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II. Dùng RARELY, SELDOM hoặc LITTLE viết lại câu với hình thức đảo ngữ
1. One rarely finds good service these days.
Rarely………………………………………………………
2. She has rarely travelled more than fifty miles from her village.
Rarely………………………………
3. Public borrowing has seldom been so high.Seldom…………………………………………
4. They had seldom participated in such a fascinating ceremony.Seldom…………………………
5. They little suspected that the musical was going to be a runaway
success.Little……………………………
6. The embassy staff little realized that Ted was a secret agent
Little…………………………………………
8. He has seldom seen anything stranger
Seldom……………………………………………
IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed above it.
1. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
No sooner __________________________________________________ ___
2. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
Hardly __________________________________________________ _____
3. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
Not until __________________________________________________ ____
4. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.
Only __________________________________________________ _______
5. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
Under the table _________________________________________________
6. His brother had rarely been more excited.
Rarely____________________________________________ _____________
7. The facts were not all made public until later.
Only______________________________________________ ____________
8. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
Had_______________________________________________ ____________
V. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed above it.
1.He only thought about having a holiday abroad after he retired.
Only __________________________________________________________.
2. I only realized how dangerous the situation had been when I got home.
Only __________________________________________________________.
3. It wasn’t until last week that the Agriculture Minister admitted defeat.
Only __________________________________________________________.
4. I understood Hamlet only after seeing it on the stage.
Only __________________________________________________________.
5. They didn’t get round to business until they had finished eating.
Only __________________________________________________________.
6. They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left.
Only __________________________________________________________.
7. I didn’t realize who he was until later.
Only __________________________________________________________.
8. The door could not be opened without using force.
Only __________________________________________________________.
9. I won’t agree until Tom’s apologized.
Only __________________________________________________________.
10. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only __________________________________________________________.
IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed above it.
1. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
Not only_______________________________________________________
2. He had hardly left the office when the telephone rang.
No sooner _____________________________________________________
3. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.
Hardly _______________________________________________________
4. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
Not until ______________________________________________________
5. We only began to see the symptoms of the disease after several months.
Only _________________________________________________________
6. I have never seen anyone in my life drink as much as you.
Never ________________________________________________________
7. A sleeping dog was lying under the table.
Under the table _________________________________________________
8. His brother had rarely been more excited.
Rarely_________________________________________________________
9. The facts were not all made public until later.
Only__________________________________________________________
10. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
Had___________________________________________________________
11. The response to our appeal was so great that we has to take on more staff.
Such__________________________________________________________
12. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder.
Not only ______________________________________________________
13. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.
Little _________________________________________________________
14. If you do happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
Should________________________________________________________
15. The bus driver cannot be blamed for the accident in any way.
In ___________________________________________________________
16. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
So ___________________________________________________________
17. If the government raised interest rates. They would lose the election.
Were__________________________________________________________
18. As soon as I got into the bath, someone knocked at the door.
No sooner _____________________________________________________
19. There was so much uncertainty that the financial markets remained closed.
Such__________________________________________________________
20. It’s not common for there to be so much rain in March.
Seldom________________________________________________________
21. You won’t allowed in until your identify has been checked.
Only__________________________________________________________
22. Just after the play started there was a power failure.
Hardly________________________________________________________
23. The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.
Rarely_________________________________________________________
24. We had only just arrived home when the police called.
Scarcely_______________________________________________________.
25. Press photographers are banned from taking photographs backstage.
On no_________________________________________________________.
26. The way so much money has been spent to so little purpose must be a record.
Never before___________________________________________________.
27. The judge was taken ill just after the trial proceedings began.
Barely________________________________________________________.
28. She seldom misses a lecture.
Seldom_______________________________________________________.
29. As soon as we had come home, it started to rain
No sooner_____________________________________________________.
30. As soon as we had turned on the TV, the electricity went out.
Hardly _______________________________________________________.
31. I have never been embarrassed like that!
Never _______________________________________________________.
32. She had never experienced this exhilarating emotion in her life.
Never _______________________________________________________.
33. He has seldom seen anything stranger
Seldom_______________________________________________________.
34. I have seldom seen him looking so miserable.
Seldom_______________________________________________________.
35. As soon as I had got out of the bed, the phone rang.
Scarcely _______________________________________________________.
36. As soon as he had finished dinner, she walked in the door.
No sooner _____________________________________________________.
37. I only understood the problem then.
Only _________________________________________________________.
38. We will be only able to accomplish this great task by working hard.
Only _________________________________________________________.
39. You can only pass this exam by studying hard.
Only _________________________________________________________.
40. You can only understand it when you grow up.
Only _________________________________________________________.
41. I can only forgive you if you tell me the truth.
Only _________________________________________________________.
42. I only realized that I'd seen it before after the film started.
Only _________________________________________________________.
43. The situation was so strange that I couldn’t sleep.
So ___________________________________________________________.
44. The test is so difficult that students need three months to prepare.
So ___________________________________________________________.
45. The exercise is so easy that every students can do it easily.
So ___________________________________________________________.
46. He not only studies well, but also he sings well.
Not only ______________________________________________________.
47. If you meet her, please call me!
Should _______________________________________________________.
48. If you had obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened
Had________________________________________________
EXERCISES ON REPORTED SPEECH
Choose the best answer:
1. Julia said that she ___________ there at noon.
A. is going to be B. was going to be C. will be D. can be
2. He _______ that he was leaving way that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me
3. She said to me that she __________ to me the Sunday before.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
4. I _________ him to sell that old motorbike.
A. said to B. suggested C. advised D. recommended
5. My parents reminded me ________ the flowers.
A. remember to plant B. plant C. to plant D. planting
6. I asked Martha ______ to enter law school.
A. are you planning B. is she planning
C. was she planning D. if she was planning
7. Nam wanted to know what time ________.
A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began
8. I wondered_______ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. if I am doing C. was I doing D. am I doing
9. The scientist said the earth ________ the sun.
A. goes round B. is going around C. went around D. was going around
10. Peter said that if he ________rich, he _________ a lot.
A. is – will travel B. were- would travel C. had been – would have travelled D. was – will travel
11. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.
A. the previous day B. yesterday C. the last day D. Sunday previously
12. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making C. don’t make D. if they don’t make
13. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything.
A. will be B is C. was D. can be
14. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
15. John said he _________ her since they ________ school.
A. hasn’t met – left B. hadn’t met - had left C. hadn’t met left D. didn’t meet – has left
16. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children could C. if the children can D. could the children
17. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.
A. was walking B. has walked C. had been walking D. has been walking
18. He asked, “Why didn’t she take the final exam?” - He asked why __________ the final exam.
A. she took B. did she take C. she hadn’t taken D. she had taken
19. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.
A. gets B. got C. had gotten D. have got
20. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try
21. She asked me where I___________ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
22. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking
23. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book.
A. was B. were C. is D. has been
24. He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
25. I wonder why he___________ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
26. They asked me how many children___________.
A. if I had B. had I C. I have D. have I
27. Thu said she had been___________ the day before.
A. here B. there C. in this place D. where
28. The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.
A. is B. was C. will be D. have been
29. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going
C. we were going D. that we were going
30. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.
A. that did I know / who were he B. that I knew / who he had been
C. if I knew/ who he was D. whether I knew / who had he been
31. The mother asked her son _______.
A. where he had been B. whether I had been
C. where has he been D. where had he been
32. Martin asked me _______.
A. how is my father B. how my father is C. how was my father D. how my father was
33. The host asked Peter _______ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred B. that he preferred C. did he prefer D. if he prefers
34. She asked me _______ my holidays _______.
A. where I spent / the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent / last year D. where did I spend / last year
35. He advised _______ too far.
A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her not to go D. she did not go
36. John often says he _______ boxing because it _______ a cruel sport.
A. doesn’t like/ is B. did not like / were C. not liked / had been D. had not liked / was
37. Nancy asked me why I had not gone to New York the summer _______.
A. before B. ago C. last D. previous
38. He asked _______ him some money.
A. her to lend B. she to lend C. she has lent D. she lends
39. Andrew told me that they _______ fish two _______ days.
A. have not eaten / ago B. had eaten/ previous C. did not eat / before D. would not eat / last
40. Jason told me that he _______ his best in the exam the _______ day.
A. had done / following B. will do / previous C. would do/ following D. was going / previous
41. John asked me _______ in English.
A. what does this word mean B. what that word means
C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant
42. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely.
A. not behave B. not to behave C. not behaving D. did not behave
43. She said she _______ collect it for me after work.
A. would B. did C. must D. had
44. She said I _______ an angel.
A. am B. was C. were D. have been
45. I have ever told you he _______ unreliable.
A. is B. were C. had been D. would be
46. I told him _______ the word to Jane somehow that I _______ to reach her during the early hours.
A. passing / will try B. he will pass / tried C. to pass/ would try D. he passed / have tried
47. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since _______.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
48. John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were B. if were I C. if was I D. if I was
49. John asked me _______ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
50. The guest told the host that _______.
A. I must go now B. he must go now C. he had to go now D. he had to go then
Past perfect vs past simple
1. Almost everybody (leave)…………………………. by the time we (arrive)…………………………..
2. He (wonder)…………………………. whether he (leave)…………………………. his wallet at home.
3. The secretary (not leave)…………………………. until she (finish)…………………………. her work.
4. The couple scarcely (enter)…………………………. the house when they (begin)………………………….
to argue.
5. The teacher (ask)…………………………. the boy why he (not do)…………………………. his
homework.
6. She already (post)…………………………. the letter when she (realize)…………………………. she
(send)…………………………. it to the wrong address.
7. Hardly the car (go)…………………………. a mile when it (have)…………………………. a flat tyre.
8. The weather (be)…………………………. far worse than we (expect)…………………………..
9. They (be married)…………………………. for five years when thy finally (have)…………………………. a
child.
10. No sooner they (sell)…………………………. their car than they (regret)…………………………. having
done so.
11. When she (finish)…………………………. her work she (go)…………………………. to the cinema.
12. He (not eat)…………………………. until his parents (come)…………………………. home.
13. She (tell)…………………………. me she never (meet)…………………………. him.
14. He (do)…………………………. her homework before he ( go)…………………………. out.
15. The lights (go)…………………………. out the moment he (get)…………………………. into the
cinema.
16. Hardly the holiday (begin)…………………………. when they (leave)…………………………. the town.
17. They (be)…………………………. out for an hour when it (start)…………………………. to rain.
18. They (leave)…………………………. the shop as soon as they (buy)…………………………. everything
they (need)…………………………..
19. The house (burn)…………………………. to the ground buy the time the firemen (arrive)
…………………………..
20. As he (do)…………………………. a lot of work that day he (be)…………………………. very tired.
21. I already (hear)…………………………. about the accident when he (tell)…………………………. me
about it.
22. He (live)…………………………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)
…………………………. to London.
23. I (not talk)…………………………. to him because when I (arrive)…………………………. he already
(leave)…………………………..
24. When we (go)…………………………. out again, the wind (stop)…………………………..
25. He (think)…………………………. he (win)…………………………. in the lottery but he (not have)
…………………………. of course.
26. No sooner the bell (ring)…………………………. when the pupils (go)…………………………. out to
play.
27. Before you (mention)…………………………. his name, I never (hear)…………………………. of this
poet.
28. Our guests (be)…………………………. still here when he (come)…………………………. back from
school.
29. The same day he (arrive)…………………………. I (receive)…………………………. a postcard from
him.
30. They just (close)…………………………. the shop when I (get)…………………………. there.
Past simple and past continuous
1. While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer and (check) his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels and (leave) without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) while the teacher (explain) the tenses.
5. While we (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on the beach.
6. He (wake) up and (look) at his watch.
7. The receptionist (welcome) the guests and (ask) them to fill in the form.
8. The car (break) down and we (have) to walk home.
9. The boys (swim) while the girls (sunbathe) .
10. My father (come) in, (look) around and (tell) me to tidy up my room.
11. As long as one group (prepare) dinner, the others (collect) wood for their campfire.
12. While the parents (have) breakfast, their children (run) about.
13. Martha (turn) off the lights and (go) to bed.
14. When I (do) the washing-up, I (break) a plate.
15. While Tom (play) the piano, his mother (do) the washing-up.
16. He (drink) some juice and then he (eat) a few chips.
17. I (have) dinner when I suddenly (hear) a loud bang.
18. When my father (work) in the garden, an old friend (pass) by to see him.
19. She (go) to school, (take) out her textbook and (begin) to learn.
20. When it (start) to rain, our dog (want) to come inside.