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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=" The old factory is now a shopping centre." word="TURNED" beginning="The old factory " answer="has been turned into" ending=" a shopping centre."]

2. [first=" Many economists were severely critical of the government's economic policies." word="FROM" beginning="There " " answer="was severe criticism from many economists of" ending=" the government's economic policies."]

3. [first=" It seems that sales in Germany have decreased significantly this year." word="DECREASE" beginning="There seems " answer="to have been a significant decrease in" ending=" sales in Germany this year."] 

4. [first=" You have to remember that he is a rugby fanatic." word="ACCOUNT" beginning="You have to " answer="take into account that he is mad#take into account that he is crazy#take into account that he is enthusiastic" ending=" about rugby."]

5. [first=" Paula really should get somebody to repair her washing machine." word="ABOUT" beginning="It is " answer="about time Paula had#about time Paula had got" ending=" her washing machine repaired."]

6. [first=" The best way to make him study is to promise him a new smartphone." word="THAN" beginning="There's no " answer="better way to make him study than by" ending=" promising him a new smartphone."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    HAS (NOW) BEEN TURNED INTO
PASSIVE VOICE + PHRASAL VERB HAS BEEN + TURNED INTO
TURN STH INTO STH => to make somebody/something become something:
Twenty years of prison had turned her into an old woman.

 
2)    WAS SEVERE CRITICISM FROM MANY ECONOMISTS OF
ADJECTIVE + (NOUN + PREPOSITION) SEVERE + CRITICISM FROM
CRITICISM FROM SB (OF STH) => comments that show that you think sth is wrong or bad:
Plans for the new road have drawn fierce criticism from local people.

 
3)    TO HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN
PERFECT INFINITIVE + (NOUN + PREPOSITION) TO HAVE BEEN + DECREASE IN
DECREASE IN => the process of reducing something:
Studies report a recent decrease in traffic accidents.

 
 
4)    TAKE INTO ACCOUNT (THAT) HE IS MAD (CRAZY/ENTHUSIASTIC) 
PHRASE + (ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION) TAKE INTO ACCOUNT (THAT) + MAD ABOUT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT (THAT) => to consider something when judging a situation:
A good architect takes into account the building's surroundings.

 
5)    ABOUT TIME LISA HAD (GOT)
UNREAL PRESENT + CAUSATIVE IT'S ABOUT TIME + HAVE STH DONE
IT'S (ABOUT/HIGH) TIME + PAST SIMPLE (UNREAL SITUATION):
It's about time you went to bed.

 
6)    BETTER WAY TO MAKE HIM STUDY THAN BY
PHRASE THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO + INFINITIVE + THAN + BY + GERUND
NO BETTER => not better than something else or something before:
There's no better way to learn about the world than by seeing it.