………………………………………………………………………...?