1.

” Why don‟t you spend a little time listening to recording of different

English accents? ( ADVISED)
-> He advised me to spend a little time listening to recording of different
English accents.
2. I can‟t often afford to spend my holiday abroad. ( SELDOM)
-> I’m seldom able to afford to spend my holiday abroad.
3. Never mind your previous failures-try to forget them and think of what
your next venture might be! ( BEHIND)
-> Put your previous failures behind you and think of what your next
venture might be!
4. The two young men introduced a virus into the computer system.
( ALLEGED – Cá o buộ c)
-> The two young men are alleged to have introduced a virus into the
computer system.
5. This is an important scheme - Kế hoạch and we want him to approve.
( APPROVAL)
-> We want his aproval of/for this important scheme.
6. I wouldn‟t object (Phả n đố i) to moving to a larger flat. ( RATHER)
-> I would rather like to move to a larger flat.
7. The price of coffee has risen 50% since last year. (HIGHER)
-> The price of coffee is 50% higher than last year.
8. As a boy, he was a regular churchgoer (Ngườ i đi nhà thờ ). (USED)
->As a boy, he gets used going to church regularly.
9. She seemed quite unhappy when I saw her last week. ( …LOOK… AT
ALL.)
-> She doesn’t look happy at all when I saw her last week.
10. They decided to build a new school immediately. (SHOULD)
-> A new school should be built immediately.
11. I go out very little these days. ( HARDLY)
-> Hardly do I go out these days. (I hardly go out these days)
12. “ Could I borrow five pounds from you, Rose?” asked Nick. → Nick asked
Rose to lend her five pounds.
13. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does. → He plays this piece
more beautifully than anybody else.
14. I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me .
→ I would like to say how thankful I am for everything you have done to
me.
15. People claim that she is the best tennis player of our times. (SAID)
-> She is claimed to be the best tennis player of our times.
16. Don’t you regret not learning to swim? (WISH) → Don’t you wish you
had learnt to swim?
17. The telephone rang right after he had left the room. → Hardly he had
left the room, the telephone rang.
18. It’s impossible for us to measure the distances between planets because
they are very immense. → The distances between planets are so immense
that it’s impossible to measure them.
19. A country cannot be prosperous if it is not quite independent. → Only
when it’s quiet independent can a country be prosperous.
20. I didn‟t have enough time to visit the town properly. → The time I had
was too short to visit the town properly.
21. What exactly am I supposed to have done wrong? ( STAND) -> What
exactly do I stand accused (bị tố cá o) of?
22. Good colour sense is instinctive for some people. ( COME) -> Good
color sense comes naturally to some people.
23. Don‟t ask him about the accident, he‟s upset already. ( STATE) -> Don’t
ask him about the accident, he’s in the state already.
24. Everyone‟s saying the government is about to resign. ( RU MOURED) ->
It’s rumored that the government is about to resign.
25. The senior students believe that they are old enough to choose which
classes to attend. ( REGARD) -> The senior students regard themselves as
being old enough to choose which class to attend.
26. Since the company‟s methods were exposed in a newspaper, people
have lost their good opinion of it. (DISREPUTE – Tranh chấ p) -> Since the
company’s methods were exposed in a newspaper, it has fallen into
disrepute.
27. What really depresses me is this continual wet weather. (GETS) -> What
really gets me down is this continual wet weather.
28. We missed the bus because we had overslept. ( CONSEQUENCE – Hậ u
quả ) -> We missed the bus as a consequence of over-sleeping.
29. She passed the world around that she was looking for a flat. (KNOWN)
-> She let it be known that she was looking for a flat.
30. They continued to suggest that I was lying. ( PERSISTED – Đă ng ký) ->
They persisted in suggesting that I was lying.