BÀI TẬP VIẾT LẠI CÂU CÓ ĐÁP ÁN
Exercise 1:
1. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow.
The snow ………………………………………………
2. I didn’t arrive in time to see her
I wasn’t early ………………………………………………
3. I’m sorry I was so rude to you yesterday.
I apologise ………………………………………………
4. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.
If ………………………………………………
5. Janet is the best tennis-player in the club.
No one ………………………………………………
6. I haven’t seen that man here before.
It’s ………………………………………………
7. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
The furniture was too ………………………………………………
8. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money.
The bank manager ………………………………………………
9. He learned to drive when he was eighteen.
He has ………………………………………………
10. She had never been so unhappy before.
She was unhappier ………………………………………………
Exercise 2:
1. It was so late that nothing could be done.
It was too ………………………………………………
2. I asked the hotel porter to wake me at 8 o’clock the following morning.
‘Please ………………………………………………
3. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again.
The date ………………………………………………
4. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
We are going ………………………………………………

He didn’t ………………………………………………
10. Mary rang hours and hours ago.
It’s hours ………………………………………………
Exercise 4:
1. I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night.
I wish ………………………………………………
2. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
‘How ………………………………………………
3. A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning.
There is ………………………………………………
4. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice.
It ………………………………………………
5. I would like you to help me to put the chairs away.
Do you mind ……………………………………………… ?
6. The child will die if nobody send for a doctor.
Unless ………………………………………………
7. He would prefer you to pay for him immediately.
He’d rather ………………………………………………
8. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.
The water was not ………………………………………………
9. Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
She ………………………………………………
10. You must see the manager tomorrow morning.
You’ve ………………………………………………
Exercise 5:
1. There was never any answer when we rang.
Every ………………………………………………
2. That’s an insulting name to use for him.
Don’t call ………………………………………………
3. John asked if it was the blue one or green she wanted.

3. The date of the meeting will have to be changed again.
4. We are going to have the car repaired.
5. The train does not take as long as the bus.
6. It is over six months since John had his hair cut.
7. Laria wishes that she had been put in a higher class.
8. I’ll finish the work tonight if you like.
9. In care you get hungry you’d better take some sandwiches.
10. If my husband had left the car leys, we could have picked him up at the station.
Exercise 3:
1. Bill doubted if John woud come.
2. Our dog bit the postman.
3. The fog prevented us from driving.
4. In spite of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.
5. It was such a hard cake that I could not eat it.
6. If it hadn’t been raining we’d have gone.
7. My mother cooks better than me.
8. Do you happen to have change for a pound?
9. He didn’t win the race.
10. It’s hours since Mary rang.
Exercise 4:
1. I wish that I had finished my homework last night.
2. ‘How do you like my new dress?’ she said to John.
3. There is a trains leaving at 8 o’clock every morning.
4. It cannot be denied that she has a beautiful voice.
5. Do you mind helping me to put the chairs away?
6. Unless somebody sends for a doctor, the child will die.
7. He’d rather be paid immediately.
8. The water was not warm enough for the children to swim.
9. She had her car repaired.
10. You’ve got to see the manager tomorrow morning.