VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as

        the sentence printed before it.

1.     She started her work in this factory two years ago. 

                     She has  _____________________________________________________________________

2.     She always forgets to do her homework, which is so annoying.

                I wish ______________________________________________________________________

3.     People are going to build a big new department store in the town.

                     A big new department store _____________________________________________________

4.     She finds it hard to cross the busy streets.

                     She has _____________________________________________________________________

5.     Mary often comes to class late, which annoys everybody.

         We wish  ___________________________________________________________________

6.     “The Voice Kid” competition really interests both children and adults.

         Both children ________________________________________________________________

7.     He is very bad at Mathematics. 

         He wishes ___________________________________________________________________

8.     Peter began to play for the national team five years ago.

         Peter has  ____________________________________________________________________

   9.   Those readers were deeply impressed by his novel.

         His novel made _______________________________________________________________

 10.   The government has spent a lot of money on education recently.

         A lot of money _______________________________________________________________    

 11.   They must do a written test tomorrow morning.

         They wish ___________________________________________________________________

 12.   We last saw my cousin David two years ago.

         We have ____________________________________________________________________

 13.   What a pity! We cannot try all the special food of the village.

         We wish we _________________________________________________________________

 14.   The last time we visited Hanoi was two years ago.

         It’s __________________________________________________________________________

 15.   Please help your mother with housework.

         I’d rather _____________________________________________________________________

 16.   The dentist took out one of my teeth three days ago.

         One of _______________________________________________________________________

 17.   My family moved to Ho Chi Minh City ten years ago.

         My family has _________________________________________________________________  

 18.   It’s a pity that Nam can’t join our trip next Sunday.

         We wish _____________________________________________________________________  

 19.   We haven’t used that door for years.

         The last time that door___________________________________________________________

 20.   Tom often falls asleep in class. 

         We  wish  ____________________________________________________________________

        21.    My friend is always lying to me.

  I wish ________________________________________________________________________

 22.   It has been 10 years since we last saw the film.

         The last time___________________________________________________________________

 23.   Tom did his test successfully last week.

         Tom’s test ____________________________________________________________________

 24.   Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia.

Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it:

We clean the floor every evening.

The floor

She does her homework on the weekend.

Her homework

Binh feeds his dogs with beef on Thursday.

His dogs

Nam studied economy last year.

Economy

Mr. Hưng built two bridges in his home village a year ago.

Two

He spoke Bahasa Malaysia very fluently.

Bahasa

They have sold a lot of furniture since their father was too ill.

A lot of

She has seen many films directed by Victor Vũ.

Many

Minh hasn’t done his assignments yet.

His

I will give you my old dictionary.

My old

We have to care for our son’s baby.

Our

Daisy could catch fish with her bare hands.

Fish

They are going to eat some fruit.

Some

We didn’t use to play golf.

Golf

Hoa is writing a letter to her pen pal.

A

Long is feeding his pet animals.

His

Laura is taking her children to Disneyland.

Her

He was cooking a special meal for his wife’s birthday.

A special

They were teaching the boy how to solve difficult math problems.

The boy

His father was drawing a new picture of his neighborhood.

A new

I first listened to country music in 2000.

I have

She began to do her homework at 2 o’clock.

She has

Binh started to feed his dogs a year ago.

Binh has

Nam began learning Malay when he came back from Malaysia.

Nam has

Mr. Hưng started building the two bridges last month.

Mr. Hưng has

Did you first live in this house last year?

Have

Did they start to grow rice on the mountain when they decided to live there?

Have

Did Victor Vũ begin to make films in Vietnam ten years ago?

Has

Did she start singing for money yesterday?

Has

Did he begin teaching at university in 2014?

Has

When did we first collect ancient coins?

How long

How long ago

How long is

When did Daisy begin catching fish with her bare hands?

How long

How long ago

How long is

When did Nam start to do karate?

How long

How long ago

How long is

How long have you taken up badminton?

When

How long is it since Miss Lam lived on her farm?

When

The last time Lan wrote a letter to Mai was six months ago.

Lan hasn’t

Lan last

The last time we drank coffee was last week.

We haven’t

We last

They haven’t come to visit him for five years.

The last

They last

She hasn’t cleaned her room since she was sick.

The last

She last

He last read a comic in 2005.

He hasn’t

The last

It’s ten years since he last played the guitar.

He

It’s two weeks since we last met each other.

We

They haven’t told jokes to the children for a month.

It’s

Hoa hasn’t taken an exam for four years.

It’s

This is the first time I have known what a credit card is.

I

This is the first time the baby has seen an elephant.

The baby

She has never eaten vegetarian food before.

This

The children have never enjoyed swimming in a water park before.

This

Tom began to play basketball when he entered university.

Basketball has

The last time Minh gave his friends his old books was when he moved to Củ Chi.

His friends haven’t

It’s three months since Ba last rode his bike.

His bike

IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. (2pts)

1.     No one helped me to sweep the floor.

I ________________________________________________________________________

2.     Learning by heart a lot of New Words is very useful.

It is _____________________________________________________________

3.     This coat is very expensive. I can’t afford to buy it. (enough)

This coat ______________________________________________

4.     Hoang likes action movie very much and there’s an interesting action movie on TV tonight. (watch)

Hoang is _________________________________________________________

5.     No one helped Lan with the housework.

Lan  __________________________________

6.     Playing game for a long time is harmful for your eyes.

It is _______________________________________________________________________

7.     This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter. (enough)

This coat _________________________________________________________

8.     Lan has a lot of homework in Math and she is going to have Math at school tomorrow. (do)

Lan is _____________________________________

9.     Trang’s mother gave her a new novel this morning and she has no homework today. ( read)

Trang is __________________________________________

10.            This coat is very expensive. I can’t afford to buy it. (too…toV )

This coat ______________________________________________________

11.            It’s safe to put the chemicals and drugs in the locked cupboard.

Putting ________________________________________________

12.            Hung tidied the classroom alone.

Hung  _____________________________________

Cần gấp:

I.       Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0pts)

31.  Minh does not speak English as well as Lan.

® Minh wishes he                                                                                                                             

32.  It’s two months since we last saw a movie.

® We haven’t                                                                                                                                    

33.  The Prime Minister will open three more new schools in the town next autumn.

® Three more new schools will                                                                                                        

34.  Please keep quiet in the classroom.

® I’d rather you                                                                                                                                

       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____________________________________________________________

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it. 

33. How much are these colored pencils?

=> How much..........................................................................................

34. How many hours a week do you work ?

=>  How much..........................................................................................

35. Jack is 13 years old and my son is,too.

=> Jack is   ..............................................................................................

36. Can she take care of herself when her mother is away?  

=> Can she...............................................................................................