16.I think these exercises are easy to do.

-> I think it ____is easy to to these exercises______________________

17.I’m sorry I can’t come to your wedding party.

-> I wish ______I could come to your wedding party_______________________

18.Minh used to study the best in this class.

->No one in _______this class studies as well as Minh____________________

1.I’m sorry that I don’t finish my homework.

→ I wish ____I finished my homework. __________________________________________________

2.It’s a pity you can’t come to the party with us.

→ Wewish ___you could come to the party with us._________________________________________________

3.Her health is very bad.

→ She wishes _____Her health weren't very bad._____________________________________________

4.They play soccer very badly.

→ They wish ______They played soccer better____________________________________________

5.Helen won’t go dancing with us tonight.

→ Helen wishes _____she would go dancing with us tonight.___________________________________________

6.They often make noise in the class.

→ We wish ___they didn't often make noise in the class._________________________________________________

7.I’d love to be a film star.

→ I wish ____I were a film star._________________________________________________

8.There were some trees in the field.

→ There used _____to be some trees in the field. _____________________________________________

9.She doesn’t live with her parents any more.

→ She used __to live with her parents __________________________________________________

10.People often did this work by hand.

→ This work used ___to be done by hand____________________________________________

11.We had a nice garden once, but not any longer.

→ We used ______to have a nice garden once _______________________________________________

12.I’m very nervous when driving on the left.

→ I’m not _used to driving on the left._____________________________

A)

1. I'd rather you stayed at home this Christmas.
2. I'd rather the children went to bed.
3. I'd raher you helped your mother with housework.
4. I'd rather you didn't come to class late.
5. I'd rather you kept silent in the classroom.
B)
1. It's time you dressed yourself.
2. It's about time the children went to bed.
3. It's time we hurried up.
4. It's high time children went to bed.
5. It's about time we went home.

C) 

The last time I went out with him was 5 months ago.

 This is the first time I have seen such a cruel mother.

 We haven't seen Mr. Jones for two years.

 I haven't visited the USA before.

 I began learning English 10 years ago.

 She has moved to London for 20 years.

 The last time the Pikes visited Paris was 2 years ago.

 I haven't written to him for a week. 

 It's 6 years since Mary started learning English. 

How long has your father bought that car?

Three years has passed since i last saw her

.I haven't seen john since he was leaving for Edinburgh

They didn’t like ice-cream when they ate too much and was sick

.John has worked as a television presenter for 5 years

My uncle started working in that factory 10 years ago

.When did your family read Tuoi Tre newspaper?

Since 2005,my old friend has worked on that farm

How long has he taught Physical education in this school?

.My mother had this washing machine a long time ago

My father hasn’t drunk champagne for 10 years

1.I’m sorry that I don’t finish my homework.

→ I wish ____I finished my homework. __________________________________________________

2.It’s a pity you can’t come to the party with us.

→ Wewish ___you could come to the party with us._________________________________________________

3.Her health is very bad.

→ She wishes _____Her health weren't very bad._____________________________________________

4.They play soccer very badly.

→ They wish ______They played soccer better____________________________________________

5.Helen won’t go dancing with us tonight.

→ Helen wishes _____she would go dancing with us tonight.___________________________________________

6.They often make noise in the class.

→ We wish ___they didn't often make noise in the class._________________________________________________

7.I’d love to be a film star.

→ I wish ____I were a film star._________________________________________________

8.There were some trees in the field.

→ There used _____to be some trees in the field. _____________________________________________

9.She doesn’t live with her parents any more.

→ She used __to live with her parents __________________________________________________

10.People often did this work by hand.

→ This work used ___to be done by hand____________________________________________

11.We had a nice garden once, but not any longer.

→ We used ______to have a nice garden once _______________________________________________

12.I’m very nervous when driving on the left.

→ I’m not _used to driving on the left._____________________________

1.I’m sorry that I don’t finish my homework.

→ I wish I finished my homework.

2.It’s a pity you can’t come to the party with us.

→ We wish you could come to the party with us.

3.Her health is very bad.

→ She wishes her health weren't very bad.

4.They play soccer very badly.

→ They wish they didn't play soccer very badly.

5.Helen won’t go dancing with us tonight.

→ Helen wishes she would go dancing with us tonight.

6.They often make noise in the class.

→ We wish they didn't often make noise in the class.

7.I’d love to be a film star.

→ I wish I were a film star.

8.There were some trees in the field.

→ There used to be some trees in the field.

9.She doesn’t live with her parents any more.

→ She used to live with her parents.

10.People often did this work by hand.

→ This work used to be done by hand.

11.We had a nice garden once, but not any longer.

→ We used to have a nice garden.

12.I’m very nervous when driving on the left.

→ I’m not used to driving on the left.

Tạm dịch: Mình xin lỗi mình không thể ra ngoài cuối tuần này. Mình có quá nhiều việc phải làm.

be up to my ears = have a lot of work to do: có quá nhiều việc phải làm >< very idle: rất rảnh rỗi

Chọn D

Các phương án khác:

A. very busy: rất bận

B. very bored: rất chán

C. very scared: rất sợ hãi 

Tạm dịch: Mình xin lỗi mình không thể ra ngoài cuối tuần này. Mình có quá nhiều việc phải làm.

be up to my ears = have a lot of work to do: có quá nhiều việc phải làm >< very idle: rất rảnh rỗi

Chọn D

Các phương án khác:

A. very busy: rất bận

B. very bored: rất chán

C. very scared: rất sợ hãi

Đáp án D

Giải thích

Be up to one’s ears in something: Bận rộn với việc gì

Idle (adj): nhàn rỗi

Đáp án D

up to my ears : bận rộn ngập đầu

very busy: rất bận rộn

very bored : rất chán

very scared: rất sợ

very idle: rất rảnh rỗi

Câu này dịch như sau:  Tôi xin lỗi cuối tuần này tôi không thể ra ngoài được – Tôi bận công việc ngập đầu luôn.

=> up to my ears >< very idle 

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ trái nghĩa

Giải thích:

be up to your ears in something: có rất nhiều việc phải giải quyết

bored (adj): chán nản                                       scared (adj): sợ hãi

free (adj): rảnh rỗi                                            busy (adj): bận rộn

=> be up to your ears in something >< free

Tạm dịch: Mình xin lỗi mình không thể ra ngoài vào cuối tuần này – Mình đang bận ngập đầu ngập cổ.

Chọn C 

Tạm dịch: Mình xin lỗi mình không thể ra ngoài cuối tuần này. Mình có quá nhiều việc phải làm.

be up to my ears = have a lot of work to do: có quá nhiều việc phải làm >< very idle: rất rảnh rỗi

Chọn D

Các phương án khác:

A. very busy: rất bận

B. very bored: rất chán 

C. very scared: rất sợ hãi