It was such a pity that i couldn't go to the party ==> I'd _like to have gone to the party__
It was such a pity that i couldn't go to the party ==> I'd _like to have gone to the party__
C. WRITING:
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before. (1.0 point)
1. It is a pity that I can’t come to your birthday party tonight
I wish _______________________________________________________________
2. “ I live with my family in this city,” the girl said.
The girl said __________________________________________________________
3. Nobody has watered the trees since last Friday.
The trees _____________________________________________________________
4. Jack spent two hours painting the windows yesterday.
It took _______________________________________________________________
5. Jane doesn’t know Tim’s phone number, so she can’t call him.
If Jane ______________________________________________________________
6. My parents will sell the house in the country.
The house in the country _______________________________________________
7. I'm sorry David cannot be in Hue for the festival.
I wish ______________________________________________________________
8. If the man doesn't arrive, we will start the conference without him.
Unless _____________________________________________________________
9. My boyfriend is now in the hospital. He was injured in the accident.
My boyfriend, who ____________________________________________________
10. "I'm working in a restaurant", she said
She said that _________________________________________________________
11. My sister will continue studying English when he graduates in law.
My sister will go ______________________________________________________
12. Nga said: "I am going to visit my grandmother next weekend."
Nga said that ________________________________________________________
13. The doctor is working at Bach Mai hospital. You met him yesterday.
The doctor whom ______________________________________________________
14. Someone has stolen the picture
The picture ___________________________________________________________
15. In spite of her sickness, Mary insisted on going to work.
Although _____________________________________________________________
II. Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given (1point)
1. My /brother/ enjoy / play/ football.
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2. I/ know/ him/ since/ we/ be/ primary students/.
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3. If today/ Sunday, I/ go / fish/ brother/.
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4. It/ take/ me/ three hours/ get/ house/ tidy/ yesterday/.
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5. You/ should/ apologize/ her/ not/ attend/ wedding/.
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Đien so hoac such
3. Everything is...... expensive these days,isn't it
5. The wind was .....strong
It is was difficult to sheed
7. I am afraid I can't remember. It was......a long time ago
8. After living there...long, he must know the town very well
10. We have....much to do
11. It was a great holiday. We had....good time
12. They're...nice people
13. It is difficult to understand him because he speaks..... quietly
14. I was surprised that he looked....well after his recent illness
16. I didn't expect it to be....nice day
17. I didn't realise it was....late
18. He wears......nice clothes
19. It was...boring film that I felt asleep while I was watching it
20. It was....shock
22. They food at the hotle was.....awful. I've never eaten.....awful food
23. They're got....much money that they don't know what to do with it
24. I didn't realise you lived.....long way from the city centre
25. The party was really great. It was..pity you couldn't come
Finish sentences in such a way that is the same as the sentence printed:
I was surprising to see my ex-girlfriend in the party.
=> I .................... to see my ex-girlfriend in the party
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one
3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.
A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it
B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.
C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.
D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.
4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.
C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.
D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.
A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.
B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.
C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.
D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.
6. It was so late that nothing could be done.
A. It was too late for nothing to be done.
B. It was too late for anything to be done.
C. It was such late that nothing could be done.
D. It was so late that nothing to be done.
7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.
A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
8 .The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.
C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.
D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.
9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
C. The book was so good for me to put it down.
D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.
10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.
A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.
B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.
C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.
D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.
Rewrite the sentences:
1. It is pity. Your friend wasn't at the party. -> I wish_______________________
2. Success depends on hard work. -> The harder ___________________________
3. I didn't go on a picnic with you because I was not free. -> If___________________________
4.My advice to you you is to study harder next semester. -> If I ____________________
5. " You'd better not lend that man any more money, Mary", said Tom. -> Tom advised____________________
6." You'd better go to the doctor if you have a pain in your back, Mary", Jack said. ->Jack suggested_____________________
Rewrite these sentences using ''so...that'' or ''such....that''.
1.The food was so hot that it burned my tongue
It was.....................................................................
2.There is so much rain that we can't go out.-> There is................................................................
3.He is such a fat boy that every calls him Stuffy.
The boy is..................................................................
4.The milk is so excellent that all the children want some more.
It is................................................................................................
5.The weather was so warm that thay had s walk in the garden.
It was...............................................................................................
6.There were so many people in the hall that we couldn't see him.
There were......................................................................................
7.It was such an exciting match that all the fans shouted loudly.
The match was..............................................................................................
8.They drank such a lot of coffee that they couldn't sleep all night.
They drunk...............................................................................................
9.Alice had such a lot of exercise to do that she coudn't go out.
Alice had..............................................................................................
10.The woman was so poor that she needed everyone's help
She was..............................................................................................
11.The furnire was so expensive that I didn't buy it.
THe furniture was too..............................................................................................
12.It was so late that nothing could be done .-> It was too..............................................................................................
13.The timber was so hard that the carpenter could cut it.
The timber was.............................................................................
14.The meat was so rotten that it had to be thrown away.
It was..............................................................................................
15.They couldn't go sailing as the no one wants very rough.
The sea was too..............................................................................................
16.It is such a dirty restaurant that no one wants to eat there.
The..............................................................................................
17.I can't get my feet into these shoes.-> These shoes..............................................................................................
18.This furniture is so old that it is not worth keeping.
This is ..............................................................................................
19.The bread is stale that we can't eat it.-> The bread isn't..............................................................................................
20.He speaks so slowly that his students get every bored.
He is..............................................................................................
21.The car was so rusty that it couldn't be repair.
The car was too..............................................................................................
22.He was so disgusted at her behaviour that he severed all her contact with her
Such..............................................................................................
23.The child was so afraid that he did behind the sofa.
So..............................................................................................
24.Thay had such a fierce dog that nobody dared to visit them.
So..............................................................................................
25.He is so strong that he can pull a van weighing 2.5 tons.
Such..............................................................................................
Rewrite sentences :SO/SUCH/TOO/ ENOUGH
1.The weather was so cold that all the football matches were cancelled
2.It was such a good film that I went to see it three times
3.The book was so boring that I stopped reading it
4.I don't why so talks in such a loud voice
5.They've got such a nice house that I always love staying there.