I. Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
1. The children prefer cycling to walking.
The children would rather ------------------------------------------------------------
2. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home.
I’d rather --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to buy that car.
I’d rather -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. I would prefer you deliver this sofa on Friday.
I’d rather you -------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Please don’t go there now.
I’d rather you ------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. She has a one-hour journey to work every day.
Her journey ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. I had to spend two hours finishing my assignment.
It took ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. We spent three hours opening the door.
It took ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. He washed his car in one hour.
It took ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. They built that bridge in three years.
It took -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
The sea was too -------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. The ink was so faded that I couldn’t read the word.
The ink was too ---------------------------------------------------------------------
13. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.
It was ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14. He is such a slow speaker that his students get bored.
He speaks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. These questions are too difficult for us to answer.
These questions are so ---------------------------------------------------------------
16. He spoke too quickly for me to understand.
He spoke so ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
17. The air is too polluted for us to breathe.
The air is not ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. The tea was too hot for him to drink.
It was such ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
19. The garden is too small to play football in.
The garden isn’t -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20. The box was too heavy for the child to carry.
The box was so ------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was such ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Her journey to work takes her one-hour every day
It took me two hours to finish my assignment
It took us three hours to open the door
It took him one hour to wash his car
It took them three years to build that bridge