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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.2 for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Workbook with authors Antonia Clare, J. J. Wilson and Lindsay White from Pearson Education

Chapter

Exercise

Question

Look at the following statements about life-changing events. Three are grammatically correct. Which ones?
Add pairs of words from the box to the statements above so that they all become (or remain) grammatically correct.

Answer

3, 4 and 7 are grammatically correct.

... Being a mother is every bit as wonderful as ...
... my troubles were nowhere near as bad as I'd thought.
It's becoming more and more difficult ...
... I was a lot closer to him ...
... The longer I stayed, the more I realised it wasn't for me.
... my life became a good deal better.
... It was nothing like as bad as I'd feared.
... I feel much better than l've felt in years.