1/It takes me fifteen minutes to go to school every day.
=> I spend

2/I always see him working in the garden on Sundays. (work)
→ He

3/How long is it since they bought the house?
→ When

4/It is years since we decorated the room.
→ We

5/I haven’t been to Bristol for three years.
→ The last time

6/The last time I played tennis was ten years ago.
→ I haven't

7/My sister has studied French for two years.
→ My sister began

8/I haven’t been to a football match for years.
→ It’s

9/It took us five hours getting to London.
→ We spent

10/We had to spend three hours opening the door.
→ It took

 PART D- WRITING – 20 pts

Question I.  Rewrite the sentences, beginning with given words so that their meanings stay the same. (5pts)

1.      It takes me twenty minutes to go to school every day.

- I spend……….. …………………………………………………………………………

2.      How far is it from the airport to the city centre?

- What is ………………………………………………………………………………..

3.      I like playing sports better than watching sports on TV

- I prefer………………………………………………………………………………...

4.      Can you tell me the length of this street?

- Can you tell me how……………………………………………………………………

5. Keeping the environment clean is very important.

- It’s ……………………………………………………………………………..

6. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.

- The time machine …………………………………………………………

7. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.

- He was delighted that …………………………………………………………

8. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.

- People ……………………………………………………………………

9. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.

- I’m very sad not ………………………………………………………

10.We have a two-month summer vacation.

- Our summer vacation ..………………………………………………………………

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as
the given one
1. I walk to school in 15 minutes every morning.
A. It takes me fifteen minutes to walk to school
B. I need less than 10 minutes to walk to school
C. It takes I a quarter to walk to school
D. It's a 10 minute walk from my house to school
2. The recess lasts thirty minutes.
A. It is a thirty minutes recess B. It is a recess thirty minutes
C. It is a thirty- minute recess D. It is a recess thirty minute
3. What's your favorite subject?
A. What subject do you like best? B. What subjects do you have?
C. What subject do you want? D. What subject do you need?
4. My apartment is behind a supermarket.
A. There is a supermarket behind my apartment
B. The supermarket is in front of my apartment
C. The supermarket isn't in front of my apartment
D. There isn't a supermarket in front of my apartment
5. How many books does the Library of Congress have?
A. How many books the Library of Congress has?
B. How many books there are in the Library of Congress?
C. How many books are there in the Library of Congress?
D. All are correct
 

Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they have the same meaning, beginning with the words provided.
1. It takes me 20 minutes to ride my motorbike to get to school every day.
>> I spend ………….………………………………………………………………………….
2. She spent 2 hours solving this geometric problem.
>> It took ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The police arrested the robbers yesterday in the town.
>> The robbers  ………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Nam still found the solution to the problem although it was difficult.
>> The problem ….…………………………………………………………………………….
5. The road is slippery but he still drives quite fast.
>> Although ……………………………………………………………………………………..
6. People spent 5 years building this trade centre.
>> It took  …………………………………………………………………………………………
7. The suitcase is very heavy, but he still lifts it up.
>> Although …..………………………………………………………………………………….
8. OUP published this book in 2010.
>> This book …….……………………………………………………………………………….
9. He washed his car yesterday.
>> His car ………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Although the poem is long, he still memorizes it.
>> The poem …………………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 2: Identify one error (A,B,C,D) in each sentence below.
1. Nam has lived far from his parents for 2 years, so he is looking forward to see them as soon as possible.
                     A            B                                                                                                   C                             D
2. It is difficult for the city government solve the water pollution overnight.
      A                   B                                           C                             D
3. Yesterday the police stopped him and made him to get out of his car because he broke the traffic law.
                                                A                                             B                                   C                 D
4. How do you go to the market? – 3 times a week, sometimes 5 times a week.
       A                              B                            C                           D
5. In spite of it rained heavily, the students went to class on time.
             A                              B                                C                       D
6. He was breaking his leg while he was playing football in the schoolyard yesterday.
                    A                            B                   C                                      D
7. Although his legs were broken, but he still had got out of his car before it exploded.
           A                                                B                                                            C               D
8.I would like buying some sugar, 3 eggs and a bunch of banana, please.
                             A                     B            C                                   D
9. Would you mind to turn on the fans? It’s very hot in this room.
         A                             B                              C                   D

11, I walk to school in fifteen minutes every morning.

It takes …………………………………………………………

12, I have fewer books than he does.

He has ……………………………………………………………

13, Do you want me to help you with these cases?

Shall I ……………………………………………………………

14, The film is very amusing.

What ……………………………………………………………

15, The road is fifty miles long.

It is ……………………………………………………………

16, This hamburger costs ten thousand dong.

It is ………………………………………………………………

17, They are reading a comic which has one hundred pages. They are reading ………………………………………………… 18, She is watching a film which lasts three hours.

She is watching ………………………………………………….

19, The students are sitting on a bench which has five seat.

The students are sitting ………………………………………….

20, They are running a race which is five hundred meters long.

They are running ………………………………………………..

21, I don’t have so many storybooks as my sister does.

I have ……………………………………………………………

22, My friends have more music CD’s than I do.

I don’t ……………………………………………………………

23, My brother drinks more coffee than my sister does.

My sister drinks …………………………………………………

24, She eats more chocolate than I do.

I eat ……………………………………………………………

25, There isn’t as much rice in the bowl as there is on the plate.

There is …………………………………………………………

26, She has less homework to do than he does.

He has ……………………………………………………………

27, There are more girls in my class than there are in hers.

Her class …………………………………………………………

28, There isn’t as much milk in my glass as there is in yours. There is …………………………………………………………

29, There are fewer theaters in a small city than there are in a big one.

There aren’t ……………………………………………………

30, There is less noise in the country than there is in the city. There isn’t ……………………………………………………… 31, I get to work in half an hour.

It takes ………………………………………………………

32, Do you have a cheaper computer then this?

Is this ……………………………………………………………

33, How much is this dictionary?

How much does …………………………………………………

34, It isn’t important for you to finish the work today.

You don’t have …………………………………………………

35, There are over eight hundred stamps in Tom’s collection. Tom’s collection ………………………………………………… 36, We enjoy playing football very much.

We are …………..……………………………………………

37, I have more books than you do.

You don’t ………………………………………………………

38, The boy spends three hours a day learning the lessons.

It takes …………………………………………………………

39, The library contains over 30 million books.

There ……………………………………………………………

40, How terrible the weather is?

What ……………………………………………………………

41, A year has twelve months.

There are …………………………………………………………

42, Lan is more intelligent than her sister.

Lan’s sister isn’t …………………………………………………

43, He looks after the sick people in a local hospital.

He takes …………………………………………………………

44, Do you enjoy listening to music?

Are you interested ……………………………………………….

45, What is your mother’s job?

What ……………………………………………………………

46, The meeting lasts for two hours.

It is ……………………………………………………………

47, They are building a bridge which is two kilometers long. They are building ……………………………………………… 48, The trips lasts ten days.

It is ……………………………………………………………

49, The recess lasts thirty minutes.

It is ……………………………………………………………