Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning: 1.. Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning: 1.. The last time Tom visited his uncle was two years ago..
Trang 1Practice writing skill – class 8
Test 1
(From Unit one to Unit 4)
I Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
1 My family has 4 people
2 She is too young to drive a car
3 I received some money from my mother this morning
4 How beautiful she is !
5 It takes Mai thirty minutes to go to school by bike
6 What is your son’s age ?
7 Who does this notebook belong to ?
8 They had lots of friends when they lived in the country
They used ………
9 You should look after your daughter carefully
10 February 16th is my son’s birthday
My son ………
11 Miss Luyen rides a motorbike to work everyday
12 We were late for school because of the heavy rain
Because it ………
13 The ladder is too short to reach the window
14 Is it necessary for him to clean this table?
15 Riding a bicycle so fast is dangerous
16 When we were small, our family lived in Hai Phong
17 Bac couldn't lift the box because he was weak
Bac couldn't lift the box because of ………
18 How about buying another armchair ?
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20 What is your age?
21 In spite of having different characters, we are close friends
We are close friends although ………
22 We won't be able to come on Sunday
23 Huyen arrived too late to see the first film
Huyen didn't ………
24 When is Thanh and Yen’s wedding?
When are ………
25 She remembered, and so did he
26 Duc Anh needs to study harder
27 It’s very important for us to revise this lesson carefully
28 May I borrow your pen ?
29 Getting a good job doesn’t interest her
30 No one in the group is more intelligent than Mai
Mai is the ………
Homework
VII Rewrite the folowing sentences so that the meaning stays the same, using the words given :
1 She is too young to see this horror film
2 Huyen’s hair is long, straight and black
3 What is your mother’s job ?
4 He'd rather play football than tennis
5 We have quite different characters
Our characters ………
6 Nga is not as intelligent as Tam
Tam is
7 The water is too dirty for him to bathe his eyes
The water is not………
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9 Cuong gave up playing games 2 years ago
10 I used to cry when I was small
11 I did my homework in thirty minutes
Or I spent ………
12 My sister used to go out with her friends in the evening
Or My sister doesn’t ………
13 Who is the owner of this house ?
14 Let’s listen to music
15 You are a sudent, aren’t you ?
Test 2
(From Unit five to Unit eight)
I Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
1 I last saw Minh six months ago
2 It’s three years since I last spoke to her
3 The last time Tom visited his uncle was two years ago
4 Hoa hasn’t written to her parents for three months
5 He has never seen such a wonderful computer before
This is the ………
6 The last time we ate this kind of food was in January
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7 He hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the Internet for ages
8 We haven’t seen her since we left university
9 This is the highest building I have ever seen
10 No cars in the country are bigger than Mr Ba’s
Mr Ba’s car is ………
11 It’s three years since we last met Uncle Tam
12 Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh City next Monday
13 We started living here in 1995
14 It’s un nesscessary for them to drive so fast
15 Trung is the most intelligent student in my class
16 The coffee was too weak to keep us awake
17 Huong last wrote to her parents two months ago
18 Lan is better at Math than Nga
19 This is the best computer I have ever used
20 How long is it since you used the car ?
21 This is the highest building I have ever seen
22 Linh likes the country life more than the city life
Linh prefers ………
23 No cars in the company are bigger than Mr Ba’s
24 It’s three years since we last met Uncle Tam
25 Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh next Monda?
26 We started living here in 1995
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28 No one in my class is as intelligent as Quan
29 The coffee was too weak to keep us awake
30 Huong hasn’t written to her parents for two months
31 How long is it since he bought the computer ?
32 I’ve never talked to the headmaster before
33 The last time we went to London was two years ago
34 Viet does not play badminton as well as he used to
35 There is no building in the city higher than this
This is the ………
36 My house is as big as Nam’s
37 It’s nearly two years since I saw Nhung
38 How long was your light from Hanoi to Bangkok?
39 My uncle likes gardening more than fishing
My uncle prefers ………
40 “Please turn off the radio” Ba said
41 “Get up early to learn your lesson, Hung.”, his father said
42 My sister doesn’t cook as well as my mother
My mother cooks ………
43 This shirt is not so expensive as that one
44 My father is a more careful driver than I am
45 Dung is the most intelligent in this class
No students ………
46 Cheese has more calories than bread
47 Nam doesn’t speak English as well as Mai
48 Japanese is difficult Is Chinese, too ?
49 The last exercise was difficult This one is easy
50 He failed the exam because of his laziness
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51 You don’t need to set off early
52 I had a cat once, but I don’t any more
53 Minh began to collect stamps in 2000
54 It’s a long time since we became close friends
55 The last time she visited me was five months ago
She hasn’t ………
II Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech using “asked”, “said”, “told”
1 “Please lend me your pen”, Thu.” Phuong said
2 ‘Can you help me with my homework ?”
3 “You should practice speaking English”
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