Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them
4. Both teenagers and adults are reading this magazine.
→This magazine
5. I am a little too short; I want to be taller.
→ I wish I
6. I turned off the television because I had seen that program.
→ I had seen that program
7. "Have you given my message to Wendy?" Susan said to me.
Susan asked me
8. "Where are you staying now?"
→He asked me
9. "Did you telephone Jill yesterday?'
→He asked me
10. The author started to write a new book two months ago.
→ The author has been
11. My uncle couldn't work very hard because he had bad health
→He had bad health
12. You don't practice regularly, so your English doesn't improve much
→ Your English
13. Designers have added new patterns to the dress to make it more fashionable
→ New patterns
14. You must finish this work by 5 p.m.
→ This work
15. You keep milk in the fridge.
→ Milk
16. It hasn't rained for three months.
→ It last
17. It's three weeks since I last received a letter from my best friend.
→I haven't
18. Janet began to study French six months ago.
→ Janet has
19. I haven't visited this church before.
→This is the first time
20. Mrs. Hoa likes to travel abroad for her holidays.
→Mrs. Hoa enjoys
21. My father doesn't have time to take me out regularly.
-I wish
22. When I was a child, we lived in the countryside.
- We used
23. My elder brother started playing the guitar 2 years ago.
-my elder brother has
IV. Rewrite each sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentences printed before
1. I've never met anyone famous before
=> It's the.....most famous person i have ever met..
2. It's a long time since he's seen his grandmother.
=> He hasn't...seen his grandmother for a long time...
3. Walking in the city at night is dangerous
=> It's dangerous...to walk in the city at night....
4. Although she was successful , she felt dissatisfied.
=> In spite of..being successful , she felt dissatisfied....
5. It snowed heavily, so we couldn't arrive home early.
The snow was so...heavy that we couldn't arrive home early....