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Cambridge First Certificate Exam: Advanced

Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first.      

1. "You broke the window" said the teacher to the
    student 		 The teacher accused
2. I had better go to the dentist's soon   It's
3. The last time I went to the opera was about 4
     months ago 		  It
4. "I don't want to go on holiday with you," said Mary
    to her boyfriend 		    Mary told her boyfriend that
5. Although the film was good it received a poor write
    up from the critics 		Despite
6. They had to wait 2 hours before the meeting began  Only after a 
7. Would you mind not smoking here    I'd rather 
8. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't answer the
    question 		Try
9. It makes no difference if the play is full booked,
    we will still try to get a ticket 		    We will still try and get a ticket 
10. I would do anything for you
 There's
11. I didn't realise who I had been speaking to till later    Only later 
12. The house was so run down that nobody would
      buy it		      They had such

Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first.
DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Example:  There is no point in seeing that film
                   
                    That film isn't worth seeing       		WORTH
13. He is certainly not rich MEANS
14. Someone has burgled his house HAD
15. I wonder if you could possibly carry this case for me    MIND
 16. He can hardly sleep       VIRTUALLY
17. Mike had difficulty in finishing his degree     HARD
18. It wasn't my intention to make you jump    MEAN
Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D:
19. Guesthouse rooms must be .......... by noon A. vacated B. abandoned C. left D. evacuated
20. At the end of the course special prizes were ......... to the winning participants A. won B. awarded C. earned D. deserved
21. If the bomb had exploded it could .......... have killed hundreds of people A. might B. well C. equally D. yet
22. After many years of research, they found the
      solution .......... 		A. by the end B. at the end C. at last D. on the end
23. "I know it's late, so I shall not .......... you any
      longer" said the sales manager to his sales team participants		 A. detain B. hold up C. withhold D. retard
24. You can go to the party .......... you are back home by midnight A. as well as B. as time as C. as long as D. as far as
25. How many sheets of paper do you think this file will ..........
A. occupy B. suit C. fit D. hold