HSG 12 -1 + KEY

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Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence using the word given( The
given words must not be altered in any way)
16. Don’t you regret not learning to swim? ( WISH)
→ Don’t … swim?
17. The telephone rang right after he had left the room.
→ Hardly…
18. It’s impossible for us to measure the distances between planets because they are very immense.
→ The distances…
19. A country can not be prosperous if it is not quite independent.
→ Only…
20. I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly.
→ The time I had…
21. What exactly am I supposed to have done wrong? ( STAND)
22. Good colour sense is instinctive for some people. ( COME)
23. Don’t ask him about the accident, he’s upset already. ( STATE)
24. Everyone’s saying the government is about to resign. ( RU MOURED)
25. The senior students believe that they are old enough to choose which classes to attend.
( REGARD)
26. Since the company’s methods were exposed in a newspaper, people have lost their good opinion of
it. (DISREPUTE)
27. What really depresses me is this continual wet weather. (GETS)
28. We missed the bus because we had overslept. ( CONSEQUENCE)
29. She passed the world around that she was looking for a flat. (KNOWN)
30. They continued to suggest that I was lying. ( PERSISTED)
KEY
16. Don’t you regret not learning to swim? ( WISH)
→ Don’t ( you wish you had learnt ) swim?
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17. The telephone rang right after he had left the room. → Hardly…( had he left the room the telephone rang.)
18. It’s impossible for us to measure the distances between planets because they are very immense.

→ The distances…( between the planets are so immense that’s it is …measure them.)
19. A country can not be prosperous if it is not quite independent.
→ Only…( when it is quite independent can a country be prosperous .
20. I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly.
→ The time I had…( was too short to visit the town properly.
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21. What exactly am I supposed to have done wrong? ( STAND) What exactly do I stand accused of?
22. Good colour sense is instinctive for some people. ( COME)
Good colour sense comes naturally to some people.
23. Don’t ask him about the accident, he’s upset already. ( STATE)
Don’t ask him about the accident, he’s in the state already.
24. Everyone’s saying the government is about to resign. ( RU MOURED)
It is rumoured the government is about to resign.
25. The senior students believe that they are old enough to choose which classes to attend. ( REGARD) The senior
students regard themselves as (being) old enough to choose…
26. Since the company’s methods were exposed in a newspaper, people have lost their good opinion of it.
(DISREPUTE) Since… newspapers, it has fallen into dispute.
27. What really depresses me is this continual wet weather. (GETS)
What really gets me down is this continual wet weather
28. We missed the bus because we had overslept. ( CONSEQUENCE)
We missed the bus as a consequence of over-sleeping.
29. She passed the world around that she was looking for a flat. (KNOWN)
She let it be known that she was looking for a flat.
30. They continued to suggest that I was lying. ( PERSISTED) They persisted in suggesting that I was lying.