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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 eight words, including the word given.

 

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1. [first=" I'll need to find some time to tidy up the attic tomorrow." word="ROUND" beginning="I'll need to " anwer="get round to tidying up" ending=" the attic tomorrow."]

2. [first=" She was reluctant to sell her old car." word="WITH" beginning="It was "  answer="with regret that she sold" ending=" her old car."]

3. [first=" It is a pity I didn't meet your sister at the conference yesterday." word="HAVE" beginning="I would " answer="like to have met" ending=" your sister at the conference yesterday."]

4. [first=" Adam is said that he is now recovering in one of the leading private hospitals." word="RECOVERY" beginning="Adam is said " answer="to be making a recovery" ending=" in one of the leading private hospitals."]

5. [first=" Another two years were to pass before he saw his mother again." word="GONE" beginning="Not " answer="until two years had gone by did" ending=" he see his mother again."]

6. [first=" Ann was the only person who wasn't at all interested in the concert." word="EXCEPT" beginning="Everybody enjoyed the concert " answer="except for Helen who showed no" ending=" interest in it whatsoever."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    GET ROUND TO TIDYING UP
PHRASAL VERB + GERUND GET ROUND TO + ING
GET ROUND TO => to do something that you have been intending to do for some time:
I haven't got round to unpacking from my holiday yet.
 
2)    WITH REGRET THAT SHE SOLD
PHRASE WITH REGRET THAT 
Sadness that you feel about something:
It is with great regret that I must decline your offer.
 
3)    LIKE TO HAVE MET
PHRASE  WOULD LIKE TO + PERFECT INFINITY
Present regret about past event:
I didn't want to do it at the time, but now I would like to have done it.
 
4)    TO BE MAKING A RECOVERY
PASSIVE VOICE WITH REPORTING VERB + COLLOCATION (REPORTING VERB + TO BE) + MAKING A RECOVERY
MAKE A RECOVERY => to get well again after being ill/sick, hurt, etc.
My father has made a full recovery from the operation. 
 
5)    UNTIL TWO YEARS HAD GONE BY DID
INVERSION NOT UNTIL ... 
Used after expressions with 'not' ..., such as not only, not until, and also not + object:
Not until I filled my glass did I notice that it was broken.
 
6)    EXCEPT FOR HELEN WHO SHOWED NO
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE EXCEPT FOR
Used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true:
Everything was perfect except for the weather.