1. I could hold a big party due to my Mom's help.
-> Had it
2. What you do with the money is of no interest to me.
-> I don't
3. I feel uncomfortable to be in a room where everybody is shouting.
-> I can't
4. The Picasso painting was so expensive that nobody could buy it.
-> So
Join each of the following pairs of sentences, using either a present participle or perfect participle:
1. He got off his horse. He began searching something on the ground.
-> Getting off
2. I had seen the photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there.
->
3. I knew that he was poor. I offered to pay his school fee.
->
4. He found no one at home. He left the house in a bad temper.
->
5. They had missed the last train. They began to walk.
->
6. John was exhausted by his work. He threw himself on his bed.
->
7. Ha had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
->
8. She didn't want to hear the story again. She had hears it all before.
->
9. The tree fell across the road. It had been uprooted by the storm.
->
10. I finished reading books. I turned on the radio to listen to the news.
->
Ex2: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.
1. Halen is bossy. She acts as if she ....(own) the place.
2. Suppose a complete stranger ... (leave) you a lot of money in their will!
3. I wish I ... (go) to your party after all.
4.The government demanded that the ambassador (be) .... recalled.
5. You are lucky going to Italy. I wish I ...(go) with you.
Ex3: Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.
1. Do you ever regret not going to university? (wish)
-> Do you ever....to university?
2. I'd love to be able to go with you to the opera, (wish)
-> I..... go wish you to the opera.
3. I wish I hadn't sold that old painting, (pity)
-> It's..... Ihat old painting
Ex1: Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
1. Dick is in prison because a detective recognised him (if)
-> Dick wouldn't .....recognised him.
2. Getting up early makes me feel hungry. (get)
-> If ........ makes me feel hungry.
3. But for Halen acting so wonderfully, the play would be a flop. (wonderful)
-> If it .... the play would be a flop.
4. If Pauline hadn't been interested, the project would have been abandoned. (interest)
-> But ...... the project would have been abandoned.
Sentence Transformation
1. It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.
-> I have
2. We haven't seen each other since 1981.
-> It was in 1981 that
3. I came to London 10 years ago.
-> I haven't
4. I'm sorry now that i asked her to stay
-> Now I wish
5. It's a long time since our last conversation.
-> We
6. Jack went to Vietnam in 2002. He returned home in 2005.
-> Jack
7. How long have you been living in this new house?
-> When
8. We were late because of the heavy traffic.
-> If it
9. This is Jame. He helped me solve that problem.
-> Jame is
10. Mexico city is more densely populated than Tokyo.
-> Tokyo is not
11. Sydney is large than any other city in Australia.
-> Sydney is