Exercise 1: Rewrite these sentences

1. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. In spite of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.

2. He prefers golf to tennis. He'd rather play golf than tennis.  

3. I don't play chess as well as I used to. I used to play chess better than I do now.

4. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago. We haven't visited Ho Chi Minh city for 3 years.

5. The bookshelf was too high for children to reach. The bookshelf was so high that children couldn't reach it.

6. It takes three hours to drive from Haiphong to Hanoi. It is a three-hour drive from Haiphong to Hanoi.

7. I'm sorry I missed your birthday party. I wish I hadn't missed your birthday party.

8. We don't visit our grandparents often because they live so far away. If our grandparents didn't live so far away, we would visit them more often.  

9. Mary will be eighteen next week. It's Mary's eighteenth birthday next week.

10. 'You'd better not lend that man any more money, Mary', said John. John advised Mary not to lend that man any more money.  

11. The book was less expensive than I had expected. The book didn't cost as much as I had expected.

12. Man has never had such efficient servants as computers. Computers are the most efficient servants man has ever had.

13. The fire will go out if he doesn't put more wood on. Unless he puts more wood on, the fire will go out.

14. 'I am myself a stranger here', said the woman. The woman said that she was herself a stranger there.

15. I am sure she was very beautiful when she was young. She must have been very beautiful when she was young.