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Laura practised playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance

• Hardly had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot when she could improve her performance.

• Had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could have performed much better

• However much Laura practised playing the instrument, she could hardly perform any better

• As soon as Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could perform much better

Last night she worked very hard. She wanted to finish the report on time

• Last night she worked very hard so as to finish the report on time

• Last night she worked very hard although he wanted to finish the report on time

• However hard she worked last night, she finished the report on time

• No matter how hard she worked last night, she finished the report on time

The ethnic minority people make wine to enjoy themselves. It is wine that has bad effects on their mental and physical health

• Despite making wine to enjoy themselves, it is wine that has bad effects on ethnic minority people’s mental and physical health

• In spite of having bad effects on their mental and physical health, ethnic minority people make wine to enjoy themselves

• Even though ethnic minority people make wine to enjoy themselves, it has bad effects on their mental and physical health

• Both A & C are correct

The singer performed the traditional song beautifully but she didn’t pass the audition

• The singer’s performance of a traditional song was too traditional to pass the audition

• The singer performed the traditional song beautifully, yet she didn’t pass the audition

• The singer performed the traditional song beautifully enough to pass the audition

• The traditional song she performed was so beautiful that she did not pass the audition

You should take in more fruits and vegetables instead of eating too much fast food

• Eating too much fast food day and taking in more fruits and vegetables are advisable

• Don’t take in more fruits and vegetables, just eat too much fast food instead

• Eating too much fast food helps you take in more fruits and vegetables

• Taking in more fruits and vegetables is better than eating too much fast food

My brother can’t pass the entrance examination. He is very hard-working

• My brother can’t pass the entrance examination even though he is very hard working

• My brother can’t pass the entrance examination but he is very hard-working

• My brother can’t pass the entrance examination despite he is very hard-working

• My brother can’t pass the entrance examination despite a fact that he is very hard-working

Mark didn’t arrive in time to watch the musical Swan Lake

• Mark was so late that he can’t watch the musical Swan Lake

• Mark wasn’t too early to watch the musical Swan Lake

• Mark wasn’t early enough to watch the musical Swan Lake

• Mark wasn’t enough early to watch the musical Swan Lake

All families have disagreements from time to time. There may be times when you feel that others in your family don’t understand you

• All families have disagreements from time to time, but there may be times when you feel that others in your family don’t understand you

• All families have disagreements from time to time, which makes you feel that others in your family don’t understand you

• There may be times when you feel that others in your family don’t understand you and all families have disagreements from time to time

• Because all families have disagreements from time to time, there may be times when you feel that others in your family don’t understand you

Family members share fun as well as sorrow and help heal one another’s hurts

• As family members share fun as well as sorrow, they also help heal one another’s hurts

• Family members share fun as well as sorrow so that they can help heal one another’s hurts

• Not only do family members share fun as well as sorrow, but they also help heal one another’s hurts

• Family members do not share only fun as well as sorrow, but they also help heal one another’s hurts

Salt is vital. It extracts and gets rid of acids

• It’s vital for salt to extract and get rid of acids

• Salt is vital as it extracts and gets rid of acids

• Extracting and get rid of acids is vital to salt

• Salt extraction and getting rid of acids are vital