Bµi tËp biÕn ®æi c©u – Test 1
Ex1
1. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. - In spite.....................................................................
2. He prefers golf to tennis. - He’d rather...................................................
3. I don’t play chess as well as I used to. - I used......................................................
4. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago. - We haven’t.............................................................
5. The bookshelf was so high that the children couldn’t reach it. - The bookshelf was too............................................
6. It takes three hours to drive from Hai Phong to Hanoi. - It is a.............................................................................
7. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. - I wish......................................................
8. We don’t visit our grandparents often because they live so far away. If...............................................................
9. Minh will be eighteen next week. It’s Minh’s.................................................................
10. “ You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” said John. - John advised.....................................................
11. Despite our advice, he came there alone. - Although ...............................................................................
12. If Peter is lazy, he will get bad marks. - The lazier ....................................................................................
13. She feels happy because of her coming birthday party. - Her coming ..................................................................
14. He had dinner then he went to the cinema. - After ......................................................................................
15. Her behavior annoyed me. – I found ......................................................................................................................
Ex2
1. “It certainly wasn’t me who took your car!” said Bob. ( Bob denied………………………
2.The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes. ( The fox tried in………………….
3. “You should have waited for us”, the team leader said to John. ( The team leader criticized John…
4.The authorities will prosecute anyone they find trespassing on this land. ( Anyone found…………………
5.Betty is very happy to look after handicapped people. ( Betty is devoted………………..
6. There wasn`t any butter. We used margarine instead. ( Instead …………………………
7. You can only get dishes and bowls with this design in Poland. ( Only ……………………………
8. We didn`t discover the mistake until much later. ( Not …………………………….
9. Flooding causes most of the damage in spring. ( It`s ………………………
10.The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended. ( Had it not ……………………
Ex3
1. The keeper feed the lions at 3 pm every day. -> The lions..........................................................................
2. We got lost because we didn`t have a map. -> If we................................................................................
3. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday. -> I would rather.................................................................
4. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn`t go under it. -> It was.............................................................................
5. That was a silly thing to say. -> What.............................................................................
6. We`ve run out of tea. -> There............................................................................
7. I last saw him when I was a student. -> I haven`t.......................................................................
8. Susan was too excited to sleep. -> Susan was....................................................................
9. Robert has not had a job for two years. -> Robert has been...........................................................
10. She will complete the work only she is paid extra. -> She will not.................................................................
11. It was only when I left home that I realized how much my parents meant to me.
Not until ......................................................................................................................................................
12. That essay was excellent ! - What .................................................................................................
13. He wrote the letter in two hours. - It .......................................................................................................
14. Not as many people are at this meeting than they were at the one last week. - More ………………………………..
15. This is her sixth appearance on stage in our city this year. - She has …………………………………………………...
Ex4
1. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
- You should ..........................................................
2. I could realize how important the family is only after I left home.- Not until ....................................................................
3. Mrs. Green is proud of her son’s contribution to the play. - Mrs. Green is proud of what ...............................................
4. They recruited very few young engineers. - Hardly ..........................................................................................................
5. Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioning.
- We have booked five rooms, only ...................................................................................................................................
6. Jane seems to come to the performance late. - It looks ...................................................................................................
7. I could hold a big party due to my Mom’s help. - Had it ...................................................................................................
8. Success depends on hard work. - The harder .................................................................................................................
9. Fiona was so disappointed that she could not keep on working. - Such .........................................................
10. Although Richard is competent in his work, he does not know how to deal with this client.
- Competent ...............................................................................
Test 1 (key)
Key 1
1. In spite..of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car........
2. He’d rather..play golf than tennis............
3. I used..to play chess better than (I do) now.......
4. We haven’t.. visited Ho Chi Minh