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    => The introduction …

    49. I wish I hadn‟t told him what we were planning to do this evening. (regret)
    => I …………………………………………………..
    regretted telling him what we were planning for this evening.
    50. I fully intended to find out who is responsible for the graffiti. (intention)
    => …I fully had intention to finding out who is responsible for the graffiti
    51. Jenny didn‟t feel like going to the party. (mood)
    => … jenny was in a bad mood to go to the party
    52. I wish I‟d paid more attention to his warnings. => I regret …
    => I regret … to pay more attention to his warnings
    53. I didn‟t find it any hard to translate this passage. (difficulty)
    no difficulty in translating
    => I had …………………………………………. this passage.
    54. When Sandra walked out of the meeting, she didn‟t say goodbye to anyone. (without)
    => Sandra left … the meeting without saying goodbye to anyone

    ANSWER KEY

    PRACTICE: IT +
    a. It takes/ took …
    1. She traveled to Paris in two weeks.
    => It … took two weeks for her to travel to paris
    (took her two weeks to travel to Paris.)
    2. We had to spend three hours to open the door.
    => It … took three hours for her to open the door
    (It took us three hours to open the door.)
    4. The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours.
    => It took …the fight three and a half hours to last to moscow
    (It took three and a half hours to fly to Moscow.)
    5. I spent an hour doing this exercise.
    => It took … an hour for me to do this exercise

    6. The astronauts orbited the earth in two hours.


    => It took … the astromsuts two hours to orbit the Earth
    (It took the astronauts two hours to orbit the earth.)
    7. Mastering a second language takes time and patience.
    => It … takes time and patience to master a second language
    (takes time and patience to master a second language.)

    b. Other Structures with IT and To Infinitive/V.ing …


    1. It is better to make a wrong decision than to make no decision at all.
    => Making a wrong decision … is better than making no decision at all
    =>Comparison + (To Inf => V.ing)
    2. Handicapped people find shopping in supermarkets difficult.
    => It is … difficult for them to find shopping in supermarkets

    3. Living in the city is exciting.


    => Some people find it … exciting to live in the city

    4. Safeguarding our natural resources is now a must.


    => It is … now a must for us to safeguard natural resources
    (It is now necessary/ now a must to safeguard our natural resources.)

    5. It is disappointing that we haven‟t heard from Molly.


    => We are … disappointed to her it from Molly
    (disappointed not to have heard from Molly.)
    6. We can‟t possibly work in this noise.
    => It‟s … difficult for us to work in this noise
    (impossible for us to work in this noise./ not possible …)
    7. There is no point in asking her out. She never goes out to restaurants.
    => It is useless asking her out because she never goes out to restaurants
    (It is useless to ask/ asking her out. She never goes out to restaurants.)
    8. If we wait long enough, we‟ll get what we want.
    => It‟s just … for us to wait long enough and get what we want
    the matter of waiting long enough to get what we want. (It + be + a/the matter/question of
    (doing) St + to do St: Chỉ là vấn đề …)
    9. It is difficult to answer her question adequately.
    => Hers is … very difficult for me to answer adequately
    (a difficult question to answer adequately.)
    (Khó để trả lời câu hỏi của cô ấy một cách xác đáng. Câu hỏi của cô ấy khó mà trả lời một
    cách xác đáng.)
    10. It is the responsibility of parents to monitor what young children watch on TV.
    => Monitoring … the young children watch on TV is the responsibility of parents
    (Monitoring what young children watch on TV is the responsibility of parents.)

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