Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the cor

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

She was so busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.

• A. A. She was very busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.
• B. B. So busy was she that she couldn’t answer the phone.
• C. C. She was too busy not to answer the phone.
• D. D. She was very busy so that she couldn’t answer the phone.

Đáp án: So busy was she that she couldn’t answer the phone.
Dịch nghĩa: Cô ấy bận đến nỗi không thể trả lời điện thoại.
Xét các đáp án:
- She was very busy that she couldn’t answer the phone. → Sai cấu trúc: so + adj/adv + that + mệnh đề.
- So busy was she that she couldn’t answer the phone. → Cấu trúc đảo ngữ : So + Adj/ Adv + Auxiliary + S + V + that-clause.
- She was too busy not to answer the phone. → Thừa “not”.
- She was very busy so that she couldn’t answer the phone → so that: để, chỉ mục đích, không phù hợp với đề bài.