SENTENCE BUILDING
1. Thing/ not go/ according/plan/ I have / stay/ several more days.
Things have not gone according to my plan and I have
to stay several more days.
2. Music gave me/ lot/ pleasure/ I sometimes dream / a professional
musician.
Music gave me a lot of pleasure and I sometimes
dreamed to be a professional musician.
3. If you/ not mind / slower journey/ be/ direct bus.
If you don’t mind the slower journey, there will be a
direct bus.
4. Your paper should / write / such/ way / most ignorant/ would/able /
understand.
Your paper should be written in such as the way that
most ignorant would be able to understand.
5. Her mother/ go/ shop/ twice/ week.
Her mother goes shopping twice a week
6. When/ concert/ over/ even the white men/ shake/ Roy’s hand.
When the concert was over even the white men
shook Roy’s hand.
7. All means/ will write / you / care/ your young sister.
By all means, I will write to you in care of your
younger sister.
8. Could you leak/ your plans/ do/ business here?
Could you leak out your plans in doing business here?
9. We/ thank/ your understanding / this matter/ assure you that/ will/
happen again.
We thank for your understanding in this matter and
assure you that will not be happen again.
10.
He/ such / powerful/ swimmer/ he always / won / races.
He was such a powerful swimmer that he always won
the races.
11.
Earth/ suddenly/ stop/ spin/ we/ all fly/ it
If the earth suddenly stopped spinning , we would all
fly off it.
12.
When we last meet/ we tell you/ we plan / move.
When we last met we told you that we planned were
about to move.
13.
What/ the man/ wearing/ you / saw?
What was the man wearing when you saw him?
14.
She turn / deaf ear / her crying baby.
She turned a deaf ear to her crying baby.
15.
Nobody was/ blame/ the accident.
Nobody was to blame for the accident.
16.
I work / dawn / dusk / earn /living.
I work from dawn to dusk to earn my living.
17.
After/ be apprehended , all the robbers/ prosecute.
After being apprehended ,all the robbers were
prosecuted.
18.
The food was / good but/ cheap.
The food wasn’t only good but also cheap.
19.
She talked/ the contest as if / win / prize.
she talked about the contest as if she had won a
prize.
20.
She had/ the doctor’s / because / had / backache.
She had to go to the doctor’s because she had a
backache.
21.
She / very selfish / woman but somehow you can’t / like her.
She is very selfish woman but somehow you can’t help
liking her.
22.
Another attempt/ climb / mountain/ make / next year.
Another attempt to climb that mountain will be make
next year.
23.
If/ doctor/ morning office hours / he/ visit/ patients/ hospital /
afternoon.
If the doctor hasn’t morning office hours, he will
visit his patients in the hospital in the afternoon.
24.
He/ do / voluntary service/ help / disadvantaged/ children.
He does voluntary service to help the disadvantaged
children
25.
I suddenly/ feed/ worry/ could/ say anything.
I suddenly felt worried but could not say anything.
26.
This morning I had / do / breakfast because / I / short/ money
This morning I had to do without breakfast because
I was short of money.
27.
The information had/ received / by / delegates before / recess.
The information had been received by the delegates
before the recess.
28.
If/ roofer/ not/ come soon/ will leak inside
If the roofer doesn’t come soon, the rain will leak
inside.
29.
Please advise us/ soon / the goods have / dispatched.
Please advise us as soon as the goods have been
dispatched.
30.
Eating / drinking/ much/ well / insufficient food/ harmful/
health
Eating and drinking too much as well as insufficient
food are harmful to the health.
31.
He/ graduate / law school / soon enough / join/ his father’s/
firm.
He will graduate from law school soon enough to join
his father’s firm.
32.
If I / enough money/ go / live/ country.
If I had enough money, I would go and live in another
country.
33.
She walk /though/ she / has study/ model
She walks as though she has studied modeling.
34.
My sister arranged/ the trays / lunch / carried them out / two /
two.
My sister arranged the trays for lunch and carried
them out two by two.
35.
I lost interest / violin/leave/ school/ stop/ play it.
I lost interest in violin when I left school and
stopped playing it.
36.
When I see / her / the distance / I thought / she / my mother in
law / but she/ not.
When I saw her from distance I thought that she
was my mother in law but she didn’t.
37.
As soon/we/ off/ the train/ rush to work.
As soon as we had gotten off the train, we rushed to
work.
38.
We must / bodies/ clean/ rooms well ventilated / live as
much /possible / open air.
We must keep our bodies clean, our rooms well
ventilated and live as much as possible in the open
air.
39.
When I / high school / used /lead / football team.
When I was in high school I used to lead my football
team.
40.
He often / fall / asleep / while / teacher/ explain/ the lesson.
He often falls asleep while his teacher is explaining
the lesson.
41.
My lifelong aspiration / been that / become / a good pianist.
My lifelong aspiration has been that of becoming a
good pianist.
42.
You can make/ main road/ London/ from Chillington until you
come/ the crossroad / station.
You can make a main road into London from
Chillington until you come to the crossroad of
station.
43.
You / think / pour me/ glass/ water?
Do you think you could pour me a glass of water?
44.
Fables are / transmit/ word / mouth / people
Fables are transmitted by word of mouth among the
people.
45.
Neither his teacher / his classmates / satisfied / him
Neither his teacher nor his classmates are satisfied
with him
46.
Don’t / me / unless/ not understand it.
Don’t ask me unless you don’t understand it.
47.
Sooner / start / quickly you’ll / finish.
The sooner you start the more quickly you’ll be
finished.
48.
Mr brow / charge of / office while / director / away/ his
vacation.
Mr Brow took charge of the office while the
director was away on his vacation.
49.
She / love nor hate/ you
Neither she loves nor hates you
50.
We stay / the sun / such / time / we become sunburned.
We stayed in the sun for such a long time that we
became sunburned.