Sentence Building 3

Exercise 3: Sentence completion A Complete the following sentences with an expression formed from TURN  EXAMPLE: They expected two hundred people to come to the meeting but only seventy turned …… ANSWER: up a) The radio is too loud. Turn it … b) The concert was so popular that people who bought tickets in advance were turned … at the door c) The large vase in which he had kept his umbrella for many years turned … to be a valuable piece of Chinese pottery d) She was standing at the end of the pier looking out to sea and I waited for her to turn … so that I could see her face e) Without any warning the dog, which had been lying quietly on the grass, turned … the postman and bit him B Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word or phrase made from TIME a) b) c) d) e)  EXAMPLE: I don’t like people who arrive late. I’m always on … ANSWER: time We found out when the bus left from the … Did you get to the station … to catch the train? It was am … they had finished tidying up after the party She wanted to complete the exercise during the lesson but she ran … My boyfriend lives in York so I can only visit him from … C In each of the following sentences there is a blank with a word just before it. Fill each blank with a word that combines with the one given in a way that fits the sentence  EXAMPLE: He paid a lot of money for his first-… ticket ANSWER: class a) She hasn’t much money to spend because she can find only a part- … job b) John always wears very well-… shoes c) He looks rather reserve but he is really a very kind- … man d) People often put on weight when they become middle- … e) My mother always gives her guests home-… cakes for tea D Fill each blank with a phrase made from GO a) b) c) d) e)  EXAMPLE: The price of petrol has… from 40p to 50p per liter ANSWER: gone up You will have to… your homework again because it’s full of mistakes When the tide … there’s plenty of sand to sit on The milk smells horrible. It must have … so you will have to put lemon in your tea As two of the staff here have … with flu, we can’t finish the work today She swims so well that she really should … the competition HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES – English department Sentence building Week Exercise 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it  EXAMPLE: I haven’t enjoy myself so much for years ANSWER: It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much a) I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night I wish b) She asked Michael how he liked her new address “How c) A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning There is d) Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice It . e) I would like you to help me to put the chairs away Do you mind f) The child will die if nobody sends for a doctor Unless . g) He would prefer you to pay him immediately He’d rather . h) The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it The water was not i) Somebody repaired her car yesterday She . j) You must see the manager tomorrow morning You’ve Exercise 2: Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following eight sets of words and phrases, eight sentences which together make a complete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of alternators need to be made. Write each sentence in the space provided.  EXAMPLE: I/ wonder/ why you/ not/ reply/ last letter ANSWER: I was wondering why you had not replied to my last letter. Dear Kumiko, a) I be/ very please/ receive/ parcel/ send b) What/ good idea/ send/ selection/ different kinds of food/ your country c) I enjoy/ eat/ very much/ so/ my family d) I be/ not possible/ buy/ things/ England except perhaps/ London e) You say/ your letter/ you like/ to send/ parcel/ English food f) I/ just post one/ you g) It/ not arrive/ same time/ this letter/ send/ by sea-mail h) In/ parcel/ be/ information/ prepare/ eat/ food Love Mary, . FOREIGN STUDIES – English department Sentence building 1 Week 4 Exercise 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it  EXAMPLE:. Exercise 3: Sentence completion A Complete the following sentences with an expression formed from TURN  EXAMPLE: They expected two. In each of the following sentences there is a blank with a word just before it. Fill each blank with a word that combines with the one given in a way that fits the sentence  EXAMPLE: He paid