Transformation of Sentences 2 new
Truong Van Anh
Sai Gon University
1. Jack couldn’t afford to buy the bike.
 The bike ______________________
2. He didn’t say a word as he left the meeting.
 He left ______________________
3. They think the landlord of the house is abroad.
 The landlord ______________________
4. She’s always nervous when she stands on the top floor.
 Standing ____________________
5. bananas are usually cheaper than mandarins.
 Bananas are not ____________________
6. You can’t visit Japan unless you get a visa.
 If you ____________________
7. It was such a good weather that we had a walk in the park.
 The weather __________________
8. He can’t see that far.
 It is too __________________
9. He has never been to a ballet before.
 It is __________________
10. I want to use your phone.
Do you mind ______________________?
11. Watching films is one of her interests.
 She is ______________________
12. Unless she phones him immediately, she won’t get any information.
 If ______________________
13. We always see her working in the garage on Sundays.
 She takes ______________________
14. Twenty people came although we had expected only fifteen.
 Five extra ______________________
15. Mai’s salary as a cashier is seven million VND a month.
 Mai makes ______________________
16. The garage is going to repair the truck for him next week.
 He is going to ______________________
17. The news was so marvelous that they decided to have a party.
 It was ______________________
18. It’s very difficult to leave the homeland after such a long time.
 It isn’t ______________________

19. They need a day to think about it.
 They need __________________
20. The owners of banks are usually very rich.
 The people __________________
21. He and I have never been there before.
 Neither __________________
22. He asked Jack how he liked his new T-shirt.
 “How ______________________
23. A ferry-boat leaves every thirty minutes.
 There is ______________________
24. Nobody can deny that he is handsome.
 It ______________________


25. Jack doesn’t always tell the truth, I’m afraid.
 You can’t ____________________
26. Why don’t you put your case in the locker? He asked.
 He suggested ____________________
27. The food is so bad that no one wants to eat it.
 It is such ____________________
28. He remembered to buy the sugar, didn’t he?
 He didn’t ______________________
29. Speaking a foreign language fluently is not easy.
 It ______________________
30. He is sorry that he didn’t finish his homework last night.
 He wishes ______________________

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