VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as
the sentence printed before it.
1. She started her work in this factory two years ago.
She has _____________________________________________________________________
2. She always forgets to do her homework, which is so annoying.
I wish ______________________________________________________________________
3. People are going to build a big new department store in the town.
A big new department store _____________________________________________________
4. She finds it hard to cross the busy streets.
She has _____________________________________________________________________
5. Mary often comes to class late, which annoys everybody.
We wish ___________________________________________________________________
6. “The Voice Kid” competition really interests both children and adults.
Both children ________________________________________________________________
7. He is very bad at Mathematics.
He wishes ___________________________________________________________________
8. Peter began to play for the national team five years ago.
Peter has ____________________________________________________________________
9. Those readers were deeply impressed by his novel.
His novel made _______________________________________________________________
10. The government has spent a lot of money on education recently.
A lot of money _______________________________________________________________
11. They must do a written test tomorrow morning.
They wish ___________________________________________________________________
12. We last saw my cousin David two years ago.
We have ____________________________________________________________________
13. What a pity! We cannot try all the special food of the village.
We wish we _________________________________________________________________
14. The last time we visited Hanoi was two years ago.
It’s __________________________________________________________________________
15. Please help your mother with housework.
I’d rather _____________________________________________________________________
16. The dentist took out one of my teeth three days ago.
One of _______________________________________________________________________
17. My family moved to Ho Chi Minh City ten years ago.
My family has _________________________________________________________________
18. It’s a pity that Nam can’t join our trip next Sunday.
We wish _____________________________________________________________________
19. We haven’t used that door for years.
The last time that door___________________________________________________________
20. Tom often falls asleep in class.
We wish ____________________________________________________________________
21. My friend is always lying to me.
I wish ________________________________________________________________________
22. It has been 10 years since we last saw the film.
The last time___________________________________________________________________
23. Tom did his test successfully last week.
Tom’s test ____________________________________________________________________
24. Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia.
37. Mai couldn’t meet her pen pals because she missed the flight.
=> Mai missed ... the flight so she couldn’t meet her pen pals
38. They won’t take children to the zoo.
=> Children wish that ...they would be taken to the zoo
39. The last time he wrote to her was over 2 months ago.
=> He hasn’t ...written to her for over 2 months
=> They haven’t..
=> It has ...been 2 months since he wrote to her
40. Lan took Maryam to Ben Thanh market yesterday.
=> Maryam ... was taken to Ben Thanh market by Lan yesterday.