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SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the cues:
1. The tickets are here for the football match.

Here ______________________________
2. How long is it since you started learning English ?

When______________________________ ?
3. I would like you to help me do this English exercise.
Do you mind__________________________?

4. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.
If____________________________________.
5. If it doesn’t rain soon, the crops will be lost.
Unless________________________________.
6. I have never heard such the beautiful song.
Never__________________________________.
7. John was too ill to go to work.

John was not_____________________________.
8. It was so late that nothing could be done.

It was too late_____________________________.
9. I’ve never met such a famous person before.
It is _____________________________________.
10. They think the owner og the house is abroad.
The owner________________________________.
11. I have never seen a snake in my life.

Never in my life___________________________.

12. He visits us whenever he’s in town.

He pays__________________________________.
13. She types with care.

She is ____________________________________.
14. My grandfather is a lover of music.

My grandfather loves________________________.
15. I decided to finish these difficult exercises.
I made____________________________________.
16. She has no knowledge of what will be .

She doesn’t_________________________________.
17. The plumber repaired the leak this morning.

I____________________________________________.
18. I want to buy that house but I haven’t got enough money.
If ___________________________________________.
19. Although the team play well, they lost.

Despite______________________________________.
20. I didn’t go because it rain heavily.

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21. They know little about what to expect when starting work.
They have_______________________________________.
22. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party.

I wish___________________________________________.
23. Learning English is interesting.

It______________________________________________.
24. It is necessary to learn English.

I find it _________________________________________.
25. I’ve never eaten this before.

It is the first time__________________________________.
26. “ I must see the manager!”, she said.

She insisted that___________________________________.

27. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only by____________________________________________________.
28. I’m sorry now that I asked her to say.

Now I wish _______________________________________.
29. Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn’t sail.

Because __________________________________________.
30. Someone stole my purse from my hanbag.

My purse__________________________________________.
31. If you aren’t going to party, I won’t go.

Unless_____________________________________________
32. How long have Mary and John been married?

When______________________________________________?
33. In my opinion, you aren’t telling the truth.

I suggest____________________________________________.
34. I would have visited you, but I didn’t know that you were at home.
If__________________________________________________.
35. He drove carelessly so he had a serious accident.

Unless ______________________________________________.
36. The last time I met him was two weeks ago.

I____________________________________________________.
37. I stared learning English six years ago.

I have________________________________________________.
38. She has never seen him before.

It’s__________________________________________________.
39. It was so dark that nothing could be seen.

It was too_____________________________________________.
40. Please eat more and talk less. We will both enjoy our dinner.
If you ate_____________________________________________.
41. They are now sending it to his house by train.

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42. Despite the narrow streets in that city, many people drive cars.
Though _______________________________________________.
43. Because he behaved so badly, he was punished.

Because ______________________________________________.
44. “ Turn right when you go out of the restaurant”

He told me ___________________________________________.
45. The plants don’t grow proverly because it doesn’t rain enough.
It doesn’t _____________________________________________.
46. How long will it take us to go to My Tho by car?

I don’t know____________________________________________.
47. She said she didn’t mind if I rode her bicycle to school.

She didn’t mind________________________________________.

48. Some people think that it would be hard work to coserve natural sesources.
Conserving natural______________________________________.

49. It is useless to complain about the matter now.

Complaining ___________________________________________.
50. If we don’t preserve natural resouces, they will run out soon.
Unless_________________________________________________.
51. Would you please lend me a hand?

Would you mind________________________________________?
52. It is very necessary to prevent the erosion of land.

We find it_______________________________________________.
53. It took us two days to go Hanoi by train .

Going_________________________________________________.
54. I haven’t gone swimming for two years.

I last__________________________________________________.

55. Industrial smoke stacks throw out sulphur and nitrogen oxides.
Sulphur and Nitrogen oxides_______________________________.
56. That factory is producing more and more pollution.

More and more pollution__________________________________.
57.I missed the meeting because my car broke down.

If_____________________________________________________.
58. you are too young to see horror films.

You aren’t _____________________________________________.
59. What’s your date of birth?

When_________________________________________________?
60. The doctor should have signed my insurance form.

My insurance form______________________________________.
61. Jane does not play tennis as well as she used to.

Jane used_____________________________________________.
62. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.

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63. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner ____________________________________.
64. I’m sorry I was rude to you yesterday.

I apologize____________________________________.
65. Someone will blow a whistle if there is an emergency.
A whistle_____________________________________.
66. The police are questioning Mr and Mrs David.

Mr and Mrs David______________________________.
67. Many people said that they were guilty.

They_________________________________________.
68. He would pass the contest if he didn’t drink alcohol.
Unless _______________________________________.

69. Their house needs painting. They want to get somone to paint it.
They are going to__________________________________.

70. She didn’t say a word as she left the room.

She left the room__________________________________.
71. My father had them cut the grass in the garden yesterday.
My father had_____________________________________.
72. I walked to school in 20 minutes.

It took ___________________________________________.
73. I am always nervous when I travel by plane.

Travelling________________________________________.

74. we ought to leave the party now if we are to catch the last train.
If we don’t________________________________________.
75. Nam is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job.

Nam now wishes that ________________________________.
76. The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t push it open.
The door was too ____________________________________.
77. In spite of his old age, he worked very hard.

Although___________________________________________.
78. I didn’t arrive in time to see her.

I wasn’t early _______________________________________.
79. someone has already paid for it.

It _________________________________________________.
80. I was very busy, so I couldn’t go to the meeting.

If I_________________________________________________.
81. In spite of laziness, he always gets good marks.

Although____________________________________________.
82. People who are lazy won’t be healthy.

Nobody ____________________________________________.
83. I haven’t gone to see them for over a year.

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Unless___________________________________________________.
85. They never made us do anything we didn’t want to do.

We ______________________________________________________.
86. I’m very pleased that we’ll see again soon.

I’m looking _______________________________________________.
87. A new stadium is being built near ourhouse.

They _____________________________________________________.
88. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in this job.

In spite of_________________________________________________.
89. Our TV station has broadcast some interesting film this week.
Some interesting __________________________________________
90. Unless someone has a key, we can’t get into the house.

We can only get ___________________________________________.
91. Athough she took a taxi, Jane still arrived late for the concert.
In spite _________________________________________________.
92. He gets up early in the morning and he is used to it.

He is used to _____________________________________________.
93. Let’ts go to the thearter tonight.

Why______________________________________________________?
94. Originally, tennis was an indoorgame.

Tennis __________________________________________________.
95. The restaurantis so dirty that no one wants to eat there.

It is such __________________________________________________.
96. She got up early so that she wuoldn’t be late for the meeting.

She got up early so as ________________________________________.
97. He has worked so hard that he feels very ill.

He felt____________________________________________________.
98. I gave them my address so that they could pay a call on me.

I gave them my address to____________________________________.

99. He can’t see anything.

Nothing __________________________________________________.

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