I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it:
1. Be quiet or you will not understand the lesson.
→ If ___________________________________________________________________
2. Study harder and you will not fail the coming exam.
→ If ___________________________________________________________________
3. Work harder or you won’t get high salary.
→ If ___________________________________________________________________
4. Practice speaking English every day or you can’t improve your English.
→ If ___________________________________________________________________
5. The children like to walk in the rain.
→ The children enjoy _____________________________________________________
→ The children are _______________________________________________________
6. I think surfing the Net is useful.
→ I find it_______________________________________________________________
7. I don’t think she broke the vase accidentally.
→ I think _______________________________________________________________
8. Watching TV consumes a lot of time.
→ Watching TV is a ______________________________________________________
9. Can’t you control the child?
→ You ________________________________________________________________ ?
10. “I don’t know anything about it,” he said.
→ He denied ____________________________________________________________
11. Did they understand the problem?
→ They hardly__________________________________________________________ ?
12. He forced me to put my hands up and quickly searched through my pockets.
→ I ____________________________________________________________________
13. “Don’t forget to phone the office,” she told him.
→ She reminded _________________________________________________________
14. Mary will watch the film in three hours.
→ It will ________________________________________________________________
15. The children are excited about going to the circus.
→ The children are looking_________________________________________________
16. He is interested in reading detective books.
→ He enjoys _____________________________________________________________
17. Do you find it difficult to speak English?
→ Do you have any _______________________________________________________
18. My father needs 15 minutes to read “Tuoi Tre” newspaper every morning.
→ My father spends_______________________________________________________
19. The floor was cleaned by Loan
→ Loan_________________________________________________________________
20. The Browns last painted the living-room two years ago.
→ The Browns have ______________________________________________________
21. Would you close the door, please?
→ Would you mind ______________________________________________________ ?
22. They didn’t allow us to smoke here.
→ They didn’t let _________________________________________________________
23. My teacher advised buying that book.
→ My teacher advised us ___________________________________________________
24. He has studied English for six years.
→ He began _____________________________________________________________
25. It is necessary to master English.
→ Mastering ____________________________________________________________
26. He spent two hours writing the essay.
→ It took _______________________________________________________________
27. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
→ He is looking __________________________________________________________
28. I would like you to help me (to) put the chairs away?
→ Do you mind _________________________________________________________ ?
29. Don’t forget that you have to do this homework.
→ Please remember _______________________________________________________
30. Don’t ask so many questions.
→ Please stop ____________________________________________________________
31. He hasn’t smoked for 3 years.
→ He stopped ____________________________________________________________
32. It's not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.
→ It's better to____________________________________________________________
I. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. It's ages since I took any photos.
- I have....not taken photos for ages........................................
2. Tom has not had his hair cut for a moth.
- It's.........a month since Tom last had his hair cut...............................................
3. Tom hasn't seen "Titanic" before.
- It's the first time...... the first time Tom saw ''Titanic''.............................
4. The last time I was abroad was in the summer of 2000.
- I...............not been abroad since the summer of 2000.......................................................................
5. Tom last watched T.V on New Year's Day.
- Tom.......hasn't watched TV since New Year's day.....................................................................
6. It's three months since the windows were cleaned.
- The windows...........haven't been cleared for 3 months.................................................
7. My friends began studying English fifteen years ago.
- My friends..........has studied English for 15 years.............................................................
8. My father hasn't played football since 1980.
- The last time........my father played football was 1980..............................................
9. He hasn't drunk any beer since the accident happened.
- He last..... drank beer when the accident happened................................................................
10. My brother started smoking two years ago.
- My brother..........has smoked for 2 years............................................
11. We haven't met Tom since he got married.
- We last.......met Tom when he got married....................................................
12.This is the first time I ate this kind of foos.
- I haven't...... .....eaten this kind of food before................................................
13. It's four years since I got maried.
- I have.......not got married for 4 years........................................
14. He has been working for this factory for three years.
- He started.............working for this factory three years ago...........................................................
3. Tom hasn't seen "Titanic" before.
- It's the first time Tom has seen "Titanic"
4. The last time I was abroad was in the summer of 2000.
- I haven't been abroad since the summer of 2000 7. My friends began studying English fifteen years ago.- My friends have studied English for fifteen years
8. My father hasn't played football since 1980.
- The last time my father played football was in 1980
13. It's four years since I got maried.
- I have been married for four years