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Report the phrase in the passive form: A company has claimed it makes a bicycle that seats 7 people.
It has been claimed that a company makes a bicycle that seats 7 people.
Report the phrase: Superstitions are dangerous because they prevent people from thinking scientifically.
Many people doubt superstitions are dangerous because they prevent people from thinking scientifically.
He won the first game of backgammon he ever played!!
That was beginner´s luck.
How did you get these concert tickets? It´s sold out.
It was the luck of the draw.
It something seems bad or dishonest, it´s.......
fishy.
What´s the meaning of phony?
It´s false or not real ; intended to deceive, fake .
If something is based on facts or good judgement, it´s.....
well-founded
Something extremely unlikely to be true or happen is.......
far-fetched
Replace: In truth, many people enjoy engrossing movies full of action and special effects.
Honestly, many people enjoy......
Replace: It´s amazing that studios routinely spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie.
Amazingly, studios routinely spend hundreds .........
Complete the sentence: Romantic comedies are so .....that I always know what is going to happen.
predictable/ formulaic/ clichéd
Inside Out is such an engrossing animation that ......
I didn´t notice anything else when I watched it.
Complete the sentence: There are ........useless programs on TV that I hardly ever watch them.
so many
.........money is spent to produce reality shows that I don´t understand why some channels are still interested in these kinds of programs.
So much
Saturday Night Live is an example of a ........
sketch comedy show
