Practice writing skill – class 8
Test 1
(From Unit one to Unit 4)
I. Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
1. My family has 4 people.
→ There ...………………………………………………………………………………………
2. She is too young to drive a car.
→ She isn’t ..……………………………………………………………………………………
3. I received some money from my mother this morning.
→ My mother ..…………………………………………………………………………………
4. How beautiful she is !
→ What ...………………………………………………………………………………………
5. It takes Mai thirty minutes to go to school by bike.
→ Mai ..…………………………………………………………………………………………
6. What is your son’s age ?
→ How .......?……………………………………………………………………………………
7. Who does this notebook belong to ?
→ Who ...?………………………………………………………………………………………
8. They had lots of friends when they lived in the country.
→ They used ……………………………………………………………………………………
9. You should look after your daughter carefully.
→ You should take ..……………………………………………………………………………
10. February 16
th
is my son’s birthday.
→ My son ………………………………………………………………………………………
11. Miss Luyen rides a motorbike to work everyday.
→ Miss Luyen gets ......…………………………………………………………………………
12. We were late for school because of the heavy rain.
→ Because it ……………………………………………………………………………………
13. The ladder is too short to reach the window.

28. May I borrow your pen ?
→ Would you mind ........?………………………………………………………………………
29. Getting a good job doesn’t interest her.
→ She isn’t ...…………………………………………………………………………………
30. No one in the group is more intelligent than Mai.
→ Mai is the ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Homework
VII
. Rewrite the folowing sentences so that the meaning stays the same, using the words
given :
1. She is too young to see this horror film.
→ She is not .……………………………………………………………………………………
2. Huyen’s hair is long, straight and black.
→ Huyen has .......………………………………………………………………………………
3. What is your mother’s job ?
→ What does ..…………………………………………………………………………………
4. He'd rather play football than tennis.
→ He prefers ...…………………………………………………………………………………
5. We have quite different characters.
→ Our characters ………………………………………………………………………………
6. Nga is not as intelligent as Tam.
→Tam is ......................................................................................................................................
7. The water is too dirty for him to bathe his eyes.
→The water is not………………………………………………………………………………
8. No one in my class is more handsome than Nguyen.
→ Nguyen is the .………………………………………………………………………………
9. Cuong gave up playing games 2 years ago.
→ Cuong used .…………………………………………………………………………………
10. I used to cry when I was small.

→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Hoa hasn’t written to her parents for three months.
→ The last ...……………………………………………………………………………………
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. He has never seen such a wonderful computer before.
→ This is the ……………………………………………………………………………………
6. The last time we ate this kind of food was in January.
→ We haven’t .…………………………………………………………………………………
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. He hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the Internet for ages.
→ It’s ages since .………………………………………………………………………………
8. We haven’t seen her since we left university
→ The last time ...………………………………………………………………………………
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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9. This is the highest building I have ever seen.
→ I have never .…………………………………………………………………………………
10. No cars in the country are bigger than Mr Ba’s.
→ Mr Ba’s car is ………………………………………………………………………………
11. It’s three years since we last met Uncle Tam.
→ We haven’t .…………………………………………………………………………………
12. Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh City next Monday.
→ Are you .?……………………………………………………………………………………
13. We started living here in 1995.
→ We have .……………………………………………………………………………………
14. It’s un nesscessary for them to drive so fast.
→ We don’t .……………………………………………………………………………………
15. Trung is the most intelligent student in my class.
→ No one .………………………………………………………………………………………