I. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word or words in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Everyone thought the book was written by the princess herself. HAVE
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2. I can’t lift this table on my own. UNLESS
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3. I won’t stay in this job, not even for double the salary. IF
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4. The coins are believed to have been buried for safe keeping. IT
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5. If you insist on eating so fast, of course you get in indigestion. WILL
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6. It’s pity! You aren’t going to Ann’s party. WISH
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7. Someone punches Sam in the face at a football match. GOT
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8. If you found the missing money, what would you do? WERE
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9. They suspended Jackson for the next two matches. BANNED
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10. Please come this way, and you’ll see if Mr. Francis is in. WILL
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II. By using the words in brackets, join each of the following sentences into logical ones. You may need to change some of the words.
1. A student has studied English for a few years. He may have a vocabulary of thousands of words. (who)
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2. Between formal and colloquial English there is unmarked English. It is neither so literary and serious as formal English, nor so casual and free as colloquial English. (which)
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3. He bought a jeep. His friend advised him against it. (although)
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4. Good writing requires general and abstract words as well as specific and concrete ones. It is the latter that make writing vivid, real and clear. (though)
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5. It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields. (so ... that)
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6. The politician is concerned with successful elections. The statesman is interested in the future of his people. (whereas)
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7. The results of the experiment were successful. The school refused to give any help. (although)
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8. He chose to study computer science. Computer science has good employment
prospects. (because of)
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9. Mary walked very slowly. She did not catch the train. (if)
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10. He is not coming. The meeting will be put off till next week. (in the event of)
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I. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word or words in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Everyone thought the book was written by the princess herself. HAVE
____________The book was thought to have been written by the princess herself__________________________________________________________
2. I can’t lift this table on my own. UNLESS
_______________Unless you help me, I can't lift this table on my own_________________________________________________________
3. I won’t stay in this job, not even for double the salary. IF
_____________________ I won't stay in this job, even if the salary is double___________________________________________________
4. The coins are believed to have been buried for safe keeping. IT
________ It is belived that the coins were buried for safe-keeping________________________________________________________________
5. If you insist on eating so fast, of course you get in indigestion. WILL
________ If you will eat so fast, of course you get in indigestion________________________________________________________________
6. It’s pity! You aren’t going to Ann’s party. WISH
_______I wish you were going to Ann's party_________________________________________________________________
7. Someone punches Sam in the face at a football match. GOT
_____Sam got his face punched at a football match___________________________________________________________________
8. If you found the missing money, what would you do? WERE
______Were you to find the missing money, what would you do?__________________________________________________________________
9. They suspended Jackson for the next two matches. BANNED
_______Jackson was banned from playing for the nest two matches_________________________________________________________________
10. Please come this way, and you’ll see if Mr. Francis is in. WILL
________ If you will come this way, you'll see if Mr Francis is in________________________________________________________________
II. By using the words in brackets, join each of the following sentences into logical ones. You may need to change some of the words.
1. A student has studied English for a few years. He may have a vocabulary of thousands of words. (who)
_______________A student who has studied English for a few years may have a vocabulary of thousands of words_________________________________________________________
2. Between formal and colloquial English there is unmarked English. It is neither so literary and serious as formal English, nor so casual and free as colloquial English. (which)
________Between formal and colloquial English there is unmarked English, which is neither so literary and serious as formal English, nor so casual and free as colloquial English________________________________________________________________
3. He bought a jeep. His friend advised him against it. (although)
_____He bought a jeep although his friend advised him against it___________________________________________________________________
4. Good writing requires general and abstract words as well as specific and concrete ones. It is the latter that make writing vivid, real and clear. (though)
______Though good writing requires general and abstract words as well as specific and concrete ones, it is the latter that make writing vivid, real and clear__________________________________________________________________
5. It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields. (so ... that)
_____It was raining so hard that they could not work in the fields___________________________________________________________
6. The politician is concerned with successful elections. The statesman is interested in the future of his people. (whereas)
_______The politician is concerned with successful elections, whereas the statesman is interested in the future of his people_________________________________________________________________
7. The results of the experiment were successful. The school refused to give any help. (although)
____ Although the results of the experiment were successful, the school refused to give any help____________________________________________________________________
8. He chose to study computer science. Computer science has good employment
prospects. (because of)
______He chose to study computer science because of the good employment prospects__________________________________________________________________
9. Mary walked very slowly. She did not catch the train. (if)
______ If Mary hadn’t walked so slowly, she would have caught the train__________________________________________________________________
10. He is not coming. The meeting will be put off till next week. (in the event of)
____ In the event of his not coming, the meeting will be put off till next week____________________________________________________________________
