 sentence transformation
Dear teachers,
Would you please tell me which answer you prefer best, and why?
Stce Transformations:
1. She did not come to the party yesterday and she regrets it.
a) She wishes she had come to the party (yesterday / the day before / nothing?).
b) She wihses she could have come to the party yesterday.
2. I don’t like them at all. It is better if you do not go with them.
a) I don’t like them at all so I would rather you did not go with them.
b) I don’t like them at all so I advise you not to go with them. (possible ?)
c) I don’t like them at all so I would prefer you not go with them. (?)
3. “Bring a sweater with you in case it gets cold at night.”
a) She told me to bring / take a sweater with me in case it gets ? / got / should get cold at night.
b) She told me I should bring / I must bring (different mng?) a sweater with me in case it gets ? / got / should get cold at night. (Is it to true that when we have an imperative in direct speech, it should be transformed in the infinitive in indirect speech and nothing else?)
c) She told me to bring / take a sweater with me for fear that it gets ? / got / should get cold at night. (first, is this construction correct? Second, it is a different wording from the initial stce, therefore it's wrong?)
4. “Have you got any free time next week?” Mandy asked.
Mandy asked me if / whether I had got / I had ? any free time the following week.
5. “I’ll have to take out this tooth,” the dentist said.
a) The dentist said that he will / would have to take out the tooth.
b) The dentist said that I will / would have to have the tooth taken out. (causative)
(Is it possible to keep the verb in the future event though the reporting verb is in the past in the causative form?)
6. “I’ll be arriving tomorrow morning,” Jamie said.
a) Jamie sait that she would be arriving the following/next morning.
b) Jamie said that he/she will be arriving tomorrow morning.
(here if we keep the verb in the future, the reporting verb must be in the present and not in the past?)
Thank you again.
Best regards,
Hela  |