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Paraphrase, put the emphasis on the subject:
It`s unlikely that the article will be enthralling.
The article is unlikely to be enthralling.
Paraphrase using the given word:
I don`t think our neighbours are hard up, they`ve just splashed out on the extension to their house. (APPEAR)
It doesn`t appear that our neighbours are hard up.
Our neighbours don`t appear to be hard up.
Open the brackets:
1) We are highly unlikely (lie) on a beach this time tomorrow.
2) You (happen / hear) any strange noise last night? I thought somebody was walking around our yard. But apperently some raccoons (turn out, rummage) in our trash bins.
1) to be lying
2) Did you happen to hear? raccoons turned out to be rummaging...
Mistake correction:
I seem to leave my umbrella behind on the bus.
I seem to have left my umbrella behind on the bus.
Paraphrase using the given word:
She came across this old coin by accident and was totally flabbegasted to learn its value. (HAPPEN)
She ...
She happened to come across this old coin by accident and was totally flabbergasted...
Open the brackets:
Andy is known (research) this subject for months, he is infatuated with it.
to have been researching
Paraphrase, put the emphasis on the subject.
It appears that he embroiled himself in some trouble.
He appears to have embroiled himself in some trouble.
Mistake correction:
Michelangelo is known to be active well in his 80s.
Michelangelo is known to have been active...
Mistake correction:
1) This show has been running for five years already and they not seem to wrap it up any time soon.
2) This resourse is estimated to deplete in a couple of years.
1) ... they seem not to wrap it up / they don`t seem to wrap it up...
2) ...to be depleted...
Mistake correction:
Did it happen that you drew up the papers?
Did you happen to draw up the papers?
Right or wrong?
Emma turned out to be working on that article since morning.
wrong:
Emma turned out to have been working...
Open the brackets:
1) They appear (see) each other in secret.
2) I happened (miss) that part of the speech. Apparently I dozed off.
1) to see; to have been seeing
2) to have missed
Right or wrong?
1) They seem not to have discovered the truth yet.
2) Wendy turned out to have excluded from the tennis club.
1) right
2) Wendy turned out to have been excluded from the tennis club.
Paraphrase.
1) It`s reported that hundreds of people were killed in that terrorist attack.
2) It is believed that Rick has embezzled millions of dollars.
1) Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed.
2) Rick is believed to have embezzled millions of dollars.
Open the brackets:
1) The idea (not, seem, implaisible) at that time.
2) He (turn out, do away) with technology for several moths, he completely went off the grid. I don`t know how much longer he can do this.
1) ...didn`t seem implausible...
2) ...turns out to have been doing away with...