Word form & Sentence transformation ôn thi chuyên Tiếng Anh (5 pages) Mã A331954

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved

1. This is your third warning from me this week about being late for work.

NOT This is the third time this week I have

warned you not be late for work. 2. I think Anita must have gone on a diet recently because she's quite slim now.

HAS It looks as if Anita has taken

up dieting because she's quite slim

now. 3. I always hated pasta when I was a child but now I cook it regularly.

USE I didn't use to like/enjoy pasta when

I was a child but now 1 cook it

regularly. 4. I went to have my own look at the apartment and 1 couldn't understand why myfriend wanted us to live in such a depressing place!

SEE Having been to see it for myself, I

couldn't understand why my friendwanted us to live in such a

depressing place! 5. We wanted to continue our mountain trek but the weather was too bad.

LIKE We would like to have carried/gone

on with our mountain trek but the

weather was too bad. 6. I want to inform you that I was not satisfied with the standard of service in yourhotel.

EXPRESS I would like to express my

dissatisfaction with the standard of

service in your hotel. 7. I wanted to stay in last night but my flatmate insisted we go out.

SOONER I would sooner have stayed in last night but my flatmate insisted we go

out. 8. Didn't you want me to tell the staff about your resignation?

RATHER Would you rather I didn't tell the staff know about your resignation? 9. I didn't stop worrying about the wild animals until we were safe inside camp.

ONLY It was only when i returned to safety

of camp that I stopped worrying

about the wild animals. 10. Steve's one topic of conversation is the

time he spent as a pilot.

EVER The time he spent as a pilot is all he

ever talks about. 11. After arriving at the airport, we realized

that our passports were still at home.

UNTIL It wasn’t until we arrived at the

airport that we realized our passportswere still at home. 12. When Michael's boat began to sink, he

sent a signal for help.

DID When Michael's boat began to sink,

what he did was send a signal for

help. 13. Immediately after Emi quit her job, she

booked a package tour around Europe.

HAD As soon as she had handed in her notice Emi booked a package tour

around Europe. 14 I don't get on very well with many people but I hit it off with Jason straightaway.

TOOK I don't get on very well with many people but Jason and I took to each

other straightaway. 15. I was impatient to get home because the

holiday was such a disaster.

WAIT The holiday was so disastrous I

could’t wait to get home. 16. I was hoping not to have to share a tent TO I was hoping I would have a tent to

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved

with anyone else on the camping trip. myself on the camping tripbut I had

to share. 17. As I didn't want to disappoint my parents,

I agreed to go to medical school.

LET Not wanting to let down my parents,

I agreed to go to medical school. 18. After deciding he would leave home,

Enrique immediately began searching foran apartment.

DECISION Having taken/made the decision to

leave home, Enrique immediately begansearchingfor an apartment. 19. Make sure you look after your bag in this

cafe" as there are many thieves around.

EYE I suggest you keep an eye on your

bag in this cafe" as there are

manythieves around. 20. Your chances of being affected by eye-

strain and back injury increase with theamount of time you spend in front of a screen.

LIKELY The more time you spend in front of a

screen, the more likely you are to

suffer from eye-strain and back

injury. 21. With that bad cold you won't be able to

help us so take the day off work.

USE With that bad cold you'll be no use

to anyone so take the day off work.

22. When James heard his father had left all

his money to his brother he did not findit surprising.

TO It came as no surprise to James to

hear that his father had left all his

money to hisbrother. 23. Most employees used …