WORD FORM

1. Traveling in big cities is becoming more troublesome every day. (trouble)

2. Athens is particularly affected by atmospheric pollution. (atmosphere)
3. A conversation isn’t fun unless it becomes heated. (hot)
4. This is not an original, but it’s a good product (produce)
5. A list of forth-coming events for the autumn is being prepared. (come)
6. A mother has to be a nurse, housekeeper, shopper, cook, teacher, etc… She
plays a multilateral role. (lateral)
Lateral= of or pertaining to the side
Multilateral= having many sides  miss chang has to be a teacher, thay boi,
and my best friends. She plays a multilaterla role.
Quadrilateral: plane figure having four sides and four angles. (hình phẳng
có 4 cạnh 4 góc: tứ giác)
7. Upbringing plays an important part in determining a person’s character.
(bring)
8. Parents’ natural desire to protect their children should be balanced by the
child’s need for independence. (balance)
9. professional musicians or sports players are paid for what they do, but do
not do it as their main job. (profession)
10. She gave a solemn _______ to respect their decision. (take)

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. I don’t think the television is likely to blow up at any minute. (LIKELIHOOD)
→ there is little/any/not/no likelihood that the television will blow up at
any minute.
→ In all likelihood, the TV won’t blow up at any time.
→ There are chances that the TV won’t blow up at any time.
2. This car only cost me five hundred pounds. (PICKED)
→ I picked up this car for only 5 hundred pounds
→ I only picked this car up for 500 pounds.
Pick sth up (for..)
3. We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year. (EVEN)
→ we have called it even this year/ broken even this year.
Break even: hoà vốn
4. The severity of the punishment bore no relation to the seriousness of the crime.
(PROPORTION)
→ The punishment was out of proportion with/to the crime.
5. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought. (LACKED)
→ I lacked bravery/courage/confident to tell him what I really thought.
Cowardice (n): nhát
6. Traveling alone is not just a matter of taking a good guidebook with you. (MORE)
→ There is more travelling alone than taking a good guidebook with you.
There is more to A/Ving than B/Ving
7. Thomas was not given details of the company’s new project. (DARK)
→ Thomas was kept in the dark about the company’s new project.
Keep sb in the dark about sth=be not given details about sth.
8. Alice was not a confident person, and that was why she was so shy. (DUE)
→ alice was not a confident person due to her shyness.
→ Alice was so shy due to not being a confident person.
→ Alice was so shy due to her lacking confidence/ her lack of confidence.
9. When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax. (CLUE)
→ when I started work, I didn’t have a clue/have no idea about sending a
fax/ how to send fax
Have a clue/idea
10. We don’t expect that the missing climbers have survived. (HOLD)
→ we don’t hold out much hope for the missing climbers.