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Exercise 29

1. This is the best essay I have ever written. Never...............................................................................................................................

2. I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course. I took it.............................................................................................................................

3. I am terribly sorry; I thought you were a friend of Annas. I took................................................................................................................................

!. Although she was busy" she managed to find the time to #roofread for me. $usy.................................................................................................................................

%. I would #refer you to do com#uter science.

Id rather...........................................................................................................................&. 'e didnt get his visa until last (onday. It was...............................................................................................................................

). They continued to say that I was to blame.They #ersisted.................................................................................................................

*. +ietnamese coffee is considered to be one of the best in the world.+ietnamese coffee...........................................................................................................

,. If you ask me well in advance Ill be willing to work over time.-rovided you....................................................................................................................

1./I never used bad language"0 she said.

he denied.......................................................................................................................

Exercise 30

1. 'e failed his eam because he missed classes so often. CONSEQUENCE455555555555555555555555555555555555...

2. end me a #ostcard as soon as you arrive. MINUTE455555555555555555555555555555555555...

3. 6ou dont have to do it if you dont want to. OBLIGATION455555555555555555555555555555555555...

!. I tried as hard as I could but I still failed my driving tests. HOWEVER4

55555555555555555555555555555555555...%. I felt that it had been a big mistake to give u# that 7ob. REGTETTED455555555555555555555555555555555555...

&. trangers are not to be let in. ACCOUNT455555555555555555555555555555555555...

). 'e 7oined the army as soon as he had finished school. SOONER455555555555555555555555555555555555...

*. If it werent for the weather" I would en7oy working here so much BUT455555555555555555555555555555555555...

,. It rained torrentially all day yesterday" which really de#ressed me. GOT455555555555555555555555555555555555...

1. I wrote this book because I want to hel# students with their writing. VIEW455555555555555555555555555555555555...

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Exercise 29

1. This is the best essay I have ever written.Never had I written such a good essay/a better essay than this.

2. I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.I took it for granted that she would learn........

3. I am terribly sorry; I thought you were a friend of Annas.I took you for a friend of Annas, Im sorry.

!. Although she was busy" she managed to find the time to #roofread for me.$usy as/though she was, she............

%. I would #refer you to do com#uter science.Id rather you did computer science.

&. 'e didnt get his visa until last (onday.It was not until last Monday that he got his visa.

). They continued to say that I was to blame.They #ersisted in saying that I was to blame.

*. +ietnamese coffee is considered to be one of the best in the world.+ietnamese coffee is regarded as one of the best in the world.

,. If you ask me well in advance Ill be willing to work over time.-rovided you ask me well in advance, Ill...........

1./I never used bad language"0 she said.he denied using/having used bad language.

Exercise 30

1. 'e failed his eam because he missed classes so often. CONSEQUENCE4As a conse8uence of missing classes so often" he failed his eam.

2. end me a #ostcard as soon as you arrive. MINUTE4end me a #ostcard the minute you arrive.

3. 6ou dont have to do it if you dont want to. OBLIGATION46oure under no obligation to do it if you dont want to.

!. I tried as hard as I could but I still failed my driving tests. HOWEVER4'owever hard I tried" I didnt #ass my driving tests.

%. I felt that it had been a big mistake to give u# that 7ob. REGTETTED455 I regretted ever having given u# that 7ob.

&. trangers are not to be let in. ACCOUNT455 9n no account are strangers to be:must strangers be let in.

). 'e 7oined the army as soon as he had finished school. SOONER455 No sooner had he finished school than he 7oined the army.

*. If it werent for the weather" I would en7oy working here so much BUT455 $ut for the weather" I would en7oy working here so much.

,. It rained torrentially all day yesterday" which really de#ressed me. GOT4

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55 The torrential rain all day yesterday really got me down.

1. I wrote this book because I want to hel# students with their writing. VIEW455 I wrote this book with a view to hel#ing students with their writing.

ey to eercise 2,