Stories for Reading Comprehension 4 Unit 12
1. accordingly
2. administrator
3. apparent
4. beyond
5. body
6. carried away
7. commerce
8. create
9. debilitating
10. decade
11. directly
12. disputes
13. drag
14. echoed
15. elicited
16. endemic
17. ensure
18. eradicate
19. establish
20. finest
21. fists
22. grandeur
23. humble
24. improve
25. inhabitants
26. intensity
27. justice
28. leaping
29. literate
30. mean
31. message
32. needs
33. numerate
34. oratory
35. physicians
36. remote
37. resigned
38. spilling
39. standard
40. subdued
41. unison
42. warmed to
2. administrator
3. apparent
4. beyond
5. body
6. carried away
7. commerce
8. create
9. debilitating
10. decade
11. directly
12. disputes
13. drag
14. echoed
15. elicited
16. endemic
17. ensure
18. eradicate
19. establish
20. finest
21. fists
22. grandeur
23. humble
24. improve
25. inhabitants
26. intensity
27. justice
28. leaping
29. literate
30. mean
31. message
32. needs
33. numerate
34. oratory
35. physicians
36. remote
37. resigned
38. spilling
39. standard
40. subdued
41. unison
42. warmed to
1. Transform the voice of the sentences.
A British administrator was sent to a remote village to inform its inhabitants of their new status.
2. Transform the sentence into indirect speech.
"Pa-tun-ga! Pa-tun-ga! Pa-tun-ga!" The villagers were now leaping up and down.
3. Transform the passage into direct speech.
The cries of 'Pa-tun-ga' grew in intensity.
4. Transform the sentence into 'there + to be' pattern.
Translation once again elicited a mighty cry of 'Pa-tun-ga' from the crowd.
5. Transform the sentence into state pattern.
Who has not heard of British justice?
6. Transform the sentence into action pattern.
We must be careful not to step in arty patunga as we walk along this path.
7. Transform the sentence from Complex Subject pattern.
He turned out to be speaking directly to the gathered villagers.
8. Transform the sentence into Complex Subject pattern.
Your nation will become richer and your standard of living will rise accordingly.
9. Transform the sentence into Complex Object pattern.
The colonial administrator turned to the translator and said, "And I like the sound of this expression 'Pa-tun-ga'. What exactly does it mean?"
10. Transform the sentence into Cleft pattern.
The cries of 'Pa-tun-ga' echoed round the village square.
11. Change the sentence into Conditional II and III patterns.
The colonial administrator paused while his message was translated.
12. Transform the sentence into inverted emphatic pattern.
I am a humble representative of the British government and a proud servant of Queen Victoria.
13. Transform the sentence into what + subject + predicate + to be + to inf pattern.
I have come to tell you of the great changes that will take place in your country under British rule.
14. Change the verb into an analytical one.
British justice ensures a civilised society and that is what you deserve.
15. Transform the sentence into Causative pattern.
The colonial administrator turned to the translator and said, "And I like the sound of this expression 'Pa-tun-ga'. What exactly does it mean?"
A British administrator was sent to a remote village to inform its inhabitants of their new status.
2. Transform the sentence into indirect speech.
"Pa-tun-ga! Pa-tun-ga! Pa-tun-ga!" The villagers were now leaping up and down.
3. Transform the passage into direct speech.
The cries of 'Pa-tun-ga' grew in intensity.
4. Transform the sentence into 'there + to be' pattern.
Translation once again elicited a mighty cry of 'Pa-tun-ga' from the crowd.
5. Transform the sentence into state pattern.
Who has not heard of British justice?
6. Transform the sentence into action pattern.
We must be careful not to step in arty patunga as we walk along this path.
7. Transform the sentence from Complex Subject pattern.
He turned out to be speaking directly to the gathered villagers.
8. Transform the sentence into Complex Subject pattern.
Your nation will become richer and your standard of living will rise accordingly.
9. Transform the sentence into Complex Object pattern.
The colonial administrator turned to the translator and said, "And I like the sound of this expression 'Pa-tun-ga'. What exactly does it mean?"
10. Transform the sentence into Cleft pattern.
The cries of 'Pa-tun-ga' echoed round the village square.
11. Change the sentence into Conditional II and III patterns.
The colonial administrator paused while his message was translated.
12. Transform the sentence into inverted emphatic pattern.
I am a humble representative of the British government and a proud servant of Queen Victoria.
13. Transform the sentence into what + subject + predicate + to be + to inf pattern.
I have come to tell you of the great changes that will take place in your country under British rule.
14. Change the verb into an analytical one.
British justice ensures a civilised society and that is what you deserve.
15. Transform the sentence into Causative pattern.
The colonial administrator turned to the translator and said, "And I like the sound of this expression 'Pa-tun-ga'. What exactly does it mean?"