TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES

New words:
- unjust treatment: S i x khng cng bng
to be unjustly treated: b i x khng cng bng
- death of starvation: s cht i
to die of starvation: cht i
- to complain about/ of sth: phn nn v g
- to insist on: nn n
- to the best of our ability/ at our best: nng lc tt
nht ca chng ti
- to contact (v) + O/ keep contact (n) with + O: gi
lin lc
- to influence/ affect + O: nh hng n
influence/ effect on: s nh hng n
- to survive: cn sng
survival: s sng cn, tn ti
alive (adj): cn sng, sng li
- anxious (adj) about: lo lng ci g
- to support in, support (n): ng h, s ng h
- to speak out thoughts: ni ra nhng suy ngh
- to congratulate sb on: chc mng ai v ci g
- absent (adj): vng mt
absence (n): s vng mt
- to be partly blind: b m mt phn
- suspicion (n): s nghi ng
suspicious (adj): nghi ng
- to haunt sth/ sb: m nh ai/ ci g
to haunt the mind of a guilty person: m nh suy ngh
ca k c ti

1. We hope that better time will come.

We hope for the coming/ arrival of better time to come.

2. It is terrible that people should die of starvation.

Death of starvation is terrible/ It is terrible to die of

starvation.

3. When he will arrive is not yet known.

The time of his arrival is not yet known.

4. It is doubtful whether he will succeed.

His success is doubtful.

5. He said that he would come tomorrow.

He was said to come/ His coming tomorrow was said.

6. I will remain where I am.

I will remain in my place.

7. I was so dark that we lost our way.

It was dark enough for us to lost our way/ We lost our way
because of the dark.

8. He complained that he had been unjustly treated.

He complained about (of) being unjustly treated/ unjust

treatment to him.

9. I insist that you should not go.

I insist on your not going.

10. We must do the work as well as we can.

We must do the work to the best of our ability/ at our best.

11. You must write to me as soon as you reach Bombay.

You must write to me after your arrival in Bombay.

12. Those soldiers who survived have received medals.

Those surviving soldiers have received medals.

13. He seemed very anxious that we should come.

He seemed very anxious on our arrival.

14. I will buy it, cost what it may.

I will buy it at any cost/ all costs.

15. Whatever you do, I will support.

I will support you in anything/ any of your works.

16. An honest man speaks as he thinks.

An honest man speaks out his thoughts.

17. I congratulated him because he had passed.

I congratulated him on his passing/ success in the exam.

18. Whenever you go, I will follow you.

I will follow you anywhere/ like a shadow.

19. When the cat is away, the mice will play.

The mice will play in the absence of the cat.

20. Since he got that illness, he has been partly blind.

He has been partly blind since his illness.

21. Until he was in his thirtieth year, he remained

unmarried.

Until the age of thirty, he remained unmarried.

22. I will help you as many ways as I can.

I will help you as many ways as possible.

23. He wrote as he was instructed.

He wrote as instructed/ according to the instruction.

24. He ordered the police that they should imprison the rioters.

He ordered the police to imprison the rioters.

25. Suspicion always haunts the mind of a person who is guilty.

Suspicion always haunts the mind of a guilty person.

26. Although they fought most valiantly, they were defeated.

Despite fighting most valiantly, they were defeated.

27. The criticism that he made not constructive.

His criticism was not constructive/ he made a constructive

criticism.

28. He works so hard that he felt ill.

He works hard enough to feel ill/ as to be ill.

29. We had to work carefully, lest we would make mistakes.

To avoid making mistakes, we had to work carefully/ in order

not to make mistakes.
30. We agree on what you said. We object to the manner in
which you said it.

We object to the manner of saying it.

31. He ran faster than I did.

I did not run as fast as him/ Between I and him, he ran faster.

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