PET SENTENCE

TRANSFORMATIONS

No 3

Designed and created by Phil

 CATEGORIES
INFIN v GER CONNECTIVES
100 200 300 400 500
100 200 300 400 500
TENSES MODALS 2
100 200 300 400 500
100 200 300 400 500
ALL SORTS MIXTURE
100 200 300 400100
500200 300 400 500
DOUBLE Reported
00 400 600 800100
POINTS 200 Speech
1000 300 400 500

500200Odd
100 200 300 400100 300stuf
400 500
 Infinitive v gerund 100
I want to have piano
lessons.

I want to learn(how) to play

_________
the piano.
BACK
 Infinitive v gerund 200
How about coming too?
We’ll have a great time.

to come
Would you like ________
too? We’ll have a great time.
BACK
Infinitive v gerund 300
My friend forgot to bring
her purse.
My friend didn’t _________
remember
to bring her purse.

BACK
 Infinitive v gerund 400
I am very sorry that I forgot to
invite you before.

forgetting
I am so sorry for _________
to invite you before.
BACK
Infinitive v gerund 500
I had to walk to work but I
didn’t mind that.

I didn’t mind
having to walk to work.
_____________
BACK
 TENSES 100
We bought nothing in Stella’s
shop.

buy anything in
We didn’t ___________
Stella’s shop.
BACK
TENSES 200
I met my best friend when
I joined the local gym.
I have
__________
known my best
friend since I joined the
local gym.
BACK
 TENSES 300
In the past, people walked
much more than they do now.

used to
People _________ walk
much more than they do now
BACK
TENSES 400
This is the first time I’ve
been to the new pool.

I ______________
have never been to the
new pool before.
BACK
 TENSES 500
The hairdresser cut my hair
before I went to the party.

I ___________
had my hair cut before I
went to the party.
BACK
 All sorts 100
Last week all the students in
my class went to a restaurant
together.
Last week _________
everyone in my
class went to a restaurant
together. BACK
All sorts 200
The restaurant isn’t as
crowded on weekdays.
The restaurant is ______
less
crowded on weekdays

BACK
All sorts 300
I don’t have enough money for
a new camera.

afford (to buy) a new

I can’t _____________
camera.

BACK
All sorts 400
It is cheaper to enter the new
swimming pool than the old one.
It doesn’t cost _________
as much to
enter the new swimming pool as
the old one.

BACK
 All sorts 500
Unfortunately we had too
much furniture to put in our
house.
Unfortunately we didn’t
have enough space for all
_____________
our furniture.
BACK
 Double points 200
We went on a Saturday because
you can’t fly on Sundays.

any flights on
There aren’t __________
Sundays so we went on
Saturday.
BACK
 Double points 400
‘Please switch off your mobile
phones,’ the pilot said.

The pilot asked __________

us to
switch off our mobile phones.
BACK
 Double points 600
I can’t wait to go sightseeing.

I am looking forward
_____________
to going
sightseeing.

BACK
Double points 800
Why do you like football so
much?
so keen
Why are you __________
on football?

BACK
Double points 1000
Summer holidays always
seem too short!
Summer holidays never
on long
seem to go ________
enough!
BACK
Modals 1 100
It is OK to park here if you
work at the hotel.

Hotel employees ______

can
park here.
BACK
 Modals 1 200
When Jane was 3 years old
she was a good swimmer.

When Jane was 3 years old,

she ________
could swim well.
BACK
Modals 2 300
Nice people help tidy up
after parties. It’s polite.

should
People ___________ help
tidy up after parties.
BACK
Modals 1 400
I suggest that you study
hard for the maths exam.

If I were you, I _____

would study
hard for the maths exam.
BACK
Modals 1 500
I am not sure if that’s my
brother’s DVD.
That DVD ________
might belong
to my brother.

BACK
 Connectives 100
As I had a cold I decided not
to go swimming.

I decided not to go swimming

_________
because I had a cold
BACK
Connectives 200
The film was funny but it
was too long.
Although the film was
_________
funny, it was too long.

BACK
Connectives 300
As the bus didn’t arrive I
decided to walk into town.

The bus didn’t arrive ____

so I
decided to walk into town
BACK
Connectives 400
The two options are going to
the cinema or watching T.V.

either go to the
We can ________
cinema or watch T.V.
BACK
Connectives 500
Just when we went outside
it started to rain.
It started to rain as_______
soon as
we went outside.

BACK
 Modals 2 100
I have never learnt
Portuguese.

I _______
can’t speak Portuguese.

BACK
Modals 2 200
In England all motorcyclists
wear helmets because it is
the law.
In England all motorcyclists
have to
_________wear helmets.
BACK
Modals 2 300
The weather is hot so a
coat is not necessary.
The weather is hot so you
need not
__________ bring a coat.

BACK
 Modals 2 400
I can finish this work without
your help.
don’t have to help me
You __________
finish this work

BACK
 Modals 2 500
Perhaps that is the letter
about my new job.

That could / may / might be

______________
the letter about my new job
BACK
 Mixture 100
Nadia asked if she could
enter the competition on her
own.
Nadia said, ‘_______
Can I enter
the competition on my own?’
BACK
 Mixture 200
Young children are not
allowed to go in the deep end.

stay
Young children must ______
in the shallow end.
BACK
Mixture 300
I borrowed a magazine
from my friend.

My friend ________
lent me a
magazine.
BACK
Mixture 400
We stayed in the pool for
three hours.
spent
We _______ three hours
in the pool.

BACK
Mixture 500
My parents were educated
at the local school.

My parents’ education was

_____________
at the local school
BACK
 Reported Speech 100
‘I’d like to reserve a room at
the hotel, please’.

a reservation
‘I’d like to make __________
for a room at the hotel,
please’ BACK
 Reported Speech 200
When I got to the party, Bella
told me to put my coat in her
bedroom.
When I got to the party, Bella
said, ‘ ________
Put your coat in my
bedroom!’ BACK
 Reported Speech 300
I asked the man about the price
of the car.

I asked the man: ‘How much

_________
does the car cost?’

BACK
Reported Speech 400
He asked, ‘Can you tell me
how to get to Sesame Street?’

He wanted to know the way

__________
to Sesame Street.
BACK
Reported Speech 500
‘I won’t go with you’ she said.

She said she wouldn’t

__________
go with
them.

BACK
 Odd stuff 100
In some countries,
temperatures will rise a lot.

Temperatures will be ______

higher
in some countries.
BACK
 Odd stuff 200
This year’s hotel was nearer
to the beach than last year’s.
Last year’s hotel was ______
further
from the beach than this
year’s.
BACK
 Odd stuff 300
I’d expected dogs to be
more intelligent.

Dogs aren’t _____________

as intelligent as
I’d expected.
BACK
 Odd stuff 400
He doesn’t have enough
money so he won’t travel by
plane.
If he had more money, he
would travel by plane.
___________
BACK
 Odd stuff 500
She loves playing chess
and I do too.

She loves playing chess

and so
__ do I.
BACK