Rewrite these sentences :
a) Would rather :
1. Please stay at home this Christmas. -> I’d rather you …………………………………………
2. It’s time for the children to go to bed. -> I’d rather the ………………………………………..
3. Please help your mother with housework. -> I’s rather you ……………………………………
4. I don’t like you to come to class late. -> I’d rather …………………………………………….
5. Please keep silent I the classroom. -> I’d rather you ……………………………………………
b) It’s time :
1. You have to dress yourself now. -> It’s ………………………………………………………..
2. I think the children should go to bed. -> It’s about ……………………………………………..
3. Hurry up or we will be late for the train. -> It’s time …………………………………………..
4. It’s time for children to go to bed. -> It’s high time ………………………………………………..
5. It’s twelve o’clock. Let’s go home ! -> It’s about ………………………………………………….
c) Present perfect Tense :
1. She hasn’t gone out with him for 5 months. -> The last time …………………………………..
2. We haven’t seen such a cruel mother before. -> This is the first ……………………………….
3. It’s two years since we last saw Mr. Jones. -> We haven’t ……………………………………..
4. This is the first time I have visited the USA. -> I haven’t ………………………………………
5. I have learnt English for 10 years now. -> I began ……………………………………………..
6. She moved to London 20 years ago. -> She has ………………………………………………..
7. The Pikes haven’t visited Paris for 2 years. -> The last time …………………………………..
8. I stopped writing to him a week ago. -> I haven’t ……………………………………………..
9. Mary has leant French for 6 years. -> It’s ………………………………………………………
10. When did your father buy that car ? -> How long ………………………………………………
11. I didn’t see her again for 3 years. -> Three years has …………………………………………..
12. The last time I saw John was when he was leaving for Edinburgh.
->John hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………..
13. They haven’t liked ice-cream since they ate too much and was sick.
-> They didn’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
14. John’s career as a television presenter began five years ago.
-> John has ………………………………………………………………………………………
15. My uncle has been a worker in that factory for 10 years.
-> My uncle started ……………………………………………………………………………..
16. How long have your family read Tuoi Tre Newspaper ?
-> When did your ………………………………………………………………………………
17. My old friend started working on that farm in 2005.
-> Since 2005, …………………………………………………………………………………..
18. When did he start teaching Physical Education in this school ?
->How long ……………………………………………………………………………………..
19. My mother has had this washing machine for a long time.
-> My mother ……………………………………………………………………………………
20. My father stopped drinking champagne ten years ago.
-> My father hasn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
21. Jane’s grandma hasn’t planted trees in the garden for 5 months.
-> Jane’s grandma stopped ……………………………………………………………………...
22. I have never met a more warm-hearted person than my mother is.
-> My mother is …………………………………………………………………………………
23. I have never seen such a bad film as that one in the cinema.
-> That is the …………………………………………………………………………………..
24. We haven’t seen Mary since we left the university.
-> We last ……………………………………………………………………………………….
25. The last time I went swimming was when I was in Spain.
-> I haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………………..