I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one. (10 pts)
1. I am really sorry I didn’t attend the meeting yesterday.
I really wish ___________________________________________________________________
2. It was so late that we couldn’t finish the work.
It was not________________________________________________________________
3. He didn’t have enough money, so he couldn’t buy the big house.
If__________________________________________________________________
4. I haven’t seen her for over two months now.
It’s________________________________________________________________
5. My mother asked me whether I had slept well the night before.
My mother asked, “__________________________________________________________________
6. He failed to persuade his father to lend him his motorbike.
He didn't ___________________________________________________________________
7. Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the burning house.
In spite_______________________________________________________________
8. Please do not chew gum in the lobby.
Would you mind ___________________________________________________________________
9. I should really be going now.
It’s________________________________________________________________
10. The snow was so heavy that all the planes couldn’t take off.
The heavy snow______________________________________________________________
II. Use the suggested words and phrases to make complete sentences. (10 pts)
1. Margaret/ not/ apply/ job/ library/ and/ regret it/ now
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2. Unless/ you/ hurry/ you/ not/ able/ catch/ train.
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3. Castle/ build/ 17th century?
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4. Children/ very fond/ play/ rain.
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5. He/ most intelligent boy/ I/ ever/ meet.
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6. He/ now/ work/ mechanic/ car factory.
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7. You/ like/ spend/ free time/ play badminton/ me?
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8. If/ he/ give up/ smoke/ health/ become/ better/ better.
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9. We/ bored/ eat/ same food/ every day.
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10. They/ decide/ go/ beach/although/ it/ rain/ hard.
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I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one. (10 pts)
1. This is the most interesting film I’ve ever seen.
I’ve_____never seen such an interesting film___________________________________________
2. He started collecting stamps in 1990.
He has ___collected stamps since 1990________________________________________________
3. She is the most intelligent in our class.
Nobody___in our class is as intelligent as her__________________________________________
4. She asked Tom if he had watched the football match on TV the night before.
She asked, “_____Did you watch the football match on TV last night? Tom"_____________________________________________
5. She can’t go shopping because she has a bad cold.
If______she didn't have a bad cold, she could go shopping ____________________________________________
6. She tiptoed out of the room because she didn’t want to wake the baby up.
To avoid____waking the baby up, she tiptoed out of the room___________________________________________
7. They worked very hard, but they could not earn enough to buy a house.
No matter____how hard they worked,they could not earn enough to buy a house. __________________________________________
8. “Would you mind closing the window?” she said to Peter.
She asked ____Peter to closing the window_______________________________________________
9. As he grows older he becomes more cheerful.
The older _____he grows, the more cheerful he becomes______________________________________________
10. Those pictures are so beautiful.
How __beautiful the picture is_________________________________________________