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1. He gets to work half an hour after he leaves his home.
2. It is not due until next week.
3. The bad weather prevented us having a picnic.
4. My father took a taxi to Hanoi last month.
5. The trip to Ho Chi Minh city wasn’t as expensive as we thought it would be.
6. The children enjoyed walking in the rain.
7. We have a summer vacation for two months.
8. The sailors prefer the sea better then the land.

Hope that helps.
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By Eliza on Apr 9, 2010

I: Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, begin with the given words or phrases
1. It takes him half an hour to get to work
He gets to work in half hour
2. You don’t need to finish the work today
It is not needed to be finished today
3. Because of the bad weather, we had to stop our picnic
The bad weater prevented having a picnic
4.My father got to Hanoi by taxi last month
My father took a taxi to hanoi last month
5.The trip to Ho Chi Minh city was cheaper than we expected
The trip to Ho Chi Minh city wasn"t as exspensive as i expected
6. The children liked to walk in the rain
The children enjoyed walking in the rain
7. Our summer vacation lasts two months
We have a summer vacation for two months
8. The sailors like the sea better than the land
The sailors prefer the sea to the land
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By Scott on Apr 9, 2010

1. It takes him half an hour to get to work
- He gets to work in half an hour

2. You don’t need to finish the work today
- It is not due today
- It does not need to be finished today
- It must not be finished today
- The work does not need to be finished today
- It is not needed to be finished today

3. Because of the bad weather, we had to stop our picnic
- The bad weather prevented our picnic
- The bad weather prevented us having a picnic

4. My father got to Hanoi by taxi last month
- My father took a taxi to Hanoi last month

5. The trip to Ho Chi Minh city was cheaper than we expected
- The trip to Ho Chi Minh city wasn’t as expensive as we had expected
- The trip…..wasn’t as expensive as I had expected
- The trip…..wasn’t as expensive as we thought it would be
- The trip….was less expensive than expected

6. The children liked to walk in the rain
- The children enjoyed walking in the rain
- The children enjoyed their walk in the rain

7. Our summer vacation lasts two months
- We have a two month long vacation
- We have a summer vacation lasting two months
- We have a summer vacation that lasts two months
- We have (a) summer vacation for two months

8. The sailors like the sea better than the land
- The sailors prefer the sea better than the land
- The sailors prefer the sea to the land
- The sailors prefer the sea over the land
- The sailors prefer the sea than the land
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Hope I’ve helped you!
I’ve listed several different variations that would be appropriate, so you can pick which one you like/is easiest/sounds best to you!
Good luck =D

By Wir müssen noch 1000 Meere weit on Apr 9, 2010