[102] - Bài tập CÂU ĐỒNG NGHĨA VÀ KẾT HỢP CÂU 7 (ĐẢO NGỮ) - Trọng tâm kiến thức Ôn thi THPT Tiếng Anh

Question 1. Smartphones are becoming reasonably priced. New applications make them more appealing.

No matter how reasonable the prices OS smartphones are, they are not so appealing with new applications.

Appealing though smartphones are with new applications, they are becoming less affordably priced.

Not only are smartphones becoming more affordable but, with new applications, they are also more appealing.

Whatever new applications smartphones have, they are becoming more appealing with reasonable prices.

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Question 2. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.

The noise next door stopped at midnight.

It was midnight that the noise next door stopped.

It was not until after midnight that the noise next door stopped.

Not until after midnight did the noise next door stopped

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Question 3. The green campaign was strongly supported by the local people. The neighborhood looks fresh and clean now.

But for the strong support of the local people for the green campaign, the neighborhood would look fresh and clean now.

Had the local people not strongly supported the green campaign, the neighborhood wouldn’t look fresh and clean now.

sacredly had the green campaign been strongly supported by the local people when the neighborhood looked fresh and clean.

Only if the local people had strongly supported the green campaign would the neighborhood look fresh and clean now.

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Question 4. Mike became a father. He felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.

Only after Mike had become a father himself did he feel a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.

Had Mike become a father himself, he would have felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.

Were Mike to become a father himself, he would feel a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents.

Not until he felt a strong sense of responsibility towards his parents did Mike become a father himself.

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Question 5. No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed.

Fred tried hard to start the car, and with success

However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car.

Fred tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded.

It’s hard for Fred to start the car because he never succeeded.

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Question 6. He had hardly left the office when the phone rang.

No sooner he had left the office than the phone rang.

No sooner he did left the office than the phone rang.

No sooner he had left the office when the phone rang.

No sooner had he left the office than the phone rang.

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Question 7. Laura practised playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance.

Had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could have performed much better.

Hardly had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot when she could improve her performance.

However much Laura practised playing die instrument, she could hardly perform any better.

As soon as Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could perform much better.

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Question 8. His friends supported and encouraged him. He did really well in the competition.

No matter how much his friends supported and encouraged him, he couldn’t do well in the competition.

Such were his friends’ support and encouragement that he couldn’t do really well in the competition.

Had it not been for his friends’ support and encouragement, he couldn’t have done so well in the competition.

If his friends had given him support and encouragement, he could have done really well in the competition.

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Question 9. Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.

No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.

Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

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Question 10. The coach changed his tactics in the second half. His football team won the match.

Had it not been for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, the football team wouldn’t have won the match.

Only if the coach had changed the tactics in the second half could his football team have won the match.

But for the coach’s change of tactics in the second half, his football team could have won the match.

Not until his football team had won the match did the coach change his tactics in the second half.

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Question 11. Exhaustion prevented any of the runners from finishing the race.

So exhausted were the runners that none of them finished the race.

The runners were not exhausted enough to finish the race.

The runners can’t finish the race as a result of their exhaustion.

The runners are so exhausted that they can’t finish the race,

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Question 12. Although he was very tired, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

Even if feeling very tired, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

Tired as he was, he agreed to help his child with his homework.

He would have helped his child with his homework if he hadn’t been tired.

Despite of his tiredness, he was eager to help his child with his homework.

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Question 13. He badly suffered cyberbullying himself He realized the true dangers of social media only then.

Not until he had badly suffered cyberbullying himself did he realize the true dangers of social media

Only when he had realized the true dangers of social media did he badly suffer cyberbullying himself.

Such was his suffering of cyberbullying that he didn’t realize the true dangers of social media.

But for his terrible suffering of cyberbullying, he wouldn’t realize the true dangers of social media.

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Question 14. Friendly though he may seem, he’s not very trusted.

He may have friends, but he’s not to be trusted.

However friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted.

He’s too friendly to be trusted.

However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted.

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Question 15. Olga handed in her exam paper. She then realised that she had missed one question.

Not until Olga had handed in her exam paper did she realise that she had missed one question.

Had Olga realised that she had missed one question, she wouldn’t hand in her exam paper.

Only after Olga realised that she had missed one question did she hand in her exam paper.

Having realised that she had missed one question, Olga handed in her exam paper.

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Question 16. Mary left home to start an independent life. She realised how much her family meant to her.

Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realise how much her family meant to her.

Only when Mary realised how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an independent life.

To realise how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life.

Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realising how much her family meant to her.

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Question 17. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.

No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.

Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.

No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.

After he left school, he had started computer programming.

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Question 18. She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

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Question 19. We stayed in that hotel despite the noise.

Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel.

We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it.

Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed here.

No matter how noisy the hotel was, we stayed there.

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Question 20. She gave a great performance at the festival. We now know she has artistic talent.

Amazing as her artistic talent is, we don’t know about her great performance at the festival.

Although she gave a great performance at the festival, now we still don’t know she has artistic talent.

But for her great performance at the festival, we wouldn’t know about her artistic talent now.

Hardly had we known about her artistic talent when she gave a great performance at the festival.

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