Teeny
January 13, 2008, 3:51pm
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Dear teachers,
Plz help me with these sentences ( and check some of my answers ). I don’t know how to solve them.
Thanks a lot
It’s a pity u didn’t tell us about this
The sound woke him and he immediately went downstairs to investigate
They constantly encouraged her, which made her job easier.MY ANSWER:
If I were you, I’d look for another jobMY ANSWER:
You won’t see cliffs like these anywhere else in the worldMY ANSWER:
I realized how much I loved the city only after I had left itMY ANSWER:
If you won’t pay, you will be prosecuted
‘I’m sorry that I broke the glass’, said PeterMY ANSWER:
Although he’s intelligent, he doesn’t do well at schoolMY ANSWER:
Despite his brilliance, he never became famous
teeny:
It’s a pity u didn’t tell us about this
I wish I you had told us about this.
teeny:
The sound woke him and he immediately went downstairs to investigate
Woken by the sound he immediately went downstairs to investigate.
Well done!
teeny:
If I were you, I’d look for another jobMY ANSWER:
I suggest you look for another job.
teeny:
You won’t see cliffs like these anywhere else in the worldMY ANSWER:
Nowhere else in the world will you see cliffs like these.
teeny:
I realized how much I loved the city only after I had left itMY ANSWER:
Correct, if you put a full stop at the end.
teeny:
If you won’t pay, you will be prosecuted
Failure to pay will result in your prosecution.
teeny:
‘I’m sorry that I broke the glass’, said PeterMY ANSWER:
Peter apologised for breaking the glass.
teeny:
Although he’s intelligent, he doesn’t do well at schoolMY ANSWER:
Correct, if you put a full stop at the end.
teeny:
Despite his brilliance, he never became famous
Brilliant as he was he never became famous.[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, talks: Supervisor is showing new employee office and eating facilities [YSaerTTEW443543]
You were mistaken in one sentence. Only after…did you realise… This is an inversion form.
Dear teachers, I have some questions on sentence transformations.
He spent money like water.
We must leave the country on one account.
When we explain the situation to him, we will understand.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely, M. Bovary
Hello Madame Bovary,
Your sentences are not particularly appropriate for transformation. My comments are inside the quote in [color=darkred]red.
Madame_Bovary:
Dear teachers, I have some questions on sentence transformations.
He spent money like water.
[color=darkred]You might do a transformation this way:
He spends money like water. = Spending a lot of money is what he does habitually.I’d rather he didn’t spend so much money. = I don’t like his habitual over-spending.
We must leave the country on one account. [color=darkred]This is not particularly natural.
On no account must we leave the country.
When we explain the situation to him, we will understand. [color=darkred]This sentence doesn’t make much sense with ‘we will understand’.
If he has the situation explained to him, we (?) will understand. If the situation is explained to him, he will understand .
[color=darkblue]______________________________
I truly apologize. It is “If we explain the situation to him, HE will understand.” I wrote it wrong. Yes, these sentences I find extremely hard, but they are taken from my last exam and I didn’t know how to transform them. Thank you for your time.
Can I ask something(again)?
Sentence like “I’m sure that the United will win the match against the City” needs to be re-written using BOUND. How it will look like?
Thank you!!!
One more thing. Sentence: They think that he is the most appropriate man for that job needs to be transformed beggining with He is______________. I wrote He is said to be the most… and it was wrong. Which is correct transformation?
I think United are bound to win the match against City."Not ‘the United’ or ‘the City’.
“He is the most appropriate man for that job in their view.”
I have problems with the constructions would rather/ would prefer. I have learned:
when the person who expresses the preference is not the s. of action which follows, we use WOULD PREFER+ object + infinitiv or WOULD RATHER + subject + past subjunctive:
She wants to fly but I’d rather she went by train / I’d rather her to go by train.
So, according to this, how the sentence [color=darkred]I’d rather you didn’t tell Peter about it should be transformed beggining with I’d prefer________________
Or these sentences:
The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.
If you happen to meet Peter, would you introduce me to him?
The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.
Thank you really much for your help. I’m really trying to rewrite sentences, but I simply don’t have an idea.
I’d prefer (it) if you didn’t tell Peter (about it).
The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murderer.Little did the police suspect that the judge was the murderer.
If you happen to meet Peter, would you introduce me to him?Should you meet Peter, would you introduce me to him?
The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.
This option does not make sense to me.
Dear all…
I have a few problems with these transformations…A big THANKS for all help by now…
So…
I never have enough time (short).
It is open question whether the candidate will succeed.
Joe thinks he is always right (mistakes)
My story has been rejected.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Best regards,
Is this correct:
The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.
Had it no been the death of thge PM the bill would have been passed.
THank you
Hi Madame Bovary.not ’
Had it not been for the death of the Prime Minister, the bill would have been passed.
With message #1 , I’m not sure what you were expected to do for some of these, however:
I never have enough time (short).
It is open question whether the candidate will succeed.
Joe thinks he is always right (mistakes)
My story has been rejected.
Thank you really much.I haven’t thought in these ways. Sorry for bothering.
Best regards.
Hi torsten
