Pattern Shift
1.Few people had a chance to see the real Moon rock, ________ ________? (tag question)
2.He’d like to change his lifestyle or he will die soon, ________ ________?(tag question)
3.Her parents never visited that beautiful town. She didn’t, either.
=Her parents never visited that beautiful town. ________ ________ ________.
4.The detective finally found out the woman in black wasn’t connected with the murder.
=The detective finally found out the woman in black ________ ________ ________ ________ ________the murder.
5.The female CEO said to George, “Don’t forget to bring my briefcase to me the day after tomorrow.” (change it into an indirect speech)
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6.All her relatives have lived in Venice for long. (change it into a negative one)
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7.Did they let the boy clean the room because of his serious mistake?(passive voice)
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8.Sandy hid himself up the tree so that he wouldn’t be seen by Billy.(change it into a simple sentence)
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9.It was really surprising news for everybody to hear on that normal day.( exclamatory sentence)
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10.How long has it taken the government to rescue the injured in Nepal Earthquake?(rewrite it with “spend”)
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11.Super Mario Brothers helped Nintendo to become the best-selling toy in history.(emphasize the underlined part)
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12.The thief ran out of the jewelry shop before the policemen arrived.(emphasize the underlined part)
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13.There were three bottles of water in my bag. (raise a question about the underlined part)
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14.That mechanic from the garage needs to fix the broken car at the moment.(ask a question)
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15.The nearby areas will be crowded with lots of people and buildings in a few years. (ask a question)
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Error correction.
It would be difficult to imagine modern life with 1.
the telephone. It has become an useful instrument of 2.
communication, save much travel and time by making 3.
people to talk to one another over great distance. 4.
Nowadays it is as easy to talk cross a continent(大陆) 5.
or even overseas, it is to talk to one’s next-door 6.
neighbor. So, it is in emergencies 7.
which the telephone really shows its usefulness. When 8.
there is a fire, and when someone is suddenly ill, the 9.
first thing one think of is “where is the nearest telephone?” 10.
—Excuse me, where’s Mr. Ye?
—He’s gone to the office. Is there________to tell him?
A.something important B.anything important C.nothing important
We should try to use less money to do________ things.
A.fewer B.less C.more
Why are you two so late? The film________for a couple of minutes.
A.began B.has begun C.has been on
________ with________ modern furniture, the school has changed a lot.
A.To equip, a great number of B.Equipped, a large amount of C.Equipping, the amount of
