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100

Paraphrase the sentence using a modal verb:

It's not necessary for you to live in France in order to learn French.

You don't need to / have to

100

Paraphrase the sentence using a past modal verb:

It wasn't necessary for me to buy bread and I didn't do it.

I didn't have to

100

What preposition is missing?

Snow leopards are threatened ... extinction.

with

100
Replace the adjective with its intensive synonym:

The view from the mountain was impressive.

awe-inspiring

100

Many sharks are killed because their ... is/are the main ingredient in a traditional Chinese soup.

fins

200

Paraphrase the sentence using a modal verb:

I tried to find a holiday job and I was successful in it.

I managed to do / was able to do it / succeeded in doing it.

200

Paraphrase the sentence using a past modal verb:

It wasn't necessary for me to buy bread but I did it.

I needn't have bought

200

Paraphrase the part of the sentence using a fixed phrase with "face":

When you first look at the problem, it seems easy.

On the face of it, the problem seems easy.

200

Paraphrase the verb to fit the headline: 

Government to support people's initiative

back

200

What's the name of the theatre that was part-owned by Shakespeare himself and where many of his greatest plays were first performed?

the Globe

300

Paraphrase the sentence using the passive:

People are eating a lot of meat nowadays.

A lot of meat is being eaten nowadays.

300

Paraphrase the sentence using a past modal verb:

He was rude to her and now he regrets it.

He shouldn't have been rude to her. / He oughtn't to have been rude to her. / *He wishes he hadn't been rude to her.

300

Paraphrase the part of the sentence using a fixed phrase with "element":

She felt really comfortable talking about maths.

She was in her element

300

Paraphrse using a phrasal verb with "off":

He just refused to listen all their criticisms.

brushed off

300

The phenomenon when ordinary members of the community play an active role in collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news through social media. 

citizen journalism

400

Paraphrase the sentence using a modal verb:

It looks like he doesn't know what to do.

He may / might / could not know what to do.

400

Paraphrase the sentence to save the meaning and to use the word in brackets: 

He never travelled to Europe in his life. (did)

-> Never _____________ in his life.

Never did he travel to Europe

400

Paraphrase the part of the sentence using a fixed phrase with "life":

Finding a new job gave him energy and opened new opportunities.

offered/gave him a new lease of life

400

Paraphrase using a fixed phrase with "time"

The ambulance arrived before it was too late and saved the motorist.

in the nick of time

400

The process of making a word out of two by combining their parts together like chair+wardrobe = chairdrobe is called ... .

blending

500

Paraphrase the sentence using a modal verb: 

I'm sure she wasn't revising for the test when I called her.

She can't have been revising for the test when I called her.

500

Paraphrase the sentence, save the meaning and use the "if":

I spent my money yesterday and I don't have any today.

If I hadn't spent all my money yesterday, I would have some today.

500

Paraphrase the part of the sentence using a fixed phrase with "limb":

The company decided to take risks and open a new office.

go out on a limb

500

Paraphrase the part of the sentence using the phrase with "point":

She was about to leave when the phone rang.

was on the point of leaving

500

In the poem "The road not taken" by Robert Frost the road is a ... of life.

metaphor

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