IV

1. me to take a gap year after leaving school

S would prefer sb to Vnt

2. to drive Helen to the airport the next day

3. the office called me did I find out about the meeting

4. a better pianist than Andy

5. as the teacher instructed, many students didn't perform the task well

6. a quick recovery from the operation was amazing

7. he not lied to the police about the theft, he wouldn't be having a lot of trouble now

8. for anything to keep her life private

9. on the bright side when things were going wrong

1.My parents would prefer me to take a gap year after leaving school. 

Or: My parents would prefer it if I took a gap year after leaving school. 

2. Tom offered to drive Helen to the airport the next day/the following day/ the day after.                  3. Not until the office called me did I find out about the meeting. 

4. Joe is nowhere near as/so good at playing the piano as Andy (is). 

OR: Joe is nowhere near as/so good a pianist as Andy (is).  

5. Clearly as/though the teacher (had) instructed, many students didn’t perform the task well. 

6. That the patient made a quick recovery from the operation was/is amazing. 

Or: That the patient made a quick recovery from the operation made/makes everybody amazed. 

7. Had Brian not lied to the police about the theft, he wouldn’t be having a lot of trouble now. 

Or: Had it not been for Brian’s lying/lie(s) to the police about the theft, he wouldn’t be having a lot of trouble now. 

8. The celebrity would go to any/great lengths to keep her life private. 

9. Tim invariably looked on the bright side even when things were going wrong. 

10. On being told about her failure, the girl broke down and cried