I. Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
1. The children prefer cycling to walking.
The children would rather ------------------------------------------------------------
2. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home.
I’d rather --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to buy that car.
I’d rather -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. I would prefer you deliver this sofa on Friday.
I’d rather you -------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Please don’t go there now.
I’d rather you ------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. She has a one-hour journey to work every day.
Her journey ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. I had to spend two hours finishing my assignment.
It took ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. We spent three hours opening the door.
It took ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. He washed his car in one hour.
It took ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. They built that bridge in three years.
It took -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
The sea was too -------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. The ink was so faded that I couldn’t read the word.
The ink was too ---------------------------------------------------------------------
13. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.
It was ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. He is such a slow speaker that his students get bored.
He speaks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. These questions are too difficult for us to answer.
These questions are so ---------------------------------------------------------------
16. He spoke too quickly for me to understand.
He spoke so ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. The air is too polluted for us to breathe.
The air is not ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. The tea was too hot for him to drink.
It was such ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
19. The garden is too small to play football in.
The garden isn’t -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20. The box was too heavy for the child to carry.
The box was so ------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was such ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming
The ink was too faded to read the word
It was such a low bridge that the bus couldn't go under it
He speaks so slowly that his students get bored
These questions are so difficult that we can not answer