1. Please don’t ask me that question.
I’d rather ................................................................................................................................
2. I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
I haven’..................................................................................................................................
3. John only understood very little what the teacher said.
John could hardly ..................................................................................................................
4. Tom will be twenty next week.
It’s Tom’s ..............................................................................................................................
5. She is fond of her nephew although he behaves terribly.
She is fond of her nephew in .................................................................................................
6. He prefers reading books to watching TV.
He would ...............................................................................................................................
7. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the bus.
If ............................................................................................................................................
8. The train takes longer than the plane.
The plane ..............................................................................................................................
9. I don’t suppose you have change for 2 pounds, do you?
Do you happen .....................................................................................................................
10. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It ………………………………………………………………………………………...
11. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People …………………………………………………………………………………...
12. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ……………………………………………………………………………....
13. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me ……………………………………………………………………………
14. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………..
15. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep.
-> The film was so …………………………………………………………………............
16. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it .
-> The furniture was too …………………………………………………………………..
17. He can touch the light because he is very tall.
-> He is ……………………………………………………………………………………..
18. It is such good weather that they are going for a picnic.
à The weather……………………………………………………………………………...
19.Somebody repaired his car yesterday.
à He had…………………………………………………………………………………...
20. My brother studies now harder than he used to.
My brother ............................................................................................................................
1. Please don’t ask me that question.
\(\Rightarrow\) I’d rather you didn’t ask me that question.
2. I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
\(\Rightarrow\) I haven’t seen Bob since I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
3. John only understood very little what the teacher said.
\(\Rightarrow\) John could hardly understand what the teacher said.
4. Tom will be twenty next week.
\(\Rightarrow\) It’s Tom’s twentieth birthday next week.
5. She is fond of her nephew although he behaves terribly.
\(\Rightarrow\) She is fond of her nephew in of her nephew in spite of his terrible behaviour.
6. He prefers reading books to watching TV.
\(\Rightarrow\) He would rather read books than watch TV.
7. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the bus.
\(\Rightarrow\) If he had hurried he would missed the bus
8. The train takes longer than the plane.
The plane does not take as long as than the train.
9. I don’t suppose you have change for 2 pounds, do you?
Do you happen to have change for 2 pounds?
10. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house.
11. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals
12. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t arrive early enough to see the film
13. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me if I knew to speak English.
14. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t met each other for 10 years
15. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep.
-> The film was so boring that she fell asleep
16. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it .
-> The furniture was too expensive for me to buy
17. He can touch the light because he is very tall.
-> He is tall enough to touch the light
18. It is such good weather that they are going for a picnic.
The weather is so good that they are going for a picnic.
19.Somebody repaired his car yesterday.
He had his car repaired yesterday
20. My brother studies now harder than he used to.
My brother used to study more lazily than he does now.