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In countries like Britain the weather changes all the time.. “Keep away from this area” said the security guard, when approached the fence.. “Keep away from this area” said the security

Sentence transformation 1

1 It isn’t necessary to finish the work today

 You don’t

2 Sally finally managed to get a job

 Sally finally succeeded

3 That’s the last time I go to that restaurant

3 I’ve warned you not to go near the dog

 I’ve warned you about

4 She can meet him if he arrives before eleven

9 The garden still needs digging

 The garden hasn’t

10 Susan felt sick, because she ate four cream cakes

8 A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning  There is

9 Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice

3 The garage is going to repair the car for us next week

 We are going to

4 The news was so wonderful that she decided to have a celebration

9 Apples are usually cheaper than oranges

 Apples are not

10 You can’t visit Moscow unless you get a visa

3 In countries like Britain the weather changes all the time

 In countries like Britain, the weather is

4 You do not have to pay for secondary education in Britain

9 The garden still needs digging

 The garden hasn’t

10 Have you had a cheaper carpet than this?

 Is this ?

Sentence transformation 8

1 When I was younger I used to go climbing more than I do now

 Now

2 England no longer had dreadful fogs

 There used to

3 It is years since we decorated the room

 We haven’t

4 By the time we arrive the other guests will have already started dinner

 The other guests will start

5 I would like the school holidays to be longer

8 He must pass his intermediate level English examination That was obligatory  It

9 The mother came and lived with them to take care of their children That was their- request

2 Yogurt is supposed to be good for you

 Yogurt is supposed to do

3 Is it essential to meet your aunt at the station?

 Does your aunt ?

4 Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish

 Much

5 Given fair warning, I could have avoided that date

 If you had told me

6 Please don’t say things like that

 I wish

7 It would have been a superb weekend if it hadn’t been for the weather

 But

8 Dogs can swim better than cats can

 Cats can not

9 She hasn’t been to the hair dresser for three months

3 “Keep away from this area” said the security guard, when approached the fence

 The security guard told

4 I’ve never met such a famous person before

5 “Keep away from this area” said the security guard when we approached the fence

 The security guard told

6 He could repair the broken vase

2 The girl living next-door to me is getting married next year

 The girl that

3 This mountain is high; we can’t climb it

 This mountain is too

4 Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?

 Are you tall ?

5 A donkey is less beautiful than a horse  A donkey is not

6 She doesn’t usually stay up late  She’s not used

7 I f I were you, I’d look for another job  I suggested

8 He lost his money simply he wasn’t careful  If

9 They last visited me five years ago  They haven’t

10 All his suits were made in Paris  He

Sentence transformation 13 1 I saw him come out of the house  He

2 I haven’t had much money; I can’t buy any new clothes  If only

3 She was believed to have taken part in revolutionary activities  It

4 In a few countries, the whole population only enjoys a reasonable standard of living

 Only

5 We went out in spite of the rain  Although

6 Mr John would rather watch TV than go to the cinema  Mr John prefers

7 It was impossible to work in that condition  Working

8 Frank is very good at tennis  Frank plays

9 I’m sorry I couldn’t help him  I wish

10 Speaking English fluently is not easy  It is

Sentence transformation 14

1 This is too hard a question for her to answer

 The question

2 Since she was not certain of the way, she asked the policeman

 Not

3 She wanted to know if he had studied French

 She asked him “ ”

4 I’m sorry that I didn’t study French last year

8 I haven’t been to Bristol for three years

 The last time

9 No one has signed this cheque

 Tom wishes

8 The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours

 Yesterday we did such

9 “How many students are there in your class?”

 The man asked me

10 She is listening to the radio She turned it off at seven- thirty

 She has

11 You should take science appreciation courses at school

 The lady- researcher advised us

6 They will catch all the prisoners again tonight

 All the prisoners

7 Joanne doesn’t like to read her stories

1 Joan eats very little so as not to put on weight

 Joan eats very little because

2 She rarely met such a beautiful film star

 Rarely

3 Though he was poor, he wasn’t always unhappy

 Despite

4 She can’t ask intelligent questions She can’t profit from listening to her colleagues

 She can neither

5 She spoke English very carefully He spoke very clearly

 He not only

6 Gravity makes balls thrown into the air fall back down

 If there weren’t gravity

7 Because Faraday’s father was very poor, he couldn’t send Faraday to school

 Faraday’s father was too

8 It is such a boring book that nobody likes it

 The book

9 They were so strong that they could lift the rock

 They were such

10 I can’t play tennis as well as my brother does

 My brother

Sentence transformation 18

1 Jim didn’t lend me any money, so I was unable to buy a car

 If

2 On arrival at the shop, the goods are inspected carefully

 When the goods

3 Laurence hasn’t seen her sister since she left for Japan

 Laurence last

4 Peter said he didn’t feel well

 Peter said, “I ”

5 John is fat because she eats so many chips

9 If he doesn’t change his ways, he will end up in prisons

 Unless

10 He didn’t do his homework, so he got bad marks today  If he

Sentence transformation 19 1 The ship was not surrendered until it was half burnt  Before ………

2 The weather forecast was inaccurate, so we didn’t take the right precaution

 Had ………

3 The temperature didn’t fall below zero last night, so the crops weren’t damaged

 If

4 Though I am poor, I’ll not serve a villain  Poor as

5 Although I pay him much, this man is never satisfied  However

6 The mangoes are so cheap that they can not be good  Since

7 You must speak slowly or he will not be able to understand you  Unless

8 John always spoke to his lawyer before signing the contract  John didn’t

9 Jane is the tallest girl in her class  Nobody

10 My suit needs cleaning before I go to the party  I need

Sentence transformation 20 1 Did they build the garage at the same as the house?  Was ?

2 The people who were at the meeting will say nothing to the press  Nobody who

3 The heavy rain made it impossible for us to have a picnic  We were

4 Joan will stay on at school unless she finds a job before September

10 Mackenzie wrote four best-sellers before he was twenty

 By the age of twenty

7 Somebody opened the door just after she rang the bell

 She had hardly

8 People say that he has been all over the world

Sentence transformation 22

1 I have no advice to offer you

 I have no advice that

2 As the war ended, soldiers returned home

8 The police have just released John  John

9 I couldn’t hear them because they were speaking too softly

 They were speaking

10 We spent five hours getting to London

 It took

Sentence transformation 23

1 The news of her son’s death was a great shock to her

 The news that

2 “You can’t borrow my motorbike, Peter” Mary said

 Jane is

8 They were building a new shopping center when we came

 A new shopping center

9 Are they going to demolish these old houses?

 Are these old houses

10 It was such bad coffee that he couldn’t drink it

7 When the council going to do something about the city’s traffic problem?

 It’s high time something

8 May I borrow your pen?

 Would you mind ?

9 “I’d take a taxi if I were you” said Peter

6 John only understood very little of what the teacher said

 John could hardly

7 Unless someone has a key, we can’t get into the house

 We can only get

8 I’m sure you didn’t lock the front door Here’s the key

8 John only understood a little of what the teacher said

 John could hardly

9 Unless he phone immediately he won’t get any information

 If

10 “Why didn’t I get a computer before?” Thought the office manager

 The office manager wondered

9 It’s time to prepare lunch

 It’s time for

10 Please come by seven o’clock

 You are requested

9 She liked Paris a little and Rome less

 She thought Rome

10 After fighting the fire for 12 hours the firemen succeeded in putting it out

 The firemen managed

Sentence transformation 30

1 The children should be working now

7 Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronomy

 Galileo is regarded as

8 The value of Sterling had fallen considerably in the past week

1 I can remember an equally mysterious incident

 I can remember an incident just

2 He was a fool to say that

8 I’m going to the theater tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to it

 I’m really looking

9 My brother and I both went to that school

 I went to that school, and

10 I wasn’t there at that time

1 The first course of the meal was a wonderful fish soup

 The meal began

2 I had met Brian before but had never really talked to him

 Although

3 I am sure it wasn’t Hilary’s fault

 It can’t

4 Unfortunately, Mr Baker didn’t tell me until it was too late

9 “Where has he been?” She doesn’t know that

 She doesn’t know

10 Has anyone told you about it yet?

3 He’ll never forget waiting for his friends to go to school

 He’ll always remember

4 ‘Let’s go for a walk in the park’, said Andrews

 Andrews suggested that

5 His second attempt on the world record was successful

 Ann pleaded

Sentence transformation 35

1 John Speck failed to find the source of the river Nile

 John Speck did not succeed

2 Maria didn’t apply for the job in the library and regrets it now

6 Don’t blame me if the tin- opener’s broken

 It’s not my fault if

7 Barbara plays squash better than Mike

10 The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours

 It is a two-hour train journey from

 Bill doubted if

7 The post man was bitten by our dog

 Our dog

8 We couldn’t drive because of the fog

 The fog prevented

9 Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the car

6 Ronald denied stealing Mrs Clark’s handbag

 Ronald said that

7 Susan likes staying in hotels but she prefers camping

 Susan doesn’t

8 The fridge was so heavy that we couldn’t move it

 The fridge was too

9 ‘John, please don’t tell anyone about my new dress

2 Security guard made the boys go outside

8 In spite of the bad weather, the pilot will bring the plane down safely

2 ‘I don’t love you any more’, said Eric to his girl friend

 Eric told his girl friend that

3 ‘I must see the manager!’ he cried

7 ‘How old is your little boy?’ said the nurse to Mrs Bindley

 The nurse asked

8 I’m sure it wasn’t Mrs Elton you saw because she’s in Bristol

4 They believe that he is mad

6 They believe that the wanted man was living in London

 The wanted man

7 ‘How many stars are there in the sky?’

 No one knows

8 We can’t see most of the stars We don’t use a giant telescope

 Unless

9 The boy said to his sister ‘Have you ever read a book on space lights’

 The boy asked

10 “Do you want to insure your luggage or not?”

 The travel agent asked

6 The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes

 The fox tried in

7 His briefcase was too full for the zip fastener to close properly

 His briefcase was so full

8 People say that he beats his wife

7 I think it may rain

 It looks as

8 He will come because he wants to be sure of meeting you

 He will come so

9 Walking in the rain gives him pleasure

9 I won’t swim in the sea because it is too cold

 The sea is not

10 Robert says he will never visit Manchester again

 Robert says this

3 “It certainly wasn’t me who took your car” said Bob

 Bob refused

4 She is a good guitarist  She can

5 He was suspended for two matches for swearing at the referee

 Swearing at the referee earned

6 Though my house was cheaper than Norman’s, it is bigger and more attractive

 Norman’s house may

7 Someone must meet him at the railway station

6 They will catch all the prisoners again by tonight

 All the prisoners

7 Mary rang hours and hours ago

Sentence transformation 48

1 “If you don’t take it easy, you’ll have another heart attack” the doctor said to the patient

 The doctor warned the patient

2 I know this reporter’s background well and he’s 100% honest

 This reporter whose

3 They stretched the rope from one side of the crevasse to the other in order to haul (pull) their equipment across

10 The engine failed because a part had been badly fitted

 The engine failure

3 “You should have waited for us,” the team leader said to John

 The team leader criticized

4 I only made that terrible mistake because I was thinking

 If I

5 When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall

 The police caught

6 It was a bit difficult to get into work this morning

1 You don’t have to finish the work today

2 Sally finally succeeded in getting the job

3 I certainly will never go to that restaurant

4 “You’d better take a holiday” – the doctor said

5 Unless you rest yourself, you really will be ill

6 “You work too hard” – the doctor said to him

7 How beautiful those pictures are

8 What an interesting film!

9 How heavy is your suitcase?

10 What is the height of Peter?

Sentences transformation 2

1 We didn’t arrive early enough to see the first film

2 Peter apologized for breaking the glass

3 If he hadn’t saved me, I would have been downing

4 Nobody is cleverer than Sally in the class

5 This is the most romantic story I have ever read

6 The car is too expensive for me to buy

7 He was made to study hard for the exams

8 We have been cooking for the party for four hours

9 He is behaving more violently than ever before

10 The police prevented us from getting nearer

Sentences transformation 3

1 She had her car repaired yesterday

2 You’ve got to see the manager tomorrow morning

3 I’ve warned you about going near the dog

4 So long as he arrives before eleven, she can meet him

5 Every time I rang, there was not any answer

6 I don’t know as much about it as she does

7 In spite of having a good salary, he was unhappy in his job

8 He’d rather play golf than tennis

9 The garden hasn’t been dug yet

10 If Susan hadn’t eaten four cream cakes, she wouldn’t’ t have felt sick

11 Susan felt sick, because she ate four cream cakes

Sentences transformation 4

1 The car is too expensive for her to buy

2 She left the room without saying a word

3 The owner of the house is thought to be abroad

4 You didn’t forget to post the letter, did you?

5 It is not easy to speak English

6 I wish I had finished my homework last night

7 “How do you like my new dress, John?”, she asked

8 There is a train leaving ay 8 o’clock every morning

9 It can’t be denied that she has a beautiful voice

10 Do you mind helping me to put the chair away?

Sentences transformation 5

1 I’m interested in reading scientific books

2 If he doesn’t phone her immediately, he won’t get any information

3 We are going to have the car repaired by the garage next week

4 It was such the wonderful news that she decided to have a celebration

5 It isn’t easy to leave here after such a long time

6 He takes every Sundays to work in the garden

7 Two extra people came although we had expected only 16

8 Jerry makes two thousand dollars a month as an accountant

9 We need to think about it for a week

10 The people who owes newspapers are usually very rich

Sentences transformation 6

1 Neither she nor I have been there before

2 The weather was so good that we went swimming

3 It is too far for me to see