Sentence Transformation1

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Use the sentence structures you have learned to rewrite the sentences

without changing the meaning of the sentences given

1. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.


=> This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food
2. It isn’t necessary for you to finish by Saturday
=> You don’t need/have to finish by Saturday
3. It was such rotten meat that it had to be thrown away.
=> The meat was so rotten that it had to be thrown away
4. She started working as a secretary five years ago.
=> She has worked as a secretary for five years
5. My French friend finds driving on the left difficult.
=> My French friend isn’t used to driving in the left (câu ni t làm bậy)
6. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough.
=> The sea was too rough for the children to go swim
7. I’m always nervous when I travel by air.
=> Traveling by air always makes me nervous (làm bậy nốt)
8. He couldn’t afford to buy the car.
=> The car is too expensive for him to buy
9. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
=> In spite of good salary, he was unhappy in his job
10. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
=> Apple are not as expensive as oranges
11. I advise you to put your money in the bank.
=> You’d better put your money in the bank
12. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.
=> It is such a dirty restaurant that no one wants to eat there
13. I’ll pick the children up if you like.
=> Would you like me to pick the children up? (làm bậy)
14. Tom is the most industrious pupil.
=> No other pupil is more industrious than Tom
15. I couldn’t hear them because they were speaking too softly.
=> They were speaking too softly for me to hear them
so softly that I couldn’t hear them
16. We spent 5 hours getting to London.
=> It took us 5 hours to get to London
17. I get to work in 20 minutes.
=> It takes me to get to work in 20 minutes
18. The bread is so tale we can’t eat it.
=> The bread isn’t good enough to eat
19. Who does this bag belong to?
=> Whose bag is this?
20. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow.
=> The snow made the trains stop running (làm bậy)
21. I didn’t arrived in time to see him.
=> I wasn’t early enough to see him
22. Barbara is the best tennis-player in the club.
=> No one in the club play tennis better than Barbara
23. I haven’t seen that man here before.
=> It’s the first time I have seen that man
24. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
=> The furniture was too expensive to buy
25. Tom learned to drive when he was nineteen.
=> Tom has learned to drive since he was 19
26.This flower is very beautiful!
=> How beautiful this flower is!
27. The last time she had a swim was five years ago.
=> She hasn’t swum for 5 years
28. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
The fog prevented us driving
29. Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the car.
In spite of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car
30. The cake was so hard so I couldn’t cat it.
It was such a hard cake that I couldn’t cut it
31. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
My mother cooks better than me
32. A train leaves at 8 o’clock every morning.
There is a train leaving at 8 o'clock every morning
a train which leaves at 8 o'clock every morning
33. I would like you to help me to put the chairs away.
Do you mind helping me to put the chairs away
34. The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it.
The water was not warm enough for the children to swim
35. Why don’t asked her yourself?
=> I suggest that you should ask her yourself
36. The car is too expensive. I can't afford it.
=> It was too expensive to buy

37. It's the first time I've been to New York

I haven't been to NY before

38. This is the best film I've ever seen.

I've never seen a better film than this film before

39. My school has over 800 students.

There are over 800 students in my school

40. I started teaching English three years ago.

I have taught Eng for 3 years

41. No one in my class is more intelligent than Lan.


Lan is the most intelligent person in my class

42. This exercise was very difficult. We couldn't do it.

This exercise was so dificult that we couldn’t do it

43. The book was so interesting that we couldn't put it down.

It was such a interesting book that we couldn’t put it down

44. Mr. Hung is the most intelligent person I've ever known.

I have never known a intelligent person than Mr.Hung

45. He is too short to play basketball.

He is not tall enough to play basketball

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