Question

1. When I was younger I used to go climbing more than I do now.

Now . . . . . . . . .

2. Englandno longer had dreadful fogs.

There used to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. It is years since we decorated the room.

We haven’t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. By the time we arrive the other guests will have already started dinner.

The other guests will start . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. I would like the school holidays to be longer.

I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. John is not old enough to join the club.

John is too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. He is to blame for his mistakes. This is very necessary.

It . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8. He must pass his intermediate level English examination. That was obligatory.

It . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. The mother came and lived with them to take care of their children. That was their-   request.

It . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. Isabel: “You can’t borrow my pen, Robert”.

 Isabel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11. You lied to him, which was wrong.

You . . . . . . . . . .

Answer 1

1. When I was younger I used to go climbing more than I do now.

Now I do not go climbing as much as I used to when I was younger . . . . . . . .

2. Englandno longer had dreadful fogs.

There used to  be dreadful fogs in England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. It is years since we decorated the room.

We haven’t.decorated the room for years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. By the time we arrive the other guests will have already started dinner.

The other guests will start .dinner before we arrive. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. I would the school holidays to be longer.

I wish the school holidays were longer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. John is not old enough to join the club.

John is too . young to join the club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. He is to blame for his mistakes. This is very necessary.

It .  is very necessary for him to be to blame for his mistakes.. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8. He must pass his intermediate level English examination. That was obligatory.

It   was obligatory for him to pass his intermediate level English examination
9. The mother came and lived with them to take care of their children. That was their-   request.

It .was their request that the mother came and lived with them to take care of their children.
 10. Isabel: “You can’t borrow my pen, Robert”.

 Isabel . . deny lending Robert her pen

11. You lied to him, which was wrong.

You .were wrong to lie to him . . . . . . . . .