Synthesis & Transformation 4

1. The boys prefer hiking to canoeing.
2. Unless he studies hard, he will not do well.
3. Paul went shopping without informing his mother.
4. John told me that he had bought that pair of jeans at the sale.
5. Neither Meiling nor Dick is willing to clean the windows.
6. May asked her sister why she was in such a hurry.
7. The detective asked the suspect where he/ she had been at the time of the robbery.
8. James told me that he had just arrived in Singapore two days before.
9. Tom explained to me that he had been busy so he had not gone to the party the previous day.
10. Devi said that she had bought the air ticket the day before and would fly off to Austria the following day.
11. Not only is Maria intelligent, she is also witty and kind-hearted.
12. Pamphlets were given out by the salesgirl at the shopping mall to advertise the shop’s opening sale.
13. In spite of my foolish mistake, Mrs Lim did not reprimand me. / In spite of the foolish mistake I had made, Mrs Lim did not reprimand me. / In spite of the fact that I had made a foolish mistake, Mrs Lim did not reprimand me.