1. Pau 2011
• It is essential that the bridge is finished before May. The bridge…
• The bridge must be finished …
• ‘Why don’t you buy a new car?’, she said to him. She suggested
• She suggested buying a new car
• I haven’t heard about John for a long time. The last…
• The last time I heard about John was a long time ago
• Many people were watching the match on TV. The match…
• The match was being watched on TV by many people
• My office is an hour away by car.It takes…
• It takes me an hour to get to my office by car
• Sharon is said to be very attractive. People…
• People say that Sharon is very attractive
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2. •They couldn’t play because it was raining. They couldn’t play because
of…
•They couldn’t play because of the rain
•My mother didn’t let me stay in the country. I…
•I wasn’t allowed to stay in the country
•Unless you study harder, you won’t pass the exam. If…
•If you don’t study harder, you won’t pass the exam
•The old man astonished my brother. The old man
•My brother was astonished by the old man
•I have never been to the ballet before. It’s…
•It’s the first time I am in a ballet
• I can’t speak French so I’m not going to live in France. If
•If I could speak French, I would live in France
•Getting up early doesn’t suit me at all.I am not used…
• I am not used to getting up early
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3. •I bought a pair of jeans. They were very cheap (relative clause)
•I bought a pair of jeans which were very cheap
•He didn't run as fast as Janet. (comparative)
•Janet ran faster than him
•Sean joined the Army two years ago.(present perfect)
•Sean has been in the Army for two years
•It's a long time since she wrote to me.(present perfect)
•She hasn’t written to me for a long time
•A doctor is taking the woman´s temperature.(passive)
•The woman is having her temperature taken
•Historians think that Tchaikovski didn’t have a happy childhood.(passive)
•It is said that Tchaikovski didn’t…/ Tchaikovsky is said not to have had…
•Someone should have written to the newspaper about this problem.(passive)
•The newspaper should have been written to …
•Harry didn’t type as fast as Jane.(comparative)
•Jane typed faster than Jane
•Jack runs faster than John, Mary and Tom. (superlative)
•Jack runs the fastest of the three
•‘Why haven't you told me this before ?’, he asked her.(reported speech)
•He asked her why she hadn’t told him before
•‘What a beautiful dress !’, she said. (reported speech)
•She said that the dress was beautiful / She said that what a beautiful dress it was!
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4. • During the day, Fatima was so ______ that she
never once thought of the Blue Closet, but when
all the guests were ______, she felt a great desire
to know what it______. She took out the key,
and went down the stairs that led to it. On
______the door, she stopped, and began to
reason with herself, and her heart failed her,
because she ______ that she was not doing
right. But her desire to know about the closet
grew ______each moment, and at last she put
the key into the _____ and opened the door.
• Busy/gone/had-contained/reaching/knew/stronger/lock
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