REWRITING

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
original sentence:

I’m sorry I am so late, he said.

He apologized for being so late

It’s a pity we didn’t buy that fridge when we saw it.

I wish we had bought that fridge

Someone should look at your eye.

You should go to the doctor

I can’t come because I have to look after my son.

If I didn’t have to look after my son, I would come

Sarah can swim further that I can.

I can’t swim further than Sarah

I haven’t been to the dentist for two years.

It is being 2 years since I last went to the dentist

The food was so badly burned that nobody could eat it.
The food was too burned for anyone to eat it

I was stung on the eyelid by a bee.

A bee sting on my eyelid

I will come unless I hear from you.

If I hear from you, I won’t come

It is possible that he didn’t get your message.

He might have not gotten you message

The firemen managed to rescue us from the burning house.

The firemen were able to rescue us from the burning house

Her boss is giving her lots of extra work.

She is being given a lot of extra work from her boss

I began to wait at 6:00. John arrived at 7:30.

When John arrived, I had been waiting for one hour and a half

There are more and more suicides in northern countries.

The suicide rate in northern countries is increasing

Somebody has told me it’s a really good movie.

I have been told that it is a really good movie
Do you have any experience in editing books?
Have you ever edited books?

He gave up smoking in 2000.

He hasn’t smoked since 2000.

The post arrived two minutes ago.

The post has been here for two minutes

Is it necessary to whistle all the time?

Do you need to whistle all the time?

We started working two months ago.

We have been working for two months.