Rewrite each sentences so that the meaning stays the same!
1. My grandfather built the house in 1970. (use cleft sentence in passive)
2. He doesn’t play the guitar well and he doesn’t sing well. (neither…nor…)
3. It is important to be polite to people who live in the same building. (reduce relative
clause)
4. Did Thomas Edison invent the telephone? (use cleft sentence in active)
5. A friend met me at the airport. He carried my suitcases. (who)
6. Tom cooked a meal. It was delicious. (which)
7. Mary likes collecting dolls, and so does her sister. (both…and…)
8. The man is a famous athlete. I spoke to him yesterday. (whom)
9. My uncle is working in New York and my brother is too. (not only…but also…)
10. Nam was the second student who got mark 10 in mathematics. (reduce relative clause)
11. They work in a hospital which was sponsored by the government. (reduce relative
clause)
12. Two-third of those arrested for car theft are under twenty years of age. (change
Adjective Phrase to Adjective Clause)
13. This is the third person to be offered the job. (change Adjective Phrase to Adjective
Clause)
14. The road joining the two village is very narrow. (change Adjective Phrase to Adjective
Clause)
15. On Sunday evening, sometimes I go to the cinema, sometimes I stay home and watch
TV. (either…or…)
Keys:
1. My grandfather built the house in 1970. (use cleft sentence in passive)
=> It was the house that was built by my grandfather in 1970
2. He doesn’t play the guitar well and he doesn’t sing well. (neither…nor…)
=> he neither play the guitar well nor sing well
3. It is important to be polite to people who live in the same building. (reduce relative
clause)
=>it is important to be polite to people living in the same building
4. Did Thomas Edison invent the telephone? (use cleft sentence in active)
=> Was it Thomas Edison who invent the telephone ?
5. A friend met me at the airport. He carried my suitcases. (who)
=> The friend who met me carried my suitcases
6. Tom cooked a meal. It was delicious. (which)
=> The meal which Tom cooked was delicious
7. Mary likes collecting dolls, and so does her sister. (both…and…)
=> Both marry and her sister like collecting dolls
8. The man is a famous athlete. I spoke to him yesterday. (whom)
=> The man whom I spoke to yesterday is a famous athlete
9. My uncle is working in New York and my brother is too. (not only…but also…)
=> not only my uncle is working in New York but also my brother
10. Nam was the second student who got mark 10 in mathematics. (reduce relative clause)
=> Nam was the second student to get mark 10 in mathematics
11. They work in a hospital which was sponsored by the government. (reduce relative
clause)
=> They work in a hospital sponsored by the government
15. On Sunday evening, sometimes I go to the cinema, sometimes I stay home and watch
TV. (either…or…)
=> On Sunday evening, sometimes I either go to the cinema or stay home and watch TV.
Điền giới từ thích hợp vào đoạn văn!
You wake up _____ 7:30 and look at the clock. You don't have to get up _____ quarter to eight,
so you close your eyes again. You know the alarm will ring _____ fifteen minutes.
While you're lying _____ bed _____ your eyes closed, you remember something that happened
during the night. You'd gone _____ bed early, and just as you were falling asleep, the doorbell
had rung. The bell was still ringing when you got out _____ bed and went _____ the door. When
you opened the door, there was no one there, but the bell was still ringing.
You suddenly realise that it is your alarm clock _____ your bed that is ringing, and it's been
ringing _____ the last five minutes.
Keys:
You wake up _at_ 7:30 and look at the clock. You don't have to get up _____ quarter to eight, so
you close your eyes again. You know the alarm will ring _____ fifteen minutes.
While you're lying _at_ bed _and_ your eyes closed, you remember something that happened
during the night. You'd gone _to_ bed early, and just as you were falling asleep, the doorbell had
rung. The bell was still ringing when you got out _of_ bed and went _out_ the door. When you
opened the door, there was no one there, but the bell was still ringing.
You suddenly realise that it is your alarm clock _on_ your bed that is ringing, and it's been
ringing _____ the last five minutes.
Bài 1:Hoàn chình các câu sau
1) I/stay/your hotel/24 April/room 414
2) On/ arrive home/ I realize/ I leave/book/the room
3) I/wonder if/it/ has been/ find/hand/in
4) It/ be /small, hardback book/ with a blue cover/ call/ "Gallion Reach"/ by H.M
Tomlinson
5) I/ be very anxious/ get/ book back
6) The book/ now/ out of print/ and/ it/ be difficult/ find book shops
7) Also/ book/ be/give/ me/ author/ whose singnature/ be/ on the front cover
8) I enclose/ cheque for $ 1.50/ cover the cost/ post it back/ me
9) If, unfortunately/ you not find/ book/please return/ cheque
Bài 2: Biến đổi câu
1) Both questions were impossible to understand
I couldn't
2) As many as 20000 people are thought to have attended the concern
No fewer
3) These two pens don't write properly
Neither
Keys:
Bài 1:Hoàn chình các câu sau
1) I/stay/your hotel/24 April/room 414
i sayed at a hotel on 24 April in the room 4114
2) On/ arrive home/ I realize/ I leave/book/the room
On arriving at home i realized i had left book in the room
3) I/wonder if/it/ has been/ find/hand/in
I wondered if has been found in hand
4) It/ be /small, hardback book/ with a blue cover/ call/ "Gallion Reach"/ by H.M
Tomlinson
it is a small and hard back book with a blue cover called "Ga " by
5) I/ be very anxious/ get/ book back
I was very ãnious about getting book back
6) The book/ now/ out of print/ and/ it/ be difficult/ find book shops
the book is now out of print and it is dificult to fund book in shops
7) Also/ book/ be/give/ me/ author/ whose signature/ be/ on the front cover
Also the book was given me by author whose signature is on
8) I enclose/ cheque for $ 1.50/ cover the cost/ post it back/ me
I enclosed cheque for $ 1.50 cover the cost to post it back for me
9) If, unfortunately/ you not find/ book/please return/ cheque
If, unfortunately you have not found the book, please return cheque
Bài 2: Biến đổi câu
1) Both questions were impossible to understand
I couldn't understand Both questions
2) As many as 20000 people are thought to have attended the concern
No fewer 2000 people ( câu này k chắc)
3) These two pens don't write properly
Neither pen writes
or
neither of my pens writes
. me
9) If, unfortunately/ you not find/ book/please return/ cheque
Bài 2: Biến đổi câu
1) Both questions were impossible to understand
I couldn't
2).
If, unfortunately you have not found the book, please return cheque
Bài 2: Biến đổi câu
1) Both questions were impossible to understand
I couldn't