Cover of the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.3 - Everyday issues for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

Rewrite the sentences (1-6) starting with the words in brackets, so that the meaning stays the same.

Answer

  1. She didn't discipline them - that was the problem. → The problem was that she didn't discipline them.
  2. I'm not sure how long he hoped to get away with this lie. → How long he hoped to get away with this lie I'm not sure.
  3. I don't know how she manages with those kids. → How she manages with those kids I don't know.
  4. Their behaviour was completely unacceptable. → Completely unacceptable was their behaviour.
  5. My colleague lost his job because his work was so bad. → So bad was my colleague's work, he lost his job.
  6. I really didn't know why they wanted to check up on me. → Why they wanted to check up on me, I really didn't know.