I. Rewrite each sentence beginning with the words given so that it has a similar meaning to the original one. (2.0 p)
1. I feel sorry I don’t have enough time to look over the document for you.
→ I wish _________________________________________________________________ .
2. My absence from school yesterday made the teacher angry.
→ Because __________________________________________________________________.
3. They gave me a place to stay and let me use their car.
→ Not only _________________________________________________________________ .
4. It was such a difficult question that we couldn’t answer it.
→ The question was too ________________________________________________________.
5. Jack can’t tell you about that sight because he doesn’t see it.
→ Jack could ________________________________________________________________.
6. The correspondents sent their reports to their newspaper.
→ The correspondents’_________________________________________________________.
7. Computer systems used to be more expensive than they are now.
→ Computer systems now are not ________________________________________________.
8. Mr Brown looks very sad. His team has lost the game.
→ Mr Brown, whose___________________________________________________________.
9. "If I were you, I wouldn’t believe in his words," said my friend to me.
→ My friend advised___________________________________________________________.
10. Fiona was so disappointed that she could not keep on working.
→ Such ____________________________________________________________________.
1. I feel sorry I don’t have enough time to look over the document for you.
→ I wish I had enough time to look over the document for you.
2. My absence from school yesterday made the teacher angry.
→ Because I was absent from school yesterday, the teacher was angry.
3. They gave me a place to stay and let me use their car.
→ Not only did they give me a place ti stay but they also let me use their car.
4. It was such a difficult question that we couldn’t answer it.
→ The question was too difficult for us to answer.
5. Jack can’t tell you about that sight because he doesn’t see it.
→ Jack could tell you about that sight if he saw it.
6. The correspondents sent their reports to their newspaper.
→ The correspondents’ reports were sent to their newspaper.
7. Computer systems used to be more expensive than they are now.
→ Computer systems now are not as expensive as they used to.
8. Mr Brown looks very sad. His team has lost the game.
→ Mr Brown, whose team has lost the game, looks very sad.
9. "If I were you, I wouldn’t believe in his words," said my friend to me.
→ My friend advised me not to believe in his words.
10. Fiona was so disappointed that she could not keep on working.
→ Such a disappointed girl Fiona was that she could not keep on working.