Question

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I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence    printed before it. (10 pts)

1.       Although the weather was terrible we had a good time at the campsite.                                    

Despite__________________________________________________________________________________

2.       I regret telling him the news.

I wish ___________________________________________________________________________________

3.       'Don’t be late for the meeting tomorrow morning, Tim!” she said.

She told _________________________________________________________________________________

4.       The school I went to last year was better than this one.

This school _______________________________________________________________________________

5.       I’d rather you stayed home tonight than went out with those people.

I’d prefer_________________________________________________________________________________

6.       People think that Mr Smith took bribes from a mafia group.

Mr Smith _________________________________________________________________________________

7.       I’ve never seen such a long bridge before.

This _____________________________________________________________________________________

8.       Thanks to Paul’s encouragement, I finished the work so early.

If it ______________________________________________________________________________________

9.       How much does this camera cost?

What____________________________________________________________________________________

10.    The work is very hard and he can’t do it.

The work is too____________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

[Đỗ Thanh Hải]

1.       Although the weather was terrible we had a good time at the campsite.                                    

Despite___the terribe weather, we had a good time at the campsite. _______________________________________________________________________________

2.       I regret telling him the news.

I wish _________I hadn't told him the news__________________________________________________________________________

3.       'Don’t be late for the meeting tomorrow morning, Tim!” she said.

She told ______Tim not to be late for the meeting the next morning___________________________________________________________________________

4.       The school I went to last year was better than this one.

This school ________is not as good as the school I went to last year_______________________________________________________________________

5.       I’d rather you stayed home tonight than went out with those people.

I’d prefer___you to stay home home tonight rather than go out with those people.______________________________________________________________________________

6.       People think that Mr Smith took bribes from a mafia group.

Mr Smith _________is though to have taken bribes from a mafia group. ________________________________________________________________________

7.       I’ve never seen such a long bridge before.

This ______is the first time I have seen such a long bridge _______________________________________________________________________________

8.       Thanks to Paul’s encouragement, I finished the work so early.

If it ________hadn't been for Paul’s encouragement, I finished the work so early. ______________________________________________________________________________

9.       How much does this camera cost?

What_______is the price of this camera_____________________________________________________________________________

10.    The work is very hard and he can’t do it.

The work is too_______hards for him to do_____________________________________________________________________