1. This supermarket is less expensive than the one across the street.

(less: ít hơn)

2. The English teacher has taught at our school for three years.

(S+have/has V3/ed, for + khoảng thời gian)

3.  If you don't study harder, you won't pass the exam.

If not=unless

Câu điều kiện loại 1

[If + thì hiện tại đơn], [will + động từ nguyên mẫu]

4. Hanoi suburban areas are not as noisy as Hanoi urban districts.

(as adj as : so sánh bằng )

5. Sarah had difficulty in learning to read Japanese.

(had difficulty in : gặp khó khăn trong việc gì)

6. The book was too complicated for us to understand.

7. Sandy studied more diligently in the past than she does now.

(more adj than : so sánh hơn của Adj dài)

8. The first book was inspired by the Chinese more than a thousand years ago.

(câu bị động QKĐ)

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VI. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use the words in brackets.
1. This supermarket isn’t as expensive as the one across the street. (less : ít hơn )
  The supermarket across the street is less expensive than this supermarket. 
2. The English teacher started teaching at our school three years ago. (for)
  The English teacher has taught at our school for three years.

HTHT have/has V3/ed, for + time
3. You won’t pass the exam unless you study harder. (if) 
  If you don't study harder, you won't pass the exam.

Unless = If not
4. Hanoi urban districts are noisier than its suburban areas. (as) 
  Hanoi suburban areas are not as noisy as Hanoi urban districts 

so sánh bằng as adj as
5. Sarah found it difficult to learn to read in Japanese. (difficulty) 
  Sahara had difficulty in learning to read Japanese 

had difficulty in : gặp khó khăn trong việc gì
6. The book was so complicated that we couldn’t understand it. (too)
  The book was too compliccated for us to understand.
7. Sandy now doesn’t study so diligently as she did in the past. (more)
  Sandy studied more diligently in the past than she does now

so sánh hơn more adj than
8. The Chinese printed the first books more than a thousand years ago. (by)

The first book was printed by the Chinese more than a thousand years ago

bị động QKĐ was/were V3/ed