Sentence transformation
'You never listen to me,' she said to us.
She accused________
us of never listening to her.
X7
He accused them for copying his idea.
WRONG
He accused them of copying his idea. X5
What's the difference between a tutor and a lecturer?
A tutor teaches private lessons and a lecturer talks to a big audience.
X8
My brother failed his end-of-year exams so is going to
_______________ them in September.
retake
X5
'I'm going to study hard for the exam,' said Lee.
Lee told us that ___________________ hard for the exam.
he was going to study
X10
'We're getting married in the spring,' the couple said.
The couple announced that ________
they were/are getting married in the spring.
She warned us not to get home late.
RIGHT
What's the difference between 'raise' and 'rise'?
You raise someone or something (e.g., your hand). To rise means to move upwards (e.g., the sun usually rises before 6 AM).
X2
My sister is doing a 12-month _________________ to become a qualified electrician.
apprenticeship
X6
Tim: 'Well, are you two coming or not?'
Tim is asking ___________________
or not.
if/whether we're coming
X2
'OK. I'll help you with your homework,' said my friend.
My friend offered___________
to help me with my homework.
X3
I wondered why were they behaving so strangely.
I wondered why they were behaving so strangely.
X2
What does 'campus' mean?
It is the area of land where an educational institution's buildings are.
X3
I have to write a 3000-word _________________ on
Mayan history for Friday.
assignment
X3
'I sent those forms weeks ago,' said Jurgen.
Jurgen told us that he _______________ weeks before.
had sent those forms
'Don't ever do that again!' he said to me.
He warned __________
me to never do that again.
They suggested to meet up around 9 p.m.
WRONG
They suggested meeting up around 9 p.m.
X3
What is a school's curriculum?
It is the set of things that students study.
There are no exams in this course. It's done by
regular ________________ of our progress.
assessment
X3
'How old are you?' she asked.
She asked me ___________________.
how old I was
'You'd better have a word with them,' she said
to me.
She advised _______________
me to have a word with them.
X2
They insisted on speaking English all evening.
RIGHT
X2
What does the mission statement of a school explain? How does it guide a school's decision?
The mission statement of a school explains its purpose, what it's trying to achieve.
X4
The class was__________________ by all the
teachers for working hard and behaving well.
praised
'Will it be difficult to find a private tutor?' asked Manuela.
Manuela asked ___________________ to find a private tutor.
if/whether it would be difficult
X3