REWRITE SENTENCE (GRADE 12) (5)

'Many people think Steve stole the money.'

• It was not Steve who stole the money.

• Steve is thought to have stolen the money.

• Many people think the money is stolen by Steve.

• The money is thought to be stolen by Steve.

Mary tried to keep calm despite being very disappointed

• Mary was too disappointed to keep calm.

• Disappointed as she was, Mary tried to keep calm.

• Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment.

• Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed.

20. Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey.

• It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.

• The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.

• The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.

• If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.

20. Housewives do not have to spend a lot of time doing housework any more.

• Housework will never be done by housewives any more.

• Housewives have to spend more and more time to do housework.

• Never have housewives spent as much time doing housework as they do now.

• No longer do housewives have to spend a lot of time doing housework.

20. Because it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

• D.   So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it.

• I stayed up all night to finish the novel, therefore, it was interesting.

• Unless it were an interesting novel, I would stay up all night to finish it.

• Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

20. The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily.

• It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery.

• The heavy snow prevented the roads from being slippery.

• Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily.

• The heavy snow made the roads slippery.

20. He cannot afford a new computer.

• The new computer is so expensive that he cannot buy it.

• Therefore, he would buy a new computer.

• So, he would buy a new computer.

• The new computer is so expensive but he can buy it.

20. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book.

• What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.

• The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.

• I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book.

• I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.

20. Because they made too many mistakes, they failed in the exam

• They made very many mistakes that they failed in the exam.

• They made too many mistakes for them to fail in the exam.

• They made so many mistakes that they failed in the exam.

• They made such many mistakes that they failed in the exam.

20. She locked the door so as not to be disturbed

• She locked the door in order that she wouldn't be disturbed.

• She locked the door to be not disturbed.

• She locked the door for her not to be disturbed.

• She locked the door so that not to not to be disturbed.