(CLASS 9(12) *** SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION ***

****Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences written before it:
1) ‘ Bring your swimming things in case it’s sunny’
( He told……………………………………………………………………..
2) There’s no need for you to talk so loudly.
( You don’t…………………………………………………………………..
3) I haven’t been to Bright for three years.
( The last time,………………………………………………………………..
4) No one has signed this cheque. ( This cheque……………………………………..
5) Tim will be 18 next month.
( It’s ……………………………………………..
6) Their attitude caused us great disappointment.
( We were…………………………………………………
7) Without his help we would all have died.
( If he……………………………………………………..
8) You are under no obligation to accept their offer.
(You can please……………………………………………
9) My boss works better when he’s pressed for time.
( The less…………………………………………………..
10) I started work for the company a year ago.
( I’ve been…………………………………………………..
11) Getting a good job doesn’t interest him.
( He…………………………………………………………
12) He can’t do anything about it.
( There’s …………………………………………………..
13) I thought it would be better than that.
( It’s not …………………………………………………..
14) I often get up early. ( I am used to …………………………..
15) I have never been to the ballet before.
( It’s first time, …………………………………………………….
16) ‘Have you had enough for lunch?’ the landlady asked me.
( The landlady asked ……………………………………………….
17) The doctor should have signed my insurance form.
( My insurance form…………………………………………………
18) John missed the ferry because his car broke down.
( If ……………………………………………………………………
19) Collecting dolls from foreign countries is one of Laura’s interests.
( Laura is ……………………………………………………………..
20) Geogre is not as nearly energetic as he used to be.
( Geogre used to be ………………………………………………….
21) Writing in English is difficult.
( It is ………………………………………………..
22) He’s been studying E for five years. ( Five years ago,………………………………

23) They watched TV afterwards they went to bed.
( Once …………………………………………………….
24) Take your umbrella so you don’t get wet.
( Just in case ……………………………………………….
25) She hadn’t tasted wild strawberries before.
( It was…………………………………………………
26) The teacher asked Mike whether he had any hobbies.
( ‘……………………………………………’ the teacher asked Mike.
27) ‘I like tennis,swimming and football’,Mike replied.
( Mike said that …………………………………………………………
28) He has also been collecting stamps for five years.
( He also started ………………………………………………………….
29) He has over 3500 stamps in his collection.
( There …………………………………………………………………….
30) He spends two hours a week sorting out the stamps.
( Sorting out his stamps ……………………………………………………
31) ‘ don’t forget to go to the post office,’ she said.
( She told him not ……………………………………………………………
32) We will stop off in France on our way to Germany.
( We will break ………………………………………………………………
33) I cannot go to the cinema tonight because I do not have my car.
( The reason I ………………………………………………………………..
34) The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim.
( The sea was too ……………………………………………………….
35) She and I have never been there before.
( Neither …………………………………………………………………

*** KEY ***
1) He told to bring our swimming things in case it was sunny.
2) You don’t need to talk so loudly.
3) The last time,I saw to Brighton,was for three years.
4) This cheque has been signed.
5) It’s Tim’s eighteenth birthday next month.
6) We were disappointed by their attitude.
7) If he hadn’t helped us he would all have died.
8) You can please yourself as to whether you accept / to accept their offer.
9) The less time my boss has,the better he works.
10) I’ve been working for the company for a year.
11) He isn’t interested in getting a new job.
12) There’s nothing he can do about it.
13) It’s not as good as I thought.
14) I am used to getting up early.
15) It’s first time, I’ve ever been to the ballet.
16) The landlady asked me whether /if I had had enough for lunch.
17) My insurance form should have been signed by the doctor.
18) If, John’s car had not broken down,John would not have missed /failed to catch the ferry or John could have caught / got /been able to catch the ferry.
19) Laura is interested in /keen on/fond of collecting dolls from foreign countries or Laura is someone( who/ that is) / somebody /a girl interested in collecting dolls from foreign countries.
20) Geogre used to be much / far/ a lot /considerable / a great deal more energetic (than he is