1. Her parents object to/are against her telling everybody of
her engagement now (object to/are against her making her
engagement public now).
2. I remember Mom often reproaching me when I was a child
of being untidy/of untidiness.
3. By working with a cassette recorder you can improve your
pronunciation. - It goes without saying.
4. How lazy you are/What a lazy-bones you are! You haven’t
even taken the trouble of washing your cup.
5. Why do you avoid using verbals in your speech?
6. What prevented/kept you from going there yourself? -
I had just had everything done before.
7. On hearing the glad/happy news the girl could not help
crying/bursting into tears/bursting out crying.
8. The methods of testing students’ knowledge are not
always effective.
9. There is no telling what her mood is.
10. It is always unpleasant when someone is talking without
looking you in the face.
11. Somehow I don’t feel like studying today. Do you think
it’s worth attending the lecture on Saturday? - It’s up to you to
decide.
12. We thanked him for helping/having helped us.
13. It’s time to have my shoes mended/fixed/repaired, soon
it will be spring.