PART 7
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
G. Select the best option which expresses the same meaning as the sentences
provided:
1/ I didn’t know you were coming, so I didn’t wait for you.
A. If I knew you were coming, I would wait for you.
B. If I knew you were coming, so I would wait for you.
C. If I had known you were coming, I would have waited for you.
D. If I had known you were coming, so I would have waited for you.
2/ When I picked up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
A. During picking up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
B. At picking up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
C. In picking up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
D. On picking up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
3/ There is no danger that you will fall from the verandah.
A. There is no endanger of falling from the verandah.
B. There is no danger of falling from the verandah.
C. There is no dangerous of falling from the verandah.
D. There is no endangering of falling from the verandah.
4/ He is a man of extreme honesty.
A. He is extremely honest man.
B. He is the extremely honest man.
C. He is a extremely honest man.
D. He is an extremely honest man.
5/ If I had not had help, I should not have been able to find my way.
A. With any help, I should be able to find my way.
B. Without any help, I should not be able to find my way.
C. With any help, I should have been able to find my way.
D. Without any help, I should not have been able to find my way.
6/ Nam asked Hoa if she could remember where she had put the camera.
A. Nam said, “Hoa, can you remember where you put the camera?”

A. Things that are happening at the present are often argued about.
B. Things are happening at the present are often argued about.
C. Things happen at the present are often argued about.
D. Things being at the present are often argued about.
13/ He crossed the road without looking at both sides and was nearly knocked
down.
A. He was nearly knocked down when he had crossed the road without
looking at both sides.
B. He was nearly knocked down when he crossed the road without looking
at both sides.
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C. He was nearly knocked down while he is crossing the road without
looking at both sides.
D. He was nearly knocked down while he has crossed the road without
looking at both sides.
14/ The flat is too small for all of us to live in.
A. It is so a small flat that all of us can’t live in it.
B. It is so a small flat that all of us can’t live in.
C. It is such a small flat that all of us can’t live in it.
D. It is such a small flat that all of us can’t live in.
15/ Drinking too much at his girlfriend’s birthday party, he found it difficult to
drive home.
A. Although he had drunk too much at his girlfriend’s birthday, he found it
difficult to drive home.
B. As he had drunk too much at his girlfriend’s birthday, he found it
difficult to drive home.
C. When he had drunk too much at his girlfriend’s birthday, he found it
difficult to drive home.
D. Because he had drunk too much at his girlfriend’s birthday, so he found
it difficult to drive home.

Games.
D. Jane, who is named a brilliant swimmer, represented Britain in the
Olympic Games.
22/ The girl living next door to me is getting married next year.
A. The girl that lives next door to me is getting married next year.
B. The girl lives next door to me is getting married next year.
C. The girl getting married next year that lives next door to me.
D. The girl who is getting married next year lives next door to me.
23/ This mountain is very high; we can’t climb it.
A. This mountain is so too high for us to climb.
B. This mountain is too much high for us to climb.
C. This mountain is so high for us to climb.
D. This mountain is too high for us to climb.
24/ Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
A. Are you enough tall to reach that picture?
B. Are you tall enough to reach that picture?
C. Have you tall enough to reach that picture?
D. Have you much enough height to reach that picture?
25/ A donkey is less beautiful than a horse.
A. A donkey is not so beautiful so a horse.
B. A donkey is not as beautiful so a horse.
C. A donkey is not as beautiful as a horse.
D. A donkey is not as beautiful like a horse.
26/ He has to pay the bills before the fifth of the month.
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A. The bills may be paid before the fifth of the month.
B. The bills ought to be paid before the fifth of the month.
C. The bills have to be paid before the fifth of the month.
D. The bills are going to be paid before the fifth of the month.
27/ You remembered posting the letter, didn’t you?

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A. “What do you want, either the blue one or the green one?” asked John
her.
B. “Which one do you want, either the blue one or the green one?” John
asked her.
C. “What do you want, the blue one or the green one?” asked John her.
D. “Which one do you want, the blue one or the green one?” John asked
her.
34/ She liked Paris very little, and Rome less.
A. She thinks Rome is not as beautiful as Paris.
B. She thought Rome is not as beautiful as Paris.
C. She thought Rome was not as beautiful like Paris.
D. She thinks Rome is not as beautiful like Paris.
35/ I can meet you if you arrive before eleven.
A. Provided that you arrive before eleven, I can meet you.
B. So long you arrive before eleven, I can meet you.
C. Even if you arrive before eleven, I can meet you.
D. Because you arrive before eleven, I can meet you.
36/ They will catch all the prisoners again by tonight.
A. All the prisoners will be caught by tonight again.
B. All the prisoners shall be caught by tonight again.
C. All the prisoners will be caught again by tonight.
D. All the prisoners shall be caught again by tonight.
37/ Joe doesn’t like to read her stories.
A. Joe isn’t fond of the stories she writes.
B. Joe isn’t interested in the stories she reads.
C. Joe isn’t excited about the stories she hears.
D. Joe isn’t keen on the stories she watches.
38/ No, please don’t tell him.
A. I’d rather you didn’t tell him.