Synthesis & Transformation 3

1. They have chosen the site where they will camp for the night. / This is the site where they have chosen to camp for the night.
2. Seeing that everything was ready, the compere began the ceremony.
3. Not one of the boys from my class was chosen for the school team. / Not one boy from my class was chosen for the school team.
4. On his way to school, Lester helped an old woman carry her basket of fruit. / On his way to school, Lester helped an old woman by carrying her basket of fruit.
5. Cooking for ten hungry children is a task Mrs Koh does not enjoy doing. / Cooking for ten hungry children is not what Mrs Koh enjoys doing. / Cooking for ten hungry children is not what Mrs Koh enjoys. / Cooking for ten hungry children is what Mrs Koh does not enjoy. / Cooking for ten hungry children is a task/ thing that Mrs Koh does not enjoy. / Cooking for ten hungry children is not enjoyed by Mrs Koh. / Cooking for ten hungry children is not enjoyable for Mrs Koh. (note : ‘enjoyable’ cannot be followed by ‘to’)
6. Siti, together with several other dancers, is dancing to the music of the band.
7. Little does Ann realize how serious her operation is.
8. All but Joe were punished.
9. The sports meet will start at one if it does not rain. / The sports meet will not start at one if it rains.
10. Miss Lee asked May what she had done the day before/ the previous day.
11. I did not break the vase and neither did my sister. / My sister did not break the vase and neither did I. / The vase was not broken by me and neither was it broken by my sister.
12. On hearing from Margaret that his car had been hit by a motorcycle, Abraham ran out to check. / On hearing Margaret say that his car had been hit by a motorcycle, Abraham ran out to check. / On hearing Margaret tell him that his car had been hit by a motorcycle, Abraham ran out to check.
13. She seemed to be the only one who understood what I had said.