I/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning: 1. I am very pleased that we shall meet again soon. -> I'm looking ...................................................................................... 2. It is really quite easy to learn English. -> Learning ........................................................................................ 3. I don't want to go to the movie tonight. -> I don't feel like ............................................................................... 4. Complaining about the matter is useless now. -> It is................................................................................................. 5. I expect that he will get there by lunchtime. -> I expect him ................................................................................... 6. I remember someone telling me the news. -> I remember being ...................................................................... 7. Are you going to seaside this summer? -> Have you planned on .............................................................? 8. Shall we invite our friends on Sundays? -> Do you consider..................................................................... 9. Don't you remember you met her last week? -> I'm sorry I cannot remember....................................................... 10. Asking him for help is useless. -> It's no................................................................................ 11. We expect to meet them again. -> We look ......................................................................... 12. I last heard this song ten years ago. -> It is ......................................................................... 13. Is it true that you haven't found a job yet? (looking) -> Are you still..............................................................................? 14. You can talk all you want, but I will never believe you.(make) -> Nothing you say will .............................................................. 15. I wouldn't have been successful if you hadn't helped. (help) -> Without ........................................................................................ II/ Use the correct form of the verbs in the parentheses. 1. Would you mind ..................(not touch) the wire. 2. I'm sorry ................(disappoint) you. 3. He promised ........................(not go) to school late. 4. He regrets ...................(spend) too much on computer. 5. I regret..................(say) that you got bad points. III/ Complete the paragraph with the siutable word Kate had been waiting .............. a friend of her father's to collect her from the bus station for more ................ .an hour, and she was tired of waiting. There was .............else there, and it had .........raining. A friend of hers had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she seemed to be getting wet. Perhaps her father was angry .................her, she thought, or had simply forgotten to collect her. There wasn't even a phone-box in the bus station. Why did ................always go wrong when she traveled by bus? Either the bus was crowded and she felt very uncomfortable, or it ...............stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she .............. a car stopping outside. ...................... was waving at her. It was he father!