Bai tap HSG- writing 1- 2008.doc

WRITING SKILL 1 A – SENTENCE ORDER
A. Rearrange the words to create meaning sentences:
1. You/ do/ watch/ usually/ T.V/ every night.
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2 me/ my name/ he/ where/ born/ was/ I.
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3. Tom/ his father/ him/ made/ had/ for/ the toy.
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4. had/ you/ it/ time/ is/ hair/ your/ cut/ high.
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5. mind/ if/ would/ I/ here/ sat/ you/?
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6. difficulty/ writing/ English/ in/ have/ I.
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7. shortest/ is/ the/ the/ best/ way/ way.
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8. kind/ it/ of/ to/ us/ invite/ is/ him/ to/ the/ this evening/ dinner.
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9. Often/ with/ she/ speaking/ her/ friends/ practices/ English.
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10. rather/ they/ than/ home/ would/ stay/ at/ out/ go.
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11. him/ meeting/ I/ seemed/ remember/ to / somewhere.
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12. everybody/ such/ man/ is/ talented/ admires/ him/ a/ that/ he.
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13. used/ to I/ holiday/ when/ spend/ my/ child/ when/ in / was/ I/ village/ a.
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14. didn’t/ her mother/ she/ loved/ although/ her/ so much/ felt/ satisfied.
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15. not / but/ we/have a talk/ to/ only/ our/ new guests/ also/ a dinner/ have/ with them.

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16. that/ you /I / come/ am/ me/ hear/ happy/ will/ Friday/ next/ to/ and/ visit.
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17. I/ to say that/ to you/ you have/ passed/ am writing/ I am/ how/ the exam/ happy/ to hear.
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18. My/ gave/ a / me/ father/ on/ my/ present/ birthday.
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19. had/ train/ the/ arrived/ left/ I/ just/ when/ gas station/ the.
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20. me/ your/ information/ as/ give/ possible/ as/ soon.
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21. spent/ I/ all/ repairing/ the/ my/ car/ afternoon.
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B. Use the cues to complete the story:
Tom /have / terrible experience /last Saturday /. / he / get flat tire / the free way .he stand/ his car / thirty
minutes / but no one / stop. so then he / walk / two / miles / a gas station .The guy there / drive / him / back /his
car / fix / the tire .But half an hour later ,the car / break down .He / try / get / the engine / start ,but nothing /
happen .Luckily , some one / stop / help / him / fix / the engine .Then he / get in / the car / drive off .
SKILL 1 B - TRANSFORMATION DRILL
1. He does not play tennis as well as Jack.
Jack can………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. I did not spend as much money as you.
You spent…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I don’t think this book is expensive as it is.
This book is…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. He is the tallest boy in his class.
No one in…………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………….
5. This is the most interesting film of all.
No other films are ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones.

Japanese cars ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. This exercise is easier than that one.
That exercise is not……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. He drives more carefully than Jack does.
Jack ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. No one in the group plays better than he.
He can……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this.
This hotel is the …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. No other cities in the world are as polluted as this one.
This city are …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. I have never seen a worse film as it is.
This is………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13. I have never read such an interesting book as it is.
This is……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. Other oceans in the world aren’t as large as the Pacific one.
The Pacific Ocean is ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15. All papers are thicker than cigarette paper.
The cigarette paper is………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16. Jack did the test better than his classmates.
Jack’s classmates didn’t………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
17. He doesn’t work as hard as he used to.
He used to……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
18. I have bought a hat. It is very beautiful.
The hat …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19. The man is a driver. His son is a student.
The man…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20. Do you meet the man? He is very famous.
Do you……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?
21. We won/t come to the beach tomorrow.

We wish …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
22. Nam can’t speak English.
Nam wishes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
23. My uncle drinks too much wine.
I wish………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
24. He never comes on time.
They wish…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
25. Tom often went fishing when he lived there.
Tom used to………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
26. Jones love to read books.
Jones enjoys………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
27. Will you please open the door”
Would you mind……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?
28. You should stay at home.
He advices me………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
29. He said: “When does the train leave?”
He asked me …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
30. Hoa said:” Do me a favor, please.”
Hoa begged me………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
31. We wrote this letter for two hours.
It took ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
32. I spend a day painting this house.
It takes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
33. The arrange books of fiction on the shelf.
Books…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
34. Some one must serve the dinner on the plane.
The dinner…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
35. Dogs are difficult to train.
It’s…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
36. They think that learning English are not easy.

They think that it ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
37. The children laughed because of the clown.
The clown made………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
38. They felt sleepy because of the boring film.
The boring film …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
39. The weather is too cold for us to go out.
The weather is so………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The weather isn’t………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
40. The film isn’t interesting for us to see.
The film is too……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The film is so………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The film is such…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
42. The bags are so heavy that I can’t bring it.
The bags are too…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I’m not……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………,
They are such………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
43. The meeting lasts three days.
It is a………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
44. The boy was eleven years old.
He was a……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
45. They are going to have someone make their clothes.
They are going to have……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
46. I asked my father to fix the ball for me.
I had my………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
I had the…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
47. People said that he was a famous novelist.
It………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
He ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………