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.

First, he married her. Then two years later, I met him at a party.
HAD
He ____________________________________ years before I met him.

. I accepted to go abroad with them because I always wanted to travel to other countries
HAD
I _____________________ travel. That's why I accepted to travel with them..

It was not a surprise to her when she saw him because she met him some time before.
INTRODUCED
She was no stranger to him. They ________________________ each other a few days before.

From 1980 onward, we lived in a hotel until we moved to our current house.
STAYING
We ______________________ there since 1980. But afterwards we moved here.

I didn’t know hotels were so expensive in London because it was my first time there!
NEVER
I ______________________________ London before. How expensive hotels were!

Did you know that I noticed we met before when I saw you that day?
MET
Did I tell you that when I saw you, I realised that _______________________________?

I know you bought the old vicarage two years before your child’s birth because James told me.
HAD
James told me you ________________________________ vicarage two years before your son's birth.

I love this house. But we should have bought it before December 25th.
WISH
I ___________________________ this house before Christmas.