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
 EXAMPLE: I don’t like people who arrive late. I’m always on …
ANSWER: time
a) We found out when the bus left from the …
b) Did you get to the station … to catch the train?
c) It was 2 am … they had finished tidying up after the party
d) She wanted to complete the exercise during the lesson but she ran …
e) 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
 EXAMPLE: The price of petrol has… from 40p to 50p per liter
ANSWER: gone up
a) You will have to… your homework again because it’s full of mistakes
b) When the tide … there’s plenty of sand to sit on
c) The milk smells horrible. It must have … so you will have to put lemon in your tea
d) As two of the staff here have … with flu, we can’t finish the work today
e) She swims so well that she really should … the competition
HANOI UNIVERSITY OF 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: 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,