SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

TYPE 1: PARTICIPLE
Question 1: When she saw the dog coming towards her, she quickly crossed the road.
 ____________________________________________________________.
Question 2: As I didn’t have a credit card, I found it difficult to book an airline ticket over phone.
 ______________________________________________________________.
Question 3: Because the postman had been bitten by our dog twice, he refused to deliver our mail.
___________________________________________________________.
Question 4: We had spent nearly all our money, so we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
 ___________________________________________________________.
Question 5: After I had seen photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.
___________________________________________________________.
Question 6: James did all the homework, then he went out for a walk
______________________________________________________________
TYPE 2: REPORTED SPEECH
Question 7: 'It was nice of you to invite me to your birthday party. Thanks very much.'
 Mike thanked ________________________________________________________________
Question 8: “If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your son,” the kidnappers said to them.
The kidnappers threatened _____________________________________________
Question 9: “I wish I’d asked for his name and telephone number,” Anne said.
Anne regretted ___________________________________________________________
Question 10: “ Remember to put your dirty clothes in this basket, boy,” said the mother.
The mother reminded the boy __________________________________________________
Question 11: “Your brother spoilt our party,” Rose told me.
Rose accused __________________________________________________________________
Question 12: “ I’m looking for the book you gave me last week” Mary said to Peter
 Mary told _______________________________________________________________
Question 13: “What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar, Jane? Peter asked
Peter asked _________________________________________________________
Question 14: “I can’t go to your birthday party tonight, Jack” said Mary
Mary apologized ____________________________________________________
Question 15: “ You damaged my bicycle yesterday, John” said Mary
Mary accused_______________________________________________________
Question 16: “ I’m looking for the book you gave me last week” Mary said to Peter
 Mary told __________________________________________________________
TYPE 3:IF CLAUSE
Question 17: They don’t understand the problem so they won’t find a solution
If ________________________________________________________________
Were______________________________________________________________
Question 18: Go right now or you’ll be late for the train.
If ____________________________________________
Question 19: Because you speak English unnaturally, they do not understand you.
If ____________________________________________
Were ____________________________________________
Question 20: We didn’t know your phone number, so we could not contact you.
If _____________________________________________________
Had__________________________________________________
Question 21: Because Simon doesn’t live near his mother, he can’t visit her often.
If _______________________________________________________________
Question 22: We didn’t listen carefully, so we made this mistake.
If_____________________________________________________________________
Question 23: The car breaks down so often, because you don’t take good care of it.
 If_______________________________________________________________________
Question 24: Peter wasn’t at home, so I didn’t visit him.
 If________________________________________________________________________
Question 25: It was cold yesterday, perhaps that’s why we couldn’t go swimming. (IF CLAUSE)
We could ___________________________________________________________________
Had________________________________________________________________________
REPORTED SPEECH – MINI TEST
Question 1:The students got lost because they forgot the map.
 If the __________________________________________________________________________.
Question 2:“Think carefully before you answer”, said the teacher to his students.
 The teacher advised _____________________________________________________________
Question 3 “Why don’t we go for a picnic after our examination?” said the monitor to her classmates.
 The monitor suggested ___________________________________________________________.
Question 4 : “I’ll drive you to the airport tomorrow.” John said to Linda.
 John insisted _______________________________________________________________
Question 5: “If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your son,” the kidnappers said to them.
The kidnappers threatened _____________________________________________________
Question 6: Peter did not answer my question because he was sleepy.
 If ________________________________________________________________________
Question 7: The students often get bad mark. That’s the reason why they cannot pass GCSE exam.
 If __________________________________________________________________________.
Question 8: Ally doesn’t know what she has to do for homework because she was absent from school on
Friday.
If _____________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Question 9: “Why don’t you go for a picnic with your classmate after this examination?” my mother told me
 My mother suggested ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Question 10“It’s not true. I didn’t sell this information, ” Stephen said.
Stephen denied ________________________________________________________________
Question 11: “I’m sorry that I was rude to you yesterday, Helen,” said Robert.
Robert apologized _________________________________________________________
Question 12“You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to him
The teacher accused __________________________________________________________
Question 13:“ Don’t talk to me like that because it makes me sad.” She said.
She told me ____________________________________________________________________
Question 14:“ Don’t forget to turn off the lights before you leave” Sue told me.
Sue reminded_____________________________________________________________
Question 15: “ How long has it been since you left this city, Bob?” He asked
He asked _______________________________________________________________
Question 16“ Water these flowers or they will die” he asked me
He asked me________________________________________________________
Question 17“ Is traffic congestion a big problem in your hometown” Peter asked me
 Peter asked me ___________________________________________________
Question 18:“Please don’t tell anyone what happened” Ann said to me
Anne told me _______________________________________________________
Question 19: “Why don’t you sleep at my house tonight” Tom said to his sister
Tom suggested ____________________________________________________
Question 20: Susan is overweight because she eats too much chocolate

GOOD
If ________________________________________________________________

LUCK