C1.3 Unit 5 The Good Life Review

Rewrite the sentences as cleft sentences.      
       

1 The idyllic country life influenced Edith and James to move out of the city.  

It was...

2 Marc told us to take the initiative and buy a villa in Spain.  

It was...

3 Her philosophy is to live her life the best way possible.  

It is...

4 They were concerned about his excessive spending habits. 

What...

5 The elderly couple decided to sell their country house because it was no longer manageable. 

What...

6 Their father was putting a lot of pressure on them to pay towards their keep. 

It was...








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1 It’s is the idyllic country life that influenced Edith and James to move out of the city. 

2 What Marc told us was to take the initiative and buy a villa in Spain. 

3 It is her philosophy to live her life the best way possible.  

4 It is his excessive spending habits that they were concerned about. 

5 What the elderly couple decided was to sell their country home  because it was no longer manageable. 

6 It was their father who put a lot of pressure on them to pay for their keep. 

Replace the highlighted word(s) with a suitable phrasal verb.         

1 When we relocate to our new house, we will have to change school. 

m_____    i__

2 You will have to improve your performance if you want to make it into the academy. 

s_____ u___

3 Jake tried to hide his disappointment when he was told he would have to miss the deal because he was late.  

l____ o___ o__

4 They are trying hard to remain friends after their divorce for the children’s sake. 

g___ a_____

5 Marie is trying new treatments because she thinks her looks will disappear if she doesn’t take care of herself.

f____ a____

6 He is hoping to solve what happened to disrupt the normally-peaceful neighborhood. (5  8 ) 

p____ t_______

Make a sentence with the following (this will be quite hard)

the concerned parents 

the parents concerned 

the present staff

the staff present

the person responsible

a responsible person

Check

During the Lockdown, the school was phoned by many concerned parents.

Only notify the parents concerned about the parent-teacher meetings.

The present staff are more energetic and polite than the previous staff.

There were very few staff present at the disciplinary meeting.

The person responsible for the high number of deaths is the President.

The President is not a responsible person.