KEY TRANSFORMATIONS II
1. I have never been to Tokyo before.
(time) It Tokyo.
2. I had never been to Bucharest before.
(time) It Bucharest.
Rewrite the sentences using the words given in brackets. Do not change the word
given.
3. When did he start working?
(How long) working ?
(since) How long working ?
4. The last time I saw her was a year ago.
(last) I . (for) I .
(since) It . (since) It . 5. There weren’t a lot of things to see in the gallery.
(much) There in the gallery.
(little) There in the gallery.
6. Most students didn’t attend the seminar.
(Few) the seminar.
(Hardly) the seminar.
7. We found staying at home for weeks difficult.
(it) We .
(For) It .
(difficulty) We .
8. It took us two days to edit the report for mistakes.
(took) We . (spent) We .
9. I don’t see why we should provide details of the purchase.
(point) .
(Use/good) .
(worth) .
(This matter) .
10. I expect that they will arrive soon.
(them) .
(They) .
11. The climbers did not manage to reach the mountain peak.
(succeed) The climbers the mountain peak.
(successful) The climbers the mountain peak.
(unsuccessful) The climbers the mountain peak.
The exercises are compiled from;
. B.D. Graver. Advanced English Practice, 14th Ed. Oxford University Press. 2000.
. Cook, Mary Jane. Trouble Spots of English Grammar: A Text- Workbook For ESL. Volume I. & Volume II. New York:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1983.
. L.G. Alexander. Longman Advanced Reference and Practice.
3rd Ed. Longman. 1993.
. Thomson, A.J., and A.V. Martinet. 1999. A Practical English Grammar. 14th Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
