Tom didn’t begin to read until he was eight.

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Top 1000 câu hỏi thường gặp môn Tiếng Anh (Phần 24)

Câu 63: Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.

A. It was not until Tom was eight that he began to read.

B. When Tom was eight, he didn’t know how to read.

C. Tom had read when he was Wight to read.

D. Not until Tom read, he was eight.

Lời giải:

Đáp án: A

Giải thích:

- S + (not) + began / started + to V/ V-ing +...: Bắt đầu làm việc gì

- It was not until + từ/cụm từ chỉ thời gian + that + S +V: Nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian/ thời điểm xảy ra sự việc.

Dịch: Tom đã không bắt đầu đọc cho đến khi cậu tám tuổi. = Mãi cho đến khi Tom tám tuổi, cậu mới bắt đầu đọc.

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