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. Complete the following tag questions
1. Let's listen to the radio, ....................?
2. She has never eaten this kind of food before,...................?
3. I'm getting too fat,.......................?
4. they never go to the theatre,......................?
5. His parents won't buy him the new game,....................?
6. Turn off the television,...................?
7. The Pikes stayed there last week,.....................?
8. The police are looking for the thief,....................?
9. Your brother has to go to school to day,.....................?
10. Mrs Nga is thirsty,.....................................?
11. They wont be here tomorrow,.....................................?
12. Daisy drinks a lot of orange juice,.....................................?
13. You're going to school tomorrow,.....................................?
14. You have to go to school on time,.....................................?
15. There are only twenty eight days in Febuary,.....................................?
16. Your parents don’t like vegetables,.....................................?
17. We always wash our hands before meals,.....................................?
18. You stayed at home last night,.....................................?
19. She didn’t do homework yesterday,.....................................?
20. Your children are sleeping,...........................................?
21. Noone likes reading that book,....................?
VI. Change into indirect speech
1. "I want my room to look nice at the festival," Hoa said.
2. "We are going to the rice - cooking contest,"said Mr Robinson.
3. "You have to take at least two bottles of water,"Tam's father said.
4. "I will clean all the class windows,"said Trung
5. "Help me to hang this picture, Ba," said Mai
6. "My brother doesn't like eating sticky rice," said Linh
7. "Don’t throw that bottle away. We can reuse it," said Mr Cuong.
8. "Do you want to visit the Great Wall in China, Tam?" I said
9. "Are you from Australia?" I said to the tourists.
10. "My uncle is working in a building near the Statue of Liberty.", John said.
11. "Will you go to Cairo on your holiday next month?"I asked Mr and Mrs Robinson
12. "Send me a postcard when you arrive in Paris!"I said to Lan.
13. "Does your sister have a toy store in London?", Jane asked Peter.
14. "Don’t go out alone at night!", the household said to me
15. "Is there any information about the flight to Phnom Penh?", Mr Hoang said.
16. "Where are you studying?"Mr Bruce asked.
17. "Please call me at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning", said Mai
18. "Are you interested in this Language Center?"Asked Lan
19. "We will spend our holiday in Da Lat next month," said Mrs Chi
20. "What does your son want to learn?" the man said to Mr Linh.
21. "You must cometoday," Hoa said.
22. "If you want to learnt English , I can help you," John said.
23. "Do you live here?" Liz asked
24. "I don’t understand what you are saying," Tom told us.
VII. Passive voice and active voice
1. They saw that boy go out
2. Betty has just sent Mary many post cards
3. People call him popsinger
4. why didn’t they turn on the lights?
5. Where do people speak English?
6. someone will tell him that news
7. people saw him steal your car
8. The teacher is watching them work
9. Open your book
10. Take off your hat.
11. they made him work all day.
12. someone should look into the matter
13. He likes people to call him “sir”
14. He wants someone to take some photographs
15. Did anybody see him come down the lane?
16. Mary has had a friend type all of her papers
17. you will have to get someone to see it
18. you neednot type this letter
19. you should have taken those books back to the library
20. it is impossible to do this
21. We don’t use this room very often
22. They are setting up a new theatre
23. Noone likes reading that book
24. You have to give the book back
25. They made us work hard everyday
26. Did the cartoon attract the children?
27. Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment
28. Nobody can measure the depth of the river
29. The enemy used to attack Halong Bay
30. My sister gave me a new pair of jeans on my fifteenth birthday.
31. The workers are building a supermarket on our street.
32. The zoo keepers feed the animals twice a day.
33. They have sold their car to pay their debt.
34. Vietnamese women continue to wear the unique and fashionable ao dai
VIII. Combine sentences as directed
A. Combine sentences with "Enough"
1. She's not old. She can't get married
2. That coat is not warm. I can't wear it in winter.
3. That chair is not strong. We can't stand on that chair.
4. Are you very tall? - Can you reach the top shelf.?
5. It's not warm today.We can't go outside.
6. I'm not strong. I can't lift this box.
7. Tom doesn’t have money. He can't pay his bills.
8. This bed is not wide. Two people can't sleep in this bed.
9. The water wasn’t clean. We can't swim in
10. He wasn’t experienced. He can't do that job.
11. I don’t have money. I can't lend you some
12. He is hungry. He can't eat three sandwiches.
13. Peter isn't tired. He can't sleep right away.
14. This seat isn't wide. We can't sit on
15. Susan isn't old. She can't stay home alone
16. That box is light. She can lift it.
17. I didn’t have time. I can't eat breafast this morning.
18. This shirt is big. He can wear it.
19. Mary doesn’t have money. She can't buy a new a new bicycle.
20. It's warm tonight. We can't go out.
B. Comebine sentences with "Too"
1. Tom is short. He can't touch the ceiling
2. Alice is very young. She can't stay home alone.
3. It is very late. We can't go to the movie.
4. It's very cold.We can't go swimming today.
5. Peter is very tired. He can't study.
C. Combine sentences with "so.....that", "such .....that"
- So.....That
1. The food was hot . It burned my tongue
2. He is fat. Everybody calls him stuffy.
3. You speak very fast. I can't catch up with your words.
4. I had many friends. I never felt lonely.
5. they worked very quickly. There was no time for talking
6. The film was very interesting. We went to see it twice.
-Such ....that
1. She had a sore throat. She could hardly speak.
2. The children make a noise. We could hardly hear ourselves speak.
3. We had had a tiring day. we went straight to bed.
4. He was a fool. Noone took any notice of him
5. The room was in a mess. It took two hour to tidy.
D. Combine sentences with "so that", so as to, in order to
1. Minh does morning exercises regularly. He wants to be healthy. ( so as to)
2. You have to wear warm clothes. You won't catch a cold(in order to)
3. Please close the window.You don’t want anybody to look at my room(so that)
4. I'll write to Mai. I want to invite her to my birthday party. (so as to)
5. She said nothing. She didn’t want to make him angry. ( so as to)
6. I'm learning English . I want to read books in English (in order to)
7. Mrs Hien decided to give up her job. She wanted to have more time with her children.
(in order to)
8. He locked the door. He wanted nobody to disturb him( so that)
9. Mr Tam saves money. He wants to do an MA course abroad. (so that)
10. He hurried up to the station. He didn’t want to miss the train. (so as to)
E: Combine the sentences below, using the words in brackets.
1. The movie was boring. We went home before it finished ( So)
2. Mai opened the door. Mai greeted the guests. (and)
3. We started the trip very early.We reached the village before noon.(so that)
4. Liz saw some wild ducks. Liz was resting under a tree. (while)
5. Nga is very sick. She can't sit up. (so ......that)
6. Ba felt tired and hungry. Lan felt tired and hungry.(so)
7. We enjoyed the fresh air in the countryside.We enjoyed the food there (both)
8. The water is very cold. We can't swim in it. (too)
9. Peter didn’t have money to buy a bus ticket. He had to walk home. (so)
10. Mr brown feeds the chicken. He collects their eggs. (not only....... but also)
F.Combine the sentences below,.
1. I was very happy. I received your letter this morning.
2. The factory is producing more and more pollution. We are afraid.
3. Using unleaded petrol has a lot of advantages. I'm sure.
4. They burned the plastic waste. It's not good.
5. He didn’t pass the driving test. He was very sad.
6. You have paid attention to recycling. He is delighted.
G. Express the following sentences in single sentences without altering their meaning.
1. I kept you waiting. I'm sorry.
2. He had seen the girl somewhere before. He remembered it.
3. He didn’t say any word and left the house
4. He wants to become a famous writer. He dreams of it.
5. It's said that his brother speaks French very well.
6. Polly didn’t do her homework. She forgot
7. I once met Mrs Trang Anh. I'll always remember it.
8. What about painting the shelves? But he didn’t mean it.
9. The driver wanted to buy some cigarettes. So he stopped.
10. The room is painted yellow. Nobody has slept in the room for years.
11. She invited me to dinner. It was very kind of her.