Question

III. REWRITING THESE SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR MEANING
1. It takes him one hour to read newspapers every day
→He spends.................... .............................. every day
2. They will need two years to build the house.
→It will take ................................................. the house
3. He did that exercise in an hour.
→He spent ................................................................
4. She always walks to school.
→She always goes to school on....................................foot
5. I won’t swim in the sea because it is too cold.
→The sea is not .............................................................
6. The bread was too stale to eat.
→The bread ....................................................................to eat.
7. He started to play the guitar five years ago.
→He has played ....................................................................
8. She hasn’t ridden a horse before.
→It’s the first ....................................................................
9. We last went to the cinema two months ago.
→We have ....................................................................
10. It hasn’t rained for nearly two weeks.
→It last ....................................................................

Answer 1

1. It takes him one hour to read newspapers every day
→He spends.......one hour reading newspaper........... .............................. every day
2. They will need two years to build the house.
→It will take ........them 2 years to built......................................... the house
3. He did that exercise in an hour.
→He spent .......................................an hour doing that exercise.........................
4. She always walks to school.
→She always goes to school on....................................foot
5. I won’t swim in the sea because it is too cold.
→The sea is not ............warm enough for me to swim in.................................................
6. The bread was too stale to eat.
→The bread ..............was not fresh enough ......................................................to eat.
7. He started to play the guitar five years ago.
→He has played ........the guitar fpr 5 years............................................................
8. She hasn’t ridden a horse before.
→It’s the first ...........time she has ridden a horse.........................................................
9. We last went to the cinema two months ago.
→We have ..........not gone to the cinema 2 months ago..........................................................
10. It hasn’t rained for nearly two weeks.
→It last ..........rained nearly 2 weeks ago..........................................................