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The economic situation

Two politicians are speaking on television

Write their sentences in a different way, beginning with the words given

1. We are exporting much less than we are importing.

We are importing much more than we are exporting.

2. We used to work hard but now we don’t.

We don’t work as …………………..

3. We can’t afford a high standard of living but we have one.

We have a higher………………………

4. We should have planned our economy more carefully than we did.

We didn’t plan ………………………………..

5. The government didn’t intend to spend so much money last year.

Last year the government spent ……………………………

6. The problem seems serious but it isn’t really.

The problem isn’t really ……………………….

7. We thought prices would go up faster than they have.

Prices haven’t gone ………………………

8. Things could be going worse than they are.

Things aren’t going …………………………..

9. The situation was bad but now it is better.

The situation isn’t ………………………………

10. Things don’t look good now but they will soon look better-

Things will soon ……………………………….

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2. as hard as we used to

3. standard of living than we can afford

4. our economy as carefully as we should have (should have done)

5. more money than it intended to

6. as serious as it seems

7. up as fast as we thought they would

8. as badly as they could be

9. as bad as it was

10. look better than they do now