1 500 CÂU BÀ I TP V I T L I C ÂU( SE NT E N CE T R AN S FO R MAT I ON) EXERCISE 1: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning. 1. It isn't necessary to finish the work to day. You don't _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Sally finally managed to get a job. Sally finally succeeded _____________________________________________________________ 3. That's the last time I go to that restaurant. I certainly _______________________________________________________________________ 4. "I advise you to take a holiday," the doctor continued. You'd __________________________________________________________________________ 5. If you don't rest yourself you really will be ill. Unless __________________________________________________________________________ 6. I should like someone to take me out to dinner. What I should ____________________________________________________________________ 7. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life. Martin's poor ____________________________________________________________________ 8. They'll have to take the dog on holiday with them. They can't leave __________________________________________________________________ 9. My aunt got heavily stressed because her marriage broke up. The break-up of the marriage ________________________________________________________ 10. I can't believe that he passed the exam. I find ___________________________________________________________________________ EXERCISE 2: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning. 1. This is the fastest way to get to the city center. There __________________________________________________________________________ 2. If anyone succeeds in solving the problems, it will probably be him. He is the most ____________________________________________________________________ 3. We arrived too late to see the first film. We didn't _______________________________________________________________________ 4. "Would you mind not smoking in here?" I'd rather ________________________________________________________________________ 5. He wrote the letter in two hours. It took _________________________________________________________________________  26. "Why don't we go out for a walk?" My father suggested _______________________________________________________________ 7. In spite of his age, Mr. Benson runs 8 miles before breakfast. Though _________________________________________________________________________ 8. I was very interested in our conversation. It was interesting _________________________________________________________________ 9. Why did you do that ? Whatever _______________________________________________________________________ 10. These bookshelves are my own work. I made __________________________________________________________________________ EXERCISE 3: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning. 1. Don't play tennis as well as you do. You ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. I haven't been to the dentist's for two years. It's _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Whenever she went to Paris she bought a new dress. She never _______________________________________________________________________ 4. I spent seven years at secondary school and then I went to university. After ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. It's not worth living to make her change her mind. There's _________________________________________________________________________ 6. He said he was not guilty of stealing the car. He denied _______________________________________________________________________ 7. Is this the only way to reach the city centre? Isn't there _______________________________________________________________________ 8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen. At no time _______________________________________________________________________ 9. It's my opinion that you should take more exercise. If I ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. I was going to leave, but because of what he said, I didn't. She persuaded ___________________________________________________________________ EXERCISE 4: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning. 1. He was very sorry that he didn't see Andrey on her trip to London. He greatly regretted _______________________________________________________________ 2. It's thought that the accident was caused by human error. 3 The accident is ___________________________________________________________________ 3. "Will you be visiting the Taj Mahal when you go to India?" he asked Elizabeth. He asked ________________________________________________________________________ 4. "I think you should try the chicken Marengo," said the waiter. The waiter recommended ___________________________________________________________ 5. This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted. I have __________________________________________________________________________ 6. Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another. Scarcely ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Without his help, we would all have been in worse trouble. Had it __________________________________________________________________________ 8. No students in my class can speak English as fluently as she does. She speaks ______________________________________________________________________ 9. My father started to read that book two weeks ago. He’s still reading it. My father has ____________________________________________________________________ 10. “I don’t want to be criticized by non-professionals”, said the film star. The film star objected _____________________________________________________________ EXERCISE 5: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning. 1. The questions are so easy that everyone can answer them. They're such _____________________________________________________________________ 2. The boy will receive some money to continue his study. His parents died in a traffic accident. The boy whose ___________________________________________________________________ 3. They are producing motorbikes in Vietnam. Motorbikes are ___________________________________________________________________ 4. I wasn't there yesterday, so I didn't know who he was. If I _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. If you do not try hard, you can't pass the examination. Unless __________________________________________________________________________ 6. They spent more money, they had to work harder. The more _______________________________________________________________________ 7. People thought that the cover was made of iron. The cover________________________________________________________________________ 8. He went to London. He had lived there when he was a boy. He went to London where ___________________________________________________________ 9. Jane was absent from class because of her sickness. |
