1. I have never met him before

→ It is the first time I have met him.

2. I have never eaten this kind of food before

→ It is............................................................................................................................

3. I’ve never seen this film before

→ This...........................................................................................................................

4. We’ve never drunk this kind of water before

→ This is.......................................................................................................................

5. He’s never been to HCM city before

→ It is...........................................................................................................................

VI. Choose the sentence which is closet in meaning to the sentence above.

1.I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.

A.     This is the first time I eat this kind of food.

B.      This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food.

C. This is the last time I have eaten this kind of food.

D. This is the last time I eat this kind of food.

2.     The last time I saw her was a week ago.

A.     I haven’t seen her for a week.

B.      I haven’t seen her a week ago.

C. I didn’t see her for a week.

D. I didn’t see her a week ago.

3.     I couldn’t read the letter because it was dark.

A.      I couldn’t read the letter because the darkness.

B.      I couldn’t read the letter because darkness was.

C. I couldn’t read the letter because of darkness.

D. I couldn’t read the letter because of the darkness.

4.     I can’t sleep because of the hot weather.

A.     I can’t sleep because the weather is hot.

B.      I can’t sleep because the weather was hot.

C. I can’t sleep because the hot weather is.

D. I can’t sleep because the hot weather.

5     They last saw me five years ago.

A.      They haven’t seen me since five years ago.

B.      They haven’t seen me since five years

C. They haven’t seen me for five years

D. They haven’t seen me for five years ago.

   6.  My brother likes listening to pop music.

A.     My brother is interesting in listening to pop music.

B.      My brother is interesting on listening to pop music.

C. My brother is interested in listening to pop music.

D. My brother is interested on listening to pop music.

  7. It is very challenging for someone to climb the mountain alone.

A.     Someone find climbing the mountain alone challenging.

B.  Someone finds climbing the mountain alone challenging.

C. Someone finds it is challenging to climb the mountain alone.

D. Someone find it challenging to climb the mountain alone.

8. This is the first time I have watched “Iron man ”

A.     I watched “Iron man ” ago.

B.     I have watched “Iron man ” before.

C. I have ever watched “Iron man ” before.

D. I have never watched “Iron man ” before.

9.  Ann thinks arranging flowers is much more interesting than bird-watching.

A.     Ann thinks watching birds is more interesting than arranging flowers.

B.      Ann doesn’t think arranging flowers is much more interesting than bird-watching.

C. Ann doesn’t think bird-watching is as interesting as arranging flowers.

D. Ann thinks arranging flowers and bird-watching are very interesting.

10.  Phong started to collect old coins five years ago.

A. Phong has collected old coins for five years.

     B. Phong has started to collect old coins for five years.

C. Phong likes collecting old coins.

D. Phong collected old coins five year ago.

Helpppppp

1. Thousands of people have to build that castle for him for years.
That castle ...
2. She has never read this book before.
It is ...
3. He failed in the examination last year.
He did not ...
4. I haven't eaten this kind of food before.
This is the first ...
5. His parents made him study for his exam.
He was made ...
6. I don't really want to go to the museum.
I'd rather ...
7. The fire has destroyed many houses.
Many houses ...
8. May I borrow your pen?
Would you mind ...
9. I started work for the company a year ago.
I've ...
10. She didn't say a word as she left the room.
She left ...

      I.        CLOSEST SENTENCES:

33.I have never eaten a more delicious food than this one.

  A.This food is the most delicious I ate .

  B.This is more delicious food than the food I have ever eaten.

  C.I have ever eaten this food before.

  D.This is the most delicioud food I have ever eaten.

34. “ Let’s break for lunch,”said Peter

  A.Peter wanted to break for lunch.      B.Peter suggested not breaking for lunch.

  C.Peter said that we should break for lunch  D.Peter asked us to have  lunch.

35.People say that children are afraid of ghosts.

  A.Children are say to be afraid of ghosts.   B.It is said children to be afraid of ghosts

  C.Children said to afraid of ghosts              D.Children are said to be afraid of ghosts

36.The bus left at 9 o’clock and we arrived just after that.

  A.When we arrived at 9 o’clock ,the bus had just left.

  B.We arrived at 9 o’clock and then the bus left.

  C.We had arrived at 9 o’clock before the bus left.

  D.The bus was leaving when we arrived at 9 o’clock.

37.We all enjoyed the walk although it was very windy.

  A.Despite of the wind . we all enjoyed the walk.

  B.In spite of the windy ,we all enjoyed the walk.

  C.Though the wind , we all enjoyed the walk.

  D.Despite the wind , we all enjoyed the walk.

38.I don’t think he is intelligent. He can’t do this exercise.

  A.He is too intelligent to do this exercise.

  B.He is such intelligent that he can do this exercise.

  C.He is too stupid to do this exercise.

  D.He isn’t intelligent enough to do this exercise.

39.Professor Marshall has just retired.He taught us linguistics at Cambridge University.

  A.Professor Marshall whom taught us linguistics at Cambridge University has just retired.

  B.Professor Marshall,that taught us linguistics at cambridge University, has just retired.

  C.Profession Marshall ,who has just retired , taught us linguistics at Cambridge University.

  D.Profession Marshall,who taught us linguistics at Cambridge University, has just retired.

40.My brother isn’t allowed to enter the museum because he is under 13.

  A.If my brother is 13 years old,he will be allowed to enter the museum.

  B.Unless my brother is 13 years old, he will be allowed to enter.

  C.If my brother were 13 years old, he would be alloed to enter the museum.

  D.If  my brother weren’t 13 years old, he would be allowed to enter the museum.

dùng thì HTHT để vt lại câu :

1. It’s over six months since John had his hair cut.

→ John …………………………………………………………………                                                             3. We have never eaten this kind of food before.

→ It’s the …………………………………………………………     

7. We haven’t been  to the zoo for 5 months.

→ The last time we ………………………………………..…