Ex 3. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means the same as the first one.
17.ʻYou have to keep quiet if you want to stay here.ʼ
àShe told me that…………………………………………………………………………
18.ʻI will hand in my assignment to the teacher tomorrow.ʼ
àShe said …………………………………………………………………
19. “Do you know the name of the person who first climbed Mount Everest?” He said.
-He asked me………………………………………………………………………
1. They performed Christmas songs for people in town.
Christmas songs ……………………………………………………………..
20. “Do you have many friends?” Nien asked Hoa.
Nien asked Hoa………………………………………………………………
21. Can I turn on the lights?
Do you mind ?.................................................................
22. Many people play soccer in the world.
Soccer..........................................................................................................................................
23. I started learning English ten years ago.
I have...........................................................................................................................................
24. Can I play soccer here?
Would you mind........................................................................................................................... ?
25. I started learning English when I was ten years old.
I have...........................................................................................................................................
26. Mary hasn’t returned my book yet.
à My book ………………………………………………
27. To find a job at my age is difficult.
à It’s …………………………………………………………
28.To get acquainted with the regulation in a new school is easy.
à It’s…………………………………………………………………………………
29.The principle doesn’t write this letter.
à This letter …………………………………………………
30.Smoking a lot is harmful.
à It’s …………………………………………
31.Mary is making a birthday cake in the kitchen.
à A birthday cake …………
Ex 4. Give the correct tense or form of the following verbs.
1.I (watch) …………… a science fiction film on TV at 9 .00 tonight.
2. Our teacher says that new technology (make)…………. Many workers jobless in the future.
3.Look at those clouds – I think it (rain)……………………………………………………………..
4. If you use robots to do the housework, you (become)…….. …….lazy and you (not get)…………….. enough exercise.
6. We’ll need (call)…………….. him more often
7. By the time I( arrive)………the airport, my husband( wait)………………..for me for an hour.
8. Many houses( destroy)………………………in the hurricane last night in Nghe An.
9. After the thief(leave)…………………….the house, the police (come)……………
10. He ( not go )……………….. out last night, he ( stay )……………………….. at home.
11. ……..Lan ( learn )……….… English for 2 years ? - No, he ( learn )…………………. for 3 years.
12. …….you ( wear )…… uniform yesterday ? No. I ( not wear )……. yesterday.
13. That room (paint)………………………………at this time next week.
14. By the time the police (come)……………….., the thief (leave)……………………
15. After I(finish)…………………..the lesson, Lan went out.
16. I wrote to my penpal two weeks ago but I (not receive)…………….. her reply then.
17. I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office.
18 Ron’s parents (die) when he was very young. He and his sister (bring up) by their grandparents
19.While my sister and I (watch)……………….. a movie on T.V last night, our uncle in the USA (phone)…………..
20 Ha Long Bay in Viet Nam (be)…………… a World Heritage Site. It (visit) ……………by millions of people every year.
21. I (learn)………………..to swim when I (be) ……………………very young.
22. After (hear) …………………..the condition, he decided (not enter)…………………….. the competition.
23. We were hungry, so I suggested (have)……………….. dinner early.
24.I didn’t know how (get)……………….. to your house so I stopped (ask)…………………. the way.
25. When I (look)__________ for my passport I (find)__________ this old photograph
26. When I rang Tessa some time last week, she said she was busy ______ day.
A. that B. the C. then D. this
Đáp án: A
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