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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=" She's not much interested in outdoor sports." word="GO" beginning="She doesn't really " answer="go in for" ending=" outdoor sports."]

2. [first=" You're playing computer games too often. It's very bad for your eyes." word="HAVE" beginning="I can't " " answer="have you playing" ending=" computer games so often. It's very bad for your eyes."]

3. [first=" Betty really started her career as a secretary." word="DID" beginning="Betty " answer="did start her career" ending=" as a secretary."]

4. [first=" She had never been so happy before." word="THAN" beginning="She was " answer="happier than ever#happier than she had ever been#happier than she'd ever been" ending=" before."]

5. [first=" Isn't Britney similar to the women from the movie?" word="BEAR" beginning="Doesn't Britney " answer="bear resemblance to" ending=" the woman from the movie?"]

6. [first=" I spent many sleepless nights in the lab trying to do everything we can before he left." word="NIGHT" beginning="I spent " answer="many a sleepless night" ending=" in the lab trying to do everything we can before he left."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    GO IN FOR
PHRASAL VERB GO IN FOR
To have something as an interest or a hobby:
She doesn't go in for team sports.
 
2)    HAVE YOU PLAYING
NOT ALLOW SUBJECT + CAN'T + HAVE + PRONOUN + GERUND
It indicates that that the speaker cannot allow something because it would have bad results for the person addressed:
We can't have people wandering about on private land.
 
3)    DID START HER CAREER
EMPHASIS DO
Used when no other auxiliary verb is present, to emphasize what you are saying:
You do look nice in that suit. 
 
4)    HAPPIER THAN EVER/HAPPIER THAN SHE HAD (SHE'D) EVER BEEN
COMPARISON + CONJUNCTION COMPARATIVE + THAN
Used to introduce the second part of a comparison:
She had woken even earlier than usual. 
 
5)    BEAR RESEMBLANCE TO
IDIOM BEAR RESEMBLANCE TO
If there is a resemblance between two people or things, they are similar, especially in the way they look:
Do you think that Wally bears any resemblance to his sister Mary?
 
6)    MANY A SLEEPLESS NIGHT
QUANTITY MANY A SOMETHING
Used with a singular noun and verb to mean 'a large number of':
Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.