Ôn Tiếng Anh Thi Cao học

ÔN TP TING ANH THI CAO HC ĐHSP HU
ĐY Đ NI DUNG PHN VIT CÂU V ĐC HIU
Exercise 1
1. It / long / time / that / l / not / see / her.
2. It / so / late / that / nothing / be done.
3. We / help / laugh / him.
4. I / will / drop / you / tearn / if / not / train / harder.
5. Like / women / she / love / tea-party / gossip.
6. I / see / plane / crash / hill / burst / flames.
7. high time / someone / tell / him / stop / behave / child.
8. Turn / oven / so that / meat / not burn.
9. If / house / be burned / we / clairn / compensation.
10. I / will never / tell / secret / woman.
Exercise 2
1. I / take / shoes / avoid / make / noise.
2. Thank / invitation / your wedding / beginning / December.
3. I / love with / girl / name / Alice.
4. I / delighted / news / your maniage.
5. I / retum / visit / Japan. It / wonderful trip.
6. We / support / him / until / find / work.
7. They / so surprised / not try / stop / him.
8. He / say / he / happy / where / be.
9. She / feel / as if / she / a fever.
10. He / only person / who / be able / help.
Exercise 3
1 . Healrh Robinson / died / 1944 / be / graphic artist / cartoonist.
2. According / Cook / whose book / published / Thursday / most disasters /
avoidable.
3. What / you / do / choose / five companies / invest.
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4. I / not happy / neither / they.

5. She / so busy / not come / party.
6. He / had / car / five years.
7. I wish I not have / much work / do.
8. She / threatened / call / police / if / he / not leave / immediately
9. He / a lot / mistakes / composition
10. He / apologize / me / not reply / letter.
Exercise 4
1. You / not be / afraid / snakes / you ?
2. You / not want / sell / house / you?
3 His mother / proud / him / she?
4. I/ not go out / now / as / it / rain / and l / nothave / umbrella.
5. I / wear / sunglasses / today / because / sun / very strong.
6. I / usually go / bú/ but to day / I go / Tom’s car.
7. Mary / usually learn / languages very quickly / but she / not seem / able / learn / modern
Greek.
8. When I / arrive / lecture / already start / and / professor / write / overhead projector.
9. He / not allow / us / go out / boat / yester day / as / strong wind / blow.
10. When / he / return / I / give / him / key.
Exercise 5
I If I / see/ him / l / him / lift.
2. What / happen / if / my parachute / not open?
3. Unless / I / have / quiet room / I / not be able / do / work.
4. What / you / do / if / found / burglar / house?
5. You / see / garden / its best / if you / be here / last week.
6. He / be made / sign / paper / admit /guilt.
7. I / advise / him / ask / bus conductor / tell / him / where / get off.
8. You / too young / have / front-door key.
9. floor / not stong / us / dance.
10. It / cold / us / have breakfast / garden.
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Exercise 6
1. I / astonished / hear / he / leave / country.
2. It / brave / him / rush / buming house.
3. lt / no use / cry / spilt milk.
4. It / difficurt / getused / eat / chopsticks.
5. By / work / dayand nigtil / he / succeed / finish / job / time.
6. He / warn / her / not touch / wire.
7. I / regret / inform / you / your application / be refused.
8. Before / give / evidence / you / must swear / speak / truth.
9. I / not used / drive / left.
10. For / long time / earth / believed / flat
Exercise 7
1. bed / I / sleep / have / no mattress.
2. man / I / waiting / not turn up.
3.Tom / who / driving / all day / tired / and want / stop.
4. How long / it / take her / cook / meal / yesterday ?
5. He / help / his friend / get good marks / telling him / more careful.
6. Those buses / not going / airport / neither / taxis.
7. You / free / do what / like.
8. lt / exciting / hear / she / won / first prize.
9. It / not easy / patient / recover / his illness.
10. lt / not possible / us / smoke / class.
Exercise 8
1. nurse / kind enough / help him / walk.
2. His dream / become / doctor / may / true.
3. We / told / whom / meet / station.
4. They warn / us / not sleep / mosquito nets.
5. We / suggest / travel / train / see more / country.
6. He / rather spend / holidays / a farm / seaside.
7. student / only play / piano / also play / football.

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8. He / not talk / loudly / I.
9. My brother / not drive / carefully / I.
10. He / understand / lesson / more quickly / the rest / his class.
Exercise 9
l. He / better / not go / school / because he / not feeling well.
2. His summer holidays / country / make / happier / healthier.
3. I / see / him / walk alone / park / night.
4. doctor's duty / to take care / people's health.
5. How / beautiful / garden !
6. What / nice picture !
7. Bicycles / must / leave / hall.
8. Nothing / can / do / unless / more information / given / us.
9. He / told / he / going away / next day.
10. Sleep / next room / people / wikened / sound / breaking glass.
Exliicise 10
l. My brother / prefer / play tennis / watch it.
2. I / rather / you / phone / him today.
3. He / admit / steal / documents.
4. I / object / her / write / ownletters / office hours.
5. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here.
6. Ann / sugges / go / his flat / but I / not think / it / necessary.
7 . He / not interested / make / a lot of money
8. Bill / insist / me / paint / ceiling / black.
9. In spite / quite rich / he / spend / very little.
10. There / people / can’t help / laugh / when / see someone/ slip / banana skin.
Exercise 11
1. How long / they / live / there?
2. You / break / light ?
3. He / cheerful / outgoing / personality?

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4. You / another / cup / coffee?
5. This / one / my favourite / song.
6. He / think / unusual / eat / dogs / snakes.
7. Temperature / rarely / fall / below / zero / winter.
8. She / suffer / poverty / hardships / all life.
9. Ho Chi Minh / regard as / father / Vietrram.
10. The thief / send / prison / 10 years.
Exercise 12
1. He / stop / smoke / save money.
2. America / one / three / mariages end / divorce.
3. The telephone / be / broken / one week.
4. You mind / take / rubbish / outside ?
5. The book / write / by / famous / Vietramese author.
6. He / telephone / mother / so that / she / not worry.
7. Afraid / I / not agree / your opinion.
8. Ten per cent / population / be left-handed.
9. Tell me / way / posl office ?
10. Her cat / wake / her up / every morning / by / jump / her face.
Exercise 13
1. He / take / his dog / walk / every evening.
2. You / prefer / this colour / that colour ?
3. He / be / try / telephone / her / day.
4. Man / find / guilty / send / prison / l0 years.
5. He / use / cry / lot / when / he / be / child.
6. Oldest woman / the world / be / 110 / old.
7. I / pay / the hotel / if you / pay / food.
8. I / be / afraid / not finish / yet.
9. What / he say / interesting.
10. Unless / ground / warm / seed / can't / planted.

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Exercise 14
l . I / might / go / beach / weekend.
2. It / take / me / long time / read / book / in English.
3. Please / not move / while / I / take / photograph.
4. That / be / man / steal / my bag.
5. I / wonder / you / help / lift / chest.
6. This / be / the school / I / go to / as / child.
7. It / be / no use / say / you / be / sorry.
8. Wife / not let / me / smoke / house.
9. Remember / turn off / gas / when / you / finish / cooking.
10. Building / which / be / very expensive / be / build / last year.
Exercise 15
l. You / show me / how / operate / computer ?
2. If she / want / meet me / she / have / ask me herself.
3. Viet Nam / change / quickly / moment.
4. You / send / fax / him / soon / possible?
5. He / think / computers / be / more common / typewriters / future.
6. Know / how / use / computer / be / very important nowadays.
7. When / I / be/ married / l want / have / lots / children.
8. I / be / try / contact you / three days.
9. My brother / not feel / well / so / he / go / bed.
10. I / not come / tomorrow / but / I / able / come / next week instead.
Exercise 16
1. It / be / wonderfut / go / swimming / when / weather / get / warmer.
2. He / grow / so fat / he / not be able / wear / favourite trousers.
3. They / miss / start / the show / so / decide / have / dinner / restautant / instead.
4. When we / travel / Japan / ưe / have to / pay / lot / money / hotel room.
5. Without proof / it / be / impossible / police / know / who / take / money.
6. We / be / still not sure / origin / langgages.

7. After / visit / dentist / Phuong's teeth hurt / more / they / have / before.
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8. Pacific Ocean / be / generally / think / be / biggest / world.
9. She / not see / performance very well / to she / move / different seat.
I0. He / suggest / they / have / good meal / go / bed / earrly.
Exercise 17
1. She / have / hairdresser / cut / her hair / different way.
2. He / not enjoy / job / so / find / different one.
3. I / want / buy / jacket / not have / enough money.
4. He / have / his secretary / type / letter.
5. Have / run / as fast / could / he / be able / arrive / on time.
6. If you / not go / the party / I / not go / either.
7. I / get / friend / fix / my computer.
8. We / see / either / this film / or lother one.
9. You / be / unlucky / not win / first prize.
10. He / know / he / be / wrong / but / he / not / admit it.
Exercise 18
1. I / be / afraid / you / have to / wait / half / hour / before / doctor / see you.
2. I / not / solve / problem / it / be / too difficult.
3. He / just / buy / new computer.
4. How long / she / work / here ?
5. William Shakespeare / consider / be / England's / great / playwright.
6. I / be / so sorry / hear / your accident.
7. You / always / be / careful / when / you / cross / road.
8. If / you / be / so tired / why / not / you / go / bed ?
9. I / be / sorry / but I / not remember / your name.
l 0. lt / be / beautiful / day / not be / it ?
Exercise 19
1. l / prefer / live / countryside / because I / dislike / noise / traffic / city.
2. We / not believe / whatever / he / say / because / he / liar.

3. Despite / age / he / join / social activities / neigbourhood.
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4. surprising / he / pass / examination.
5. man / injured / accident / take / hospital.
6. Now that / highway / build / take / two hours / there.
7. only guest / late / pary / our manager.
8. It / stupid / him / give up / job / need / money.
9. wish / go / beach / you / last Sunday.
10. Neither he / nor I / be going / attend / meeting.
Exercise 20
1. I / have / use / public telephone / because / out of order.
2. She / by / church / way / work / day.
3. factory / close / workers / go / strike / last week.
4. director / ill / so / deputy / speech / instead of.
5. happen / picture / used to / hang / wall ?
6. I / complain / manager / restaurant / food.
7. We / not see / picture / our city / as / look / 100 years.
8. advantage / have / car / that / rely / public transport.
9. It / age / 14 / Jack London / leave school / sailor.
l0. Neither / boy's teacher / parents / satisfied / progress.
Exercise 21
1. There / be/ increase / road / abcident / in / few years.
2. Mr. Green / take / charge / office / while / director / away / vacation.
3. He / furious / me / not invite / party / Sunday.
4. rain / everyday / so / have / spend / most / time / indoors.
5. He / show / photograph / hotel / stay / during / holiday.
6. my opinion / violent films / should not / show / televtsion.
7. you / know / Linda / engage / friend / mine?
8. If / smoke / there / greater chance / you / die / lung cancer.
9. accident / fault / so / I / pay / damage.

10. You / borrow / book / if / promise / keep / clean.
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Exercise 22
1. going / visit / friends / make with / hostel.
2. begin / rain / manager / get / office / morning.
3. When / boy / twelve / father / die / dangerous disease.
4.I / tell / her / meeting / if / see / tomorrow.
5. lt / important / brother / stop / smoke / once.
6. I / think over / offer / give / my answer / soon / possible.
7. After / dinner / set out / saying / where / going.
8. We / invite / party / occasion / birthday.
9. She / leave / wait / rain / minutes / night.
10. sister / willing / help / mother / howework / when / hotiday.
Exercise 23
1. police / say / no connection / two murders.
2. you / know / interested / buy / hand / car ?
3. Stand / plane / doctor / goodbye / everybody / airport.
4. John / show / hotel / stay / vacation.
5. mother / still / hospital / out / danger.
6. While / Ann / hospital / she / a visit / teacher.
7. I / hardly / start work / feel / pain / back.
8. Now that / I / finish / course / have / look / job.
9. Paul / suit / job interview / good impression.
10. Why not / day off / so / recover properly ?
Exercise 24
1. The Queen / moved / tears / hear / news.
2. She / insist / talk / manager / person.
3. It / essential / that / child / same / educatioqal opportunities.
4. He / little / money / save / it / not / long.
5. I / never / really / consider / get / married.

6. I / grateful / kindness / me / visit / your factory / earfier this month.
7 . We / survive / unless / start / work / cleaner / safer / sources / energy.
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8. She / hurt / leam / boyfriend / forget / birttrday.
9. At / bank / Bill / second / command.
10. She / look / as / she / see / ghost.
Exercise 25
1. hate / people / laugh / own jokes.
2. we / looking / pub / serve food.
3. It / Jones / injured / Brown.
4. I / introduce / man / share a flat.
5. tell / truth / l / not think / you / much chance of success.
6. They / make / him go / sleep / giving / a special drink.
7. Mr Brown / not a scientist / neither / his wife.
8. You / free / do what / like.
9. It / exciting / hear / he / won / gold medal.
10. It / sad / find / more / more couples / getting divorced.
Exercise 26
1. The weather / so bad / we have / say / home.
2. There / so much noise / I / not sleep.
3. He had so / books / not know / where / put them.
4. He / make / strange decision / that / everyone / surprised.
5. This / such / easy exercise / I / do it / two minutes.
6. We / surprised / the news / they / manage / finish such / diffrcult task ahead /
schedule.
7. Some seeds can / planted / whether / ground / cold / not.
8. He wondered / teaching methods / vary considerably / not.
9. What he / trying / do / get / early / moming.
I 0. fact / her son / out / danger / bring her / some relief.
Exercise 27

l. It / wonderful / see / old friends again.
2. If I / you / not do / that.
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3. She / pleased / receive / such / gift.
4. last two lessons / hard / me / understand
5. Your parents / not like / plan / live abroad.
6. His refusal / help / disappointment.
7. You / not keep / promise / write / me / more frequently.
8. principal / school / arurounce / intention / retire.
9. His decision / resign / welcomed / people.
10. I / feel doubtful / his ability / do / work.
Exercise 28
I . He / first man / arrive.
2. This / best book / subject / appeat / tris year.
3. There / several letters / director / sign.
4. This / first attempt / English composition.
5. news / her son / killed / greatshock / het.
6. think / there / little probability / he / succeed / examination.
7 . care / when / cross / busy streets.
8. question / gol Da Lat / or Vung Tau / holidays / still / discussed.
9. Everybody / annious / know / what / happeltd.
10. Your father / pleased / see / long absence.
Exercise 29
1. She / fortunate / have / such / kind husband.
2. boys / clever / see / solution / problem / so quickly.
3. You / careless / leave / umbrella / bus.
4. How brave / you / go / into / buming building / save / baby !
5. Everyone / anxious / you / accept / position.
6. Ann / eager / parents / meet / young man / asked her / marry him.
7 . baby brother / too / young / walk.

8. box / too heavy / you / lift.
9. I / quite ignorant / what / intend / do.
10. He / arrgry / her / broken / promise.
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Exercise 30
1. I / not dare / stay / home / myself / night.
2. be sure / good seat / your tickets / should / bought / advance.
3. Sitting / window / l / watch / people / pass.
4. Jerry / a feeling / he / followed / but / friends / just laugh / idea.
5. Why / left / mystery / me.
6. How / prisoner / escape / compete mystery.
7. They / very thankful / whatever / you / give.
8. student / always / attention / whatever / teacher / saying.
9. London / town / many millions of people.
I0. time / visit me / inconvenient.
Exercise 31
l. However hard / try / never / seem able / work.
2. way /my office / never stop / no mather / call me.
3. She / always late / class / no matter / get up.
4. teacher / love / every student / no matter / from.
5. I / not stand / listen / his complaints / longer.
6. Her ambition / famous pianist / obvious.
7. She / decision / goodbye / him.
8. There / no news / how / prisoner / escape.
9. How ungrateful / you / not greet / former teacher / meet / him.
10. It / very thoughtless / laugh merrily / when / person / speiking / sorrowful.
Exercise 32
l. I / sorry / I / fail / arrive / Athens / last Friday.
2. I / very impressed / all work / you / done / on / your house.
3. We / polluted / air / be / smoke / factories / fumes / motor-vehicles.

4. Provided / legible / examiner / accept / handwriting / answer.
5. I / congratulate / you / excellent cooking.
6. If / earth / sudden / stop / spin / we / fly / it.
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7. My / father / tired / live / city / want / quiet village.
8. Never / put / tomorrow / you / can / today.
9. She / dentist / got / toothache .
10. Gagarin / first man / travel / space.
A. USING THE SUGGESTED PHRASE GIVEN AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE
Exercise 1
1. "Why don't you complain to the compily, Peter ? " said William.
William suggested ……………………….. .......
2. He started to play the guitar five years ago.
He has .....................................
3. I am fond of my nephew although he behaves terribly.
I am fond of my nephew in …………………….....
4. I won't swim in the sea because it is too cold.
The sea is not ..................................................
5. "I was not there at the time," he said.
He denied............................................ .......
6. "'Who does that suitcase belong to?" The policeman asked us.
The policeman asked us whose ………………………………………..
7. She hasn't ridden a horse before.
It's . ...................................................
8. We couldn't answer those two difficult questions.
Those two …………………………….
9. Haven't you got any cheaper televisions ?
Are these ………………………………………………….
10. I would prefer you not to smoke in here.

I'd rather . ………………………………………...
Exercise 2
1. "Please don't make such a mess in your room," his mother said.
His mother asked …………………………………………
2. The Americans have just recalled their ambassador.
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The Americans ……………………………..
3. It is not necessary for you to do the test.
You ……………………………………
4. The day was so cold that we stayed in doors
It was ….
5. She prefers reading to watching TV
She would ….
6. Eventually he succeeded in making her answer the question.
Eventually he managed ....
7. Although he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at school.
In ...
8. I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to him.
I wish ..:....:..
9. They arrived very late because they had a flat tyre.
If .. . .
10. She couldn't get to work because of the heavy snow.
The heavy snow ….
Exercise 3
l. I had expected the weather to be worse.
The weather was not . ….
2. The train couldn't run because of the storm.
The storm ….
3. I didn't arrive in time to see her.
I wasn't early ….

4. I'm sorry I was rude to you yesterday.
I apologise ….
5. He didn't hurry, so he missed the train.
If .. . . ..
6. Mary is the most talented student in my school.
No student ….
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7. I haven't seen that man here before.
It's …..
8. The furniture was so expensive that I didn't buy it.
The furniture was too …..
9. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money.
The bank manager ………………………………………..
10. He leamed to drive when he was eighteen.
He has …………………………………..
Exercise 4
1. She had never been so happy before.
She was unhappier ……………………………….
2. It was so late that nothing could be done.
If was too ……………………………………………..
3. I asked the hotel receptionist to wake me at 8 o'clock the following morning.
"Please …………………………………
4. They'll have to change the date of the meeting again.
The date …………………………………….
5. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
We are going ……………………………….
6. The bus takes longer than the train .
The train ……………………………………
7. John has not had his hair cut for over six months.
It is …………………………………………….

8. Maria says she'd like to have been put in a higher class.
Maria wishes ………………………………….......
9. Would you like me to finish the work tonight ?
I'll ……………………………………....
10. You may get hungry on the train, so take some sandwiches.
In …………………………………………………..
Exercise 5
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1. My husband didn't leave the car keys, so I couldn't pick him up at the station.
If my husband ………………………………………
2. "I don't think John will come," said Bill.
Bill doubted ……………………………………….
3. The postman was bitten by our dog.
Our dog ...... .. . .. . .
4. We couldn't drive because of the fog.
The fog prevented .... ..
5 Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the car.
In spite ... ...
6. The cake was so hard that I could not eat it.
It was …..
7. We didn't go because it rained.
If it hadn't …..
8. I can't cook as well as my mother does.
My mother …
9. I don't suppose you have change for a pound, do you ?
Do you happen . ........ ?
10. He failed to win the race.
He didn't ........... .
Exercise 6
l. Mary rang hours and hours ago.

It's hours …..
2. I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night.
I wish ….
3. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
"How ……..
4. A train leaves at eight o'clock every morning.
There is ……
5. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice.
It ....... .............
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6. I would like you to help me to put the chairs away.
Do you mind ....... ?
7. The child will die if nobody sends for a doctor.
Unless .......
8. He would prefer you to pay him immediately.
He’d rather …………………………………
9. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.
The water was not ……………………………
10. Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
She ……………………………
Exercise 7
1. You must see the manager tomorrow morning.
You've ………………………….
2. There was never any answer when we rang.
Every ……………………………..
3. That's an insulting name to use for him.
Don't call …………………………………
4. John asked if it was the blue one or the green she wanted.
"Which ……………………………………….
5. She liked Paris very little, and Rome less.

She thought Rome ......................................
6. I can meet you if you arrive before eleven.
So ……………………………………..
7 . They will catch all the prisoners again tonight.
All the prisoners ……………………………………..
8. I've warned you not to go near that dog.
I've warned you about ………………………..
9. No, please don't tell him.
I'd rather …………………………
10. Why don't you ask her yourself ?
I suggest ……………………….......
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Exercise 8
1. An up-to-date visa is necessary for Andorra.
You'll ………………………………..
2. "Why don't you put a better lock on the door, Barry?" said John.
John suggested …..
3. Although both his legs were broken in the crash, he managed to get out of the
car before it exploded.
Despite his …..
4. I haven't eaten this kind of food before.
This is the first ……
5. After fighting the fire for twelve hours the firemen succeeded in putting it out
The firemen managed …….
6. The architect has drawn plans for an extension to the house.
Plans …….
7. In Stratford-on-Avon we saw Shakespeare's birthplace.
We saw the house …..
8. It isn't necessary for you to finish by Saturday.
You ……

9. "How many survivors are there?" asked the journalist.
The journalist wanted to know ... ...
10. It was such rotten meat that it had to be thrown away.
The meat was ........
Exercise 9
1. It is essential that Professor John Brown is met at the aiqport.
Professor John Brown ……
2. You can't visit the United States unless you get a visa.
If you ………….
3. "Can I borrow your typewriter, Janet ?" asked Peter.
Peter asked if .. ... ..
4. She started working as a secretary five years ago.
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She has ......
5. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
I don't know...................
6. My French friend finds driving on the left diffrcul.
My French friend isn't …………………………
7. They think the owner of the house is abroad.
The owner ……………………….
8. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn't have enough money.
lf we …………………………..
9. The children couldn't go swimming because the sea was very rough.
The sea was too ……………………….
I0. What a pity you failed your driving test !
I wish …………………………….
Exercise 10
1. I'm always nervous when I travel by air.
Travelling …………………………
2. He could not afford to buy the car.

The car ……………………………
3. "Why don't you put your luggage under the seat ?" he asked.
He suggested ……………………………..
4. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
In spite ……………………………………..
5. He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.
He objected .............................................
6. I'm sorry I missed your birthday party.
I wish ………………………………..
7. They haven't cleaned the streets this week.
The streets ……………………………….
8. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
Apples are not …………………………..
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9. I advise you to put your money in the bank.
You'd ……………………………..
10. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.
It is such ………………………….
Exercise 11
1. John only understood very little of what the teacher said.
John could hardly ...........................
2. Unless someone has a key, we can't get into the house.
We can only ....................
3. I'm sure you didn't lock the front door. Here's the key.
You can't ……
4. He prefers golf to tennis.
He'd rather …….
5. He is sorry now that he didn't invite Molly to his party.
He wishes ...................
6. “Bring your swimming things in case it’s sunny”

He told .......................
7. There's no need for you to talk so loudly.
You don't ...................
8. I haven't been to Bristol for three years.
The last time ..............................................
9. No one has signed this cheque'.
This cheque …………………..
10. Tim will be eighteen next week.
It's Tim's …………………………..
Exercise 12
1. Unless he phones immediately he won’t get any information
If ………….
2. How long is it since they bought the house ?
When …….
3. He couldn’t repair the broken vase.
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The vase ………
4. The garden still needs digging.
The garden hasn’t …………..
5. Have you got a cheaper carpet than this ?
Is this ..................................................?
6. I can't get my feet into these shoes.
These shoes …………………………........
7. I am very pleased that we shall meet again soon.
I am looking ……………………………..
8. “Keep away from this area," said the security guard, when we approached the
fence.
The security guard told ………………………….
9. I've never met such a famous person before.
It's …………………………………..

10. This pudding can be cooked in its tin.
You don't ………………………………....
Exercise 13
1. “Why didn't I get a computer before ?" thought the office manager.
The office manager wondered ............................................
2. “You'd better not lend him any more money, Mary," Said Tom.
Tom advised Mary ………………………………….
3. I started work for the company a year ago.
I've been .. ...................................
4. Susan felt sick, because she ate four crealn cakes.
If Susan …………………………….
5. My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview.
I must ………………………………
6. "You stole my best cassette, Amanda!" said William.
William accused ........................................
7. Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn't sail.
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The rough sea ……………………………
8. Please check for damage before signing the delivery note.
Don't ………………………………..
9. Roses can't possibly grow in such poor ground.
It is impossible ……………….
10. Your car might break down on the rough mountain road, so take plenty of spare parts.
In case ...........
Exercise 14
l. "You damaged my bicycle, John !" said Margaret.
Margaret accused .............................
2. It is only one hundred years since the birth of D.H. Lawrence, the famous
novelist.
D.H. Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. John Speke failed to find the source of the River Nile.
John Speke didn't succeed …………………..
4. Maria didn't apply for the job in the library and regrets it now.
Maria wishes ........... ........................
5. Helen wanted to know the name of Shirley's hairdresser's.
Helen said, "Shirley, where ........... ........................?"
6. This furniture is so old that it's not worth keeping.
This is ...........
7. Handicapped people find shopping in supermarkets diflicult.
It's .................
8. Why don't you meet to discuss the pay offer?
I suggest ................................
9. Without this treatment, the patient would have died.
If he ............... ....................
10. Although he didn't speak Dutch, Bob decided to settle in Amsterdam.
In sllite ...............
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Exercise 15
1. He is said to have been in the French Foreign Legion.
People ......
2. "How old is your little boy ? " said the nurse to the lady.
The nurse asked the lady ……………………………..
3. I'm sure it wasn't Mrs Elton you saw because she's in Bristol.
It can't .......................................
4. How long have Catherine and Henry been engaged ?
When ………………………………
5. In spite of his age, Mr Benson runs seven miles before breakfast.
Although ………………………….
6. It's a pity I didn't take my doctor's advice.
I wish ....................................

7 . The bread is so stale we can't eat it.
The bread isn't ……………………..
8. Who does this bag belong to ?
Whose ............. …………………….?
9. "Never borrow money from friends," my father said.
My father told me ……………………........
l0. The accident happened because the train driver ignored a warning light.
If the train driver ……………………………….
Exercise 16
1. The keepers feed the lions at 3 pm every day.
The lions ........................................
2. We got lost because we didn't have a map.
If we ............................................
3. "Where is the station car-park ?" Mrs Smith asked.
Mrs Smith asked .............................
4. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday.
I would rather ………………………………………
5. He was sorry he hadn't said goodbye to her at the airport.
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He regretted ………………………………..
6. It is pointless to have that old typewriter repaired.
That old typewriter is not ....................................
7. The bridge was so low the bus couldn’t go under it.
It was ………..
8. I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven’t ……
9. That was a silly thing to say !
What ……
10. We’ve run out of tea.
There …..

Exercise 17
1. Philippa asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera.
Philippa said, "Olive, ……………….?"
2. It is a six-hour drive from London to Edinburgh.
It takes ..............
3. Tum off all switches before leaving the workshop.
All the switches ………
4. It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan ………………………
5. Mrs Taylor does not like living in such a small house.
Mrs Taylor wishes ...........
6. Mr Mills lost his job because he was late every day.
If Mr Mills ………………..
7. James spoke to his lawyer before signing the contract.
James didn't …………………
8. They travelled across India, and then flew on to Japan.
After ………………
9. “You’d better go to the doctor if you've got a pain in your back, Anna,'' Henry said.
Henry suggested ………………
10. The police made the youth empty his pocket.
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The youth ………………………..
Exercise 18
1. Joan eats very little so as not to put on weight.
Joan eats very little because ……………………………
2. On arrival at the shop, the goods are inspected carefully
When the goods ………………………………...
3. Laurence hasn't seen his sister since she left for Japan.
Laurence last …………………………………
4. Peter said he wasn't feeling well.

Peter said, "I ……………………………………………..”
5. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
If ……………………………………………
6. “ You should take more exercise, Mr Robert," the doctor said, "if you want to
Iose weight."
The doctor advised ……………………………………..
7. Collecting dolls from foreign countries is one of Jane's interests.
Jane is ………………………………..
8. George is not nearly as energetic as he used to be.
George used …………………………………
9. If Joe doesn't change his way, he will end up in prison.
Unless ...................................................
10. The boy's very pleased to be going away on holiday soon.
The boy's looking ………………………………..
Exercise 19
1. “Will I ever find a job? " Tim said to himself.
Tom wondered ………………………………………
2. You should take a map because you might get lost in those mountains.
In case ..........................................
3. Temperature is measured by a thermometer.
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