IV.

Sentence transformation
1. The boy can’t wear the shirt because it’s very tight.
 The shirt is so tight that the boy can’t wear it. ( complex sentence)
The shirt is too tight for the boy to wear. ( simple sentence )
2. This problem is very difficult. He can’t solve it.
 The problem is too difficult for him to solve. ( simple sentence)
 It is such difficult problem that he can’t solve it. ( complex sentence )
3. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age.
 The man was so old that he was not able to go to an expedition to the Middle East (complex
sentence )
 The man was too old to go on an expedition to the Middle East ( simple sentence )
4. Hoa is very sick. She can’t sit up.
 Hoa is so sick that she can’t sit up (complex sentence )
.Hoa is too sick to sit up
5. It was a very short story, so I could read it in 30 minutes.
 It was such a short story that I could read it in 30 minutes ( complex sentence)
 The story was too short to read in 30 minutes ( simple sentence)
6. That test was very easy. All of you could do it in 15 minutes. .
 That test was so easy that all of you could do it in 15 minutes( complex sentence)
 That test was too easy for us to do in 15 minutes
7. The movie was so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
 It was so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing( complex sentence)
 The movie was too funny for us to stop laughing ( simple sentence )
8. No one could move the piano. It was very heavy.
 The piano was so heavy that no one could move it. ( complex sentence)
 The piano was too heavy for everyone to move ( simple sentence )
9. We shouldn’t swim in this river. The water isn’t clean.
 This river isn’t clean enough for us to swim( simple sentence )
 This river is so dirty that we shouldn’t swim .( complex sentence)
10. John couldn’t get to sleep last night. He was worried about exam.
 John was so worried about exam that he couldn’t get to sleep last night( complex sentence )
 John was too worried about the exam to sleep last night ( simple sentence )
11. It was a good book. I couldn’t put it down.
 It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down ( complex sentence )
 The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down ( simple sentence )
12. They were beautiful flowers. We took a photograph of them.
 They were such beautiful flowers that we took a photograph of them ( complex sentence )