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

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Review and practice 4 for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

Rewrite the sentences in three different ways with the words in brackets. There may be more than one answer.

Answer

  1. There is a good chance the weather will improve in the coming months. / There is a distinct possibility that the weather will improve in the coming months. / The weather could well improve in the coming months.
  2. There is a remote chance that they will succeed in contacting us. / They probably won't succeed in contacting us. / There is a slim possibility that they will succeed in contacting us.
  3. There is every likelihood that we will move house in the spring. / There is a good chance that we will move house in the spring. / We're bound to move house in the spring.
  4. He hasn't/doesn't have a hope of being offered the job. / He doesn't stand a chance of being offered the job./ There's a distinct possibility he won't be offered the job.
  5. Presumably, attendance will be high this year. / There is bound to be a high attendance this year. / There is a strong possibility that attendance will be high this year.
  6. It is almost inconceivable that Thompson will score a goal. / The odds are against Thompson scoring a goal. / Thompson could possibly score a goal.