Paraphrase using the words and word combinations from exercises 1-4

1. The number of people living on the planet is rapidly increasing. 2. How much do you reckon the estate may cost? 3. The amount of business done by the company every year exceeds one billion dollars. 4. They neglected safety procedures and that’s why the accident happened. 5. Clara would spend hours in the most luxurious stores looking at things without ever going to buy them. 6. After the film was released, they made more from selling records, badges and T-shirts than they did from the ticket sales. 7. The one-time high school computer enthusiast who is now worth $100bn has made multi-billion dollar gifts to his charitable foundations. 8. To secure her future after retirement, she bought shares in the company. 9. All his life the ambitious Swift wanted to become an influential public figure. 10. Melinda decided to take the history course at the local college. 11. When Bill reached school age his parents sent him to a private school known for its high academic standards. 12. The recent survey has shown that an unduly large proportion of students give up their studies after only one year at university. 13. In the summer of 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen started their own business and founded a small company called ‘Microsoft’. 14. She set up her own business and very soon it proved to be successful. 15. As the strain and nervousness mounted towards the end of the term, some students dropped out of the course. 16. He made it clear that he was not giving up active politics. 17. The tension was so great that Annabel was ready to burst into tears any moment. 18. The trade unions strongly advised employers to invest more money in training programmes.