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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=" We have given the tools to all the workers." word="PROVIDED" beginning="All the workers " answer="have been provided with" ending=" the tools."]

2. [first=" I'm going to reveal the truth somehow or other." word="ANOTHER" beginning="In " answer="one way or another" ending=" I'm going to reveal the truth."]

3. [first=" Leonard demands that the project should be finished now." word="INSISTENT" beginning="Leonard " answer="is insistent on finishing#'s insistent on finishing" ending=" the project."]

4. [first=" I think a good meal would do you good." word="BENEFIT" beginning="I think you would " answer="benefit from a good" ending=" meal."]

5. [first=" Although I like him very much, I don't want to socialize with him." word="LIKE" beginning="Much " answer="as I like him" ending=" , I don't want to socialize with him."]

6. [first=" She had only just entered the house when the telephone rang." word="SOONER" beginning="No " answer="sooner had she entered" ending=" the house than the telephone rang."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH
PASSIVE VOICE/VERB + PREPOSITION PROVIDE SB WITH STH
To give something to somebody or make it available for them to use:
She provided them with a bed for the night.
 
2)    ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
IDIOM IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
Used to say that someone does or will do something somehow, although you are not sure how:
In one way or another, I'm going to finish this project by next month. 
 
3)    IS INSISTENT ON FINISHING/'S INSISTENT ON FINISHING
ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION INSISTENT ON
Demanding something firmly and refusing to accept any opposition or excuses:
He was insistent on having a contract for the work. 
 
4)    BENEFIT FROM A GOOD
VERB + PREPOSITION  BENEFIT FROM
If you benefit from something or it benefits you, it gives you an advantage, improves your life, or helps you in some way: 
He benefited from her advice.
 
5)    AS I LIKE HIM
IDIOM MUCH AS
MUCH AS => ALTHOUGH
Much as I would like to stay, I really have to come back to work.

 

6)    SOONER HAD SHE ENTERED
INVERSION NO SOONER + THAN
Used to say that something happens immediately after something else:
No sooner had I reached the door than I realised it was locked.