SENTENCE BUILDING 1

I. Combine the following sentences using “too” or “enough”

1. It was very dark. I couldn’t see the words.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
2. Nick is very smart. He can learn this in a short time.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
3. My mother is very old. She cannot do that work.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
4. That house isn’t large. We can’t stay there for the night.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
5. Daisy was very short. She couldn’t reach the picture.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
6. Jack is very clever. He can do this work.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
7. The little girl was so shy. She couldn’t tell me the story.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
8. The driver was very hurried. He couldn’t wait for me.
 …………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
II. Rewrite the following sentences. (TAKE – SPEND)
1. We spent 2 hours watering the flower.
It took ………………………………………………………………
2. It takes me 15 minutes to go to school by bike.
It spend ……………………………………………………………
3. It took him a year to study English.
He spent ……………………………………………………………
4. It took her 2 hours to type this document.
She spent ……………………………………………………………
5. We spent 5 hours getting to London.
It took ………………………………………………………………
6. The astronauts orbited the earth in two hours.
It took ………………………………………………………
7. We finished this task in about two hours.
We spent ………………………………………………………
8. She spends two hours a day practicing English.
It takes ……………………………………………………………
9. It took us five to get to our home town.
We spent ……………………………………………………………
10. I ride bicycle to school in twenty minutes.
Is takes …………………………………………………………

11. She usually type the letter in 20 minutes.

She usually spends ……………………………………………………
12. I often walk to my office in 10 minutes.
It takes me …………………………………………………
13. The fight to Hanoi lasts 3 hours.
It takes ……………………………………………………
14. They will build a new house in five years.
It takes them …………………………………………………
15. He always has breakfast in 10 minutes.
It always takes him ………………………………………………………
16. She usually writes the bill in several seconds.
It usually takes her ………………………………………………………
17. The doctor usually examines his patient in 20 minutes.
It takes the doctor ……………………………………………………………
18. I get to work in half an hour.
It takes me …………………………………………………………………
19. We usually go to school about twenty minutes by bike.
It usually takes us ……………………………………………………………
20. They usually go to Hanoi about 18 hours by coach.
It usually takes them…………………………………………………………
III. Rewrite the following sentencer.
1. Being able to speak English is very useful.
It …………………………………………………………………………
2. Nam is taller than Hung.
Hung ……………………………………………………………………
3. To do morning exercises is good.
It ……………………………………………………………………………
4. This book is very boring and so is that one.
This book is as ………………………………………………………………
5. It is not as warn in Canada as it is in Mexico.
Mexico ……………………………………………………………………
6. The sun is much hotter than the moon.
The moon isn’t ……………………………………………………………
7. You can’t understand these things because you are very young.
You are not ………………………………………………………………
8. This shirt is too dirty for me to wear,
This shirt …………………………………………………………………
9. Boiling an egg is not difficult.
it …………………………………………………………………………….
10. Cairo is hotter than London.
London isn’t ………………………………………………………………
11. The police man does not run so fast as the thief.
The thief ……………………………………………………………………
12. This boy is very stupid. I can’t teach him math(too).
……………………………………………………………………………
13. The novel is very interesting.
We ……………………………………………………………………….
14. The adventure is very surprising.
All of us ………………………………………………………………..
15. The long walk is very tiring.
They …………………………………………………………………….
16. His funny story is amusing.
The children …………………………………………………………………
17. Did you enjoy yourself last night? (time)
……………………………………………………………………………….
18. She can’t have more children because of her age.
She is too ……………………………………………………………………
19. Dick is too young to see horror films.
Dick is not ………………………………………………………………
20. This lecture bores me.
I am ……………………………………………………………………….
21. We didn’t arrive in time to see her.
We weren’t early …………………………………………………………
22. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.
The water was not ………………………………………………………
23. There are a number of people waiting to see you.
A number of people …………………………………………………………
24. I hope to see you at Christmas.
I am …………………………………………………………………….
25. I can’t see that far.
It is too ………………………………………………………………………
26. It is difficult for us to make ends meet these days.
we find ……………………………………………………………………
27. It’s very difficult to leave here after such a long time.
Leaving ……………………………………………………………………
28. Reading scientific books is one of my interests.
I’m ………………………………………………………………………….
29. Jane is the tallest girl in her class.
Nobody ……………………………………………………………………
30. My classmate, Leo, loves to write letters.
My classmate, Leo, enjoys …………………………………………………

31. Ben is taller than Tina.

Tina …………………………………………………………………….
32. Helen will be fifteen next week.
It is Helen’s ………………………………………………………………
33. Vince keeps forgetting his homework.
Vince is
………………………………………………………………………………
34. Having a vacation abroad is very interesting.
It is ………………………………………………………………….
35. The front yard is too small for us to play soccer in.
The front yard isn’t ………………………………………………………
36. It isn’t necessary for you to set off early
You don’t ……………………………………………………………
37. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
It’s ……………………………………………………………………….
38. Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure.
My brother enjoys ………………………………………………………
39. Jane doesn’t speak English as well as Peter.
Peter …………………………………………………………………….
40. John drives more carefully than his brother.
John’s brother doesn’t……………………………………………………
41. It took her 2 hours to type this document.
She spent ……………………………………………………………………
42. The castle has a garden and two halls.
There ……………………………………………………………………….
43. Peter isn’t tall enough to reach the bookshelf.
Peter is ………………………………………………………………………
44. We spent 5 hours getting to London.
It …………………………………………………………………………..
45. Their dong was so fierce that nobody would visit them.
Their dog ……………………………………………………………………
46. Do you believe that it’s difficult to find a job today?
Do you believe that ………………………………………………
47. Kissing in public is normal in some countries.
It …………………………………………………………………………….
48. It took Fred three days to paint his house.
Fred ……………………………………………………………………….
IV. Write meaningful sentences using the following cues.
1. It / hard / me / breathe through my nose/ because/ have/ stuffy nose
 …………………………………………………………………………
2. Carol / find/ annoying/ every time/ train/ late
 ………………………………………………………………………………
3. The room/ large/ enough/ us/ hold/ meeting
 ………………………………………………………………………………
4. You/ think/ your English/ getting/ better/?/
 ………………………………………………………………………………
5. The paper mill/ big/ enough/ satisfy/ the need/ the whole country
 ………………………………………………………………………………
6. Jessica/ usually/ spend/ spare time/ do/ the gardening
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
7. It / take/ me/ 2 hours/ each day/ do/ homework
 ………………………………………………………………………………
V.Put the words in the right order to make meaningful sentences.
1. Campaigns/ protect/ environmental/ the/ to/ we/ conduct/ should/ many/
environment
………………………………………………………………………………
2. Us/ around/ we/ energy/ destroying/ materials/ One/ earth/ fastest/ the/ the/ is/
wasting/ of/ the/ and/ we/ are/ ways
3. ………………………………………………………………………………
Disappointed / they/ about/ on/ their homes/ energy/ are/ so/ spending/ of/
in/ lots/ money
………………………………………………………………………………
4. Aware/ his family/ everyone/ of/ is/ in/ importance/ of/ the/energy/ saving
5. ………………………………………………………………………………
Instead/ can/ of/ go/ to save/ Students/ bike/ motorcycle/ energy/ school/
by/ to
………………………………………………………………………………
 SENTENCE BUILDING 2
I. Rewrite the following sentence using “ such + (a/an) + adj + noun + that”
1. The man is so foolish that no one took any notice of him
He is ………………………………………………………………………
2. The film is too long for them to broadcast in ne night
It is……………………………………………………………………
3. The books are so interesting that we have read them many times
They are…………………………………………………………………
4. The news was so bad that she burst into tears on hearing it
It was………………………………………………………………………
5. Th food was so hot that it turned my togue
It was………………………………………………………………………
6. The milk is so excellent that all the children want some more
It is…………………………………………………………………………
7. The weather was so warm that they had a walk in the garden
It was……………………………………………………………………
8. There were so many people in the hall that we couldn’t see him
There were such……………………………………………………………..
9. Thes match was so exciting that all the fans shouted loudly
It was………………………………………………………………………
10. They drank so much coffee that they couldn’t sleep all night
They drank such……………………………………………………………..
11. Alice had so exercises to do that she couldn’t go out
Alice had such………………………………………………………………
12. The woman was so poor that she needed everyone’s help
She was………………………………………………………………………
II. Rewrite the following sentence using “so + adj + that” or “too + adj +
for noun/pronoun + to infin
1. The weather is so bad that we can’t go out
 The weather is too…………………………………………………………
2. The film was too boring for us to go on seeing
 The film was so…………………………………………………………
3. He was so old that he couldn’t run fast
 He was too…………………………………………………………………
4. He spoke so fast that we couldn’t understand him
 He spoke too…………………………………………………………………
5. The fair was too noisy for us to hear each other
 The fair was so……………………………………………………………
6. You speak so fast that I can’t catch up with your words
 You speak too……………………………………………………………
7. It is so early that we can’t go out
 It is too……………………………………………………………………
8. The water is too hot for me to drink
 The water is so……………………………………………………………
9. The restaurant is so expensive that we can’t eat in there
 The restaurant is too………………………………………………………
10. He studied so badly that he couldn’t pass the exam
 He studied too………………………………………………………………
III. Rewrite the following sentences
1. What time does Nam have to leave?
Do you know………………………………………………………………..
2. It is such a heavy book that I can’t lift it
The book……………………………………………………………
3. Thank you helping me
It was kind…………………………………………………………………
4. Tom is a playwright as well as an actor
Tom is not only………………………………………………………..
5. What did he tell you?
I need to know………………………………………………………………..
6. Where did they go on holiday?
Do you know……………………………………………………………..
7. Where is the dentist’s office?
Could you tell me……………………………………………………………
8. How many people are there in our school?
We want to know……………………………………………………………
9. That road is so much that cannot park here (too)
………………………………………………………………
10. Barry is both talented and handsome (not only…but also…)
………………………………………………………………………………
11. I don’t want to go to the party tonight
It don’t feel like………………………………………………………….
12. Th question was so difficult that no one could answer it
It was such………………………………………………………………..
13. Barry is a new comer, and so was Tom
Both …………………………………………………………………….
14. The man was to tried to keep on working
The man was so……………………………………………………………
15. My brother can be so annoying sometimes
I am …………………………………………………………………….
16. It was such good weather that we went swimming
The weather ……………………………………………………………….
17. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there
It is such…………………………………………………………………….
18. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it
The furniture was too………………………………………….
19. Let’s meet inside the center, at the cafe corner
How ………………………………………………………………………
20. That is so expensive. I don’t think I can buy it
It is such ………………………………………………………………….
21. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year
Why ………………………………………………………………………..
22. The room is so dirty that it took us one hour to clean it
It is ………………………………………………………………………….
23. He is nice to talk to
it’s ………………………………………………………………………..
24. Those things are good to know
It’s …………………………………………………………………………..
25. You weren’t easy to recognize
It ………………………………………………………………………..
26. Is this water alright to drink?
Is ……………………………………………………………………………..
27. Remember to check the door before you leave
Don’t ……………………………………………………………………….
28. Don’t forget to send this letter on the way home
Remember ………………………………………………………………
29. Mind to complete the takes
Don’t ………………………………………………………………………
30. What is the price of this bike?
How ………………………………………………………………………..

IV. Correct the mistake where necessary

1. It is such a heavy luggage that I can’t carry it
…………………………
2. The girl is too pretty that everybody looks at her
…………………………
3. I wonder why is his behaviour weird
…………………………
4. Kyle spent 25 minutes to complete homework
…………………………
5. There was such much work that I stayed up late so finish it
…………………………
6. Do you know what made him laugh all day?
…………………………
7. Bacteria are so tiny that we can’t see with the naked eye
…………………………
8. Would you like having some tea?
………………………….
9. Mike and his friends are quite easy to make friends with them
…………………………
10. Can you tell me who won the game?
…………………………
V.Write full sentences
1. Tea / too hot/ Jane/ drink
 ……………………………………………………………………………..
2. How / the music/ the concert
 ………………………………………………………………………………
3. There / too / noise / big city
 ………………………………………………………………………………
4. Monika / able / play / piano/ six years old
……………………………………………………………………………..
5. His mother/ earn/ much money as/ father
 ………………………………………………………………………………
6. How/ the suitcase/ weigh?
 ………………………………………………………………………………
7. Bod/ stay/ home/ he/ a lot/ homework/ do.
 ………………………………………………………………………………
8. How the Great Pyramid? – 137 metres
 ………………………………………………………………………………
9. He/ like/ buy/ that hat/ but/ not enough/ cash/ him
 ………………………………………………………………………………
10. How/ he/ earn/ Australia?
 ………………………………………………………………………………
VI. Write full sentences
1. Bill/ work hard/ Thomas/ hard/ than
 ………………………………………………………………………………
2. He / hurt/ while/ repairing/ car
 ………………………………………………………………………………
3. Would/ you/ come/ birthday party/ weekend?
 ………………………………………………………………………………
4. They/ not talk/ each other/ for/ long time
 ………………………………………………………………………………
5. The police/ managed/ save/ boy/ burning house
 ………………………………………………………………………………
6. How/ you/ go/ evening class/ week
 ………………………………………………………………………………
7. Kathy/ work/ hard/ so/ Jane
 ………………………………………………………………………………
8. How long/ the secretary/ type/ letter?
 ………………………………………………………………………………
9. The candidates/ pleased/ result/ examination
 ………………………………………………………………………………
10. English people/ interested/ talk/ weather
 ………………………………………………………………………………

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 3
1. Let’s go to the cinema tonight
 shall…………………………………………………………………………
2. What is your weight?
 How ………………………………………………………………………
3. She is able to speak English to her teacher
 She can
………………………………………………………………………
4. What a lovely cat?
 How …………………………………………………………..
5. Shall I make you a cup of coffee?
 Do you…………………………………………………………………
6. When is your birthday?
 What is ……………………………………………………………………
7. Where were you born?
 What is ……………………………………………………………………
8. Hoang will be eighteen next month
 It will be
……………………………………………………………………..
9. It takes me two hours to get to Hanoi my motorbike
 It spend ……………………………………………………………………..
10. My house is smaller than his one
 His house ………………………………………………………………..
11. My house is bigger than your house
 Your house ………………………………………………………………..
12. The black car is cheaper than red car
 The red car
…………………………………………………………………..
13. There is a sink. A tub and a shower in the bathroom
 The bathroom
………………………………………………………………..
14. No one on the group is taller than Trump
 Trump …………………………………………………………………..
15. Do you have a better refrigerator than this?
 Is this ……………………………………………………………………..
16. My house is the oldest one on the street
 No house ………………………………………………………………..
17. My house has a living room, a bed room and a kitchen
 There is ……………………………………………………………………..
18. No one can sing more beautifully than Madonna
 Madonna
……………………………………………………………………..
19. “why don’t we go to the beach for a change?” said peter
 Peter suggested …………………………………………………………
20. They live at 83 Regent Street
 Their ……………………………………………………………………..
21. No one in the class is taller than Mark
 Mark is ……………………………………………………………………..
22. How excellent the girl is?
 What ………………………………………………………………………..
23. It is one fifty
 It is ten ……………………………………………………………………..
24. What’s your address?
 Where ……………………………………………………………………..
25. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy
 It is ………………………………………………………………………..
26. It is necessary to learn English well
 Learning
……………………………………………………………………..
27. We should get up early every day
 We shouldn’t ………………………………………………………
28. How wide is this room?
 What ……………………………………………………………………..
29. Don’t forget to lock the front door before you leave
 Be sure ……………………………………………………………………..
30. No one on my class is more hard – working than Bill
 Bill is ………………………………………………………………………..
31. What is your date of birth?
 When ……………………………………………………………………..
32. Going swimming in the summer is very interesting
 It’s …………………………………………………………………………..
33. Math is a mor difficult subject than other ones
 No subject is ………………………………………………………………..
34. I am very glad to see you all again
 It’s ………………………………………………………………………..
35. What about going to the sea for a change?
 Let’s ……………………………………………………………………..
36. Nam will be eighteen next month
 It will be …………………………………………………………………
37. The house is in front of the park
 The park …………………………………………………………………..
38. No one in the class is taller than Thane
 Thane ………………………………………………………………………..
39. Jane is better at playing tennis than me
 Jane plays …………………………………………………………………..
 I don’t …………………………………………………………………..
40. I don’t make friends easily
 I have a lot ………………………………………………………………..
41. Would you like me to make you some tea?
 I will ………………………………………………………………..
42. We enjoy playing football very much
 We are interested ……………………………………………………………
43. James is able to draw much more beautifully than his friend
 James’s friends
can’t…………………………………………………………
44. They are never late for school
 They always go…………………………………………………………..
45. Why don’t you take a short nap every noon?
 I suggest
……………………………………………………………………..
46. I walk to school in fifteen minutes every morning
 It…………………………………………………………………………..
47. I have fewer books than he does
 He has ………………………………………………………………
48. Do you want me to help you with these cases?
 Shall I
………………………………………………………………………..
49. The film is very amusing
 What ………………………………………………………………..
50. I don’t have so many storybooks as my sister does
 I have …………………………………………………………………..
51. My friends have more music CD’s than I do
 I don’t ……………………………………………………………………..
52. My brother drinks more coffee than my sister does
 My sister drinks ……………………………………………………………
53. She eats more chocolate than I do
 I eat ………………………………………………………………………..
54. There isn’t as much rice in the bowl as there is on the plate
 There is …………………………………………………………………..
55. She has less homework to do than he does
 He has ………………………………………………………………..
56. The are more girls in my class than there are in the hers
 Her class …………………………………………………………………..
57. There isn’t as much milk in my glass as there is in yours
 There is …………………………………………………………………..
58. There are fewer theaters in a small city than there are in a big one
 There aren’t…………………………………………………………
59. There is less noise in the country than there is in the city
 There isn’t…………………………………………………………………..
60. I get to work in half an hour
 …………………………………………………………………………..
61. Do you have a cheaper computer than this?
 Is this ………………………………………………………………………..
62. How much is this dictionary?
 How much …………………………………………………………………..
63. It isn’t important for you to finish the work today
 You don’t have
………………………………………………………………
64. There are over right hundred stamps in Tom’s collection
 Tom’s collection……………………………………………………………
65. We enjoy playing football very much
 We are ………………………………………………………………..
66. I have more books than you do
 You don’t………………………………………………………………..
67. The boy spends three hours a day learning the lesson
 It takes …………………………………………………………………..
68. The library contains over 10 million books
 There ……………………………………………………………………..
69. How terrible the weather is?
 What ………………………………………………………………………..
70. What a beautiful Christmas tree?
 How …………………………………………………………………..
71. My sister couldn’t swim last year
 My sister wasn’t…………………………………………………………
72. How much did you weigh two years ago?
 How heavy………………………………………………………………..
73. The road is 10 miles long
 The length…………………………………………………………………..
74. His height is 5 feet
 He is…………………………………………………………………..
75. Andy is a very good swimmer
 Andy swims ……………………………………………………………..
76. My brother cycles slowly
 My brother is………………………………………………………………..
77. Mr. Smith plays tennis very well
 Mr. smith is ………………………………………………………………..
78. Mrs. Parker is a quick typist
 Mrs. Parker types
……………………………………………………………
79. Lily sings smoothly
 Lily is……………………………………………………………………..
80. How about eating out tonight?
 Why don’t
we………………………………………………………………………..