There were so many people on the bus that Sally couldn’t get a seat

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

There were so many people on the bus that Sally couldn’t get a seat.

The bus was too crowded for Sally not to get a seat.

The bus was so crowded that there was nowhere for Sally to sit.

So crowded the bus was that Sally couldn’t get a seat.

The crowded bus did not prevent Sally from getting a seat.

Giải thích

Chọn đáp án B

Câu ban đầu: Có quá nhiều người trên xe buýt đến nỗi mà Sally không thể có chỗ ngồi.

A. sai ngữ pháp (sửa thành: The bus was too crowded for Sally to get a seat.) à cấu trúc too: S + be + too + adj + (for O) + to V....

B. Xe buýt quá đông đến nỗi mà không có chỗ nào cho Sally ngồi. à cấu trúc: S + be + so + adj + that + a clause (quá ... đễn nỗi mà ...)

C. sai ngữ pháp (sửa thành: So crowded was the bus that Sally couldn’t get a seat) à đảo ngữ với so: so + adj+be + S +that+....

D. sai nghĩa (Xe buýt đông đúc đã không ngăn cản được Sally có chỗ ngồi.) à cấu trúc: prevent sb from doing sth (ngăn cản ai làm gì)