Task 9: Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

When I was a kid, my parents (1) ________ take me to the movie theater. When I went there for the first time, I was (2) ________ how big the screen was. the sound system was awesome (3) ________. (4) ________ I didn’t remember the exact name of the first movie I watched in the cinema, I remembered that it was a cartoon. During the whole movie, everyone laughed a lot at the (5) ________ characters. (6) ________, the last scene was so (7) ________ that I almost cried. When I grow up, I often go to the cinema with my friends to get (8) ________ after hard working hours

1.      A. didn’t                      B. was                                     C. used to                    D. were

2.      A. amaze                     B. amazing                  C. amazed                   D. amazes

3.      A. too                          B. either                       C. and                          D. so

4.      A. However                B. Although                C. Despite                   D. But

5.      A. entertain                  B. entertaining             C. entertained              D. entertains

6.      A. However                B. Although                C. Despite                   D. But

7.      A. move                      B. moving                   C. moved                     D. moves

8.      A. relax                       B. relaxing                   C. relaxed                    D. relaxes 

Task 12: Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original sentences.
1. The children prefer cycling to walking.
The children would rather ------------------------------------------------------------
2. I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to buy that car.
I’d rather -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. I would prefer you deliver this sofa on Friday.
I’d rather you -------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Please don’t go there now.
I’d rather you ------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. She has a one-hour journey to work every day.
Her journey ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. I had to spend two hours finishing my assignment.
It took ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. He washed his car in one hour.
It took ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
The sea was too -------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.
It was ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. The box was too heavy for the child to carry.
The box was so ------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was such ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. My father doesn’t drink a lot. He doesn’t smoke a lot.
My father neither ---------------------------------------------------------------------
12. He didn’t come. He didn’t phone me.
He neither ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. I come late and my friend comes late too.
Both -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. She likes pop music. She also likes rock music.
She likes not only ------------------------------------------------------------------
15. You can go to bed. You can watch TV if you like.
You can either -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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