WRITING- PART 1:

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WRITE THE MISSING WORDS. USING NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS

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1. COMPARISONS:
She is taller than her brother= her brother is not as tall as her;
Nobody in the class is taller than her = she is the tallest in the class
Her English is worse than I expected- her English is not as good as I expected
The ticket was more expensive than I expeted= the ticket was not…
I do more exercise than my sister= my sister doesn’t do as much exercise as I do
2. REPORTED SPEECH
- Statement: changing of tenses, pronoun, advs of time, places (tomorrow=the following
day, the next day…)
- Questions: yest/no= if/whether; wh-Q..)
- Imperative: V= told/asked sb (not) to+V
- Others: advise, suggest, offer…
3. PASSIVE: (give sb alift= be driven, name=be called)
4. NEITHER, NOR, EITHER, OR, SO, TOO.
I like English and so does my son= and my son does, too;
I didn’t go to school yesterday- neither does my sister= my sister didn’t, either
5. SPEND/TAKE/LAST
it took me 2 hours to clean the house= I spent 2 hours cleaning the house
it took me 2 hours to go to Vung tau by car= the car journey to Vung tau lasted 2 hours
6. HAVE GOT/THERE IS-ARE/BELONG TO
Our university has got a good library= there is a good library in our university= this good
library belongs to our university
Who does this book belong to = ---- is this book?
7. If… NOT= UNLESS
I won’t give you the money unless you tell me why you need it= if you don’t tell me why
you need money, I won’t give you= I’ll give you the money if you tell me…
8. BE ABLE=SUCCEED IN= CAN=BE POSSIBLE, BE ALLOWED; MUST NOT= CANNOT= NOT
BE ALLOWED
She succeeded in swimming across that river= she was able to swim across that river
You can go out if you finish doing these exercises= you are not allowed to go out if you
don’t finish doing these exercises
You musn’t smoke here= you are not allowed to smoke here= you cannot smoke here
9. SUGGEST=HOW/WHAT ABOUT=SHALL WE= LET’S= WHY DON’T WE/YOU
If I were you, I would say “no”= I suggest saying “no”= you had better say “no”
“Let’s go out tonight”= Tom advised going out that night
“why don’t you go home and have a rest, Tom?”= Mary advised Tom to go home and have a
rest= Mary suggested that Tom should go home and have a rest.
How about going to the cinema after class, Mary?= Shall we go to the cinema after class..
10. NOT UNTIL= I didn’t go to bed until 12 o’clock= I went to bed at 12

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 I stayed there until midnight= I didn’t leave there until midnight
11. AFTER + V-ING= S+V AND THEN: after meeting you at the pub , I went straight
home= I met you at the pub, and then I went straight home
12. PREFER ST TO ST= ST BE BETTER THAN ST: I prefer coffee to tea= I think
coffee is better than tea
13. IN SPITE OF +N= ALTHOUGH/EVEN THOUGH/THOUGH + S+V: inspite of the
rain= although it rain(s/ed)
14. SIMILAR TO= THE SAME AS=
your shirt is similar to mine= your shirt is the same as mine
15. BY ONESELF= ON ONE’S OWN= I did the test myself= I did the test on my own
16. USE (ST) FOR DOING ST= USE (ST) TO DO ST
17. His name is Mike= he is called Mike

BÀI TẬP :

1. My parents prefer jazz to classical music

My parents think jazz …is……better……………….. than classical music
2. My friends can only go swimming at the weekend
On weekdays, my friends can’t……………… go swimming
3. If I finish my homework, I can go out at the weekend
I can go out at the weekend …if……… finish my homework
4. My sister watches more TV than me.
I don’t watch TV …as much as……. My sister does
5. My colleagues suggest going out for a meal
My colleagues said “Why …don’t ……… we go out for a meal?”
6. The film was better than I’d expected.
The film wasn’t as bad as...................................................... I’d expected.
7. A lot of people applied for that job in spite of the low salary.
Even though the low salary........., a lot of people applied for it.
8. When she has to walk to the supermarket, she finds it tiring
She gets ...................................................when she has to walk to the supermarket
9. She is often driven to the supermarket by her neighbour
Her neighbour often .........................a lift to the supermarket
10.There are many types of coffee there.
You can buy a few...............................types of coffee there
11. She asked an assistant how much the Colombian coffee cost.
She asked “How much...................... the Colombian coffee cost?”
12. The Colombian coffee cost less than the Kenyan coffee.
The Colombian coffee wasn’t cost as more as the Kenyan coffee
13. I liked shopping in the supermarket best, and my brother did too.
I like shopping best, and so......................................... did my brother.
14. ‘Who does car belong to?’ my mother asked.
My mother asked, ‘who............................ is this car?’
15. We stayed until the café closed.
We didn’t ....................... leave until the café closed.
16. Nearly every seat was taken at the cinema
There weren’t ................ at the cinema
17.After seeing an advertisement for Italian lessons, he decided to go
He …saw……….. an advertisement for Italian lessons, and then decided to go
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18. There are fifteen other students in his Italian class
His Italian class is........fifteen other students in it
19. Jane had a worse seat than Dave
Dave had seat better. . than Jane
20. Jane couldn’t see the screen very well
Jane found seat better than to see the screen
21. Daniel thinks that speaking Italian is easier than writing it
Daniel doesn’t think that speaking is …as easy…………. as writing Italian
22. My teacher is English and his name is Jacob
My teacher is English and he’s …called………. Jacob
23. Mary said that she had seen that film before
Mary said “I saw........... this film before”
24. Paul’s students are given two hours of homework every week
Every week Paul ............ the students two hours of homework
25. The students spent two hours watching the play
The play took the student two hours
26. My appointment with Dr Gibson is at ten o’clock
At ten o’clock I am ........ an appointment with Dr Gibson.
27. The office is Dr. Snowden’s
This office .......................Dr Snowden
28. Jack told me to take off my shoes and socks
Jack said “Please take.. ________ and socks off”
29. “It would be a good idea to take more exercise”
“You really…………….. to take more exercise”
30. I was given some information about a local gym
The doctor sent............. some information about a local gym
31. you can’t play Jotto unless there are at least two players
You can play Jotto if...... there are at least two players
32. you can play Jotto in a team or by yourself
You can play Jotto in a team or on …yourown
33. I enjoy the game, and my parents enjoy it too.
I enjoy the game and ------so--does- my parents
34. My friend said that she had never played Jotto
My friend said “I …never…played Jotto”
35. “What about playing the game now?”
“Shall play the game now?”
36. Everyone in our family enjoys camping holidays
In our family, all of us __ẹnjoy_____ camping holidays
37. Camping is cheaper than staying in a hotel.
Camping costs __cheaper___ than staying in a hotel
38. the campsite we’re going to is near the beach.
The campsite we’re going to is not too __far____ the beach
39. The campsite has a swimming pool.
At the campsite _____there is_______ a swimming pool.
40. I asked my friend if he wanted to come camping with us.
I aked my friend “__if he___________ want to come camping with us?”
41. It costs nothing to attend a state school.
It doesn’t cost __________ to attend a state school.
42. City schools are usually larger than schools in the country.

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 Schools in the country are not as _lager__as_____ city schools.
43. Uniforms must be worn by children in some schools.
Children must _............wear______ uniforms in some schools.
44. each class has about thirty children.
In each class __there__ are about thirty children.
45. children can buy hot lunches at most schools.
At most schools ______ possible for children to buy hot lunches
46. The phone was Max’s favourite present.
Max likes his phone more ___than____ any of his other presents.
47. Max has never had his own phone before.
This is the __phone_____ that Max has had his own phone.
48. Max’S phone is very similar to his sisters phone.
Max’s phone is almost the same ______ his sister’s phone.
49. Max uses his phone for calling his friends and family.
Max uses his phone _to___call his friends and family.
50. Max likes playing games on his phone, and all his friends do, too.
Max likes playing games on his phone, and _so__________ do all his friends