1. "You broke the window" said the teacher to the
student

The teacher accused

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2. I had better go to the dentist soon

It's
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3. The last time I went to the opera was about 4
months ago

It

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4. "I don't want to go on holiday with you," said Mary
to her boyfriend

Mary told her boyfriend that

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5. Although the film was good it received a poor write
up from the critics

Despite
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6. They had to wait 2 hours before the meeting began

Only after a
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7. Would you mind not smoking here

I'd rather
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8. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't answer the
question

Try
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9. It makes no difference if the play is full booked,
we will still try to get a ticket

We will still try and get a ticket

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10. I would do anything for you

There's
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11. I didn't realise who I had been speaking to till later

Only later
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12. The house was so run down that nobody would
buy it

They had such

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Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Example: There is no point in seeing that film
WORTH
That film isn't worth seeing

13. He is certainly not rich

MEANS

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14. Someone has burgled his house

HAD

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15. I wonder if you could possibly carry this case for me

MIND

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16. He can hardly sleep

VIRTUALLY

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17. Mike had difficulty in finishing his degree

HARD

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18. It wasn't my intention to make you jump

MEAN

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Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D:

19. Guesthouse rooms must be .......... by noon

A. vacated
B. abandoned
C. left
D. evacuated
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20. At the end of the course special prizes were .........
to the winning participants

A. won
B. awarded
C. earned
D. deserved
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21. If the bomb had exploded it could .......... have killed
hundreds of people

A. might
B. well
C. equally
D. yet
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22. After many years of research, they found the
solution ..........

A. by the end
B. at the end
C. at last
D. on the end
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23. "I know it's late, so I shall not .......... you any
longer" said the sales manager to his sales team
participants

A. detain
B. hold up
C. withhold
D. retard
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24. You can go to the party .......... you are back home
by midnight

A. as well as
B. as time as
C. as long as
D. as far as
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25. How many sheets of paper do you think this file
will ..........

A. occupy
B. suit
C. fit
D. hold