XV. Complete the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. People say she works for a multicultural company.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. They report that there were hundreds of passengers stuck in the airport.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Everyone hopes she will give an excellent performance.  

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

4. People believed the Perfume pagoda was built during the reign of Le Thanh Tong in the 15th century.

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

XV. Complete the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. People say she works for a multicultural company.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. They report that there were hundreds of passengers stuck in the airport.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Everyone hopes she will give an excellent performance.  

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

4. People believed the Perfume pagoda was built during the reign of Le Thanh Tong in the 15th century.

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

Beatrice had had a number of jobs, none of them for very long. She had been a bus conductor ……1…… one time, then a postman, and ...... 2...... she had cleaned the floors in a supermarket. Usually she left the job when she got ......3...... of it. Sometimes she was sacked.

Then one day she saw an ……4…… for a job ……5…… a canal warden. She applied ……6…… the job, just because it sounded interesting, ……7……she had no idea……8……a canal warden did. Surprisingly, she ……9…… the job, and started work a few days ……10…… As ……11…… as she could see, her duties were to ……12…… an official cap and coat, and walk ……13…… the banks of the canal, enjoying the fresh air.

……14…… days when it rained, she ……15……. sit in a cafe nearby and watch the canal ……16……there. She ……17…… us it was the best job she had ever had.

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It was too good to …… 18……  of course. One day, she fell into the canal and shouted …… 19……  help. A fellow warden arrived …… 20……  find some passers - by pulling her out. The news that she could not swim …… 21……a shock to her employers. They said her main purpose was rescuing people …… 22……  fell into the canal. She says she never knew that. She also says they never asked her ……23…… she could swim. Anyway, she had to start looking for …… 24……  job. She says that she might still have been a canal warden if it had not ……25…… for falling into the canal that day.

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Beatrice had had a number of jobs, none of them for very long. She had been a bus conductor ……1…… one time, then a postman, and ...... 2...... she had cleaned the floors in a supermarket. Usually she left the job when she got ......3...... of it. Sometimes she was sacked.

Then one day she saw an ……4…… for a job ……5…… a canal warden. She applied ……6…… the job, just because it sounded interesting, ……7……she had no idea……8……a canal warden did. Surprisingly, she ……9…… the job, and started work a few days ……10…… As ……11…… as she could see, her duties were to ……12…… an official cap and coat, and walk ……13…… the banks of the canal, enjoying the fresh air.

……14…… days when it rained, she ……15……. sit in a cafe nearby and watch the canal ……16……there. She ……17…… us it was the best job she had ever had.

It was too good to …… 18……  of course. One day, she fell into the canal and shouted …… 19……  help. A fellow warden arrived …… 20……  find some passers - by pulling her out. The news that she could not swim …… 21……a shock to her employers. They said her main purpose was rescuing people …… 22……  fell into the canal. She says she never knew that. She also says they never asked her ……23…… she could swim. Anyway, she had to start looking for …… 24……  job. She says that she might still have been a canal warden if it had not ……25…… for falling into the canal that day.

II. Choose the sentence that is closet in meaning to the one given.

1. She only remembered her appointment with the doctor when she arrived home.

A. It was not until she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

B. It was not until she arrived home did she remember her appointment with the doctor.

C. Only when she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

D. Not until she arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

2. The situation was so embarrassing that she did not know what to do.

A. So embarrassing the situation was that she did not know what to do.

B. It was such an embarrassing situation; however, she did not know what to do.

C. She did not know what to do, though it was not an embarrassing situation.

D. So embarrassing was the situation that she did not know what to do.

3. Without skillful surgery he would not have survived the operation.

A. With skillful surgery he would have survived the operation.

B. Had it not been for skillful surgery he would have survived the operation.

C. But for skillful surgery he would not have survived the operation.

D. He wouldn’t have survived the operation if he hadn’t had skillful surgery.

4. Jenny is so creative that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

A. Being creative, we all can rely on Jenny for original ideas.

B. So creative is Jenny that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

C. Creative as Jenny is, we all can rely on her for original ideas.

D. Jenny is such creative girl that we all can rely on her for original ideas.

5. We only dispatch goods after receiving the money.

A. Only after the money is received do we dispatch goods.

B. After the money is received do we dispatch goods.

C. Only after is the money received we dispatch goods.

D. Only after we dispatch goods is the money received.

1We bought this picture a long time ago. We (have) it for ages.
2Sandra finds her mobile phone very useful. She (use) it all the time.
3There’s a new road to the motorway. They (open) it yesterday.
4We decided not to go out because it (rain) quite hard.
5Vicky doesn’t know where her watch is. She (lose) it.
6We had no car at that time. We (sell) our old one.
7I bought a new jacket last week but I (not wear) it yet.
8Claire is on skiing holiday. She (enjoy) it, she says on the postcard.
9The color of this paint is absolutely awful. I (hate) it.
10Henry is annoyed. He (wait) a long time for Claire.