Rewrite the following sentence without changing the meaning.
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His insistence on dropping out of the race at the last minute came as no shock to everybody.
He ___________________________________.
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He insisted on dropping out of the race at the last minute, which came as no shock to everybody.
B -
He insist on dropping out of the race at the last minute, which came as no shock to everybody.
C -
He insisted in dropping out of the race at the last minute, who came as no shock to everybody.
D -
He insisted on dropping out of the race at the last minute, whom come as no shock to everybody.
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You don’t find such exquisite hand-made suits in many shops here.
In few ________________________________________________.
A -
In few shops here did you find such exquisite hand-made suits.
B -
In few shops here do you find such exquisite hand-made suits.
C -
In few shops here do you finding such exquisite hand-made suits.
D -
In few shops here do you have find such exquisite hand-made suits.
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"Don’t worry. Of course you can take a month’s paid leave", said my boss.
My boss reassured ________________________________________________.
A -
My boss reassured that I could took a month’s paid leave.
B -
My boss reassured me that I could taking a month’s paid leave.
C -
My boss reassured me that I could take a month’s paid leave.
D -
My boss reassured me that I can take a month’s paid leave.
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I should like someone to take me out to dinner.
What I should ___________________________________.
A -
What I should like is be taken out to dinner.
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What I should like is being take out to dinner.
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What I should like is being taking out to dinner.
D -
What I should like is being taken out to dinner.
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What are the chances of Twilight 2 being a huge box-office success?
How likely ________________________________________________.
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How likely is it that Twilight 2 will be a huge box-office success?
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How likely is that Twilight 2 will be a huge box-office success?
C -
How likely is it that Twilight 2 will been a huge box-office success?
D -
How likely is that Twilight 2 to be a huge box-office success?
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I wish you hadn’t breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
I would like ________________________________________________.
A -
I would like you not to had breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
B -
I would like you to had not breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
C -
I would like you not to have breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
D -
I would like you not to having breathed a word about his private life to anyone.
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Jack doesn’t know all the answers, though he pretends to.
Jack acts ________________________________________________.
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Jack acts though he knew all the answers.
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Jack acts as though he knew all the answers.
C -
Jack acts as though he know all the answers.
D -
Jack acts though he be knew all the answers.
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The realization of what she had sacrificed for him led him to believe she was all the world to him.
Not ________________________________________________.
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Not until he realization what she had sacrificed for him did he believe she was all the world to him.
B -
Not until he realized what she has sacrificed for him did he believed she was all the world to him.
C -
Not until he realized what she had sacrificed him did he believe she is all the world to him.
D -
Not until he realized what she had sacrificed for him did he believe she was all the world to him.
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Their work on developing an H1N1 vaccine is already under way to cope with the new strain.
They ________________________________________________.
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They have already started working on developing an H1N1 vaccine to cope with the new strain.
B -
They had already started working on developing an H1N1 vaccine to cope with the new strain.
C -
They have already started working on developing an H1N1 vaccine to coping with the new strain.
D -
They have already started working on develope an H1N1 vaccine cope with the new strain.
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Nowadays I consider taking up a hobby to be far less important than I used to.
Nowadays I don’t attach nearly _____________________________________.
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Nowadays I attach nearly so much importance to taking up a hobby as I use to.
B -
Nowadays I don’t attach nearly so much importance to taking up a hobby as I used to.
C -
Nowadays I don’t attach nearly so much importance to taking up a hobby as I using to.
D -
Nowadays I attach nearly so much importance to take up a hobby as I used to.
