Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one

Put the verbs in brackets in the past perfect tense. 

1. He (wait) for you until yesterday.

 2. She (not know) how to play games until last year. 

3. It was the first time we (repair) our car.

 4. They (take) something away when we came back home last night.

 5. Mr Long (be) a good boy before he became a bad person.

 6. They went home after they (finish) their work.

 7. She said that she (already, see) Dr. Rice. 

8. When we came to the stadium, the match (already, begin).

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I . Put the correct from of the verbs in brackets

We have an old clock . It (1) ............... ( be ) made of steel and iron and it (2) ................ ( be ) kept in the living room . It (3) ............. ( belong ) to our family since my father (4) ............. (be) a little boy .

It (5) ................ (be) damaged some weeks ago . My younger sister (6) ............ (try) to set the alarm . She (7) .............. ( wind ) it so hard that the spring was broken . Now we (8) ............ ( not/be ) allowed to touch it.

III. Give the correct verb form:

1. Two days ago I (put).......... an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car. Yesterday 1(sell).....it. It (buy)........ by a teenager who (look)............ for an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already)......... to the teenager.

2. The wheel (invent)...... over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist) ............ people in the making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods.

3. Mark is a genius. By the time he graduated, he (offer).. . jobs by dozen computer companies.
4. Ever since it (build)........ three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often)................ as the most beautiful building in the world. It (design) .......... by a Turkish architect, and it (take).............20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.

5. By the time Carol (arrive) ....., we had finished eating and were ready to go.

 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. 
1. I (live) _______________ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975. 
2. He (just see) ______________ her. 
3. They (already show) _______________ the film. 
4. I’m sorry the car is not here. I (just sell) ______________ it. 
5. The Bakers (be) ______________ in New York for 3 months.
 6. My brother (use) ______________ this computer for 2 years. 
7. They (live) ________________ in this street for a long time. 
8. Mr. Green (teach) ______________ French since he left London in 1997.
9. She (not speak) _________________ to me since last week. 
10. Up to now, Hoa (work) _______________ very hard.

Combine the sentences using suitable cause and effect forms:

1. The furniture was too old to keep.

→ It was ______________________.

2. He can’t afford to buy the car.

→ The car ____________________.

3. The play is so popular that the theatre is likely to be full every night.

→ It is _______________________.

3. Alice lost all her hope; she decided to stop her business.

→ Alice was __________________.

4. He is very strong. He can lift the box.

→ He is _______________________.

5. He ate a lot of food. He became ill.

→ He ate ______________________.

6. He bought lots of books. He didn’t know where to put them.

→ He bought _________________.

7. He is a very lazy boy. No one likes him.

→ He is such _________________.

8. The coffee is too hot. I can’t drink it.

→ The coffee is too __________.

9. Her voice is very soft. Everyone likes her.

→ Her voice is so ____________.

10. He is so weak. He can’t run.

→ He is too ___________________.

11. The tea was very hot. He couldn’t drink it.

→ The tea was so ____________.

12. The weather is so bad that we can’t go out.

→ The weather is too _______.

13. The film was so boring that we couldn’t go on seeing it.

→ It was such ________________.

14. He was so old that he couldn’t run fast.

→ He was such ______________.

15. He spoke so fast that we couldn’t understand him.

→ So fast _____________________.

16. The fair was so noisy that we couldn’t hear each other.

→ The fair was too __________.

17. You speak so fast that I can’t catch up with your words.

→ You are such ______________.

18. It is so early that we can’t go out.

→ It is too ____________________.

19. The water is too hot for me to drink.

→ The water is so ____________.

20. The restaurant is expensive so we can’t eat in that restaurant.

→ The restaurant is so ______.

21. He studied badly and he couldn’t pass the exam.

→ He studied so ______________.

22. He isn’t very intelligent. He can do it.

→ He isn’t ____________________.

23. He has a lot of money. He can buy a car.

→ He has so __________________.

24. The room is so untidy that it took us one hour to clean it.

→ It is ________________________.

25. The man is so fool that no one took any notice of him.

→ He is________________________.

26. The film is so long that they can’t broadcast it on one night.

→ It is ________________________.

27. The books are so interesting that we have read them many times.

→ They are___________________.

28. The news was so bad that she burst into tears on hearing it.

→ It was______________________.

29. The food was so hot that it burned my tongue.

→ It was______________________.

30. There is so much rain that we can’t go out.

→ It___________________________.

31. The boy is so fat that every calls him Stuffy.

→ He is_______________________.

32. The milk is so excellent that all the children want some more.

→ It is_________________________.

33. The weather was so warm that they had a walk in the garden.

→ It was______________________.

34. There were so many people in the hall that we couldn’t see him.

→ So many people ___________.

35. The match was so exciting that all the fans shouted loudly.

→ It was______________________.

36. They drank so much coffee that they couldn’t sleep all night.

→ So much____________________.

37. Alice had so many exercises to do that she couldn’t go out.

→ Alice had such_____________.

38. The woman was so poor that she needed everyone to help.

→ She was____________________.

39. The boy is too young to walk to school alone.

→ He was so young__________.

40. The car was very rusty and they could travel far in that car.

→ The car was too___________.