SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION CHỨNG CHỈ B

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1 My boss works better than he’s pressed for time.

The less time my boss has, the better he works.
2 I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.

Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss
rang back.
3 John hasn’t had his hair cut for over 6 months.

It’s over 6 months since John had his hair cut.
4 You can use my car but you have to keep it carefully.

Provided that you keep my car carefully, you can
use it.
5 He couldn’t escape from the prison because it was very secure.

The prison was so secure that he couldn’t escape.
6 There are more people out of work in this country than ever before.

Never have there been more people out of work in
this country.
7 The students’ riotous behavior should have been severely punished.

The student deserved punishment for their riotous
behavior.
8 Unless we leave now, we’ll miss our ride home.

We won’t miss, if we leave now.

9 The computer will be available anytime but one o’clock.

The computer won’t be available at one o’clock.
10 Bruce didn’t want to tell me the truth but I found out any way.

Although Bruce didn’t tell me the truth, I know.
11 They never make us do anything we didn’t want to do.

We were never made us do anything we didn’t
want to do.
12 My mother was the most warm-hearted person I’ve known.

I’ve never known the person who is more warmhearted than my mother.
13 People can sometimes be disappointed when they know each other well.

It can sometimes be disappointed when they know
each other well.
14 I’m sure she didn’t do it on purpose.

She can’t have done it on purpose.
15 What time do we have to get up in the morning?

Could you please wake me up in the morning?
16 I’d like to make a phone call.

I wonder if it would be possible for me to make a
phone call.
17 My little brother can be annoying sometimes.

I am so annoying by my little brother sometimes.

18 I’m always nervous when I traveled by air.

Traveling by air always make me nervous.
19 They haven’t cleaned the sheet this week.

The sheets haven’t been cleaned this week.
20 As I get older , I want to travel less

The older I get, the less I want to travel.
21 The patient recovered more rapidly than the doctors expected.

The patient made quicker recovery than the
doctor expected.
22 Could you give me some information, please?

I wonder if you could give me some information.
23 I advised you to put you money in the bank.

You’d better put your money in the bank.
24 A house in that district will cost you at least $100,000.

You won’t be able to buy a house in that district
for less than 10000
25 Alan worked too hard at the office, and this led to his illness.

Alan’s illness was the result of his working too
hard.
26 My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year.

I was allowed to go abroad alone for the first
time last year.


27 It was his incompetence which led to their capture.

If he had been wise, they wouldn’t have capture.
28 He spoke so fast that nobody could understand him.

He spoke too fast for nobody to understand him.
29 If the king spoke wisely, people should praise him.

Unless the king spoke wisely, people would not
praise him.
30 He had hardly left the office when the phone rang.

No sooner had he left the office when the phone
rang.
31 He started work as sooner as the term had finished.

No sooner had the term finished than he started
work.
32 I spent seven years at secondary school then I went to university.

After having seven years at secondary school, I
went to university.
33 Somebody repaired her refrigerator last month.

She had somebody repair refrigerator last month.

34 In spite of the heavy rain, my father went to work.

Although it rained heavily, my father went to
work.


35 She urged her husband to write the letter.

She urged that her husband should write the
letter.
36 If I had known she was sick, I would have visited her.

Had I known she was sick, I would have visited
her.
37 The last time I was in London was in 1972.

I have been in London since 1972.
38 This lecture bores me to tear.

I am bored by this lecture.
39 I am sorry now that I asked her to stay.

Now I wish I hadn’t asked her to stay.
40 They couldn’t trace who had supplied the information in the first place.

The source of the information couldn’t be traced.
41 Try to think of a book you have really enjoyed reading and recommend
it to your classmates.

If there is an interesting book, you will

recommend it to your classmates.
42 Although the fire spread around, he managed to get out of his room.

Despite spread the fire around, he managed to
get out of his room.


43 Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.

They had such a fierce dog that nobody would
visit them.
44 He remembered, and so did he.

He didn’t forget and neither did he.
45 The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired.

The car was too rusty to be repaired.
46 The house seemed to have been unoccupied for several months.

It looked as the house has been unoccupied for
several months.
47 The fisherman’s life was one of great poverty.

Throughout his life fisherman was very poor.
48 I don’t enjoy cooking for five hungry children.

Cooking for five hungry children is not fun.
49 The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.

The gate is closed so that the children can’t run

into the road.
50 Susan likes staying in hotels but she prefers camping.

Susan doesn’t like staying in hotels as much as she
enjoys camping.