GRAMMAR EXERCISE Rewrite the following sentences as directed: 1. The children prefer cycling to walking. The children would rather 2. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home. I’d rather 3. I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to buy that car. I’d rather 4. I would prefer you deliver this sofa on Friday. I’d rather you 5. Please don’t go there now. I’d rather you 6. She has a one-hour journey to work every day. Her journey 7. I had to spend two hours finishing my assignment. It took 8. We spent three hours opening the door. It took 9. He washed his car in one hour. It took 10. They built that bridge in three years. It took 11. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough. The sea was too 12. The ink was so faded that I couldn’t read the word. The ink was too 13. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it. It was 14. He is such a slow speaker that his students get bored. He speaks 15. These questions are too difficult for us to answer. These questions are so 16. He spoke too quickly for me to understand. He spoke so 17. The air is too polluted for us to breathe. The air is not 18. The tea was too hot for him to drink. It was such 19. The garden is too small to play football in. The garden isn’t 20. The box was too heavy for the child to carry. The box was so It was such 21. The film was interesting enough for us to see twice. It was such The film was 22. I won’t swim in the sea because it is too cold. The sea is not 23. It was such hot coffee that he couldn’t drink it. The tea was too 24. No one in the group is younger than her. She is the 25. Tom is the best football player in the team. No one in the team is 26. My sister is taller than any other student in the class. My sister is 27. Susan isn’t as good at chemistry as Sarah. Sarah is 28. Stone isn’t as hard as iron. Iron is 29. I don’t play the guitar as well as he does. He plays 30. No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city. Ho Chi Minh city 31. My father doesn’t drink a lot. He doesn’t smoke a lot. My father neither 32. He didn’t come. He didn’t phone me. He neither 33. I come late and my friend comes late too. Both 34. She likes pop music. She also likes rock music. She likes not only 35. You can go to bed. You can watch TV if you like. You can either 36. I / not meet / him / yesterday. 37. When / I / go / work / see / accident 38. They / used / live here / but now / they / live / city. 39. She / wash / dishes / while / husband / watch / TV 40. When / I / come / they / have / breakfast. 41. Farmers / work / field / at the moment. 42. My friend / not write / me / a year. 43. My father / jog / that park / every morning. 44. I / learn / French / many years now. 45. Before I / go / out / I / prepare / dinner. Note: Would rather + V1 + than + V1 Would rather + O + V (quá khứ đơn): muốn ai làm gì . GRAMMAR EXERCISE Rewrite the following sentences as directed: 1. The children prefer cycling to walking. The