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 ____________________________________________________________________.
a) It's high time for us to go home.
=> It's high time we went home.
b) You can't go in to this restaurant without a jacket and tie.
=> Unless you have a jacket and tie, you can't go into this restaurant.
c) The question was so difficult that no one could answer it.
=> It was such a difficult question that no one could answer it.
d) She hasn't finished the letter yet
=> This letter hasn't been finished yet.
e) He isn't good at English. He can't get a job.
=> If he were good at English, he could get a job.