Make the best choice

I’m sorry I missed your birthday party.

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The noise next door didn’t stop until midnight.

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It couldn’t have been Mary that you heard shouting last night, as she i is vacationing in Vermontat the moment

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His wife gave birth to their first child. He understood what true responsibility meant.

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It is said that the man was having business difficulties.

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The proposal seemed like a good ided. The manager refused it.

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“Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Mary to her husband.

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Mrs. Gibson expressed her thanks for all the help she’d received.

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My son shows a desire to put aside the status of the school child.

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“Why don’t we go out for dinner tonight?” said Jim.

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Had I noticed that Joanne was crying, I would have called you.

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The only members of the cat family that can roar are lions, leopards, tigers and jaguars, but lions are by far the loudest.

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People have given up their heritage, traditional beliefs and other aspects of their native culture. They begin to lose their sense of self.

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It is your duty to wash all the dishes this afternoon.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

He studies well at school. He usually helps his mother do housework.

Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

China said today that there was heavy loss of life in the earthquake which struck Tangshan City yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of one million people 160 kilometers east of Peking, was completely (1) ……..

Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a mall part of the one million inhabitants escaped (2) …… or injury.

Many of the men of Tangshan were working in the (3) …….. deep under the earth’s surface when the (4) ……… occurred. Unfortunately, few of these miners have (5) ……….

Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a mall part of the one million inhabitants escaped (2) …… or injury.

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Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile

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 Nobody in my class is as outgoing as I am.

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It is not until a Vietnamese girl getting 18 years old that she is allowed to get married legally.

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You should not have come to class late.

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We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away.