Mastering English Sentence Rewriting
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English Sentence Transformation Practice
Enhance your English grammar skills by practicing sentence transformations. Each item presents an original sentence followed by its rephrased or corrected version.
Original Sentence: Although it was raining, we didn't take our umbrellas.
Corrected Answer: Despite the fact that it was raining / Despite raining, we didn't take our umbrellas.
Original Sentence: If the neighbours don't stop shouting, I'll call the police.
Corrected Answer: Unless they stop shouting, I'll call the police.
Original Sentence: It's a pity you didn't work more efficiently.
Corrected Answer: I wish you were/worked more efficiently.
Original Sentence: If you drive fast, you'll use more petrol.
Corrected Answer: The faster you drive, the more petrol you will use.
Original Sentence: Those are the passengers. Their passports disappeared.
Corrected Answer: Those are the passengers whose passports disappeared.
Original Sentence: "When will you visit us again?" they said to us.
Corrected Answer: They asked us when we would visit them again.
Original Sentence: "Don't spend all your money on sweets," Mrs. Brown said to her children.
Corrected Answer: Mrs. Brown warned her children not to spend all their money on sweets.
Original Sentence: Kathy is going to the optician because she wants to test her eyes.
Corrected Answer: Kathy is going to have her eyes tested (by the optician).
Original Sentence: You'd better see a doctor.
Corrected Answer: If I were you, I would see a doctor.
Original Sentence: You are not allowed to leave your bags here.
Corrected Answer: You mustn't leave your bags here.
Original Sentence: They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
Corrected Answer: Dinner was cooked when I arrived.
Original Sentence: People think the bank robber is injured and dangerously armed.
Corrected Answer: The bank robber was thought to be injured and dangerously armed.
Original Sentence: Perhaps my father will pick you up.
Corrected Answer: My father might pick you up.
Original Sentence: I didn't know all the facts, so I didn't ring the police.
Corrected Answer: If I had known all the facts, I wouldn't have rung the police.
Original Sentence: I like travelling by train more than going by air.
Corrected Answer: I'd rather travel by train than go by air.
Original Sentence: You should on no account provide any confidential information to a stranger.
Corrected Answer: On no account should you provide any confidential information to a stranger.
Original Sentence: Her brother not only paid her debt, but he also bought a new house for her.
Corrected Answer: In addition to paying her debt... / Not only did her brother pay her debt, but...
Original Sentence: "How many miles did you walk yesterday?" the coach asked them.
Corrected Answer: The coach asked them how many miles they walked the day before.
Original Sentence: I'm certain that he buried something in the garden.
Corrected Answer: He must have buried something in the garden.
Original Sentence: The exam was so difficult that nobody passed it.
Corrected Answer: It was such a difficult exam that nobody passed it.
Original Sentence: He made an effort to speak in English.
Corrected Answer: He tried to speak in English.
Original Sentence: Fiona is smiling in the picture. She is my boss.
Corrected Answer: Fiona, who is my boss, is smiling in the picture.