I wish people wouldn't talk during the performance - it makes me really uptight. (NERVES) It really ... people talk during the performance.
It really GETS ON MY NERVES WHEN people talk during the performance.
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.
I'm sorry that I didn't help him. (REGRET) I ... him.
I REGRET NOT HELPING him.
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.
The moment I shouted he ran away. (SOONER) No.........he ran away.
No SOONER HAD I SHOUTED THAN he ran away.
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.
I don't have any free time, so I can't come to the theatre with you. (WOULD) If I ……come to the theatre with you.
If I HAD SOME FREE TIME, I WOULD come to the theatre with you.
This was Peter's biggest challenge to date. (FACED) Peter ... challenge before.
Peter HAD NOT / HAD NEVER FACED SUCH A BIG / A BIGGER challenge before.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jane was adviced to work harder by her Maths teacher. (RECOMMENDED) The Maths teacher ... harder.
The Maths teacher RECOMMENDED THAT JANE SHOULD STUDY harder.
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 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 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.
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.
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