Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.3 - Do the right thing for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Rewrite the sentences so the meaning stays the same. Use the words in brackets.

Answer

  1. Far better / It's far better to weigh up the pros and cons than decide now.
  2. If it was / were up to you, which of the two candidates would you choose?
  3. Without a shadow of a doubt, we can come up with some better ideas than these.
  4. Given the choice, would you ban all web advertising?
  5. I would ask my boss for advice if I (ever) found myself in this situation.
  6. Instead of acting rashly, I'd sooner put important decisions on hold.
  7. My preference would be to buy a house now rather than wait until the economy gets better.
  8. She'd just as soon quit her job as do something unethical.