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For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given.

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1. [first=" This manual is too difficult for me." word="CONCERNED" beginning="As far " answer="as I am concerned#as I'm concerned" ending=" , this manual is too difficult for me."]

2. [first=" Susan couldn't get to the date because of the heavy rain." word="PREVENTED" beginning="The heavy rain " answer="prevented Susan from" ending=" getting to the date."]

3. [first=" Sally gets on well with her father-in-law." word="TERMS" beginning="Sally is " answer="on good terms with#on speaking terms with" ending=" her father-in-law."]

4. [first=" I didn't realise that she would suffer in the first place." word="DID" beginning="Little " answer="did I realise that she" ending=" would suffer in the first place."]

5. [first=" The pupils are living temporarily in a hotel." word="BEING" beginning="For " answer="the time being" ending=" , the pupils are living in a hotel."]

6. [first=" It looks as if he's forgotten about the meeting again." word="TO" beginning="He seems " answer="to have forgotten" ending=" about the meeting again."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    FAR AS I AM CONCERNED/FAR AS I'M CONCERNED
IDIOM AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED
Used to show what someone's opinion on a subject is or how it affects them: 
As far as I am concerned, the Job centre is not providing a valuable service.
 
2)    PREVENTED SUSAN FROM
VERB + PREPOSITION PREVENT SB FROM DOING STH
To stop someone doing something or something happening:
She prevented me from going to Ireland.
 
3)    ON GOOD TERMS WITH/ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH
IDIOM BE ON GOOD (SPEAKING) TERMS WITH
If you are on good, bad etc terms with someone, you have a good, bad etc relationship with them:
We were always on good terms with our neighbours. 
 
4)    DID I REALISE WHAT SHE
INVERSION  LITTLE + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB
There are adverbs and adverbial expressions with a negative, restrictive or emphatic meaning, which are followed by inversion when placed first in a sentence:
Little did he know what his decision would lead to. 
 
5)    THE TIME BEING
IDIOM FOR THE TIME BEING
For a short period of time from now, but not permanently:
We've decided to do without a car for the time being. 
 
6)    TO HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE PERFECT INFINITIVE TO HAVE + III FORM
The perfect infinitive is used to say 'to have done'. It's formed with the infinitive of have + the past participle:
He pretended to have seen the film.