SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 2

1. The Mountain Rescue Team is pessimistic about the missing climbers.

-> The Mountain Rescue Team doesn’t hold
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2. Vitamin intake and intelligence are not connected.
>There-
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3. He suddenly thought that he might have misunderstood her.
-> It crossed _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. His wife keeps telling him that he should get a better job.
-> His wife is pushing
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5. Simon hadn’t expected that he would feel so weak after the operation.
-> The operation left
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6. Assembling the furniture is extremely easy. (PLAY)
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7. I resent the way that she clearly feels herself to be superior to me. (NOSE)
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8. They can’t possibly win the match. (STAND)
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9. Many species of wildlife are threatened with extinction. (VERGE)
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10. You’ll just have to take a chance. (POT)
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11: The last time there was such an environmental catastrophe as a thousand years ago.
->Not____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12: We found it easy to do the test.
->We had________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
13: All that stood between John and the gold medal was Jim’s greater speed.
->But_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
14: The film was so interesting that I had seen it many times.
->It was__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
15: His efforts to find a solution didn’t deserve such savage criticism.
->He shouldn’t__________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
16: You should observe the task carefully before you decide. WEATHER
->You should ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
17: People always hold fate responsible for whatever’s going wrong in their life. UNTOWARD
->People always pin________________________________________________________________________________________ happens.
18: Whatever difficulties Anna had, she still attended university. SHINE
->Anna__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
19: It seems to me that my parents cope calmly with everything I do. STRIDE
->I’m under______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
20: When Mary starts talking, no one else can say anything because she is speaking too much. EDGEWAYS
->When Mary starts talking, no one else can get__________________________________________________________________.
21. He was so enthusiastic that he apparently ignored any warning signs.
->Such ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
22. It is a difficult question. I’m trying to puzzle it out. Nobody has answered it yet.
The difficult question that..____________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.
→ Only when ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24. My brother prefers driving to being driven.
→ My brother would rather___________________________________________________________________________________________
25. Tony is very charming, but I wouldn’t trust him.
→ Charming as ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
26. I find driving on the left in England very strange. (ACCUSTOMED)
->I ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
27. Natalie didn't listen carefully enough to the spoken instructions. (ATTENTION)
->Natalie didn't _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
28. Their form teacher was about to leave the party when they came. (POINT)
-> Their form teacher was ___________________________________________________________________ party when they came.
29. I She likes to travel abroad. (KEEN)
-> She ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
30. It’s been months since I last spoke with Paul. ( CONTACT )
-> I haven’t _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ months
31. Dave had to cut in pay to keep losing his job.
Dave’s salary_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
32. The students’ rebellious behaviors should have been severely punished.
The students deserved__________________________________________________________________________________________________
33. It’s almost nine months since I stop subscribing to that magazine.
I
cancelled________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
34. Only an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now.
Nothing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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35. It doesn’t matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The result will be the same.
It makes _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
36. You can’t possibly expect me to pay for the tickets. (QUESTION)
There ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
37. He’s so garrulous that we are not able to say anything. (WORD)
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38. Have you decided to enter the poster competition? (GO)
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39. Tony’s habit of taking risk doesn’t fit in his image as a family man. (COMTATIBLE)
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40. The authorities had decided they would get tough with dissidents. (CRACKDOWN)
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41.You should not lock this door for any reason when the building is open to the public.
-> Under__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
42.He didn’t go to bed until he finished his composition.
->Not until____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
43.His efforts to find a solution to the problem didn’t deserve such savage criticism.
->He shouldn’t________________________________________________________________________________________________________
44.We were about to leave the house when the telephone rang.
->We______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
45.He easily loses his temper. (FLIES)
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46.Her early success has made her very conceited. (HEAD)
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47.Julie always listens to my complaints about work. (EAR)
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48.The authorities have improved the public transport system here recently. (IMPROVEMENTS)
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49.You should excuse his bad manners, he’s only a child. (ALLOWANCES)
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50.Hal found something unexpected when he cleared out the attic. (DISCOVERY)
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51. I only realized the full implications of what had happened until sometime later.
-> It wasn’t____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
52. The judge said that it was only because of the woman’s age he had not sent her to jail.
-> The judge said that had ___________________________________________________________________________________________
53. The last time there was such an environmental catastrophe was a thousand years ago.
-> Not______________________________________________________________________________________________________proportions.
54. We weren’t surprised by his success.
-> It came_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
55. He has an obsession about the dishonesty of lawyers. ( BEE)
-> He _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
56. I must have offended her because she isn’t being friendly towards me. (SHOULDER)
-> I____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
57. You need to make sure that he has enough money to pay for the car before you sell it to him.
-> You need to see____________________________________________________________________________________________________
58. He threatened the officers with violence. (THREATS)
-> He___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
59. The students’ rebellious behaviours should have been severely punishment. (DESERVED)
-> The students ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
60. There’s no one available in this moment to take her class . (NOTICE)
-> There’s___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
61. I can’t wait to go on holiday. FORWARD
→ I’m really_____________________________________________________________________________________________on holiday.
62. Rosa found it very difficul to persuade her boss to give her a pay rise. GREAT
→ Rosa had___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
63. The stadium was always full on the day of the cupfinal. USED
→The stadium_____________________________________________________________________ full on the day of the cupfinal.
64.She is proud of being able to communicate in English effectively PRIDES
She prides_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
65. The best solution was thought of by Mary. CAME
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66. If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class.
→ Were you______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
67. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got down stairs.
→ No sooner
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68. Waiting for buses irritates me.
→ Waiting for___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
69. The house looks better since the repainting was done.
→ The house looks better now________________________________________________________________________________________
70. He managed to get out of the car although his leg was broken.
→ In spite ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
71. A rather nasty problem has appeared.
->We’ve
come____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
72. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures.
->My purpose __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
73. Mrs. Wilson says she’s sorry she didn’t attend the meeting yesterday morning.
->Mrs. Wilson sends ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
74. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address.
->Further information can ___________________________________________________________________________________________
75. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
->I cancelled ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
76. He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with. DISTANCES
->He makes sure _________________________________________________________________________ policies he disagrees with.
77. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. BOUNDS
->The Rainbow Disco ________________________________________________________________________ students at the school.
78. She wasn’t speaking seriously. TONGUE
->She was speaking __________________________________________________________________________________________________.
79. We suddenly decided to go far away for the weekend. SPUR
->We decided ______________________________________________________________________________ far away at the weekend.
80. It would be easy to make a film adaptation of Danielle Steel’s latest novel. ITSELF
->Danielle Steel’s latest novel ______________________________________________________________________ made into a film.
81. If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class.
→ Were you______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
82. Adeles tries hard, but she doesn't get anywhere.
→However_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
83. It is thought that the boss is considering raising wages.
→ The boss_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
84. I'd prefer you not to smoke.
→ I'd rather______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
85. Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
→ Nothing but ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
86. It’s not worth asking the manager for the day off. (POINT)
→ There _________________________________________________________________________ asking the manager for the day off.
87. She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her. (EYES)
→ She _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
88. My father is not feeling well these days. (WEATHER)
→ My father _______________________________________________________________________________________________ these days.
89. Don’t run away with the idea that this job is easy. (CONCLUSION)
→ Don’t __________________________________________________________________________________________________________easy.
90. His choice always followed what his wife decided. (STEP)
→ His choice.___________________________________________________________________________________________________decided.
91. Returning from the battle, they had no money left. (RUB)
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92. He's a taxi driver, so he is thoroughly familiar with the city. (HAND)
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93. They suspended Jack for the next two matches. (BANNED)
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94. Mary used to think that she would become a famous actress in Hollywood.( IMPRESSTION)
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95. I tried to talk to Jack about the problem but he was too busy. (WORD)
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96. When I was younger I used to go climbing more than I do now.
-> Now__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
97. Englandno longer had dreadful fogs.
->There used to__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
98. It is years since we decorated the room.
->We haven’t____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
99. By the time we arrive the other guests will have already started dinner.
->The other guests will start___________________________________________________________________________________________
100. I would like the school holidays to be longer.
->I wish__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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