Question

1.       Staying at home would be better than going out tonight.

I’d rather________________________________________________________

2.       We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad.

It was such_________________________________________________________

3.       Her parents and she have never been there before.

Neither_______________________________________________________

4.       I never intended to go to the meeting.

I never had_________________________________________________________

5.       John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago.

It is___________________________________________________________

6.       She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.

However_____________________________________________________

7.       I had expected the weather to be worse.

The weather was not__________________________________________________________

8.       She couldn't get to work because of the heavy snow.

The heavy snow________________________________________________________

9.       ’I think we should go by train,’ he told us.

He suggested____________________________________________________

10.   They believe the boss is dishonest.

The boss_________________________________________________________

11.   ’You were cheating,’ said Carol to June.

Carol accused______________________________________________________

12.   Haven't you got any cheaper televisions?

Is this__________________________________________________________

13.   Because he was careless, he had the accident.

If it hadn’t ____________________________________________________________

14.   I won't swim in the sea because it is too cold.

The sea is not__________________________________________________________

15.   If you complained to the manager it would just be a waste of time.

There’s no__________________________________________________________

 

 

Answer 1

1.       Staying at home would be better than going out tonight.

I’d rather___stay at home than go out tonight_____________________________________________________

2.       We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad.

It was such______bad weather that we couldn't go out___________________________________________________

3.       Her parents and she have never been there before.

Neither____her parents nor she have been there before. ___________________________________________________

4.       I never intended to go to the meeting.

I never had_____an intention of going to the meeting____________________________________________________

5.       John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago.

It is_____20 years since John and Mary moved to Edinburgh______________________________________________________

6.       She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.

However_____hard she works, she never seems to succeed________________________________________________

7.       I had expected the weather to be worse.

The weather was not______as bad as I had expected____________________________________________________

8.       She couldn't get to work because of the heavy snow.

The heavy snow_____prevented her from getting to work___________________________________________________

9.       ’I think we should go by train,’ he told us.

He suggested____going by train________________________________________________

10.   They believe the boss is dishonest.

The boss____is believed to be dishonest_____________________________________________________

11.   ’You were cheating,’ said Carol to June.

Carol accused____Jone of being cheating__________________________________________________

12.   Haven't you got any cheaper televisions?

Is this___the cheapest television you have_______________________________________________________

13.   Because he was careless, he had the accident.

If it hadn’t _____been for his carelessness, he wouldn't have had the accident_______________________________________________________

14.   I won't swim in the sea because it is too cold.

The sea is not_____warm enough for me to swim in_____________________________________________________

15.   If you complained to the manager it would just be a waste of time.

There’s no___point in complaining to the manager  _______________________________________________________