1. Although his leg was broken , he managed to get out of the car .
-> In spite ………………………………………………………………………..
2 . He prefer golf to tennis .
-> He’d rather ……………………………………………………………………
3. I don’t play chess as well as I used to .
-> I used ………………………………………………………………………….
4. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago .
-> We haven’t ……………………………………………………………………
5. The bookshelf was so high that the children couldn’t reach it.
-> The bookshelf was too ………………………………………………………..
6. It takes three hours to drive from Hai phong to Hanoi.
-> It is a…………………………………………………………………………...
7. I’m sorry I’m missed your birthday party .
-> I wish ………………………………………………………………………….
8. We don’t visit our grandparents often because they live so far away .
-> If……………………………………………………………………………….
9. “ You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” said John.
-> John advised…………………………………………………………………...
10. I hadn’t visited my grandfather .
-> I wished ……………………………………………………………………….
11. The film was so interesting that all we want to see again .
-> It was such …………………………………………………………………….
12. Although he came late he gained the highest result.
-> In spite of……………………………………………………………………...
13. Susan was too excited to sleep.
-> Susan was so ………………………………………………………………….
14 . I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday.
-> I would rather …………………………………………………………………
15. The filght to Ho Chi Minh lasted one hour .
->It took ………………………………………………………………………….
16.He was advised to stop smoking. His health was very poor.
->He was advised to stop smoking because of …………………………………..
17. Jim doesn’t study hard. He doesn’t get better grades.
-> If……………………………………………………………………………….
18.The book was very interseting . He read it from cover to cover .
-> The book ……………………………………………………………………...
19 . I last heard this song ten years ago.
-> It is …………………………………………………………………………….
20. The man seems very lonely.His wife and children are away.
-> The man whose………………………………………………………………..
21. They have just sold that old house .
-> That old house ………………………………………………………………...
22. It was such a hard cake that I couldn’t eat it.
-> The cake ………………………………………………………………………
23. I can’t cook as well as my mother does .
->My mother ……………………………………………………………………..
24. Although he took a taxi , Bill still arrived late for the concert.
-> Despite………………………………………………………………………...
25. They are building a new museum in the city centre.
-> A new museum………………………………………………………………..
26. I now reget spending too much money on clothes .
-> I wish ………………………………………………………………………….
27. People don’t do enough exercise , so there are a lot of heart diseases.
-> If people……………………………………………………………………….
28. She is too young to see that movie .
-> She is…………………………………………………………………………..
29. She didn’t say a word as she left the room .
->She……………………………………………………………………………..
30. Gary is the best guitarist in the class.
-> No one else ……………………………………………………………………
31. “ Do you know how to get to the town center ?” she asked me .
-> She asked me ………………………………………………………………….
32. Let’s go abroard for our holiday this summer .
-> Why …………………………………………………………………………..
33. This is her first visit to England.
-> She is…………………………………………………………………………..
34. No one in the group is younger than Lan .
-> Lan ……………………………………………………………………………
35. They have to repair a lot of schools after the flood.
-> A lot of schools………………………………………………………………..
36. Mrs. Clark said to her children : “ Be careful when you pass the zebra
crossing” .
-> Mrs. Clark advised…………………………………………………………….
37. Singapore is a small country but it is a prosperous nation.
-> Although……………………………………………………………………….
38. The traffic was so heavy that we couldn’t come back home before 8 p.m .
->It was such……………………………………………………………………..
39. There isn’t any rain in that area. People cannot grow any crop there.
-> If ………………………………………………………………………………
40. It’s a pity you didn’t tell us about this .
-> I wish ………………………………………………………………………….