1/ Although Nam was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon overpowered him.  Despite = 2/ He can speak French well enough to go to the

1/ Although Nam was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon overpowered him.

⇒ Despite his superior strength, Christopher was soon overpowered by his attacker.

2/ He can speak French well enough to go to the conference. (FLUENT)

⇒ His French is fluent enough to go to the conference.

3/ I think we ought to permit him to do whatever he chooses. (HAND)

⇒ I think we ought to give him a free hand.

4/ This is the quickest way to get into the town centre.

⇒ There is no quicker way than this  to get into the town centre.

5/ The decorators have finished the whole of the first floor.

⇒ We have the whole of the first floor finished by the decorators.

6/ I felt stupid when I realized what I’d done. (FOOL)

⇒ I felt such a fool when I realized what I’d done.

7/ Would you like to contribute something to our campaign? (MAKE)

⇒ Would you like make a contribution to our campaign?

8/ I’m sure you were driving too fast.

⇒ You must have been driving too fast.

9/ It was overeating that caused his heart attack.

⇒ If he hadn’t overeaten, he wouldn’t have had a heart attack.

10/ My boyfriend is very short-tempered.

⇒ My boyfriend loses his temper very easily.

11/ Money is of little value on a desert island. (COUNTS)

⇒ Money counts for little in the island. 

12/ The last time we were here was in 1980.

⇒ We haven’t been here since 1980.

13/ John is very self-confident. (CONFIDENCE)

⇒ John has a lot of confidence in himself.

14/ There is no ice cream left. (RUN)

⇒We have run out of ice-cream.

15/ I had better go back to work. (TIME)

⇒It is time I got back to work.

16/ He is more a lecturer than a teacher.

⇒He is not so good a teacher as a lecturer.

17/ Collecting stamps is Peter’s great passion. (CRAZY)

⇒ Peter is crazy about collecting stamps.

18/ He watched videos all day. (ENTIRE)

⇒ He spent the entire day watching the videos.

19/ The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours.

⇒ It took three and half hours to fly to Moscow.

26. Today/ there/ be/ little/ traffic/ yesterday.

⇒Today there is a little traffic yesterday.

27. long/ does/ how/ you/ take/ home/ market/ go/ to/ from/ the/ it/to/ ?

⇒How long does you take it from home to the market?

Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.

28. Nick hasn’t been to Vietnam before. (time)

⇒This is the first time Nick has been to Viet Nam.

29. When I was young, I regularly walked to school. (used)

⇒ I used to walk to school when I was young.

30. You don’t need to talk so loudly.

⇒ There is no need for you to talk so loudly

31. Whenever she went to Paris she bought a new dress.

⇒ She never went to Paris without buying a new dress. 

32. She intended to find out who is responsible for the accident.

⇒ She had an intention of finding out who is responsible for the accident.

33. The train couldn’t run because of the storm.

⇒The storm prevented the train from running.

34. He prefers plain water to coffee.

⇒ He would like plain water than coffee.

35. Although she said that she would come, I don’t think she ever will.

⇒ Despite the fact that she said she would come, I don”t think she ever will.

36. We invited a pop star onto the chat show, but he didn’t turn up.

⇒ The pop star that we invited onto the chat show didn’t turn up.

37. My father used to play football when he was young.

⇒ My father doesn’t  play football anymore.

38. We got lost in the jungle because we didn’t have a map.

⇒ If we had had a map, we wouldn’t have got lost in the jungle.

39. It is a three-hour drive from Hanoi to Nam Dinh.

⇒ It takes three hours to drive from Hanoi to Nam Dinh.

40. When did you first know him?

⇒ How long have you known him?

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