1. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
⇒ In spite of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.
2. He prefers golf to tennis.
⇒ He‟d rather play golf than tennis.
3. I don‟t play chess as well as I used to.
⇒ I used to play chess better than now.
4. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago.
⇒ We haven‟t visited HCM city for 3 years.
5. The bookshelf was so high that the children couldn‟t reach it.
⇒ The bookshelf was too high for the children to reach.
6. It takes three hours to drive from Hai phong to Hanoi.
⇒ It is a three - hour drive to go from Haiphong to Hanoi.
7. We don‟t visit our grandparents often because they live so far away.
⇒ If our grandparents didn't live so far away, we would visit them often.
8. “ You‟d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” said John.
⇒ John advised Mary not to lend that man any more money.