Lesson 12: Sentence Transformation

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Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences
1) I haven’t been to the dentist for two year.
It is _______________________________________________________________
two year since I went to the dentist.
2) This is the first time I have driven a car.
I have never
_____________________________________________________________
driven a car before.
3) It started raining last Friday and has not stopped yet.
It has _____________________________________________________________
been raining since last Friday.
4) The last time I played tennis was in 1990.
I haven’t ___________________________________________________________
played tennis since 1990.
5) The children went to bed. We watched TV.
After the children ____________________________________________________
had gone to bed, we watched TV.
6) How long is it since you started learning English?
When _____________________________________________________________
did you start learning English?
7) Originally, tennis was an indoor game.
Tennis used to be an indoor game.
______________________________________________________
8) He found a job in a steel mill, and then he got married.
After having
_____________________________________________________________
found a job in a steel mill, he got married.
9) It is ten years since I last met David.
I haven’t ___________________________________________________________
met David for ten years.
10) I haven’t seen that man here before.
It is the first ________________________________________________________
time I have seen that man here.
11) He studies very hard. He doesn’t want to fail in the final exam. ( using “so that”)
 __________________________________________________________________
12) She practices English everyday. She wants to speak to foreigners. (using “so that”)
 __________________________________________________________________
13) She bought a new car. She wants to make a trip to Canada.
She bought a new car to _______________________________________________
14) John gets up early. He doesn’t want to be late.
John gets up early so as not to __________________________________________
15) I couldn’t hear the speaker’s voice because it was very noisy.
Because of _________________________________________________________
16) Russian is too hard for us to learn.
Russian is so _______________________________________________________
17) He is rather rich. He can buy a new house.
He is rich enough ____________________________________________________
18) John was too ill to go to work.
John was not _______________________________________________________
19) The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing.
The weather was too _________________________________________________
20) It was such a boring film that we left before the end.
The film was so _____________________________________________________
21) The car was expensive. We couldn’t afford to buy it.
The car was so ______________________________________________________
22) He is too weak to carry this bag.
He is so ____________________________________________________________
23) Bill is too foolish to understand what I say.
Bill is not __________________________________________________________
24) Although William had a bad cold, he still went to school.
Despite ____________________________________________________________
25) His father is taller than his mother.
 His mother is not _____________________________________________________
26)Tom didn’t come to the party. Ann didn’t come to the party, either.
Neither Tom ________________________________________________
27)Although the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.
In spite of ______________________________________________________
28) My father said I could use his car.
My father allowed ________________________________________________
29) If you don’t hurry, you’ll be late.
 Unless ____________________________________________________________
30) Jane is a better cook than Mary.
 Mary can’t _________________________________________________________
31) Jack is too young to get married.
Jack is not ______________________________________________________
32) She made herself ill because she worked very hard.
 She worked so _________________________________________________
33) The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
It was such _____________________________________________________
34) The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital.
The man who ____________________________________________________
35) It is said that he is 108 years old.
 He is said _______________________________________________________
36) They don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly.
 If _____________________________________________________________
37) She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money.
 If ____________________________________________________________
38) I am always nervous when I travel by air.
Travelling by air _____________________________________________________
39)That factory is producing more and more pollution.
More and more pollution __________________________________________
40)We must leave now or we’ll miss the train.
 If __________________________________________________________________
41)She is a faster and more careless driver than I am.
She drives ______________________________________________________
faster and more careless driver than I do.
42)We spent five hours getting to London.
 It took ________________________________________________________
us five hours to get to London.
43)I hope to see you at Christmas.
 I’m looking forward _________________________________________________
to seeing you at Christmas.
44) Don’t try to escape. It’s no use.
It’s no use ____________________________________________________________
trying to escape.
45) Ann said to Bill : “Don’t forget to have your appoinment with [Link].”
Ann reminded ___________________________________________________
Bill to have his appoinment with [Link].
Exercise 2: Choose the best option
1. I like tea more than coffee.
A. I like coffee better than tea. B. I like coffee as you do.
C. I like tea very much. D. I prefer tea to coffee.
2. Murder is the most serious of all crimes.
A. Murder is very serious. B. Everyone is afraid of murder.
C. No crimes is more serious than murder. D. Murder is the dangerous crimes.
3. I find it important to learn English.
A. I make it possible to learn English B. I find that learning English important.
C. It’s important to learn English. D. It’s as important to learn English.
4. The heavy rain stopped me from going out.
A. As the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.
B. Thanks to the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.
C. Because of the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.
D. Except for the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out.
5. Could you please close the door?
A. Would you mind close the door? B. Would you mind to close the door?
C. Would you minded close the door? D. Would you mind closing the door?
6. Bill drives more carelessly than he used to.
A. Bill doesn’t drive as carefully as he used to B. Bill doesn’t drive carefully he used to
C. Bill doesn’t drive as carefully he used to D. Bill doesn’t drive as carefully as he
used
7. The last time I saw Jane was three years ago.
A. I haven’t seen Jane for three years. B. I haven’t seen Jane three years ago
C. I haven’t seen Jane since three years D. I have seen Jane for three years
8. Ban cannot get married because he is under sixteen.
A. Ban is young enough to get married B. Ban is too young to get married
C. Ban is old enough to get married D. Ban is too old to get married
9. No one in the class is taller than Lan.
A. Lan is the tallest student in the class B. Lan is the tall student in the class
C. Lan is the tallest student in class D. Lan is tallest student in the class
10. Dave is very young. He cannot understand it.
A. Dave is not young enough to understand it. B. Dave is very young to understand it.
C. Dave is not young to understand it. D. Dave is too young to understand it.
11. He likes not only sports but also reading.
A. He only enjoys sports. B. He only enjoys reading.
C. He enjoys neither sports nor reading. D. He enjoys both sports and reading.
12. She is married with two children.
A. She has a husband and two children B. She is single
C. She is a childless mother D. She has two children
13. What’s the matter with you?
A. What’s thing with you? B. What’s issue with you?
C. What’s wrong with you? D. What’s right with you?
14. She started school when she was 6 years old.
A. At the year of 6 she started school. B. At the age of 6 she started school.
C. At the old of 6 she started school. D. At the time of 6 she started school.
15. He enjoys having noodle soup every meal.
 A. He has to eat noodle soup every meal. B. He should eat noodle soup every
meal.
C. He likes to eat noodle soup every meal. D. He must eat noodle soup every meal.
16. They didn’t see each other six months ago.
A. They haven’t seen each other six months.
B. They haven’t seen each other for six months.
C. They haven’t seen each other since six months.
D. They haven’t seen each other six months ago
17. I don’t speak English as well as my sister.
A. My sister speaks English better than I do.
B. I speak English worse than my sister does.
C. My sister speaks English more well than I do. D. A and B
18. Daisy doesn’t play cricket as well as she used to.
A. Daisy was used to play cricket better. B. Daisy used to playing cricket better.
C. Daisy used to play cricket better. D. Daisy got used to playing cricket
better.
19. “I think you should go by bus.” He told us.
A. He asked us to go by bus. B. He ordered us to go by bus.
C. He advised us go by bus. D. He advised us to go by bus.
20. Our house is going to be painted by a local firm.
A. We are going to have our house painted.
B. We are going to have our house be painted.
C. We are going to have our house to be painted.
D. We are going to have our house being painted.
21. Whose English books are these?
A. Who are these English books belong to?
B. Who do these English books belong to?
C. To whom do these English books belong to?
D. Whom do these English books belong to?
22. It was too careless of you to drive very fast.
A. You should not drive very fast. B. You should not drive very slowly.
C. You should not have driven very fast. D. You should not to drive very fast.
23. What were you doing then? I didn’t know.
A. I didn’t know what you were doing then.
B. I didn’t know what were you doing then.
C. I didn’t know what you had done then.
D. I didn’t know what you would do then.
24. The last time they were in Paris was in 2003.
A. They weren’t in Paris since 2003. B. They haven’t been in Paris since 2003.
C. They hadn’t been in Paris since 2003. D. They haven’t been in Paris from 2003.
25. What’s her date of birth?
A. When did she born? B. When were she born?
C. When’s her birthday? D. When was she born?
26. This is the most horrible film I have ever seen.
A. I already saw this horrible film before.
B. I have never seen such a horrible film before.
C. This is the most horrible film I saw.
 D. I have ever seen this horrible film before.
27. The police are looking for the missing boy.
A. The missing boy is looked for. B. The missing boy is looking for.
C. The missing boy is being looking for. D. The missing boy is being looked for.
28. Susan regretted not buying that villa.
A. Susan wished she had bought that villa. B. Susan wished she bought that villa.
C. Susan wished she could buy that villa. D. Susan wished she hadn’t bought that
villa.
29. It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this.
A. I wish you told us about this. B. I wish you would tell us about this.
C. I wish you had told us about this. D. I wish you have told us about this.
30. It started to rain at 2 o’clock and it is still raining.
A. It has been raining at 2 o’clock. B. It has been raining since 2 o’clock.
C. It has been raining for 2 o’clock. D. It has been raining in 2 o’clock.
31. They made her hand over her passport.
A. She was made to hand over her passport. B. She was made hand over her
passport.
C. She was handed over to make her passport. D. She was handed over for her passport
to make.
32. I tried to eat the cake, but it was too sweet.
A. It was such a sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it.
B. It was so sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it.
C. The cake was too sweet that I couldn’t eat it.
D. The cake was very sweet that I couldn’t eat it.
33. My brother and I went to that school.
A. I went to that school and my brother, too.
B. I went to that school and so my brother did.
C. I went to that school and so did my brother.
D. I went to that school and so my brother did, too
34. She said to us, “Don’t be late again.”
A. She said to us not to be late again. B. She told us to be late again.
C. She told to us not to be late again. D. She told us not to be late again.
35. I often get up early in the morning.
A. I am used to getting up early in the morning.
B. I am used to get up early in the morning.
C. I used to get up early in the morning.
D. I used to getting up early in the morning.
36. It isn’t necessary to shout.
A. You need to keep silent. B. You don’t need shouting.
C. You needn’t shout. D. It’s necessary to keep silent.
37. “You shouldn’t stay up late”, the doctor told Mr. William.
A. The doctor advised Mr. William not stay up late.
B. The doctor advised Mr. William not to go to bed so early.
C. The doctor advised Mr. William to stay up late.
D. The doctor advised Mr. William not to stay up late.
38. Julia couldn’t pass the driving test because she was so nervous.
A. Julia could pass the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.
 B. Julia could pass the driving test if she wasn’t very nervous.
C. Julia could have passed the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.
D. Julia will pass the driving test if she wasn’t so nervous.
39. It takes me five hours to drive to Manchester city from here.
A. Manchester city is five hours’ drive from here.
B. Manchester city drives for five hours from here.
C. Manchester city is driving for five hours from here
D. I have five hours to drive to Manchester city from here.
40. Peter lives in the house. The house is opposite my house.
A. Peter lives in the house it is opposite my house.
B. Peter lives in the house which opposite my house.
C. Peter lives in the house on which is opposite my house.
D. Peter lives in the house which is opposite my house.
41. The plants may develop differently. The plants live on that island.
A. The plants live on that island may develop differently.
B. The plants that live on that island may develop differently.
C. The plants which lives on that island may develop differently.
D. The plants whose live on that island may develop differently.
42. He came back at 9:00 last night. His son was having dinner.
A. After he came back at 9:00 last night his son was having dinner.
B. He came back at 9:00 last night but his son was having dinner.
C. When he came back at 9:00 last night his son was having dinner.
D. When he came back at 9:00 last night and his son was having dinner.
43. The weather was very cold. They couldn’t go out.
A. The weather was very cold and that they couldn’t go out.
B. The weather was so cold that they couldn’t go out.
C. The weather was not so cold they couldn’t go out.
D. The weather was very cold they couldn’t go out.
44. My teacher lives far from our school.
A. It’s a short distance from my teacher’s house to our school.
B. It’s a long distance from my teacher’s house to our school.
C. My teacher’s house is near our school.
D. My teacher lives near our school.
45. The water was so cold that we couldn’t swim in it.
A. The water was too cold for us to swim in it.
B. The water was very cold for us to swim in.
C. The water wasn’t warm enough that we couldn’t swim in it.
D. The water was too cold for us to swim in.
46. Although there was a traffic jam, Mr. David managed to get to his office on time.
A. Despite traffic jam, Mr. David managed to get to his office on time.
B. In spite traffic jam, Mr. David managed to his office on time.
C. Despite of the traffic jam, Mr. David managed to his office on time.
D. In spite of the traffic jam, Mr. David managed to get to his office on time.
47. I’ll only help you if you promise to try harder.
A. Unless you promise to try harder, I’ll help you.
B. I won’t help you unless you promise to try harder.
C. I’ll help you even when you promise to try harder.
 D. I won’t help you even when you promise to try harder.
48. John began playing the organ five years ago.
A. John has been playing the organ five years ago.
B. John has played the organ for five years.
C. John has been playing the organ for five years.
D. John used to play the organ five years ago.
49. She can’t have any more children because of her old age.
A. She isn’t young enough to have more children.
B. She isn’t young to have more children.
C. She isn’t so young that to have more children.
D. She is too old that to have more children.
50. I like watching TV more than listening to the radio.
A. I prefer watching TV to listening to the radio.
B. I prefer watching TV than listening to the radio.
C. I’d better watching TV to listening to the radio.
D. I’d better watch TV to listening to the radio.
51. Unless you keep your feet dry, you will catch a cold.
A. You won’t catch a cold even if you don’t keep your feet dry.
B. You will catch a cold if you don’t keep your feet dry.
C. You will catch a cold if you keep your feet dry.
D. Unless you keep your feet wet, you won’t catch a cold.
52. Parents always make their children wash their hands before meals.
A. Children are always made to wash their hands before meals.
B. Children are always made wash their hands before meals.
C. Parents always allow their children to wash their hands before meals.
D. Parents always let their children wash their hands before meals.
53. The bookshelf was so high that Heidi couldn’t reach it.
A. The bookshelf was too high that Heidi couldn’t reach it.
B. The bookshelf was too high for Heidi to reach.
C. The bookshelf wasn’t slow enough for Heidi to reach.
D. B and C
54. Peter regretted buying the secondhand computer.
A. Peter didn’t want to buy the secondhand computer.
B. Peter wished he didn’t buy the secondhand computer.
C. Peter wished he hadn’t bought the secondhand computer.
D. Peter was glad to buy secondhand computer.
55. It was such a dull play that he fell asleep.
A. The play was not interesting enough that he fell asleep.
B. The play was too dull that he fell asleep.
C. The play was so dull that he fell asleep.
D. The play was very dull that he fell asleep.
56. The garden is too small to play football in.
A. The garden is so small not to play football in.
B. The garden is small enough to play football in.
C. The garden isn’t big enough to play football in.
D. The garden is such small that they can’t play football in.
57. Donald could not help weeping when he heard the bad news.
 A. Donald could not stop himself from weeping at the bad news.
B. Donald could not allow himself to weep at the bad news.
C. Donald could not help himself and so he wept.
D. Donald could not help himself because he was weeping.
58. Caroline asked me what time the meeting would end.
A. Caroline said, “What time will the meeting end?”
B. Caroline said, “What time would the meeting end?”
C. Caroline said, “What time the meeting will end?”
D. Caroline said, “What time the meeting would end?”
59. I’ve never eaten this food before.
A. It’s the first time I’ve eaten this food.
B. It’s the most tasty food I’ve ever eaten.
C. I’ve never eaten such a good food before.
D. the food is so good that I’ve never eaten before
60. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.
A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn’t go out.
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out.