SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION WITH IDIOMS (1) with key (5 pages) Mã A277296

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION WITH IDIOMS (1)

1. I don’t think the television’s likely to blow up at any minute. Likelihood  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. This car only cost me five hundred pounds. picked  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Someone paid five thousands pounds for the painting. went  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year. even  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. In 1967 programs began to be transmitted in colours. advent  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. loss  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. The severity of the punishment bore no relation to the seriousness of the crime. proportion  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8. I’m afraid our problems are just beginning. iceberg  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9. In the area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football. shoulders  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10. Thomas was not given details of the company’s new project. Dark  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought. lacked  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12. The police ended the fighting between the two gangs by arresting the leaders. stop  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13. Travelling alone is not just a matter of taking a good guidebook with you. more  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14. The way he took everything she did for granted really annoyed her. BACK  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15. She was so anxious while the results were read out. BREATH  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16. The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason. ACCOUNT  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17. A huge investment has been put into the field of solar-electricity. INVEST  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18. Alice was not a confident person, and that was why she was so shy. DUE  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19. When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax. CLUE  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20. What you have been saying is quite irrelevant. BEDISE  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21. Please stop criticizing everybody! DOWN  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 22. We don’t expect that the missing climbers have survived. HOLD  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23. Helen’s report is rather unclear in places. LACKING  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24. Everybody in the audience stood to applaud the actor’s performance. STANDING  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25. Taxpayers had to pay the cost of the privatization plan. FOOT  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26. The fact that he will never race again is something he cannot accept. TERMS  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27. A government official leaked the story to the world press. WIND