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____________________________________________________________
1. Don’t leave the lights all night or you’ll waste electricity.
If you leave the lights all night, you'll waste electricity.
2. Don’t be impatient or you’ll fail the driving test.
If you are not impatient, you’ll fail the driving test.
3. Take time or you won’t get any opportunity in life.
If you take time, you will get any opportunity in life.
4. Recycle and we will save natural resources.
If you recycle, we will save natural resources.
5. You’ll avoid waiting by booking a table in advance.
If you book a table in advance, you'll avoid waiting.
6. You can improve your English by practicing speaking English every day.
If you practice speaking English every day, you can improve your English.
7. Bad driving causes serious accidents.
If you drive badly, serious accidents will be caused.
8. Unless you phone me tonight, you won’t get any information.
If you phone me tonight, you will get any information.
9. Go right now or you’ll be late for the meeting.
Unless you go right now, you’ll not be late for the meeting.
10. We can’t have lunch in the garden if the weather isn’t nice.
Unless the weather is nice, we can’t have lunch in the garden.
11. “My house is next to yours,” he said to me.
He told me that his house was next to mine.
12. “Where are you going?” he asked her.
He asked her where she was going.
13. “Which way do you want to go?” he asked.
He asked which way I wanted to go.
14. “I am taking you to the airport tomorrow evening.”
My uncle said that he was taking me to the airport the following evening.
15. “Don’t try to open it now,” she said to us.
She told us not to try to open it then.
16. “Is it going to be a fine day today?” I asked her.
I asked her if it was going to be a fine day that day.
17. “Is the bus station far away from here?” the girl asked.
The girl wanted to know whether or not the bus station was far away from there.
18. “Please let me borrow your car,” he said to her.
He asked her to let him borrow her car.
19. “Jean, have you seen my gloves?” Thomas asked.
Thomas asked Jean if she had seen his gloves.
20. “I’ll have a cup of tea with you,” she said.
She said that