(saying / I’m / all / that / is) it’s a silly assumption to make.
All I’m saying is that
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(hard / that / what / find / I / to / is / believe) they didn’t leave any fingerprints.
What I find hard to believe is that
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(happened / that / what / was) he eventually called the police.
What happened was that
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(they / what / was / to / did) analyse the samples in the laboratory.
What they did was to
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(the / acceptance / passive / it’s ) that annoys me the most.
It’s the passive acceptance
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Sea creatures eat the plastic. HAPPENS What____________________________ the plastic.
happens is that sea creatures eat
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. He invented a device that cleans up oceans. DID What________________________________ oceans.
he did was (to) invent a device that cleans up
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. We read about his invention in a newspaper. THAT It’s_______________________________ in a newspaper.
his invention that we read about
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. They mistake the plastic for jellyfish. IS What ______________________ for jellyfish.
they do is (they) mistake the plastic / happens is that they mistake the plastic
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. It’s frightening how much garbage floats in the Pacific Ocean. IS What’s _____________ in the Pacific Ocean.
frightening is how much garbage floats
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Rewrite these sentences using inversion. I have never seen such poverty. Never_______________________.
[Never] have I seen such poverty.
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Rewrite these sentences using inversion. He wouldn’t admit that under any circumstances. Under__________.
[Under] no circumstances would he admit that.
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Rewrite these sentences using inversion. It could clean the ocean and also generate profit. Not__________.
[Not] only could it clean the ocean but it could also generate profit.
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Rewrite these sentences using inversion. I have rarely come across such well-written articles. Rarely__________.
[Rarely] have I come across such wellwritten articles.
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Rewrite these sentences using inversion. She isn’t similar to her mum in any way. In no___________.