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Sentence Transformation Exercise 19

In these exercises, 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. Only use contractions for negatives: e.g. don't / hadn't / wouldn't, etc.

1. It wasn't me who took the book. I didn't touch it!
denied
I the book.

2. I can take you to the airport if your flight is early.
offered
I Jenny to the airport for the following morning.

3. "Why not try for Harvard University Karen?"
encouraged
He apply to Harvard University.

4. Could I stay with you in Chicago for a few day, John?
put
Could Chicago for a few days?

5. I don't know how you tolerate such a miserable person.
put
How do you is so miserable?

6. I would like to be thinner.
wish
I fat.

7. "Well done! You got the job," her mother said.
on
Her mother job.

8. "It was Peter who stole the fruit," Jenny shouted.
for
Jenny stealing the fruit.