REWRITE SENTENCES CLASS10 I. Rewrite the following sentences, using It was not until 1. No one could leave the stadium until 2.30. _____________________________________________ 2. She weren't allowed to open her presents until her birthday. _____________________________________________ 3. We didn't have any holiday until last summer. _____________________________________________ 4. She didn't stop learning German until the age of 24. _____________________________________________ 5. I couldn't finish my project until Mark helped me. _____________________________________________ 5. I didn't sleep until midnight. _____________________________________________ 6. They didn't pay the bill until the electricity was cut off. _____________________________________________ 7. I couldn't comment further until I had all the information. _____________________________________________ II.Combine the following sentences by changing the second sentence into a relative clause. Use commas for non-defining relative clauses. 1. I remember the day. I was afraid to use my new computer then ________________________________________________________________________ 2. I work in an office. In my office, the software changes frequently. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. The secretary can give you the information. She sits at the first desk on the right. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. The Southam Chess Club meets weekly on Friday evenings. It has more than 50 members. ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Professor Johnson is to visit the university next week. I have long admired him. ________________________________________________________________________ 6. The playground wasn't used by those children. It was built for those children. ________________________________________________________________________ 7. People often suffer from backache. Their work involves standing for most of the day. ________________________________________________________________________ 8. They climbed up to the top of a large. rock. They got a good view from there. ________________________________________________________________________ 9. A doctor has had to retire through ill health. We know him. ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Jane has sold the old car. She was given it by her father. ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Thanksgiving is a time. Everyone eats turkey in America then. ________________________________________________________________________ 12. The island's two million inhabitants have been badly affected by the drought. Most of the island's inhabitants are peasant farmers. ________________________________________________________________________ 13. Dr Rowan has had to do all his own typin g . His secretary resigned two weeks ago. ________________________________________________________________________ 14. I would like to thank to my tutor. I would never have finished the work without her. ________________________________________________________________________ 15. She has now moved back to the house on Long Island. She- was born there. ________________________________________________________________________ 16. Scotland have won their last five international matches was against England. ________________________________________________________________________ III. Write the superlative form of the words in brackets. 1. That film was .film I've ever seen. (boring) 2. It's been . day in London for 35 years. (hot) 3. The telephone is one of .inventions ever. (useful) 4. Some people now consider her to be . figure in British politics. (confident) 5. They've got a lot of money. They're club in the country. (rich) 6. . ancient Indian burial ground is near Austin, Texas. (recently/ discovered) 7. This is . I've ever got up. (early) 8. I've got . computer in the world! (powerful) 9. Who is . student in the class? (clever) 10. The factory uses production methods. (modern) IV. Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box. comments comic director combined character moustache knight silent funny big Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was an English film actor and (1) . who did most of his work in the US. Most people consider him the greatest comic actor of the (2) . cinema. He appeared in many of his films as the hest-known (3) he created, a poor man with a small (4) and trousers and shoes that are too (5) for him, causing him to walk in a (6) . way . He made many short (7) films, such as The Kid (1921), and several longer films, such as City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), which (8) comedy with social and political (9) He was made a (10) in 1975 V. Join each pair of sentences. Be careful where you put the words in brackets. 1 . This shirt is still dirty. I've washed it twice. (even though) ________________________________________________________ 2. Mark enjoyed his helicopter trip over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. afraid of heights. (despite) ______________________________________________________ 2. He lost a lot of blood. He is in a stable condition. (in spite of) ___________________________________________________________ 3. John had the necessary . qualifications. He was not hired because of h (even though) . ___________________________________________________________ 5. She was successful. She felt dissatisfied. (in spite of) ___________________________________________________________ 6. They drank from the stream. They knew it was polluted. (although) _____________________________________________________________ 7. The villagers refuse to leave. Their food supply is threatened. (despite) ____________________________________________________________ 8. Reid failed to score himself. He helped Jones score two goals. (although) _____________________________________________________________ 9. My foot was injured. I managed to walk to the nearest village. (in spite of) ____________________________________________________________ 10. Brian went ahead with his original plan for the company. Everyone disagreed with him. (although)_____________________________________________ . REWRITE SENTENCES CLASS 10 I. Rewrite the following sentences, using It was not until 1. No. the world! (powerful) 9. Who is . student in the class? (clever) 10. The factory uses production methods. (modern) IV.