Sentence building

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello teachers,

Please correct the exercise if I’ve made any mistake. Thank you!

Sentence building

  1. A number/students/ wait/Professor Green
    A number of students are waiting for Professor Green.
  2. It/necessary/all/us/be/present/meeting/this afternoon.
    It is necessary for all of us to be present at the meeting this afternoon.
  3. In/end/we/decided/go/the theatre.
    In the end, we decided to go to the theatre.
  4. I/spent/hour/station/wait/the train.
    I spent and hour at the station to wait for the train.
  5. Fast/you/drive/more petrol/use
    The faster you drive, the more petrol you use.
  6. In spite/his/injury he/play/ Saturday’s match.
    In spite of his injury, he tried to play on Saturday’s match.
  7. I/so/tired/I/could/sleep/in chair.
    I was so tired that I could sleep in the chair.
  8. It/difficult/but/we/had/painting/do/the end.
    It was difficult but we had the painting done in the end.
  9. As soon as/I/saw/her/I/knew/there/something/wrong.
    As soon as I saw her, I knew there was something wrong.
  10. You/know/how many/student/there/ in his class
    Do you know how many students there are in his class?
  11. It/take/us/all day/drive/home.
    It took us all day to drive home.
  12. People/think/someone/started/fire/deliberately.
    People think someone started the fire deliberately.
  13. If/be/you/I/not/buy/house/it/too/small.
    If I were you, I would not buy that house because it was/is too small.
  14. No sooner/Tom/left/than/phone/rang.
    No sooner had Tome left than the phone rang.
  15. Not only/Harry miss/ train/but also/lost case.
    Not only did Harry miss the train but also lost his case.
  16. Little/the embassy staff/realize/he/a/secret/agent.
    Little did the embassy staff realize that he was a secret agent.
  17. Mother/tell/us/not/make noise/night.
    Our mother tells us not to make noise at night.
  18. book/interesting/that/she/read/ 3 times.
    The book is so interesting that she has read 3 times.
  19. She/not/experienced/solve/problem/her own.
    She wasn’t experienced enough to solve the problem on her own.
  20. What/ you/do/when/the phone/ring/yesterday.
    What were you doing when the phone rang yesterday?
  21. This/be/interesting/book/I/ever/read.
    This is the most interesting book I’ve ever read.
  22. I/learn/English/ since 2002.
    I have been learning English since 2002/ I have learned English since 2002.
  23. I/just/run out of/money.
    I’ve just run out of money.
  24. Thank you/much/help/me.
    Thank you very much for helping me.
  25. Whenever/I/go/holiday/weather/get/worse.
    Whenever I go on holiday the weather gets worse.
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Hello Hoado,

There are some very small changes to be made to these first examples:

  1. If/be/you/I/not/buy/house/it/too/small.
    If I were you, I would not buy that house because it was/is too small.
    Use … it is tii small.

  2. Not only/Harry miss/ train/but also/lost case.
    Not only did Harry miss the train but also lost his case.
    Not only did Harry miss the train but he also lost his case.

  3. book/interesting/that/she/read/ 3 times.
    The book is so interesting that she has read 3 times.
    The book is so interesting that she has read it 3 times.

The two examples below need slightly larger changes, but you are very close, so perhaps you would like to try them again before I give you the answers.

  1. I/spent/hour/station/wait/the train.
    I spent and hour at the station to wait for the train.

  2. In spite/his/injury he/play/ Saturday’s match.
    In spite of his injury, he tried to play on Saturday’s match.

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Dear Beeesneees,

Thank you! Here is my try.

  1. I/spent/hour/station/wait/the train.
    I spent an hour at the station to wait for the train.

  2. In spite/his/injury he/play/ Saturday’s match.
    In spite of his injury, he played on Saturday’s match.

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Dear Beeesneees,

I am not sure about the sentences 4 and 6. I want to try to do them again. Please explain.

  1. I/spent/hour/station/wait/the train.
    I spent an hour at the station for waiting the train.

  2. In spite/his/injury he/play/ Saturday’s match.
    In spite of his injury, he played on Saturday’s match.

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I spent an hour at the station waiting for the train.

In spite of his injury, he played IN Saturday’s match.

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Hello Atomos,

Can you explain your answers, please. For example, why did you use “waiting for” instead of “to wait for” in the sentence 4, and why did you use “in” not “on” in the sentence 6.
Thank you!

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hello teachers
plz tell me what is meaning of the is sentence

“hope something concrete will come out means”

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“I hope something concrete will come out of it.”

I hope that this will lead to a positive, real improvement, etc.
something concrete = something tangible/real/actual/specific (not abstract).

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Dear Beeesneees,

Please correct and explain the sentence 4 and 6. Atomos and I have tried to do them, but our answers are different.

Thank you!

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Atomos’s versions are correct, Hoado.

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Thank you!

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Hello Atomos,
Thank you. Can you explain why it is “in” not “on” in the sentence 6, please. I think before Saturday we need put “on”.

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Hi Hoado,

Saturday is not the main object; it’s merely a possessive case. The main object is the match; that’s why we have to use “in.” You can also find a similar sentence in Cambridge Dictionary.

dictionary.cambridge.org/diction … spite_1__3

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Atomos, thank you!

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Though I am not a teacher even, these are my observations. Are any of these correct ones?

Thanks

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The correct answer to number 4 has already been given by Atomos.

I included ‘it’ to correct number 18 in post #2. Yes, ‘it’ is needed.

I have been learning English since 2002/ I have learned English since 2002. – There may be one which is your preference, but both are correct.