ANSWER KEY TO SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 4
175. Come on Thursday or Friday. It’s all the same to me. (DIFFERENCE)
→Come on Thursday or Friday. It makes no difference to me .
It makes no difference to sb không quan trọng/ý nghĩa đối với ai
176. Amanda has improved a lot this term. (PROGRESS)
→Amanda has made great/good progress this term.
To make progress in đạt tiến bộ
177. Gunman kills 3 people in Bank Drama.
→A man with a gun kills 3 people in …
178. The riddle of the missing heiress has been solved.
→The police has found the cause of the missing heiress.
179. His appearance was completely unexpected.
→His appearance was beyond our expectation.
Beyond one’s expectation vượt quá với sức tưởng tượng của ai
180. He is by no means a smart boy.
→He is not completely a smart boy.
By all means chắc chắn
By no means chắc chắn không
181. I take it for granted that he is influential person.
→I assume that he is …
To take it for granted that + clause cho là đương nhiên
182. He won’t let anyone touch his records. (OBJECTS)
→He objects to anyone else touching his records.
To object to sb doing smth phản đối ai làm gì
183. He didn’t think much of the musical show yesterday. (OPINION)
→He had a low opinion of the musical show yesterday.
To have a low opinion of sb = not to think much of sb đánh giá thấp ai
184. The concert was not as good as he had hoped. (EXPECTATIONS)
→The concert failed to come/live up to his expectations.
To come up to one’s expectation đạt kỳ vọng của ai
185. The music teacher was the only member of staff not to attend the concert.
(EXCEPTION)
→With the exception of the music teacher every member of staff attended the concert.
With the exception of = apart from = besides = in addition to = except for = but ngoại trừ
186. The impression most people have of him is that he is a good singer. (REPUTATION)
→ He has a reputation as a good singer.
To have a reputation as có tiếng là
187. He is said to be a very good violinist. (COMES)
→He comes over/across as a very good violinist.
188. We missed the beginning of the concert because we had overslept. (CONSEQUENCE)
→We missed the beginning of the concert as a consequence of oversleeping.
As a consequence /result of = on account of = owing to = due to = because of
189. It is your duty to tell him what to do.
→You are supposed to tell him what to do.
190. My boss works better when he’s pressed for time.
→The less hurried the boss is, the worse he works.
The less time my boss has, the better he works
191. It is expected that the company can get more profit this year.
→The company is expected to get more profit this year.
192. I was astonished by her confidence.
→What astonished me was her confidence.
What = the thing(s) that
193. Someone told me my flight was cancelled when I got to the airport.
→On/Upon Arriving at the airport, I was told that flight was cancelled.
194. I knew I had met him before, but I can’t remember his name. (TONGUE)
→I knew I had met him before, but his name is on the tip of my tongue.
On the tip of one’s tongue sắp nói/ nhớ ra
195. His choice always followed what his wife decided. (STEP)
→His choice was always in step with his wife’s decision/what his wife decided.
In step with đồng ý với, cùng tốc độ
196. Remember to write to us! (DROP)
→Remember to drop us a line/note!
To drop sb a line/note = to write to sb = write sb a letter
197. Phone and write to him if you can’t talk directly to him. (GET)
→Get in touch with him if you can’t talk directly to him.
198. Don’t worry. There will be another chance. (KEEP)
→Keep your end up, there will be another chance.
To keep one’s end up = to keep calm giữ bình tĩnh
199. On the day she agreed to marry him, he was happier than he had ever been in his life.
→The day she agreed to marry him was the happiest he had ever had in his life.
200. Is it really necessary for me to arrive so early?
→Do I have to arrive so early?
201. Someone has stolen the boss’s car.
→The boss has had his car stolen/ been robbed of his car.
202. Whoever did that must have been a very brave person.
→Only a very brave person could have done that.
203. The last time we were here was in 1980.
→We haven’t been here since 1980.
204. The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.
→Only on his fourth proposal did she accept him.
205. Has she written to you lately? (HEARD)
→Have you heard from her lately?
To hear from sb nghe tin tức của ai
To hear about smth được nghe kể về cái gì
To hear of sb nghe về sự tồn tại của ai
206. We must have your answer tonight at the latest. (INSIST)
→We insist on having your answer tonight at the latest.
207. We’ve decided to replace those plastic shower curtains with these rubber ones.
(SUBSTITUTE)
→We have decided to substitute these rubber shower curtains for those plastic ones.
To replace A with B thay A bằng B
To substitute B for A
208. Somebody has stolen all Miranda’s jewellery. (ROBBED)
→Miranda has been robbed of all her jewelry.
To rob sb of smth cướp của ai cái gì
209. Nothing ever frightens him. (AFRAID)
→He is afraid of nothing.
210. It’s not my habit to get up quite so early as this. (USED)
→I am not used to getting up quite so early like this.
211. Everything went well that morning. (NOTHING)
→Nothing went wrong that morning.
212. A portion of strawberries and cream costs a lot in the café. (CHARGES)
→The café charges a lot for a portion …
To charge for đòi giá....
To charge sb with kết tội
To be in charge of chịu trách nhiệm
213. How likely am I to pass the examination, do you think? (CHANCE)
→What chance do I have of passing the examination, do you think?
214. He had no idea how difficult the exercise would be until he was half way through it.
→Only when he was half way through the exercise did he realize how difficult it was.
215. Further progress was impossible because of the floods.
→The floods made further progress impossible.
216. As he rose to speak, the crowd began cheering.
→The cheering from the crowd began as he rose to speak.
217. We had not expected that we should have so much difficulty in finding the place.
→The place was much more difficult to find than we had expected.
218. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past.
→We’ll soon find a solution to/overcome our present financial problems.
A solution to a problem
A key to success
An answer to a question
219. It’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled.
→Nobody is to blame/is responsible for the fact that the meeting was cancelled.
..........................................................................the cancellation of the meeting
220. The fate of the two climbers is unknown.
→It’s a mystery (as to) what has happened to the two climbers.
221. There is no need for us to hurry; the play doesn’t start until 8:30. (TIME)
→We can take our time; the play …
222. John is very self-confident. (CONFIDENCE)
→John has a lot of confidence in himself.
223. His holiday is at exactly the same time as mine. (COINCIDES)
→His holiday time coincides with mine.
To coincide with xảy ra đồng thời
224. He is alleged the owner of the valuable picture. (CLAIMED)
→He is claimed to be the owner of the valuable picture.
225. The way he took everything she did for granted really annoyed her. (BACK)
→The way he took everything she did for granted really got/put her back up.
To get/put sb’s back up = to annoy sb làm ai khó chịu
226. It was touch and go whether he recovered or not. (BALANCE)
→It was in the balance whether he recovered or not.
To be touch and go = to be in the balance 50/50, chưa chắc chắn
227. Which of the two books would you prefer? (RATHER)
→Which of the two books would you rather read?
228. These books have been lent by the British Council library. (LOAN)
→These books have been on loan from the British Council library.
To get smth on loan from = borrow smth from sb mượn cái gì của ai
229. I bought a pair of shoes this morning. They cost 40 pounds.
→This morning I spent 40 pounds on a pair of shoes.
230. Mrs. Wilson says she is sorry she didn’t attend the meeting yesterday.
→Mrs. Wilson sends her apologies for not having attended the meeting yesterday.
To send one’s apologies for = to apologise ( to sb) for xin lỗi ai về cái gì
231. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
→I cancelled my subscription to that magazine nine months ago.
I. Tenses
1. This is the first time I have worn this shirt.
I am wearing this shirt for the first time.
I have never worn this shirt before.
2. It is two weeks since I last went to Hanoi.
I haven’t been to HN for 2 weeks
The last time I went to HN was 2 weeks ago.
I last went to HN two weeks ago.
Two weeks has gone by/passed/elapsed since I last went to HN
3. I didn’t see him for 5 years.
5 years had passed before I saw him.
4. My father learnt to drive since he was 18.
My father has been driving since he was 18.
5. The guests will start dinner before we arrive.
By the time we arrive, the guests will have started dinner.
6. He bought this house in 1980.
He has lived in this house since 1980.
7. I started learning English 8 years ago.
I have learnt/been learning English for 8 years/since 8 years ago.
II. Clauses of concession:
1. Although he is young, he has been to many countries in the world.
Although young, he...............
Despite his youth ,.............
Despite being young,.................
Despite the fact that he is young
Young as/though he is/may be,...................
However young he is/may be,.................
No matter how young he is/may be,.................
For all his youth ,.........................
III.
1. The river is too wide for me to swim across.
This river is so wide that I can’t swim across it.
This is such a wide river that I can’t swim across it.
This river isn’t narrrow enough for me to swim across.
It is too wide a river for me to swim across .
It is so wide a river that I can’t swim across it.
So wide is the river that .....................................
Such is the width of the river that I can’t swim across it.
The width of the river is such that ....................................
IV.
He didn’t pass the final exam because he was lazy.
He was lazy so he didn’t ..................
If he hadn’t been lazy, he would have passed the final exam.
Had he not been lazy ,.........................
Had it not been for his laziness,.............................
But for his laziness ,...............................
Without his laziness,...........................
If he was not to have been lazy,.........................
