EXERCISES (SOME COMMON PATERNS IN ENGLISH)

EXERCISES
(SOME COMMON PATERNS IN ENGLISH)
Choose the best answers:
1. The shirt isn’t large enough for him to wear.
A. The shirt is so small that he can’t wear B. The shirt is so small for him to wear.
C. It is such a small shirt for him to wear. D. The shirt is too small for him to wear.
2. To lie on the beach all day is wonderful.
A. It’s wonderful to lie on the beach all day. B. It’s wonderful lying on the beach all day.
C. How wonderful it is to lie on the beach all day. D. All are correct
3. The cake was too hot for him to eat.
A. The cake was so hot that for him to eat. B. It was such so hot cake that he couldn’t eat.
C. The cake was so hot that he couldn’t eat it.D. The cake was so hot that he can’t eat it.
4. He walked to the station in half an hour.
A. It took him half an hour to walk to the station. B. It takes him half an hour to walk to the station.
C. It took half an hour for him to walk to the station. D. It took him half an hour walking to the station.
5. It is such a bad book that nobody reads it.
A. This book is too bad that nobody reads it. B. This book is too bad for nobody to read.
C. This book is so bad that nobody reads it. D. This book is so bad for anybody to read it.
6. The bag was too heavy for him to carry.
A. The bag wasn’t enough light for him to carry. B. The bag was so heavy that he couldn’t carry.
C. It was such a heavy bag for him to carry. D. It was such a heavy bag that he couldn’t carry it.
7. This song is simple enough for us to sing.
A. This song is so simple that we can sing. B. This song is so simple that we can sing it.
C. This song is so simple for us to sing D. It is such simple the song that we can sing it.
8. I haven’t seen her for 3 weeks.
A. I haven’t seen her since 3 weeks. B. She was seen for 3 weeks.
C. It’s 3 weeks since I last saw her. D. It’s 3 weeks before I last saw her.
9. She hasn’t drunk coca-cola before.
A. It’s time for her to drink coca-cola. B. It is the first time she has drunk coca-cola.
C. It is the first time since she drank coca-cola. D. It’s time she drank coca-cola.
10. My sister hasn’t rung for hours.

A. It’s hours since my sister last rung B. It’s for hours since my sister last rung.
C. It was hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.
11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.
A. Mary prefers to dance than to sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.
C. Mary prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singing.
12. It took him two hours to do his homework.
A. He spent two hours to do his homework. B. He spent two hours doing his homework.
C. It took him two hours doing his homework. D. To do his homework took him two hours.
13. Mary has studied Vietnamese for two years.
A. Mary began to study Vietnamese two years ago. B. Mary began studying Vietnamese two years ago.
C. It is two years since Mary began studying Vietnamese. D. All are correct
14. I started going to school in 1997.
A. I haven’t been a pupil when it was in 1997. B. I have been a student since 1997.
C. I have been a student until 1997. D. I have been a student for years.
15. It’s over ten years since we got married.
A. We got married for over ten years B. We have been married for over ten years.
C. We were married for over ten years. D. We have been married since over ten years.
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16. I am used to getting up early.
A. I don’t find it difficult to get up early. B. It isn’t difficult for me to get up early.
C. I’m accustomed to getting up early. D. All are correct.
Rewrite the following sentences:
1. The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t push it open.
 The door was too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 It was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Finding a flat in this city isn’t easy.
 It’s not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 People find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. John was too ill to go to work.
 John was not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. My French friend finds driving on the left difficult.
 It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 My French friend finds it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. It is too difficult to understand what he is saying because he’s speaking too softly.
His speaking is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. It was such bad news that Helen burst to tear.
 The news is so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. The meat was too rotten for us to eat.
 It was such . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 The meat was so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. It is necessary to finish the work today.
 You don’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. To speak English fluently isn’t easy.
 It is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. It is impossible to learn a foreign language in a week.
 Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
The sea was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it.
 The water was not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. He is such a slow speaker that his student get very bored.
 He speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. She left university three years ago.
 It is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 She has. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. No one has changed his authority before.
 This is the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16. He learned to drive when he was at school.
He has . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17. I haven’t seen him for over a year.

 It’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 I last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18. John and Mary move to London twenty years ago.
 It is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19. When did you start working here?
 How long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20. How long is it since you saw Mary?
 When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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