My name's Betty Steward and I am an English teacher. I was 20 years old (37) I got my first teaching job. I remembered my first day very well. The day didn't start well. I got up early and got dressed. Then I dropped my cup of tea all over my new skirt. I (38) put on clean clothes, picked up my bag and went to the bus stop. I saw a lot of people waiting for the bus. I asked a woman, “Why are there so many people?”, she said "There (39) lots of traffic in the city center and all the buses are lated.” so I decided to walk to school.

I only had half hour before my first lesson. I walked very quickly. After some time I could see the school (40) the end of the road. I felt very happy. Suddenly it started to rain. I ran fast, but I was very wet when I arrived at school. When I got to my classroom, I was five minutes late and I looked wet and horrible.

She started to clean up the house just after the guests had left.

→ No sooner _______________________________________________.

He didn’t succeeded in searching for the stolen car.

The only thing they didn’t steal was the television.

House prices have risen dramatically this year.

Rewrite each of the sentences without changing its meaning, using the cue given.

We couldn’t have managed without my father’s money.

→ If it hadn’t _______________________________________________.

The policeman acted quickly and averted an accident. (prompt)

→ The policeman’s ________________________________.

The prime minister in unlikely to call an early general election.  (likelihood)

-> The likelihood __________________________________.

Twenty years ago this region produced twice as much coal as it does now.   (halved)

-> The coal produced _____________________________.

People don’t want to buy cars with large engines any more.   (call)

Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one, using the word in capital letters which must not be altered in any way.

You should think about the price before you decide whether to buy it or not.            (consideration)

-> You should ______________________________________.