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Use of English I

1."Where are you going, Paula?", said Fred.


Fred
2."Be quiet, children , don't wake the baby", she said
She told
3."Where have you put my newspaper, Doris?", Michael demanded.
Michael demanded
4. You should tell your tailor to lengthen your jacket.
You should have
5. The little girl was not tall enough to reach the shelf.
The shelf
6. I could not buy the picture because it was too expensive.
The picture
7. "What is your name, little girl?,", said the kind old lady.
The kind, old lady
8. The coffee is still too hot to drink
The coffee is not
9. You do not make cakes as well as your mother does.
The cakes
10. Nothing was said about it at the meeting.
Noboby
11. The little girl very politely asked the policeman the way to the station.
"Would
12. The Paston School was founded by Sir William Paston in 1606.
Sir William Paston
13. Nobody has ever found the hidden treasure.
The hidden treasure
14. "I wonder what my wife will say when I tell her", he said to himself.
He wondered
15. They are making plans for a new bridge over the river.
Plans
16. "You must stay in bed, Mrs Entswhist", said the doctor.
The doctor
17. Charles asked his father if he could borrow his car
"May
18. The bus won't stop unless you ring the bell"
If
19. The man was so fat that he couldn't go through the door.
The man was too
20. Fred cooks much better than his wife does.
Fred's wife doesn't
21. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before.
I
22."The teacher said my homework was very good, daddy", said Donald.
Donald
23. I haven't had a holiday for ten years.
It's
24. "Please, let me have the front door key, mother",said Pauline.
Pauline
25. My sister speaks English much better than I do.
I don't
26. Someone is going to give the town a new library.
A new library
27.Patricia asked Charles to lend her five pounds.
"Could
28. Nobody has ever shown us how to do it .
We
29.We couldn't visit the cathedral because some people were restoring it.
The cathedral

30.You ought to clean your teeth at least twice a day,


Your teeth

Use of English 1. Key


1."Where are you going, Paula?", said Fred.
Fred asked where I was going
2."Be quiet, children , don't wake the baby", she said
She told the children not to wake the baby
3."Where have you put my newspaper, Doris?", Michael demanded.
Michael demanded where I had put my newspaper
4. You should tell your tailor to lengthen your jacket.
You should have your jacket lengthened
5. The little girl was not tall enough to reach the shelf.
The shelf was too high for the little girl to reach it
6. I could not buy the picture because it was too expensive.
The picture was too expensive for me to buy it
7. "What is your name, little girl?,", said the kind old lady.
The kind, old lady asked the little girl what her name was
8. The coffee is still too hot to drink
The coffee is not warm/ cool enough to drink it
9. You do not make cakes as well as your mother does.
The cakes you make as as good as your mother's cakes
10. Nothing was said about it at the meeting.
Noboby said anything about it at the meeting
11. The little girl very politely asked the policeman the way to the station.
"Would you kindly tell me what the way to the station is, sir?
12. The Paston School was founded by Sir William Paston in 1606.
Sir William Paston founded the Paston School in 1606
13. Nobody has ever found the hidden treasure.
The hidden treasure has never been found
14. "I wonder what my wife will say when I tell her", he said to himself.
He wondered what his wife would say when he told her
15. They are making plans for a new bridge over the river.
Plans for a new bridge over the river are being made
16. "You must stay in bed, Mrs Entswhist", said the doctor.
The doctor told Mrs Entswhist to stay in bed
17. Charles asked his father if he could borrow his car
"May I borrow your car, father? Charles asked
18. The bus won't stop unless you ring the bell"
If you don't ring the bell, the bus won't stop
19. The man was so fat that he couldn't go through the door.
The man was too fat to go through the door
20. Fred cooks much better than his wife does.
Fred's wife doesn't cook as well as his wife
21. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before.
I have never been spoken like that before
22."The teacher said my homework was very good, daddy", said Donald.
Donald told his father that the teacher had said that his work was very good
23. I haven't had a holiday for ten years.
It's ten years since I last had a holiday
24. "Please, let me have the front door key, mother",said Pauline.
Pauline begged her mother to let her have the front door key
25. My sister speaks English much better than I do.
I don't speak English as well as my sister
26. Someone is going to give the town a new library.
A new library is going to be given to the town
27.Patricia asked Charles to lend her five pounds.
"Could you lend me five pounds, Charles?
28. Nobody has ever shown us how to do it .
We have never been shown how to do it
29.We couldn't visit the cathedral because some people were restoring it.
The cathedral was being restored so it couldn't be visited
30.You ought to clean your teeth at least twice a day,

Your teeth ought to be cleaned at least twice a day

Use of English 2
1.Nobody knows anything about it .
Nothing
2.Aunt Peggy was arrested because she hit a policeman with her umbrella.
If Aunt Peggy
3. I prefer coffee to tea.
I don't
4.We told the carpenter to make us a new gate.
We had
5.He died at the age of ninety.
He was
6.You didn't hurry, so you missed the train.
If
7.Despite the advice of his parents he joined the army.
Although
8."Shall I do the shopping for you, Mrs Paw?", I said.
I
9. People say that she is very beautiful.
She
10. He's got a very good memory. He never needs to write anything down.
His memory
11. London is about a hundred kilometres from home. (?)
12. They say that he was a famous Hollywood actor.
He
13. We listened to a beautiful song. It was part of a soundtrack.
14. What a pity they decided not to marry!
If only
15. They should rebuild the house before it falls down.
The house
16. Although she is very rich, she still does her own cooking and cleaning.
In spite
17. I came here at ten o'clock and I am still waiting.
I
18. She told him he could come in. 'You ..... ', she said.
19. "What time is the next train?, Fred said to the policeman.
Fred
20. He had a bad toothache but he didn't want to go to the dentist, which was silly.
It was silly of him
21. A comedy has not been performed in this theatre since 1950.
Nobody
22. Almodovar is a popular cinema director. He has been awarded two Oscars.
23. Everybody knows that smoking is very unhealthy.
Smoking
24. He ran away as soon as he saw the policeman.
When
25. Greek music is not so popular as American music.
American music
26. You should find someone to repair your roof.
You should have
27. I can't buy this phone unless you lend me some money.
If you
28. The steak was very hard. We couldn't eat it.
It was such
29. I go to the gym three times a week (?)
30. This exercise was too long, so many people have got bored and left it unfinished
If

Use of English 2
1.Nobody knows anything about it .
Nothing knows anything about it
2.Aunt Peggy was arrested because she hit a policeman with her umbrella.
If Aunt Peggy hadn't hit the policeman with her umbrella she wouldn't have been arrested
3. I prefer coffee to tea.
I don't like tea as much as coffee
4.We told the carpenter to make us a new gate.
We had a new gate made
5.He died at the age of ninety.
He was ninety when he died
6.You didn't hurry, so you missed the train.
If you had hurried, you wouldn't have missed the train
7.Despite the advice of his parents he joined the army.
Although his parents told him not to do so, he joined the army
8."Shall I do the shopping for you, Mrs Paw?", I said.
I offered to do the shopping for Mrs Paw
9. People say that she is very beautiful.
She is said to be very beautiful
10. He's got a very good memory. He never needs to write anything down.
His memory is so good that he never needs to write anything down
11. London is about a hundred kilometres from home. (?)
How far is London from home?
12. They say that he was a famous Hollywood actor.
He is said to have been a famous Hollywood actor.
13. We listened to a beautiful song. It was part of a soundtrack.
We listened to a beautiful song which was part of a soundtrack
14. What a pity they decided not to marry!
If only they had decided not to marry
15. They should rebuild the house before it falls down.
The house should be rebuilt before it falls down
16. Although she is very rich, she still does her own cooking and cleaning.
In spite of being very rich, she still does her own cooking and cleaning
17. I came here at ten o'clock and I am still waiting.
I have been waiting for X hours
18. She told him he could come in. 'You ..... ', she said.
2You may come in", she said
19. "What time is the next train?, Fred said to the policeman.
Fred asked the policeman
what time the next train was
20. He had a bad toothache but he didn't want to go to the dentist, which was silly.
It was silly of him not to go to the dentist
21. A comedy has not been performed in this theatre since 1950.
Nobody has
performed a comedy in this theatre since 1950
22. Almodovar is a popular cinema director. He has been awarded two Oscars.
Almodovar is a popular cinema director who has been awarded two Oscars
23. Everybody knows that smoking is very unhealthy.
Smoking is known to be very unhealthy
24. He ran away as soon as he saw the policeman.
When he saw the policeman he ran away
25. Greek music is not so popular as American music.
American music is more popular than Greek music
26. You should find someone to repair your engine.
You should have your engine repaired
27. I can't buy this phone unless you lend me some money.
If you lent/lend me some money, I could/will buy this phone
28. The steak was very hard. We couldn't eat it.
It was such a hard steak that we couldn't eat it
29. I go to the gym three times a week (?) How often do you go to the gym?
30. This exercise was too long, so many people have got bored and left it unfinished

If the exercise hadn't been so long , many people wouldn't have got bored and they wouldn't
have left it unfinished

Use of English 3
1. He forgot his key and he had to climb through a window.
(because)
2. If my father doesn't lend me the car, I can't take you with me.
(unless)
3. I am sure that they went away yesterday.
They ..
4. They didn't tell me it was his birthday so I didn't bring a present
If ..
5. "Don't sweep the dirt under the carpet, Pauline", said Mrs Croft to her maid.
Mrs. Croft .
6. You must speak English all the time.
English .
7. Although there was a speed limit, she drove fast.
Despite ..
8. It was not necessary for Sheila to have cooked all the food she did.
Sheila ..
9. I could not do the exercise as it was too difficult. The exercise
10. It is difficult to keep contact with all your youth friends after years
Keeping ..
11. Susie did not become a famous model because she was too short. If .
12. "What are you going to wear for the interview?", he said. He wanted .
13. Thieves stole the concert tickets from my car
The concert
14. Do you want me to come in?
Shall
15. As there was no coffee left, we had to have tea.
If .
16. "Remember that if you copy your writings from the internet you will be failed", our
teacher said
The teacher warned
17.I didn't go to the concert because I didn't have time.
If only
18. I haven't been to London for ten years.
Its ..
19.You will find accommodation only if you book it in advance. (provided) .
20. "Don't forget to order the supplies I need", he said.
He reminded .
21. He's a liar and a cheat but everyone still seems to like him.
Everyone ...
22. Diana's much more amusing than her brother.
Her brother .
23. Susan worked in Central London before.
Susan used ....
24. This novel is so long that I wont finish it before the end of the month.
This is ....
25. We've lived in Brighton for five years. (?)
26. I haven't been to the theatre for two years. The last time ....
27. We finally bought the car although it was very expensive.
(in spite of)
28. She went to the front door on hearing the bell ring.
When ....
29. I prefer Linda's voice to Jane's
I don't like
30. "Blade Runner" is the film which has impressed me most.
No

Use of English 3
1. He forgot his key and he had to climb through a window.
(because) he had to climb through a window because he had forgotten his key
2. If my father doesn't lend me the car, I can't take you with me.
(unless) I can't take you with me unless my father lends me the car
3. I am sure that they went away yesterday.
They must have gone away yesterday
4. They didn't tell me it was his birthday so I didn't bring a present
If they had told me that it was his birthday, I would have brought a present
5. "Don't sweep the dirt under the carpet, Pauline", said Mrs Croft to her maid.
Mrs. Croft told Pauline not to sweep the dirt under the carpet
6. You must speak English all the time.
English must be spoken all the time
7. Although there was a speed limit, she drove fast.
Despite the fact that there was /there being a speed limit, she drove fast
8. It was not necessary for Sheila to have cooked all the food she did.
Sheila needn't have cooked all the food as she did
9. I could not do the exercise as it was too difficult. The exercise was too difficult for me to
do it
10. It is difficult to keep contact with all your youth friends after years
Keeping contact with all your friends after years is difficult
11. Susie didn't become a famous model because she was too short. If Susie hadn't been
too short, she would have been a famous model
12. "What are you going to wear for the interview?", he said. He wanted to know what I
was wearing for the interview
13. Thieves stole the concert tickets from my car
The concert tickets were stolen from ny car
14. Do you want me to come in?
Shall I come in?
15. As there was no coffee left, we had to have tea.
If there had been some coffee left, we wouldn't have had tea
16. "Remember that if you copy your writings from the internet you will be failed", our
teacher said
The teacher warned us not to copy our writings from the internet
17.I didn't go to the concert because I didn't have time.
If only I had had time to go to the concert
18. I haven't been to London for five years.
Its five years since I last went to London
19.You will find accommodation only if you book it in advance. (provided) You will find
accommodation provided you book in advance
20. "Don't forget to order the supplies I need", he said.
He reminded us not to forget the supllies we needed
21. He's a liar and a cheat but everyone still seems to like him.
Everyone seems to like him even if /although he is a liar and a cheat
22. Diana's much more amusing than her brother.
Her brother is much more amusing than Diana
23. Susan worked in Central London before.
Susan used to work in Central London
24. This novel is so long that I wont finish it before the end of the month.
This is such a long novel that I I wont finish it before the end of the month
25. We've lived in Brighton for five years. (?) Where have you lived for five years?
26. I haven't been to the theatre for two years. The last time I went to the theatre was X
years ago
27. We finally bought the car although it was very expensive.
(in spite of) . We finally bought the car despite its being/ the fact that it was very
expensive
28. She went to the front door on hearing the bell ring.
When she heard the bell ring she went to the front door
29. I prefer Linda's voice to Jane's

I don't like Jane's voice as much as Linda's


30. "Blade Runner" is the film which has impressed me most.
No film has impressed me as much as "Blade Runner"

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