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Sentence Transformations - worksheet 17

You need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. You can use only a maximum of FIVE words for each space.

1. "You'd better not speak to me like that again!" he said to me.
warned
I __WAS WARNED NOT TO SPEAK__ to him like that again.

2. Don't ask Hannah here to have lunch on Friday. If you do, I won't stay to meet her.
invite
If __YOU INVITE HANNAH TO LUNCH__ on Friday, I won't stay to meet her.

3. Do you think it would be a good idea to get my hair cut?
suggest
Would __YOU SUGGEST GETTING MY/I GOT MY__ hair cut?

4. I told him he should go and speak to his mother.
ought
__I TOLD HIM HE OUGHT__ to speak to his mother.

5. If you don't call me, I won't know where you are!
unless
I won't know __WHERE YOU ARE UNLESS__ you call me!

6. We should leave now if we don't want to miss the start of the performance.
time
It's __TIME WE LEFT/TIME FOR US TO LEAVE__ or we'll miss the start of the performance.

7. Let's go to "The Blue Whale" where it's less crowded.
as
"The Blue Whale" is __NOT AS CROWDED AS__ here, so let's go there.

8. I would prefer to stay at home tonight.
rather
I __WOULD RATHER STAY (AT) HOME__ tonight.