EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9
rewrite these sentences
1. Knowing English is very useful. => It ……………………………………………………….
2. It started to snow at 5 o’clock. => It ……………………………………………………….
3. Nam is taller than Hung. => Hung …………………………………………………
4. When did you go to bed last night? => What ………………………………………………… ?
5. What time does Nam have to leave? => Do you know ………………………………………… ?
6. To do morning exercises is good. => It………………………………………………………
7. This book is very boring and so is that one.=> This book is as………………………………………….
8. Will it be necessary for me to sleep under a net? => Shall I have to…………………………………….?
9. I last read a book on September 20
th
. => I haven’t …………………………………………
10. It is not as warm in Canada as it is in Mexico. => Mexico ……………………………………………
11.An began to be interested in healthy eating 3 years ago .=> An has been………………………………
12. I feel sick if I eat too much ice- cream. => Eating ……………………………………………
13. I have never seen that play before => It’s ………………………………………………………
14. They are watching my father’s new car => My father’s new car……………………………………
15. I am sorry, Hoa isn’t coming with us. => I wish……………………………………………………
16. It is such a heavy book that I can’t lift it => The book ………………………………………………
17. The farmers spread the trees each week => The trees ……………………………………………….
18. The sun is much hotter than the moon => The moon isn’t………………………………………
19. You can’t read more quickly than I can => I can’t ………………………………………………
20. Thank you for helping me => It was kind …………………………………………
21. Staying at home would be better than going out tonight => I’d rather …………………………………
22. Mrs Ha told Ba to carry those books back home => Mrs Ha had………………………………
23. You can’t understand these things because you are very young. => You are not………………………
14. I have so much to do today => I wish ……………………………………………
25. Tom is a playwright as well as an actor => Tom is not only …………………………………
26. They did not finish the kitchen on Mon day => The kitchen ……………………………………
27. The last time I saw Lan was at Tam’s birthday party. => I …………………………………………

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EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9
58. I don’t want to go to the party tonight. => I don’t feel like …………………………………………………
59. She can’t have more children because of her age. => She is too………………………………………
60. He lost his money simply because he wasn’t careful. => If ………………………………………………
61. Tom and Mary moved to Paris 20 years ago. => It is ……………………………………………
62. I haven’t seen so much rain for along time. => It…………………………………………………
63. Please, explain this letter for me! => Please tell me……………………………………………………
64. It is high time for us to go home => It is high time we………………………………………………
65. You can’t go in to this restaurant without a jacket and tie.=> Unless…………………………………………
66. The question was so difficult that no one could answer it.=> It was such ……………………………
67. She hasn’t finished the letter yet.=> This letter………………………………………………………
68. He isn’t good at English. He can’t get a job.=> If. …………………………………………………….
69.Mary doesn’t spend much money. She spent much money last month.=> Mary doesn’t ……………
70. The weather isn’t fine. We can’t go for a walk in the woods.=> If …………………………………………
71. I’ll ask someone to make a new dress.=> I’ll have …………………………………………………………
72. The bridge might be built in a hurry.=> People ………………………………………………………….
73. You really should be able to dress yourself by now.=> It’s high time …………………………………
74. I wish I hadn’t told him what we were planning to do that evening.=> I regret………………………………
75. I have never eaten with knives and folks before. => This is ……………………………………
76. “Why don’t you ask Tom for help, Mary?” Ba said.=> Ba suggested ………………………………
77. Ba is too young to see horror films.=> Ba is not……………………………………………………….
78. They should quit smoking. => They had ………………………………………………………
79. They once started these machines by hand. => They used to …………………………………
80. He works hard and he will pass the exam.=> If he …………………………………………….
81. Ba is a new comer, and so was Tom.=> Both ………………………………………………………….
82. This lecture bores me.=> I am ………………………………………………………….
83. This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted.=> I …………………………………………………
84. She left university 2 years ago.=> It’s …………………………………………………………….
85. They had sold the house at the end of the road.=> The house………………………………………….

EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9
115. I wish I had gone on holiday with my friend.=> I regret……………………………………
116. Tom’s father no longer smokes cigarettes=> No……………………………………………………
117. This baby rarely cries during the night.=> Rarely…………………………………………………………
118. People did not discover Aids until 1981.=> Not until……………………………………………………….
119. I seldom come there ay night.=> Seldom ………………………………………………………
120. We have never seen such a wonderful sight before.=> Never……………………………………
121. Those students arrived late because they had an accident => Because of………………………
122. Tom was worried because of the heavy traffic.=> Because the…………………………………
123. I regret not finishing my home work at the weekend.=> I wish………………………………….
124. Ba ate too much and then felt sick.=> If…………………………………………………………………
125. It started to rain at 2 o’clock.=> It has…………………………………………………………….
126. She and I had never been there before.=> Neither……………………………………………………
127. It was such good weather that we went swimming.=> The weather………………………
128. I can’t see that far.=> It is too………………………………………
129. I’d rather not see him tomorrow.=> I don’t……………………………………………………………
130. After many years of hard work,he retired.=> After he………………………………………………
131. With the money he has saved, he can buy a house.=> His saving money……………………………
132. We had to wait two hours for Ba.=> Ba kept…………………………………………………………
133.It is difficult for us to make ends meet these days.=> We find………………………………………….
134. I am sorry, I interrupted your dinner.=> I apologized……………………………………………………
134. He does almost no work.=> He hardly………………………………………………………
135.It was such good weather that we went swimming The weather
136. It's very difficult to leave here after such a long time It isn't
137. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there It is such
138. You can't visit Moscow unless you get a visa If you
139. Reading scientific books is one of my interest I'm
140. Jane is the tallest girl in her class Nobody
141. His parents made him study for his exam He was made
142. Peter said he wasn't feeling well Peter said " I "