SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION n KEY 1

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1) Lan did not reach home until midnight.

→It was……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2) The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.

→There……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3) Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977 caused the drop in the number

of school leavers.
→The drop………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4) The boy became so confused and worried that he left home.

→So confused………………………………………………………………………………………………
5) You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are so wrong.

→Contrary………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6) I’m on the tenth page of the report I am writing.

→So far……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7) On receipt of your cheque, we shall send the goods to you.

→As soon as………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8) These new machines have put an end to queuing.

→Before these new………………………………………………………………………………………...
9) Have you ever used gestures to communicate before?

→It is……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10) It was foolish of her to stand in a queue.

→She……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11) Bill: Let me pay for myself.

Tom: Certainly not! I’ll pay!

→Tom insisted……………………………………………………………………
12) He says, “Meet me at the station”.

→He says that…………………………………………………………………….
13) Both her sons work abroad, but they ring her up every week.

→Her sons,…………………………………………………………………………………………………
14) No matter what kinds of change have been brought about, movies remain an important art form.

→Whatever…………………………………………………………………………………………………
15) “Evacuate the area!” ordered the superintendent.

→The superintendent………………………………………………………………………………………
16) What astounds me is that he paid the money before having a look at the goods.

→I find……………………………………………………………………………………………………..


17) As my roommate continues to give me a lift to work, I shan’t learn to drive.(STOP)

→Were……………………………………………………………………………………………………...
18) It’s the best film I’ve ever seen.

→I…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
19) I heard her use those words many times.

→Many’s…………………………………………………………………………………………………
20) It was more an argument than a discussion.

→It was not so ……………………………………………………………………………………………
21) Your silly question ditracted me.

→You drove………………………………………………………………………………………………
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION KEY

1. It was not until midnight that Lan reached home.
2. There has been a considerable increase in the cost of living in the last few years.
3. The drop in the number of school leavers is said to have been caused by the fall in the birth rate
between 1964 and 1977.

4. So confused and worried did the boy become that he left home.
5. Contrary to your opinion,/what you believe/what you think, fat people are not always jolly.
6. So far I have written ten pages of the report.
7. As soon as we receive your cheque, we will/shall send the goods to you.
8. Before these new machines were invented, people had to queue.
9. Is it the first time you use gestures to communicate?
10.She shouldn’t have stood in a queue.
11.Tom insisted on paying.
12.He says that they/we are to meet at the station/he is to be met at the station.
13.Her sons, both working abroad, ring her up every week/both of whom work abroad, ring…
14.Whatever changes have been brought about, movies remain an important art form.
15.The superintendent ordered that everybody/everyone (should) evacuate/leave the area.
16.The area should be evacuated.
17.I find it astounding that he didn’t have a look at the goods before he paid for them.
18.Were my roommate to stop giving me a lift to work, I wouldn’t learn to drive.

19.I have never seen a better film than that.