WORKSHEET 70

(given on Tuesday, 23/ 2/ 2021)

NAME: NGUYEN DIEU ANH CLASS: 12 D1 SCORE: ……… / 25

COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT MEANS THE SAME AS THE FIRST
ONE, USING THE WORD(S) GIVEN. YOU MUST USE BETWEEN THREE AND EIGHT
WORDS, INCLUDING THE WORD(S) GIVEN.

1. After working for six hours, I finally managed to finish the report. (IN)
=> I FINALLY succeeded in finishing THE REPORT AFTER WORKING FOR SIX HOURS.
2. I lost my keys once before this month. (SECOND)
=> THIS IS THE second time I have lost MY KEYS THIS MONTH.
3. It’s not possible that Andrew is half Spanish. (BE)
=> ANDREW can not be HALF SPANISH.
4. Dad decided to pay a mechanic to look at the car when he couldn’t find the
problem.
(LOOKED)
=> DAD DECIDED TO have the car looked at BY A MECHANIC WHEN HE COULDN’T FIND
THE PROBLEM.
5. We didn’t get to meet the Minister and that was a great shame. (ONLY)
=> IF only we had got TO MEET THE MINISTER!
6. I phoned Norman last of all. (PERSON)
=> NORMAN was the last person I PHONED.
7. Shall I make you an omelette? (ME)
=> WOULD YOU like me to make you AN OMELETTE?
8. I like staying by the sea when I’m on holiday. (COAST)
=> I LIKE STAYING on the coast WHEN I’M ON HOLIDAY.
9. I’ve been in this company for almost three years. (WILL)
=> BY THE END OF THE MONTH I will have been IN THIS COMPANY FOR THREE YEARS.
10. They say we’ve got plenty of time to spare before the show begins. (IS)
=> THEY SAY there is plenty of time TO SPARE BEFORE THE SHOW BEGINS.

COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT MEANS THE SAME AS THE FIRST
ONE.

11. The council rarely allows appeals against its decisions.

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=> HARDLY are appeals allowed against the council’s decisions
12. We hope to hear another lecture by Professor Brown in the near future.
=> WE LOOK forward to hearing another lecture by Professor Brown in the near future
13. The movie was so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
=> IT WAS SUCH funny movie that we couldn’t stop laughing
14. “I must get something to eat or I’ll faint.”
=> YOU TOLD ME THAT you had to get something to eat or you would faint
15. He wished he hadn’t spent so much money.
=> HE WAS SORRY for spending so much money
16. We went on with the deal because we didn’t want to leave them high and dry at the
last minute.
=> BECAUSE OF not wanting to leave them high and dry at the last minute, we went on
with the deal
17. In the past, people wouldn’t go as far away on holiday as they do today.
=> IN THE PAST, PEOPLE DIDN’T USE to go as far away on holiday as they do today
18. There aren’t people to make a club of stamp collectors.
=> THERE ARE NOT enough money to make a club of stamp collectors
19. “I’m sorry I shouted at you.”
=> HE apologise for shouting at me
20. The authorities have suspended both players for the next three matches.
=> BOTH PLAYERS have been suspended by the authorities for the next three matches
21. Though my house was cheaper than Norman’s, it is bigger and more attractive.
=> NORMAN’S HOUSE MAY be more expensive but not as big and attractive as mine
22. I walked away as calmly as I could so that they wouldn’t think I was a thief.
=> IN CASE they thought I was a thief, i walked away as calmly as I could
23. “I didn’t come to work because I was ill,” she said to her boss.
=> SHE EXPLAINED to her boss why she had not come to work
24. The salesman told me that my new car would be delivered next Wednesday.
=> ACCORDING to the saleman, my new car would be delivered next Wednesday
25. I didn’t realise who he was until later.
=> ONLY LATER did I relise who he was