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For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given.

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1. [first=" The service at the hotel wasn't as good as I expected." word="COME" beginning="The service at the hotel " answer="didn't come up to#did not come up to" ending=" my expectations."]

2. [first=" She has taken it upon herself to take care of her mother." word="COMMITTED" beginning="She has " answer="committed herself to taking" ending=" care of her mother."]

3. [first=" Were Donna not so beautiful, Mark wouldn't be marrying her." word="BEAUTY" beginning="But " answer="for Donna's beauty" ending=" , Mark wouldn't be marrying her."]

4. [first=" I was surprised to find out that Chris hadn't married Lucy." word="SURPRISE" beginning="It " answer="came as a surprise to" ending=" me that Chris hadn't married Lucy."]

5. [first=" The deaths of almost seventy people were caused by the tornado." word="RESULTED" beginning="The tornado " answer="resulted in the deaths of" ending=" almost seventy people."]

6. [first=" 'I wish I'd had the chance to visit Moscow', Teresa said." word="NOT" beginning="Teresa regretted " answer="not having had#that she had not had" ending=" the chance to visit Moscow."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    DIDN'T COME UP TO/DID NOT COME UP TO
PHRASAL VERB COME UP TO
If someone or something comes up to a required standard they meet that standard:
The meal didn't come up to expectations.
 
2)    COMMITTED HERSELF TO TAKING
VERB + YOURSELF + PREPOSITION COMMIT YOURSELF TO + GERUND
To say that someone will definitely do something or must do something:
Throughout medical school I have committed myself to finding the one specialty that aligns perfectly with my personality. 
 
3)    FOR ANN'S BEAUTY
CONJUNCTION BUT FOR + NOUN 
Used when you are saying that something would have happened if something or someone else had not prevented it:
But for your courage, we would all have gone to the prison. 
 
4)    CAME AS A SURPRISE TO
IDIOM  COME AS A SURPRISE TO SB
An event, a piece of news, etc. that is unexpected or that happens suddenly:
This should not come as a surprise given the various statistics we've gathered about retirement savings in America.
 
5)    RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF
VERB + PREPOSITION RESULT IN SOMETHING
To make something happen:
Recent explosive human population growth has resulted in an excess of rare genetic variants.
 
6)    NOT HAVING HAD/THAT HE HAD NOT HAD
REPORTED SPEECH REGRET + GERUND
To feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do:
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.