1. It is our to years since they left their home land.
-- they haven't left their home land for years.
2. The food was to bad for the children to eat.
-- The food was so bad that the children couldn't eat.
3. Hoa found it easy to translate this poem into French.
-- Hoa had no difficult to translate this poem into French.
4. Mary is the most graceful girl at school.
-- No girls at school is the more graceful girl than Mary
5. Peter spent three hours to repainting his house.. -- It takes Peter three hours to repaint his house.