Question

Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.

Hard _____________________________________________________.
2. Do all the washing, please!

Let ______________________________________________________.
3. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.

I wish ___________________________________________________.

4. Mick thought that we were married.

Mick was under ____________________________________________.

5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.

But for his command _______________________________________.

Answer 1

Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.

Hard _________________________as she works, she never seems to succeed____________________________.
2. Do all the washing, please!

Let _____________________________all the washing be done_________________________.
3. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.

I wish ___________________________I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him________________________.

4. Mick thought that we were married.

Mick was under _______________________the impression that we were married_____________________.

5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.

But for his command __________________of the local dialect, we could have been put into prison_____________________.

Answer 2

Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.

Hard as she works, she never seems so succeed.
2. Do all the washing, please!

Let all the washing be done.
3. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.

I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him.

4. Mick thought that we were married.

Mick was under the impression that we were married.

5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.

But for his command of the local dialect, we would have gone to prison.