I. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the given sentence.
27. The author started to write a new book two months ago.
The author has been
28. Now I regret that I did not listen to my father’s advice.
Now I wish I
29. Some people think learning English is not difficult.
Some people think it is
30. He couldn’t work very hard because he had bad health.
He had bad health
27. The author started to write a new book two months ago.
The author has been writing a new book for two months
28. Now I regret that I did not listen to my father’s advice.
Now I wish I had listened to my father’s advice.
29. Some people think learning English is not difficult.
Some people think it is not difficult to learn E
30. He couldn’t work very hard because he had bad health.
He had bad health prevented him from working very hard
27. The author started to write a new book two months ago.
→ The author has been writing a new book for two months
28. Now I regret that I did not listen to my father’s advice.
→ Now I wish I had listened to my father 's advice
29. Some people think learning English is not difficult.
→ Some people think it is easy to learn English
30. He couldn’t work very hard because he had bad health.
→ He had bad health so he couldn't work very hard