3.They have bought this house for ten years.
4.At the end of the course, there was a big party.
5. The pop star whom we invited onto the chat show didn't turn up.
6. Despite saying that she would come, I don't think she ever will.
7. No sooner had the plane left the airport than the accident happened.
8. Had you slept well last night, you wouldn't feel tired now.
9. How long have you been starting the project?
10. The church where their wedding will be held is lovely.
EXERCISE 7:
1.My father doesn't play football anymore.
2. I was given a present by Jane on my last birthday.
3. She suggests going swimming.
4. He offered me a cup of coffee.
5. If we had had a map, we wouldn't have got lost in the jungle.
6. I haven't seen Bob since I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
7.It takes three hours to drive from Hanoi to Namdinh.
8.I wish you had told us about this.
9.The owner of the house is thought to be abroad.
10.The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming.
EXERCISE 8:
1. How long have you known him?
2.They had a three-day trip.
3.In case it rains hard this afternoon, take the raincoat with you.
4.She forgot to do the washing up.
5. It is easy to learn English.
6. If you leave the lights on all night, you will waste electricity.
7. It was too old to keep the furniture.
8. No one else in her class is as good a guitarist as Gary.
9. Since the computer was invented, people have saved a lot of time.
10. Everybody needs to clean up their neighborhood once a week.
EXERCISE 1: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. You don't have to finish the work today.
2. Sally finally succeeded in getting a job.
3. I certainly won't go to that restaurant again.
4. You'd better take a holiday, the doctor said.
5. Unless you rest yourself, you really will be ill.
6. What I should like is to be taken out to dinner.
7. Martin's poor health doesn't stop him from enjoying life.
8. They can't leave the dog when they go on holiday.
9.The break-up of the marriage heavily stressed my aunt.
10. I find it hard to believe that he passed the exam.
EXERCISE 2: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. There is no faster way to get to the city center.
2. He is the most likely person to solve the problems.
3. We didn't arrive early enough to see the first film.
4. I'd rather you didn't smoke in here.
5. It took him two hours to write the letter.
6. My father suggested going out for a walk.
7. Though Mr. Benson is old, he runs 8 miles before breakfast.
8. It was interesting to me to have our conversation.
9. Whatever the reason was for doing that?
10. I made these bookshelves myself.
EXERCISE 3: Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. You play tennis better than I do.
2. It's two years since I last went to the dentist's.
3. She never went to Paris without buying a new dress.
4. After spending seven years at secondary school, I went to university.
5. There's no point in trying to make her change her mind.
6. He denied stealing the car.
