WRITE SENTENCES 01 1. They say she has moved to a new house. (have) She is said 2. I started working here three years ago. (for) I’ve 3. The painters painted our house last month. (had) We 4. “Shall we set up an English-speaking club in our school?” (setting) She suggested 5. Fiona wanted to know the time. (what) Fiona wanted to know 6. My daughter is a better speaker of English than me. I can’t 7. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train. If 8. The dictionary was so expensive that I couldn’t buy it. The dictionary was 9. He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Mary to the party. He wishes 10. Remember to send me a message when you receive this letter. Don’t 11. Faraday invented a lot of things in his life. Faraday made Faraday 12. Computers help people do things faster and better. If there 13. “Let’s not say anything about it till we hear the facts,” said Tom. Tom suggested 14. “How many people will you invite to the club tomorrow?” He wanted to know 15. “You’d better not lend them any more money, Mary” said John. John advised 16. “What will I do to help her next week?” He wondered 17. “I’m sorry I forgot to phone you, Tom” said Sally. Sally apologized 18. Jim used to be married to that girl. That’s the girl 19. “Please don’t leave”, he says to her. (begs) He 20. That they will be happy with the changes is probable. It is 21. Can you tell me the reason for your buying such an expensive pair of shoes? What 22. It is possible that your car was stolen. Your car 23. I love people taking my photograph. I love having 24. She advised me to take an aspirin. I 25. She doesn’t talk to him because he is so moody. Because of 26. Unless she is really hungry, she never eats snacks between meals. Only 27. Cars are responsible for air pollution, and they cause more serious accidents. In 28. Unless they try harder, they will all fail the next exam. They should make 29. You are wrong to think that people from Hue are selfish. Contrary 30. She was so surprised that she couldn’t utter a word. Such 31. I didn’t pay much attention to the man standing at the gate. I took 32. They only realized it was your mother when they saw the photograph. It was 33. What has this exercise taught you? What conclusions 34. He brought the umbrella along but it didn’t rain. He needn’t 35. The team is the same as it was for last Saturday’s match. There have 36. If I were Peter, I’d look for another job. I suggest 37. The engineer went down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his work. Hardly 38. She opened the door, she walked out without saying anything. (nothing) Opening 39. She built a high wall round her garden. She didn’t want her fruit to be stolen. So as 40. Write your name in the book. He may forget who lent it to him. In order 41. Her husband died. When she heard the news she fainted. On KEY 1. They say she has moved to a new house. (have) She is said to have moved to a new house. 2. I started working here three years ago. (for) I’ve been working here for three years. 3. The painters painted our house last month. (had) We had our house painted by the painters last month. We had the painters paint our house last month. 4. “Shall we set up an English-speaking club in our school?” (setting) She suggested setting up an English-speaking club in their school. 5. Fiona wanted to know the time. (what) Fiona wanted to know what time it was / what the time was. 6. My daughter is a better speaker of English than me. I can’t speak English as well as my daughter. 7. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train. If he had hurried, he wouldn’t have missed the train. 8. The dictionary was so expensive that I couldn’t buy it. The dictionary was too expensive for me to buy. 9. He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Mary to the party. He wishes he had invited Mary to the party. 10. Remember to send me a message when you receive this letter. Don’t forget to send me a message when you receive this letter. 11. Faraday invented a lot of things in his life. Faraday made a lot of inventions in his life. 12. Computers help people do things faster and better. If there weren’t computers, people couldn’t do things faster and better. 13. “Let’s not say anything about it till we hear the facts,” said Tom. Tom suggested not saying anything about it till they heard the facts. 14. “How many people will you invite to the club tomorrow, Dick?” He wanted to know how many people Dick would invite to the club the following day. 15. “You’d better not lend them any more money, Mary” said John. John advised Mary not to lend them anymore money. 16. “What will I do to help her next week?” He wondered what he would do to help her the next week. 17. “I’m sorry I forgot to phone you, Tom” said Sally. Sally apologized to Tom for forgetting to phone him. 18. Jim used to be married to that girl. That’s the girl to whom Jim used to be married. 19. “Please don’t leave”, he says to her. (begs) He begs her not to leave. 20. That they will be happy with the changes is probable. It is probable that they will be happy with the changes. 21. Can you tell me the reason for your buying such an expensive pair of shoes? What is the reason for your buying such an expensive pair of shoes? 22. It is possible that your car was stolen. Your car might have been stolen. 23. I love people taking my photograph. I love having my photograph taken. 24. She advised me to take an aspirin. I was advised to take an aspirin. 25. She doesn’t talk to him because he is so moody. Because of his moodiness she doesn’t talk to him. 26. Unless she is really hungry, she never eats snacks between meals. Only when she is really hungry does she eat snacks between meals. 27. Cars are responsible for air pollution, and they cause more serious accidents. In addition to being responsible for air pollution, cars cause more serious accidents. 28. Unless they try harder, they will all fail the next exam. They should make harder effort or they will all fail the next exam. 29. You are wrong to think that people from Hue are selfish. Contrary to what you think, people from Hue aren’t selfish. 30. She was so surprised that she couldn’t utter a word. Such was her surprise that she couldn’t utter a word. 31. I didn’t pay much attention to the man standing at the gate. I took no notice of the man standing at the gate. 32. They only realized it was your mother when they saw the photograph. It was only when they saw the photograph that they realized it was your mother. 33. What has this exercise taught you? What conclusions have you draw from this exercise? 34. He brought the umbrella along but it didn’t rain. He needn’t have brought the umbrella because it didn’t rain. 35. The team is the same as it was for last Saturday’s match. There have been no changes to the team since last Saturday’s match. 36. If I were Peter, I’d look for another job. I suggest Peter (should) look for another job. 37. The engineer went down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his work. Hardly had he returned from his work when he went down to writing the letter. Hardly did he return from his work when he went down to writing the letter. 38. She opened the door, she walked out without saying anything. (nothing) Opening the door, she walked out saying nothing. 39. She built a high wall round her garden. She didn’t want her fruit to be stolen. So as to prevent her fruit from being stolen, she built a high wall round her garden. 40. Write your name in the book. He may forget who lent it to him. In order not remind him of the person who lent the book to him, you should write your name in the book. 41. Her husband died. When she heard the news she fainted. On hearing her husband’s death she fainted. On hearing the news that her husband died she fainted.