There were few people at the meeting. It was canceled.(such...that...)
--> There were such few people that the meeting was canceled.
V. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it. (5 points)
1. Does Nam have less stamps than Viet. |
2. When I saw her, I thought she looked happily. |
3. There was only a few people at the meeting last night. |
4. Each students has answered the first three questions. |
5. It is a two - hours journey from London to Bristol. |
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Exercise 1: Use SO or SUCH, TOO, ENOUGH:
1. The sun shone _______ brightly that she had to put on her glasses.
2. There were _________ few students registered that the class was cancelled.
3. We had _________ wonderful memories of that place that we decided to return.
4. It was ________ a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.
5. The book looked ___________ interesting that we decided to read it.
6. Ray called at _________ an early hour that we weren’t wake yet.
7. There were ____________ many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
8. The benefit was _________ a great success that the promoters decided to repeat it.
9. I’ m not rich ___________to help you.
10. This room is ___________ dark for us to study.
I. Put so, such or such a
1.The picture was ………..beautiful that we kept looking at it.
2.It is ……………beautiful picture that we decide to buy it.
3.There was ……….noise that we couldn’t hear anything.
4.He is ………….busy man that he rarely goes out with us.
5.The doctor has ………….many patients that he can’t take a short rest.
6.There is ………..much air pollution that we can’t live longer.
7.It was ………….difficult exercise that we had to ask for his help.
8.It was ………..nice day that we all went on a picnic.
9.It is ……….hot that we have to stay at home.
10.It was ………..an interesting film that she cried.
11.The coffee is too strong………. I can’t drink it.
12.He didn’t pay attention to your explanation, ………. he couldn’t understand the lesson.
13.The food was ………..good that we couldn’t help eating it.
14.We have a lot of homework, …… ……..we can’t go fishing now.
15.He speaks…………rapidly that we don’t hear anything.
16.They drove ……….fast that they couldn’t stop the car immediately.
17.He spoke…………slowly that we felt bored.
18.It is ………..an important meeting that we won’t be absent.
19.The food at the hotel was ……….awful. I’ve never eaten ……….awful food.
20.The test was ………easy that everyone got a high score.
VI. Identify the error in the following sentences
1. People tend to make a lot of shopping at Xmas time.
2. Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night, we must wait until the next meeting to vote.
3. A desert area that has been without water for six years will still bloom when rain will come.
4. For its establishment, ASEAN Tourism Association has played an important role in promoting and developing ASEAN Tourism Services.
5. In very early times, people around the fire were entertained by storytellers with stories of heroes’
A B C
victory and wonderful actions.
Exercise 3: Make questions with “Why” of these expressions
1. I’ll have to cook dinner myself because my mother is away.
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2. My mother often gets up early to do morning exercise.
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3. He was punished because he was lazy.
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4. That man can swim across the river because he is a good swimmer.
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5. There aren’t any buses in the streets because the drivers have gone on strike.
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6. As a correspondent, he can write very fast.
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7. Now that you’re grown up, you must stop this childish behavior.
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8. There were so few people at the meeting that they decided to postpone it.
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9. I felt hungry, so I ate two big cakes.
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10. Lan’s staying here for six months because she wants to perfect her English.
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Combine each pair of sentences, using “ when, where, why”:
1. Sunday is a day. Very few people go to work on that day.
2. The Saturday evening was very pleasant. We were at the actor’s on that evening.
3. I suggest you the time. You can meet your director at that time.
4. We haven’t seen John and Susan since 1990. They got married in that year.
5. Monday is a day of the week. My boss is most busy on that day.
6. The president’s last visit was in March. He opened the new hospitals in that month.
7. The year was full of calamities. My grandfather died in that year.
8. Do you still remember the day? We first met on that day.
9. My uncle will never forget the day of the March 10th. He returned to his native land on that day.
10. Can you arrange the time? We can have another discussion about this problem at that time.
11. Tom has just been to the town. He was born in that town.
12. The hotel wasn’t very clean. We stayed there.
13. I recently went back to the village school. I studied there in my childhood.
14. We can have a really good meal in the restaurant. Do you know that restaurant?
15. There’s a canteen. We usually have lunch there.
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READ THE TEXT THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
A recevey investigation by scientists at the US Geological survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict earthquakes.Investigators found such occurences in a ten-kilometor radius of epicenter of a fairly recent earthquake.Some birds screeched and flew about wildly;dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollanly.Scientists believe that animals can perceive these environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap.
In 1976,after observing animal behavior,The Chinease were able to predict a devastating earthquake .Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed,The goverment was able to evacuate millions of the other people and thus keep the death too at a lower level.
a.What might help predict earthquakes?
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b.Did investigators find such occurences in a 12 kilometer radius of epicenter of a fairly recent earthquake?
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c.When were the Chinese able to predict a devastating earthquake after they observed animal behavior?
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d.Were only a few hundreds of people saved in that earthquake?
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Fill each gap with few, a few, little or a little.
1. She asks us ............. questions
2. I can speak ............. French, not enough to speak to him
3. .......... people went to the meeting, so they cancelled it.
4. There are only ....... books on the shelf.
5. My father is eating....... chicken soup.
6. They will have ......milk for breakfast.
7. There are ..... Letters in the letter-box.
8. He has ... money and he will buy ............ vegetables.
9. Hurry up of we'll be late. We've got very ............. time.
10. Very.... people come to hear him play the piano because they are too busy.
11. There are ........... cars parked outside the bank today.
12. Lam so cold that there is very ............. feeling in my legs.
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Use the correct tenses of the verbs
6.If people didn't pollute the environment, it (be)..fresher
= Were people .......
7.If few people used English, I (not study).....it as much as now
= Were few ...
8.If Mrs Nga didn't teach English, I (not be)...........her student
= Were Mrs Nga
9.If my parents (hate)...............me, I couldn't live well
= Were my parents .....
10.If I ( not know)...... English, I would become out of date.
= Were I........
rewrite these sentences, using because.
1 due to the cold weather, we stayed home
2. Most people hear jogging is a good exercise, so they begin to jog
3. people like to live in thiis country because of its healthy climate
4. a computer can be used for various purposes, so it becomes very popolar nowadays.
5. stacey retired in 1987, partly because of ill health
6. we were late for the meeting due to the heavy traffic
7. harry had to stay in hospital bacause of his broken leg
8. our leader couldn't attend the meeting, so it was canceled
9. the young couple decided not to buy the house because of its dilapidated condition
10. i always enjoyed mathematics in high school, so i decided to major in it in college
