1. It was so late that nothing could be done

    It was too....late for something to be done

2. Bill is going to write to me. I will tell you all his news

   .. when......Bill writes to me, I will tell you all his news..........................

3. She didn't say a word as she left the room.

   She left the room .without saying a word..

4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test

    As long as ......you keep calm, you will pass your driving test.......................................

5. They never made us do anything we didn't want to do

    We .......weren't made to do anything we didn't want to do..............

6. It 's a pity I didn’t take my doctor's advice.

    I wish.......I had taken my doctor's advice.............................................

7.  They made him wait for two hours.

    He was .......made to wait for two hours.................................

8. It took us 3 hours to open the door.

    We ....spent 3 hours opening the door..........................................

9. A train leaves at 7 o'clock every morning.

    There is ....a 7-o'clock train every morning...................................

10. During dinner, the phone rang.

    While I .........was having dinner, the phone rang. ..................

b. Change these sentences into passive voice

1. I'll ask some one to paint my house blue.

I will have mu house painted blue

2. I don't like people laughing me at my mistake.

I don't like being laughed at my mistake

3. Did anyone see you come in ?

Were you seen to come in

4. I want you to leave me alone.

I want to be left alone

a. Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.

1. It was so late that nothing could be done

    It was too....  too late for anything to be done.

2. Bill is going to write to me. I will tell you all his news

   I will tell you all Bill 's news when.......... he writes to me......................

3. She didn't say a word as she left the room.

   She left the room ... without to saying a word.

4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test

    As long as .................... you keep calm, you will pass your driving test.........................

5. They never made us do anything we didn't want to do

    We .............. were never made to do anything we didn’t want to do........

6. It 's a pity I didn’t take my doctor's advice.

    I wish....................  I had taken my doctor's advice. ...............................

7.  They made him wait for two hours.

    He was .............made to wait for two hours............................

8. It took us 3 hours to open the door.

    We ............spent 3 hours opening the door..................................

9. A train leaves at 7 o'clock every morning.

    There is ........... a 7 o’ clock train every morning............................

10. During dinner, the phone rang.

    While I ............  I was having dinner, the phone rang...............

b. Change these sentences into passive voice

1. I'll ask some one to paint my house blue.I'll ask my house painted blue.

2. I don't like people laughing me at my mistake. I don't like being laughed me at my mistake.

3. Did anyone see you come in ?was you seen to come in?

4. I want you to leave me alone. i wa t to be leaved alone

I couldn't see anything because it was too dark

->It is too..dark for me to see anything..

It was so late that nothing could be done

->It was too.late for anything to be done..

My boyfriend is very short-tempered

My boyfriend loses..his temper very easily...

It is overeating that causes his heart attack

If.he didn't overeat, he wouldn’t have a heart attack.

1.      It was so late that nothing could be done.

® It was too late for anything to be done.

2.      I didn’t go out because it rained.

If it hadn’t rained, we would have gone out

® She has more books than me

4.      Mary visited us three days ago.

® Mary paid a visit to us three days ago

5.      The plumber repaired the leak this morning.

® They had a plumber repair the leak this morning

6.       Although he’s got an English name, he is in fact German.

® Despite his English name, he is in fact German

7.      I found a place to live but it was difficult.

® I had difficulty finding a place to live

8.      The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

® The book was too good for me to put down

9.      He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercises.

®  if he took any exercises, he wouldn't be fat

10.    Turn off all the switches before leaving the workshop.

® All the switches are turned of before leaving the workshop

11.    “You’d better not go out without a raincoat.”He said.

® He advised me not to go out without a raincoat

12.    You will miss the train  if you don’t hurry.

® Unless you hurry, you will miss the train

13.    That factory is producing more and more pollution.

® More and more pollution is being produced by that factory

14.    My brother is not tall. I am not tall.

® Neither me brother nor I am tall

15.    Although his leg was broken,  managed to get out of the car.

® In spite of his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car

16.    The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”

® The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it's moving

17.    He repaired the bicycle in two hours.

® It took him 2 hours reparing the bicycle

18.    I have never heard him shout at his children.

® He has never been heard shout at his children

56. It was too… it was too late to do anything…
57. After…leaving the school, he joined the army…
58. The plumber…repaired the leak in the morning…
59. How...beautiful this flower is!...
60. His watch… his watch was stolen yesterday…
61. She hasn't...had a swim for 5 years...
62.  "Please...wake me at 8 tomorrow morning”, I said to the hotel porter...
63. The date...of the meeting will have to be changed again...
64. We are going...to have the car repaired by the garage...
65. The train...doesn’t take as long as the bus...
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Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the cues given without changing their meanings.

1. This office is too small for two people.

This office isn't big enough for 2 people

2. The play was so boring that we left in the interval.

We were so bored of the play that we left in the interval .

3. Jane is a better cooker than Kate.

Kate can't cook as well as jane.

4. My parents don't want to stay up too late.

My parents would like to get up early

5. Thank you for helping me.

It was kind of you to help me.

1. This office is too small for two people.

This office isn't big enough for 2 people .

2. The play was so boring that we left in the interval.

We were so bored with the play that we left in the interval.

3. Jane is a better cooker than Kate.

Kate can't cook as well as Jane .

4. My parents don't want to stay up too late.

My parents would like to get up early .

5. Thank you for helping me.

It was kind of you to help me .

1. This office isn't big enough for two people.

2. We were so bored of the play that we left in the interval.

3. Kate can't cook as well as Jane.

4. My parents would like to get up early.

5. It was kind of you to help me.

Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words.

1." You shouldn't lend him any more money," Mrs.Tuyet said to Nga.

Mrs. Tuyet advised...Nga not to lend him any more money...........

2. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.

To..everyone's surprise, Geoff left the party early..................

3. It was so late that nothing could be done.

It was too..late for something to be done.........

4. Is this the best price you can offer?

Can't you..offer a better price?..........

5. I don't go to church every Sunday any longer.

I used to go to the church every Sunday.............

1." You shouldn't lend him any more money," Mrs.Tuyet said to Nga.

Mrs. Tuyet advised Nga not to lend him any more money.

2. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.

To everyone's suprise, Geoff left the party early. 

3. It was so late that nothing could be done.

It was too late to do anything.

4. Is this the best price you can offer?

Can't you offer a better price?

5. I don't go to church every Sunday any longer.

I used to go to church every Sunday.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one

3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.

A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it

B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.

C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.

D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.

4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.

A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.

D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.

5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.

A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.

B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.

C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.

D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.

6. It was so late that nothing could be done.

A. It was too late for nothing to be done.

B. It was too late for anything to be done.

C. It was such late that nothing could be done.

D. It was so late that nothing to be done.

7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.

A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

8 .The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.

C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.

D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.

9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

C. The book was so good for me to put it down.

D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.

10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.

A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.

B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.

C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.

D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one

3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.

A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it

B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.

C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.

D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.

4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.

A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.

D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.

5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.

A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.

B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.

C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.

D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.

6. It was so late that nothing could be done.

A. It was too late for nothing to be done.

B. It was too late for anything to be done.

C. It was such late that nothing could be done.

D. It was so late that nothing to be done.

7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.

A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

8 .The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.

C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.

D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.

9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

C. The book was so good for me to put it down.

D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.

10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.

A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.

B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.

C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.

D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.