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The number of visitors to the island has fallen dramatically. (STEEP) There ... the number of visitors to the island.
There HAS BEEN A STEEP FALL IN the number of visitors to the island.
The number of people travelling through the airport was highest in August. (PEAK) The number of people travelling through the airport .... in August.
The number of people travelling through the airport REACHED A PEAK in August.
For me, imagining what life must have been like then is just not possible. (QUITE) I find …what life must have been like then.
I find IT QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE what life must have been like then.
People are more interested in history than you might expect. (LESS) You .... interested in history.
You WOULD/MIGHT EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE LESS interested in history.
The moment I shouted he ran away. (SOONER) No.........he ran away.
No SOONER HAD I SHOUTED THAN he ran away.
I'm sure that it was the sound of the rain that disturbed me. (MUST) It ... of the rain that disturbed me.
It MUST HAVE BEEN THE SOUND of the rain that disturbed me.
I managed to finish all the homework before the deadline. (SUCCEEDED) I ... the homework before the deadline.
I SUCCEEDED IN FINISHING ALL the homework before the deadline.
I took the only course open to me and changed my job. (DID) What I ..., which was the only course open to me.
What I DID WAS CHANGE MY JOB, which was the only course open to me.
They don't allow people who arrive late at the opera house in until the interval. (ARE) People who arrive late at the opera house ... until the interval.
People who arrive late at the opera house ARE NOT ALLOWED IN until the interval.
My application for the job was turned down because I didn't have the right qualifications. (GROUNDS) My application for the job was turned down ... I didn't have the right qualifications.
My application for the job was turned down ON THE GROUNDS THAT I didn't have the right qualifications.
It's impossible that you saw John last night - he's in the USA! (HAVE) John's in the USA, so ... him last night.
John's in the USA, so YOU CAN'T HAVE SEEN him last night.
I am confident that he will be successful in his career. (CHANCES) I am confident ... in his career.
I am confident OF / ABOUT HIS CHANCES OF SUCCESS in his career.
If you feel stressed, breathing slowly should calm you down. (MAKE) Breathing slowly ... if you feel stressed.
Breathing slowly SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL CALMER if you feel stressed.
I am really bad at remembering people's names when I meet them. (MEMORY) I ... people's names when I meet them.
I HAVE A REALLY BAD MEMORY FOR people's names when I meet them.
I'm sorry that I didn't help him. (REGRET) I ... him.
I REGRET NOT HELPING him.
I couldn't go away for the weekend because I didn't have enough money. (PREVENTED) I was ... for the weekend by lack of money.
I was PREVENTED FROM GOING AWAY for the weekend by lack of money.
