In these exercises, you need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in bold so that
the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. You must use a
minimum of TWO and a maximum of FIVE words for each space. Contractions, which count as two words, should only
be used for negatives: e.g. don't / hadn't / wouldn't, etc

1. The family always spent their holidays climbing in the mountains.
The family’s holidays ……...........................…………...........................…… climbing in the mountains
2. Has Mary altered her decision about moving to the countryside?
Do you know if Mary ……...........................…………...........................…… about
moving to the countryside?
3. This new dining table is bigger than the one we had before.
The dining table we had before ……...........................………….................... this new one
4. My teacher suggested that I spent the summer in England
My teacher ……...........................………….......................…… the summer in England
5. While we were going home, we had an accident
We ……...........................…………........................…… home when we had an accident
6. I hope you were not discouraged by Sandra from going to the concert.
I hope Sandra ……...........................…………...........................…… going to the concert.
7. I could never have passed that exam without your help
I could never have passed that exam __________________________________ me.
8. We paid some people to landscape the garden for us last year.
We ________________________________________ last year.
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