7. Recast the following, using nouns instead of adjectives in bold . Change the structure of the sentence, if required. Make use of the words in brackets, if given.
Model: In southern Sudan decades of war and lack of development have left 85 per cent of the population illiterate. (is to blame).
Decades of war and lack of development … - Decades of war and lack of development are to blame for high levels of illiteracy.
The more I study the report, the more anxious I become. (to grow). – The more …
His writing is far from being original. (to lack) – His writing …
I noticed a certain peculiar feature about his appearance. – I noticed …
This diet promotes health and long life. (to promote) – This diet …
It takes roughly forty years for the trees to become mature. (to reach) – It takes …
We aim at making ethnic minorities more visible in our organization. (to raise) – We aim at …
It is difficult to even convey how complex the situation is. – It is …
Ingenious tricks of this socially adept teenager are beyond belief. – The …
Her remark that it was not a social call was a bit ambiguous. – There was some …
Socially mobile person can easily move from a lower social class to a higher one. (to enable to) – Social …
To make her report clearer she went over the key points again. – For the sake of …
Is it possible for this child to learn at least a few social graces? – Is there any …
Grammar Clinic
8. Complete the article using the words in brackets in the correct form.
Report: Media use by teens
The amount of time young people spend consuming media … (balloon) with around-the-clock access and mobile devices that function practically as appendages. A few years ago, the researchers … (think) that teens and tweens … (consume) about as much media as humanly possible in the hours available. But somehow, young people …. (find) a way to pack in even more. In the last five years, the time that America's 8- to 18-year-olds spend watching TV, playing video games and using a computer for entertainment … (rise) to an average of 7 hours, 38 minutes daily or about 53 hours a week — more than a full-time job.
The huge increase since 2004 can be attributed to the transformation of the cell phone into a content delivery device. Kids … (spend) more time using their phone to play video games, watch TV and listen to music than to actually talk on them. And, of course, the last time the research… (hold), social networking sites barely … (exist). Parents aren't helpless to limit the intake. When parents … (impose) limits, they … (work), with their offspring tallying nearly three hours less exposure a day. But only 30 percent impose some kind of parameters. When it … (come) to report cards, a difference … (find) between heavy and light media users, though researchers note that they … (not determine) cause and effect. Nearly half of all heavy media users, those who consume more than 16 hours a day (including time spent multitasking), say they usually get "fair or poor" grades compared with about a quarter of light users (less than 3 hours). Unfortunately, the problem can’t be solved just by more government regulations and stronger locks. Adults also need to look at their own behavior. They … (put) a computer in every bedroom? The TV … (be) on during dinner? Mom and Dad … (tether) to their own BlackBerrys? By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune reporter January 20, 2010
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The
numbers … (zoom) even higher if you consider kids' multitasking
— such as listening to music while on the computer. Those data …
(show) young people … (marinate) in media for what amounts to 10
hours, 45 minutes a day — an increase of almost 2.25 hours since
2004.