Exercise 9: Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Question 11: My mother permitted me to go out at night.

A. I was allowed to go out at night.

B. I was allowed go out at night.

C. I was allowed going out at night.

D. I allowed to go out at night.

Question 12: It is possible that she will come to our party tonight.

A. She must come to our party tonight.

B. She may come to our party tonight.

C. She had better come to our party tonight.

D. She should come to our party tonight.

Question 13: So many students have passed the test.

A. There were few who haven’t.

B. All students failed the test.

C. No one passed the test.

D. The test was difficult.

Question 14: We are going to have a picnic despite the rain.

A. Because it is raining, we are going to have a picnic.

B. As it is raining, we are going to have a picnic.

C. When it is raining, we are going to have a picnic.

D. Although it is raining, we are going to have a picnic.

Question 15: We were having dinner when suddenly the phone rang.

A. The telephone rang while we were having dinner.

B. The telephone rang where we were having dinner.

C. The telephone rang what we were having dinner.

D. The telephone rang how we were having dinner.

2.            I’ve never eaten this before.

 It is the first ………………………. .

3.            We mustn’t go home late.

We aren’t permitted…………………

We aren’t allowed……………………..

4.            He is getting someone to mend thee windows.

      He is having……………………………..

5.            It started to rain at two o’clock.

      It has………………………………..

6.            I tried to eat the cake , but it was too sweet.

The cake was too………………………………

7.            You don’t have to wear national dress on Independence Day.

You needn’t

8.            We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.

It was such………………

9.            Custom is not similar to tradition.

Custom is……………..

10.          She plays soccer very skillfully.

She is a ………………………………………

11.          My father is taller than my brother.

My brother is not ……………………………………….

12.          No other student in my class is taller than him.

He is the……………………………………………………

13.          This custom is so popular that everyone knows it.

It’s such a ……………………………………….

14.          "Don't talk in class, students", the teacher asked.

The teacher ………………………………………………..

15.          “I will try my best in learning Spanish” Alan said.

Alan promised ………………………………………………….

16.          Six years ago we started writing to each other.

We have…………………………………………..

17.          My brother and I both went to that school.

 I went to that school and so…………………………. 

18.          Someone must meet him at the railway station.

He’……………………………………………

19.          she said to us ’Don’t go out’

She told………………………………………..

20.          I often get up early.

I am used …………………………………….

 I’ m really looking……………………………….

……….

Use the correct forms of the verbs in bracket

a. My dentist told me...(eat) less sweets

b. My brother often goes...(swim) at weekend

c.You're not allowed...(smoke) here

d.My parents don't let me ...(go) out late at night

e.People need a pair of rackets...(play) the game

f.Basketball suddenly...(become) very popular in the 1990s

g. The children....(play) football at the moment

h.I....(not go) to school yesterday because I ...(have) a bad cold

i.You're not allowed...(talk) during the exam

j.You'd better....(eat) more vegetables

1.If I were you, I would spend more time talking with my children. 

 2. John is not allowed to use that computer. 3. It is necessary that people who work here leave by 6 p.m. 4. You aren’t allowed to use your cell phone in class. 5. Customers are advised to check their luggage before leaving the airport. 

6. Students are not allowed to cheat in the exam. 

 7. It is not necessary for me to agree with everything my parents say. 

8. You are not allowed to take photographs in the museum. 

9. It would be a good idea for you to share the housework with your mother. 

10. It is not necessary for Ann to call