ANSWERS WORD TRANSFORMATIONS 1+2

1A

1. She works harder than I do/me

2. I am not as interested in sport as he is/him

3. Their cousins are more well off than they are/them

4. Anne writes more beautifully than she does /her

5. None of my friend can run as fast as I can/me

1B

1. I paid the same price for my car as he did/him

2 Mary’s room isas big as mine

3. She gets the same salary as her father

4. The baby’s eyes are the same colour blue as his mother’s

5. Iam as old as she is/her

1C

1. Noone else loved her except/but James

2. The only one who bought her a present was Charles

3. Everyone else but alan accepted the invitation

4. The only one (that) I haven’t introduced you to is my cousin

5. Sarah is the only one still here

1D

1. make out

2. made up

3. made out

4. make up

5. make out

TEST 1

1. as old as

2. I am like/I look like

3. same height

4. slim, fair-haired

5. everyone (else)

6. write as well as

7. make up for

8. is more sensible than

9. are well

10. much better looking than

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2A

1. He was too ill to go to the party

2. The house isn’t big enough for their needs

3. We didn’t arrive early enough to have dinner at the restaurant

4. It’s too cold for you to go out

5. Fortunately the car wasn’t travelling fast enough for…….

2B

1. He’s very quiet. He hardly ever says a word

2. Hardly anyone lives ….

3. He spent nearly all his money and now he has almost nothing left

4. I almost never watch…

5. Hardly any of her friends….

2C

1.This is (it’s) the best meal I’ve ever had

2. I’ve never met such nice people

3. I’ve never visited such a pretty village

4. This (it) is the most unpredictable weather the country has ever experienced

5. She says they are the worst behaved children she has ever had to look after

2D

1. lok after

2. looking for
3. look out!

4. look round/around

5. look into

TEST 2

1. is not enough room

2. Getting up early is never a problem for me

3. didn’t have enough money to buy the house

4. objected that the neighbours were making too much noise

5. makes sense to be on good terms with your neighbours

6. let the children go out on their own

7. as well as

8. was to dark

9. looking for a house in the country

10. responsible for looking after

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3A

1. It’s (it has been ) several weeks since the shop opened

2. She hasn’t written to me for at least a year

3. The last time I had steak was ages ago

4. I haven’t been to the hairdressers for two months

5. I haven’t seen her for some time

6. it has been several days since they last came to see us

7. They haven’t lived in the district for over a year/The last time they were living in the district
was over a year ago.
8. It has been quite a while since I bought anything there

3B

1. She’s never said anything to me before

2. It was the first time he had had a meal in an Indian restaurant

3. It was the first time she had ever invited me to her house

4. He had never travelled abroad before

5. It was the first time they had thought of attracting tourists to the town

3C

1. I prefer cooking for myself than going out…..

2. I’d rather stay in and watch TV than go out….

3. I don’t feel very well. I’d prefer not to have anything to eat

4. Which would you rather do?.....

5. …..He prefers talking to listening to other people

3D

1. Work out

2. worked out

3. work up

4. works out (at)

5. work on

TEST 3

1. since I bought any new clothes

2. haven’t visited Glasgow for

3. ‘d rather live

4. invited me to spend the weekend (with her)

5. only started here a few days ago

6. all her life

7. wouldn’t mind going with you

8. agree with

9. work out

10. are plenty of shops in

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4A

1. Neither of us went to school yesterday

2. Susan wasn’t in the same class as either of the girls

3. Neither Frank nor Bob has done his homework

4. Barbara hasn’t arrived and nor has Pauline

Jack can’t come to the party and neither (nor) can Jill / Jiill can’t either

4B

1. They seem to be having a party

2. We seem to have arrived at the wrong time

3. The shops don’t appear to open here on Sundays

4. He seems to have run away from school

5. She seemed to have lost her way

4C

1. put up with

2. put her up

3. puts me off

4. put off

5. put on

4D

1. stands out

2. stand for

3. stand for

4. stand up for

5. stand by

TEST 4

1. was the first time

2. would be grateful if you could

3. recognize either
4. didn’t recognize him until

5. seemed to have

6. happened to be the one

7. to do well

8. without realising

9. put me off

10. stood out