Mastering English Grammar: Sentence Transformation Exercises

Active Voice Transformations

Original: "The transmission of epidemics expansion...: Confinement in places back is easier for the virus."

Pluralization Exercises

• Original: "If you live near her school, why not adopt this method to systematically make?"
• Revised: "If we live near our school, why not adopt this method systematically to go there?"
• Original: "The hypothesis of a risk cannot be completely excluded, an approach..."
• Revised: "Assumptions of risk cannot be completely excluded; precautionary approaches are warranted."

Singularization Exercises

• Original: "The inhabitants of the wood are excluded from social assistance and the wood may become a place where it..."
• Revised: "The inhabitant of the wood is excluded from welfare, and the wood may become a place where the most unfortunate come to die."
• Original: "Families have no access to treatments that allow them to choose not to have children."
• Revised: "The family has no access to treatment that allows it to choose not to have children."
• Original: "The researchers gave participants a point for each of their healthy behaviors."
• Revised: "The researcher gave the participant one point for each of their behaviors."
• Original: "Realistically demand the impossible."
• Revised: "Be realistic! Ask for the impossible!"
• Original: "They fear for their futures."
• Revised: "He feared for his future."
• Original: "Take a hot bath before going to bed..."
• Revised: "Take a hot bath before you force yourself to read in bed..."
• Original: "These men were my teachers."
• Revised: "This man was my teacher."

Pronoun and Negative Transformations

• Pronoun Substitution: "Some people live for several years." becomes "Some live in the Bois de Vincennes."
• Negative Transformation: "The city of Paris has decided to launch a task." becomes "The city of Paris decided not to launch a task."

Obligation and Passive Voice

• Obligation: "He must do more children." becomes "We must have more children."
• Healthy Living: "It is healthy living." becomes "You must live healthily."
• Passive Voice: "The surveys recorded 1987 deaths." becomes "1987 deaths have been recorded by the surveys."
• Environmental Protection: "The delayed reaction of the Ministry of Health is deplored by the associations of environmental protection."

Advanced Grammar Adjustments

• Opposites: "The study shows that weight and social status influence life expectancy."
• Imperfect Indicative: "The Department acknowledged that no scientific evidence presented allowed..."
• Contraries: "Never use drugs." becomes "Always use drugs!"
• Pronoun Replacement: "...personally Earth?" becomes "We are each responsible..."
• Gerund Usage: "In buying..."