BÀI TẬP CHUYỂN ĐỔI CÂU ÔN THI TN THPT QUỐC GIA Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it : 1. Tom is sorry that he didn’t watch the football match last night. - Tom wishes ______________________________________________________________ 2. The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours. - Yesterday we did __________________________________________________________ 3. “How many students are there in your class ?” - The man asked me _________________________________________________________ 4. “You should go to the lecture” - The teacher advised us ______________________________________________________ 5. You must hurry or we’ll miss the train. - Unless we ________________________________________________________________ 6. It’s not difficult to make bread. - Bread is _________________________________________________________________ 7. Jack said, “I have studied English for five years, Mary.” - Jack told_________________________________________________________________ 8. Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole, somebody will fall into it. - If_______________________________________________________________________ 9. The workers repaired the bridge last week. - If_______________________________________________________________________ 10. No one could open the door of the house. - The door _________________________________________________________________ 11. The city where we were born is very small. - The city in _______________________________________________________________ 12. She has studied French for five years. - She began________________________________________________________________ 13. They left very early in the morning. They didn’t want anybody to see them.(so that) -_________________________________________________________________________ 14. He collects old coins. He is likes it. - He is fond________________________________________________________________ 15. She said, “ Have you got a new car, Jack ?” - She asked_________________________________________________________________ 16. He said to her, “ Give my regards to your parents.” - He told___________________________________________________________________ 17. “Don’t talk to that man”, she said. - She told _________________________________________________________________ 18. I didn’t understand the lesson because I didn’t go to school yesterday. - If_______________________________________________________________________ 19. Jane can’t go to your party because you don’t invite her. - If_______________________________________________________________________ 20. They haven’t finished their homework yet. - Their homework ___________________________________________________________ 1 21. Jim was absent because he was ill. - Because of________________________________________________________________ 22. We were late for the play because of the long line at the ticket-window. - Because there _____________________________________________________________ 23. I couldn’t see anything because it was so dark. - Because of________________________________________________________________ 24. Because the weather is warm and damp, rice grows very well here. - Because of________________________________________________________________ 25. Jane never says a hard word to Tom because of her love for him. - Because Jane______________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing their meaning : 1. Nobody could solve this mathematical problem. → This ___________________________________________________________________ 2. They believe that he will pass the final exam. → He ____________________________________________________________________ 3. She was too old to carry that heavy case. → She was so ______________________________________________________________ 4. He seldom keeps his promise. → Seldom_________________________________________________________________ 5. I have never travelled by plane in my life. → Never __________________________________________________________________ 6. Jack is not old enough to see horror films. → Jack is too ______________________________________________________________ 7. You will catch cold if you don’t keep your feet dry. → Unless _________________________________________________________________ 8. People saw him leave the office yesterday. → He ____________________________________________________________________ 9.She came late because of the rain. → Because it ______________________________________________________________ 10. “You’d better not lend them any more money.” said Alice. → Alice advised ____________________________________________________________ 11. She decided to help him with some money. → She made _______________________________________________________________ 12. We have to notice the teacher’s explanation. → We have to pay __________________________________________________________ 13. This flower is very beautiful. → What___________________________________________________________________ 14. He spent 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises. → It took _________________________________________________________________ 15. They have to change the date of the meeting again. → The date ________________________________________________________________ 16. It was so late that nothing could be done. → It was too _______________________________________________________________ 17. I didn’t go out because it rained. 2 → If _____________________________________________________________________ 18. I have fewer books than she has. → She has _________________________________________________________________ 19. Mary visited us three days ago. → Mary paid ______________________________________________________________ 20. The plumber repaired the leak this morning. → They had _______________________________________________________________ . Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences : 1. Although he’s got an English name, he is in fact German. → Despite_________________________________________________________________ 2. I found a place to live but it was difficult. → I had difficulty___________________________________________________________ 3. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down. → They had _______________________________________________________________ 4. He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercises. → But if __________________________________________________________________ 5. Turn off all the switches before leaving the workshop. → All the switches __________________________________________________________ 6. “You’d better not go out without a raincoat.”He said. → He advised______________________________________________________________ 7. You will miss the train if you don’t hurry. → Unless you______________________________________________________________ 8. That factory is producing more and more pollution. → More and more pollution ___________________________________________________ 9. My brother is not tall.I am not tall. → Neither _________________________________________________________________ 10. Although his leg was broken,he managed to get out of the car. → In spite _________________________________________________________________ 11. The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!” → The driver asked the passengers _____________________________________________ 12. He repaired the bicycle in two hours. → It took _________________________________________________________________ 13. I have never heard him shout at his children. → He ____________________________________________________________________ 14. The enemy used to attack this place. → This place ______________________________________________________________ 15. Doing exercises before going to school is important. → It is ____________________________________________________________________ 3 16. Rice won’t grow if there isn’t enough rain. → Unless _________________________________________________________________ 17. “Why don’t you close the door, John ?”, Nam asked. → Nam asked ______________________________________________________________ 18. We have been doing our work since 8 o’clock. → Our work _______________________________________________________________ 19. They didn’t leave the house early. They were so late for the play. → If _____________________________________________________________________ 20. She won’t stay with us. → I wish __________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences : 1. Keep quiet or I’ll scream. - Unless ___________________________________________________________________ 2. I regret speaking to him so severely yesterday. - I wish ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 4. We got lost because we didn’t have a map. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 5. We didn’t have enough rain, so we could not grow rice. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 6. The sky was so clear that I could see millions of stars. - It was ___________________________________________________________________ 7. It was such long homework that I couldn’t finish it. - The homework ____________________________________________________________ 8. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match. - I haven’t _________________________________________________________________ 9. The last time I saw Dick was in 1995. - I haven’t _________________________________________________________________ 10. We had lunch and then went for a walk by the river. - After we _________________________________________________________________ 11. He said to his wife,”Are you cooking in the kitchen now?” - He ______________________________________________________________________ 12. He said ,”I didn’t know what to do.” - He ______________________________________________________________________ 13. I said to him,”How did you go to school yesterday?” - I _______________________________________________________________________ 14. He said to the boy,”Put your briefcase on this table.” - He ______________________________________________________________________ 15. The boy said to his friends,”Don’t make too much noise!” - The boy _________________________________________________________________ 16. I started work for this company a year ago. - I‘ve been _________________________________________________________________ 4 17. “You’d better not lend him any more money, Paul,” said Tom. - Tom advised Paul __________________________________________________________ 18. Tom is not as tall as his brother. - Tom’s brother _____________________________________________________________ 19. Although the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. - In spite of ________________________________________________________________ 20. His father is taller than his mother. - His mother _______________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the words given : 1. Will you please open the door ? → Would you mind _________________________________________________________ 2. Although it was raining heavily, they still came to the party. → Despite _________________________________________________________________ 3. She seldom went to the movies last year. → Seldom _________________________________________________________________ 4. He has decided to make a tour of England. → He has made ____________________________________________________________ 5. He often swims with his friends. → He often has _____________________________________________________________ 6. She sometimes walks with her pet dog. → She sometimes has ________________________________________________________ 7. They decided to go to the zoo in spite of the heavy rain. → Though _________________________________________________________________ 8. Because the weather was bad,the plane couldn’t take off. → Because of ______________________________________________________________ 9. They had no intention of travelling around the world. → They didn’t intend ________________________________________________________ 10. He said to me, “I don’t want you to make such a silly mistake again” → He told _________________________________________________________________ 11. She said, “I didn’t know you.” → She said ________________________________________________________________ 12. The boy said, “I don’t know what I’ll do” → The boy said ____________________________________________________________ 13. She asked him, “Have you read this book ?” → She asked him ___________________________________________________________ 14. He asked, “Why didn’t you come to school yesterday?” → He asked _______________________________________________________________ 15. The teacher said to me, “You have to learn the lesson by heart.” → The teacher told __________________________________________________________ 16. Somebody has taken away some of my books. → Some of my books ________________________________________________________ 17. They can’t make tea with cold water. → Tea ____________________________________________________________________ 18. He has made much progress in his study. 5 → Much progress ___________________________________________________________ 19. They will hold the meeting before May Day. → The meeting _____________________________________________________________ 20. People spend a lot of money on advertising every year. → A lot of money ___________________________________________________________ Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences : 1. The store was opened in 1932 by John. → John ___________________________________________________________________ 2. We can avoid waiting by booking the tickets in advance. → If _____________________________________________________________________ 3. The teacher asked me whether I had any books. → “Do ___________________________________________________________________ 4. “I like films, books and music” Mike replied. → Mike said that ___________________________________________________________ 5. It took Jane three hours to sort out her stamps. → Jane spent ______________________________________________________________ 6. That scientific discovery was so important that it has affected every man’s way of life. → That was such ___________________________________________________________ 7. He was given a chance to stay on at this garage. → They ___________________________________________________________________ 8. They said that he had left Paris secretly in his private car. → He ____________________________________________________________________ 9. He made a great discovery. He was very proud of it. → He was very proud of _____________________________________________________ 10. We’ve never talked to an interesting person like you before. → Never before ____________________________________________________________ 11. They cancelled the flight because it was foggy. → Because of ______________________________________________________________ 12. Because the traffic is heavy, I sometimes come to my office late. → Because of ______________________________________________________________ 13. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. → I wish __________________________________________________________________ 14. You’d better put your money in the bank. → I advise ________________________________________________________________ 15. He prefers golf to tennis. → He’d rather ______________________________________________________________ 16. It is necessary to master English. → Mastering _______________________________________________________________ 17. He spent two hours writing the essay. → It took _________________________________________________________________ 18. He is too young to ride a motorbike. → He isn’t ________________________________________________________________ 19. The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. 6 → The bag was too __________________________________________________________ 20. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible. → He is looking forward Rewrite the following sentences : 1. Her mother said, “Try to learn your lesson carefully, Lan”. - Lan’s mother told ___________________________________ 2. Mary doesn’t have a modern calculator . - Mary wishes _______________________________________ 3. He never does his homework. - Never _____________________________________________ 4. He studied English at school. He succeeded in it. - He succeeded in _____________________________________ 5. The children like to walk in the rain. - The children enjoy ____________________________________ 6. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough. - The sea was too _______________________________________ 7. Who does this bicycle belong to? - Whose _______________________________________________? 8. We learned this after a long time. - It took _________________________________________________ 9. I’ll lend you the book, but you must promise to return it next week. - If _____________________________________________________ 10. The car is too expensive for him to buy. - He isn’t _________________________________________________ 11. Would you close the door, please? - Would you mind __________________________________________? 12. They didn’t allow us to smoke in here. - They didn’t let _____________________________________________ 13. My teacher advised buying that book. - My teacher advised us _______________________________________ 14. The thief forced the bank manager to lie on the ground. - The thief made _____________________________________________ 15. He has studied English for six years. - He began ___________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences. 1. They have considered me as their great friend. → I ______________________________________________________________________ 2. She looked after her old mother at home. → Her old mother ___________________________________________________________ 3. They are growing trees round their school to make a fence. → Trees __________________________________________________________________ 4. We have to pay attention to lessons. → Lessons ________________________________________________________________ 5. “How many stars are there in the sky?” asked he. 7 → He asked _______________________________________________________________ 6. Because of the absence of atmosphere on the moon, the sky is black just as in space. → Because ________________________________________________________________ 7. I advise you to put your money in the bank. → You’d __________________________________________________________________ 8. “Don’t leave the house until I get back, William!” his mother said. → William’s mother _________________________________________________________ 9. Robert can’t cook so well as Jane can. → Jane ___________________________________________________________________ 10. You ‘d better apologize to Sally. → I advise ________________________________________________________________ 11. She worked hard. She wanted to become a good teacher of English.( so that ) →________________________________________________________________________ 12. The sportsmen take first place at the Olympic Games. They receive gold medals. → The sportsmen wh- _______________________________________________________ 13. Mr.Miller lost his job because he was late every day. → If _____________________________________________________________________ 14. They travelled across India, and then flew to Japan. → After ___________________________________________________________________ 15. They asked him about the countries. He visited them last month. → They asked ______________________________________________________________ 16. He gave me a book for my birthday. → I ______________________________________________________________________ 17. Your house is bigger than mine. → My house _______________________________________________________________ 18. The question was so difficult that we can’t answer it. → The question was too ______________________________________________________ 19. He did his homework,then he went to bed. → After ___________________________________________________________________ 20. Jane doesn’t speak English as well as Betty. → Betty Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences : 1. We can’t work. We don’t use a good dictionary. - Without __________________________________________________________________ 2. He must practise it everyday. That is the only way for him to be successful. - Only by__________________________________________________________________ 3. He is going to retire at the end of the term. It was decided. - The fact that______________________________________________________________ 4. His father didn’t want to watch TV. His wife didn’t want to watch TV. - Neither___________________________________________________________________ 8 5. He was ill. He went to school. - In spite of________________________________________________________________ 6. Think carefully. Answer my question. - Before ___________________________________________________________________ 7. I can’t cook as well as my mother does. - My mother _______________________________________________________________ 8. Unless it stops raining,we won’t go out. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 9. She cooked better than you did. - You _____________________________________________________________________ 10. Unless someone has a key,we can’t get into the house. - We can only ______________________________________________________________ 11. Because of her carefulness, she didn’t make any mistakes in her answers. - Because _________________________________________________________________ 12. She said, ‘I spent my holiday in Italy last year.” - She said _________________________________________________________________ 13. She didn’t buy it because the price was too high. - Because of _______________________________________________________________ 14. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 15. The question was so difficult that we can’t answer it. - The question was too________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences. 1. My father said I could use his car. → My father allowed ________________________________________________________ 2. Scientists began to carry out researches on AIDS in 1980. → Researches on AIDS_______________________________________________________ 3. That girl is very beautiful. → How___________________________________________________________________ 4. The last time I wrote to him was in 1996. → I haven’t________________________________________________________________ 5. It took him only ten minutes to get there. → He spent________________________________________________________________ 6. I didn’t meet him yesterday so I couldn’t tell him about that. → If______________________________________________________________________ 7. Could you turn the radio down please? → Would you mind _________________________________________________________ 8. The man was very tired , so he didn’t answer my question. → The man was too__________________________________________________________ 9. Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. → It was such______________________________________________________________ 10. You’d better apologize to Sally. → I advise_________________________________________________________________ Rewrite these sentences as directed in parentheses : 1. All the teachers love him because his behaviour is good. 9 - Because of _______________________________________________________________ 2. He gave up his job because he was ill. - Because of _______________________________________________________________ 3. Because of the darkness, he couldn’t read the letter. - Because it ________________________________________________________________ 4. Mr. David no longer works here. - No longer ________________________________________________________________ 5. I didn’t have time. I didn’t go shopping. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 6. They had converted the major part of the temple into “Lenin’s room”. - The major part of the temple _________________________________________________ 7. I’m sorry that I didn’t learnt to type. - I wish ___________________________________________________________________ 8. She has to quit smoking or she will die. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 9. He spent a whole day repairing the radio. - It took ___________________________________________________________________ 10. More newspapers are being sold in this city. - People ___________________________________________________________________ 11. She sings more beautifully than you do. - You don’t ________________________________________________________________ 12. You had to pay the bill before the fifth of the month. - The bill __________________________________________________________________ 13. The tea was too hot for her to drink. - The tea was so ____________________________________________________________ 14. If it doesn’t rain, they will go for a picnic. - Unless___________________________________________________________________ 15. The child will die if nobody sends for a doctor. - Unless___________________________________________________________________ 16. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy a computer. - If _______________________________________________________________________ 17. If you don’t rest yourself you will be ill. - Unless___________________________________________________________________ 18. It was such a crazy story that nobody believe it. - The story ________________________________________________________________ 19. They had such a good crop that they decided to give a party. - Their crop ________________________________________________________________ 20. “How long will it take us to get there?” she said. - She wanted to know ________________________________________________________ Rewrite the following sentences. 1. The child is living with his aunt. His parents died in the air crash. - The child wh-_____________________________________________________________ 2. This place used to be the site of an animal market. You were standing there. - This place,________________________________________________________________ 10 [...]... careless driver than I am - She drives 6 How old do you think this building is? - When do you think _ 7 He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Jane to his party - He wishes 8 This furniture is so old that it is not worth keeping - This is _ 9 We spent five hours getting to London -... like being so tall I wish I 7 People think that an apple a day is good for you An apple a day 8 Your hair is long You ought to get it cut Your hair is long It 9 Does this camera belong to you ? Do 10 Do you thing you could possiblly carry this bag, David ? 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I was 10 I’m certainly not going to give you any more money I have no 1 When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime When you phoned me, I 2 Nobody knows anything about Pam’s past life Nothing 3 This house was specially built for my uncle My uncle 4 William never makes mistakes because he is a careful reader William is so 5 We expected Larry to accept the... today we were in China This ………………………………… 10 Mary hasn’t finished her work yet Mary is ……………………………… 1 Vinh keeps forgetting his homework  Vinh is 2 It's a pity your friend isn't at this party  I wish 3 We started living here fifteen years ago  We have 4 Trung's parents gave him a microcomputer on his birthday Trung 5 He has never played a computer game before  This is 6 Nga is pleased... …………………………………………………………………… 8 It’s not worth living to make her change her mind There’s ……………………………………………… 1 When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime When you phoned me, I 2 Nobody knows anything about Pam’s past life Nothing 3 This house was specially built for my uncle My uncle 4 William never makes mistakes because he is a careful reader William is so 5 We expected Larry to accept the... didnt remember anything about it, and neither did she he forgot 6 I wish I had applied for that job It is a 7 As I didnt know all the facts I rang the police If 8 She didnt work hard enough, so she lost the job The reason 9 "You can leave early" Mr Minh said to Hai Mr Minh 10.I have no advice, which I can offer you I have no 1 It doesn’t need to be finished this afternoon It... 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I wanted the man to understand what I said -I Rewrite the following sentences with th words given: 1 My brother lent me this book - I 2 The children were frightened by the noise - The noise _ 3 The crops are late this year because the weather is cold - Because of 4 They didn’t go to the movies because... were not nearly as many people there as I had expected There were far ……… 9 There was no need for you to have gone to all that trouble You ………… 10 This is the best essay I have ever written Never ……… 1 He never has enough money 20 He always …… 2 All the other witnesses were called before Mr Nam Mr Nam was … 3 You can leave only when I tell you Until … 4 Minh went home before I arrived When … 5 I wish I . BÀI TẬP CHUYỂN ĐỔI CÂU ÔN THI TN THPT QUỐC GIA Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly. ________________________________________________________________ 6. How old do you think this building is? - When do you think_________________________________________________________ 7. He is sorry. phoned me, it was my lunchtime. When you phoned me, I 2. Nobody knows anything about Pam’s past life. Nothing 3. This house was specially built for my uncle. My uncle 4. William never makes