Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence

VII. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence(2ps)..

1. The girl is very friendly. She lived next door to us.          

  ->The girl ...................................................................................

2.It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.

    ->Minh spends ..............................................................................

3.We were late for school because of the heavy rain.

   ->Because it ....................................................................................

4. My mother used to make us clean the house.

   ->We used .......................................................................................

5."I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it." she said.

    ->She said .....................................................................................

6.It’s two years since I last spoke to her.

   ->I haven’t ...................................................................................

7.Going swimming in the river in the summer is interesting.

   ->It is..........................................................................................

8.No one in my class is more intelligent than Lan.

   ->Lan is ...................................................................................