10.-They believe that people will be taller in fifty years time. / PEOPLE 

1. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (1 to 10) 1.-The coke was so cold I couldn’t drink it. / THE COKE WAS TOO cold for me to drink 2.-They have given us an Agatha Christie novel./ WE..   have been given an Agatha Christie novel 3.-I prefer reading mystery novels to watching horror films./ I’D RATHER...  read mystery novels than watch horror films 4.-No other fictional detectives are quite as famous as Sherlock Holmes. /SHERLOCK HOLMES...   is the most famous fictional detective 5.-They suggested that we stayed at home./ THEY SAID, “ WHY....   don’t we stay at home? 6.-It’s not necessary for them to do the homework tonight./ THEY DON’T...  have to do the homework tonight. 7.-I haven’t talked to George for four weeks. / IT’S...   four weeks since I last talked to George 8.-Has anyone repaired your car? / HAS YOUR..   car been repaired (by anyone)? 9.-Sam said he wouldn’t come the following month./” I...  won’t go (come) next month”. 10.-They believe that people will be taller in fifty years time. / PEOPLE  are believed to be taller in fifty years time.

2. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (11 to 20) 11.-“Please sit down, Carmen,” said the English teacher. /THE ENGLISH TEACHER ASKED… Carmen to sit down. 12.-Reading stories about cybermen is interesting. / IT’S………  interesting to read stories about cybermen. 13.-David works less than Angela. /ANGELA ………..  works more than David. 14.-They don’t allow smoking in this lab. / SMOKING………  is forbidden in this lab. 15.-Do you see the office on the corner? I work there./THAT’S……..  the office where I work. 16.-The computer was stolen because nobody saw the thief. /IF SOMEONE…….  had seen the thief, the computer wouldn`t have been stolen. 17.-You can duplicate any human emotion with technology. /ANY………..  human emotion can be duplicated with technology. 18.-British and American scientists are working on a device to read the mind; this device will transmit instructions in computer code. / THE DEVICE……………  ,which British and American scientists are working on, will transmit instructions in computer code. 19.-George arrived unexpectedly. /GEORGE TURNED………  up unexpectedly. 20.-We’ve discovered what the problem is with our computer. /WE’VE FOUND……..  the problem of our computer.

3. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (21 to 30) 21.-The novel is so interesting./WHAT...............  an interesting novel! 22.-I’m sorry I didn’t meet you at the station./IF ONLY............  I had met you at the station. 23.-Parents were bringing up boys of fifteen for enlistment./BOYS OF FIFTEEN...........  were being brought for enlistment by their parents 24.-They didn’t make things easier for me./THINGS......................  were not made easier for me. 25.-It’s a pity you don’t like this food./I WISH/IF ONLY.....................  you liked this food 26.-Jenny asked James if he was the secretary of the committee./JENNY ASKED HIM:..  are you the secretary of the committee? 27.-I haven’t read a novel for two months./IT’S..........................  two months since I last read a novel. 28.-What’s the price of this novel? /HOW..............  much does this novel cost? 29.-What’s a pity Mary didn’t remember to take the camera. /IF ONLY....  Mary had remembered to take the camera? 30.-You should tell them immediately./IF I.................  were you, I would tell tem immediately

4. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (31 to 40) 31.-I haven’t been to a football match for years./ IT’S YEARS (AGES).......................  since I last went to a football match 32.-I’m sorry I couldn’t come with you to the stadium./I WISH...................  I had been able to come with you to the stadium 33.-He likes cycling very much./HE’S VERY FOND ....................  of cycling. 34.-The film began at 9.30 and we arrived at the cinema just after that./WHEN WE...  arrived at the cinema, the film had just begun. 35.-It’s a pity you don’t speak French./IF ONLY..................  you spoke English ! 36.-Jean asked Tony if he was having dinner./JEAN SAID TO TONY:  “are you having dinner?” 37.-You use a kettle to boil water./A KETTLE IS....................  is used to boil water. 38.-What’s the English word for “deporte”?/HOW....................  do you say “deporte” in English 39.-Robert said; “ I can’t help biting my nails”/ROBERT SAID THAT....................  he couldn’t help biting his nails. 40.-My mother said; “don’t touch the water, it’s boiling”/MY MOTHERWARNED.......  me not to touch the water because it was boiling.

5. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (41 to 50) 41.-“We have to go to David’s tonight,” they said to me. / THEY TOLD.................  me they had to go to David’s that night. 42.-They have told him the bad news. HE ................  had been told the bad news. 43.-I would love to live in a Mediterranean country./ I WISH....................  I lived in a Mediterranean country. 44.-I came to live in Santiago 35 years ago. / I HAVE....................  been living in Santiago for 35 years. 45.-How patient is the teacher ? HOW MUCH......................  patience has the teacher got? 46.-How wide is the Ebro? / WHAT IS .............  is the width of the Ebro? 47.-I smoked my last cigarette last year. / I HAVEN’T SMOKED.............  for a year. 48.-Who repaired your car? / WHO WAS..................  your car repaired by? 49.-Sally said she couldn’t open the door./ SALLY SAID: “I...................  can’t open the door” 50.-Archaeologists believe the palace was built about 3,000 years ago./ IT IS BELIEVED.......  the palace to have been built 3,000 years ago.

6. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (51 to 60) 51.-“Put the books on the shelf, Rob.” She said./ SHE TOLD................  Rob to put the book on the shelf. 52.-She won’t turn round unless you call out her name. / IF...................  you do not call out her name, she won’t turn round. 53.-They speak English at this hotel./ ENGLISH...............  is spoken at this hotel. 54.-He’s such an exciting dancer that everybody wants to see him. / THE DANCER ..........  is so exciting that everybody wants to see him. 55.-She isn’t as tall as her mother. / HER MOTHER ....................  is taller than her. 56.-John asked Joan to show him her new mobile./ “COULD.................  you show me your new mobile, Joan?” 57.-I haven’t been to an art gallery for three years./ I LAST WENT.......  to an art gallery three years ago. 58.-What’s the length of the river Ebro?/ HOW ......................  long is the river Ebro? 59.-They disagreed with what the speaker said. / THEY DIDN’T.............  agree with the speaker’s words/ideas 60.-English isn’t as difficult to learn as Chinese. / CHINESE IS............  is more difficult to learn than English.

7. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (61 to 70) 61.-Do you know how to drive? CAN..............  you drive? 62.-They say this tree is over 400 years old. / THIS TREE........  is said to be over 400 years old. 63.-My sister is not old enough to go to pubs. / MY SISTER IS TOO...........  young to go to pubs. 64.-Although it was raining heavily, he didn’t open his umbrella. / IN SPITE OF ...........  the heavy rain, he didn’t open his umbrella. 65.-I didn’t know you were here. That’s why I came later. / IF I .................  had known you were here, I wouldn’t have come later. 66.-It is not necessary for you to stay up until Peter comes back home. / YOU ...................  don’t have to stay up until Peter comes back home. 67.-I have seen that film three times. / IT IS.............  the third time I see the film 68.-The thief ran so fast that the police could not catch him./ THE POLICE...............  didn’t run fast enough to catch the thief. 69.-I forgot to post the letter. / I DIDN’T REMEMBER..............  to post the letter. 70.-Nobody has ever taught them how to write formal letters. / THEY................  haven’t been taught to write formal letters. 

8. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (71 to 80) 71.-We haven’t been to the beach for ages. / IT IS................  ages since we last went to the beach. 72.-The mechanic is going to repair her car next week./ SHE................  is going to have her car repaired by the mechanic next week . 73.-It was such a boring speech that I couldn’t help yawning. / THE SPEECH.............  was so boring that I couldn’t help yawning. 74.-“Why don’t we have dinner out tonight?” Said Martin. / MARTIN SUGGESTED...........  having dinner out that night. 75.-He has already made the appointment./ THE APPOINTMENT........  has already been made by him. 76.-Smoking is forbidden in this restaurant. / IT IS...................  prohibited to smoke in this restaurant. 77.-I didn’t open the door because I didn’t know it was you./ IF I..................  had known it was/were you, I would have opened the door. 78.-You’ll be late for work if you don’t hurry up./ UNLESS.................  you hurry up, you’ll be late for work. 79.-What a pity I didn’t have time to see you last week./ I WISH....................  I had had time to see you last week. 80.-We couldn’t go swimming because it was too cold./ IT WAS................  too cold for us to go swimming.

9. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (81 to 90) 81.-The performance Bruce Springsteen gave yesterday was wonderful. / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN GAVE…………….  a wonderful performance yesterday 82.-The victims are believed to have been taken to hospital by helicopter. /IT IS……  believed the victims were taken to hospital by helicopter. 83.-Are these novels hers? /DO THESE NOVELS………………  do these novels belong to her? 84.-As it was raining, we didn’t go out for a walk./ WE DIDN’T GO OUT…………….  for a walk because it was raining. 85.-I don’t have much money. It’s a pity I can’t travel to the Caribbean. / IF I…………..  had much money, I would/could travel to the Caribbean. 86.-“Where are my keys?” / I WONDER…………….  where my keys are. 87.-I haven’t smoked a cigarette for ages. / IT IS…………….  ages since I last smoked a cigarette. 88.-I wish I hadn’t drunk so much last night. /IF ONLY…………….  I hadn’t drunk so much last night! 89.-He works in his office most of the day. / HE SPENDS…………..  most of the day working in his office 90.-They told me how to find their house./THEY EXPLAINED…………………  me the way to go to their house

10. GRAMMAR T RANSFORMATIONS Q3 (91 to 100) 91.-The last time she wrote a novel was three years ago./SHE.........  hasn’t written any novel for three years. 92.-Would you like me to open the window? / I’LL................  open the window. 93.-He loves reading poetry. / HE’S VERY FOND..............  of reading poetry. 94.-We wished that the weather would get better. / WE WANTED..............  the weather to get better. 95.-I haven’t enough money to have a holiday this year. /I CAN’T AFFORD...........  a holiday this year. 96.-You must not eat in here. / EATING...............  is forbidden in here. 97.-The new library was built in six months./ THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY......  built the library in six months. 98.-He has dual nationality because his father is Irish. / HIS FATHER............  is Irish therefore /so he has dual nationality. 99.-Their house is still for sale. / NOBODY...............  has bought their house yet. 100.-If the tickets don’t arrive, I won’t be able to go. / UNLESS..............  the tickets arrive, I won’t be able to go.