Stories for Reading Comprehension 3 Unit 6 The Computer
sad + ly = sadly

beauty + ful + ly = beautifully

Scot + t + ish = Scottish

America + n = American

industry + ous = industrious

industry + al = industrial

interest + ed + ly = interestedly


1. Transform the Voice of the sentences.

1) Scientists decided to design and build the most powerful computer in the world.
2) The scientist was delighted.


2. Transform the sentence into Indirect Speech.

The lady who was serving tea shouted to the computer, 'Is there a God?"


3. Transform the passage into Direct Speech.

These scientists believed that such a computer would solve all the complex problems of science and mathematics in seconds.


4. Transform the sentence into 'there + to be' pattern.

The computer was so large that it occupied a building of thirty floors.


5. Transform the sentence into State pattern.

When he gave the problem to the computer it answered in two seconds.


6. Transform the sentence into Action pattern.

The scientists were very pleased with their creation.


7. Transform the part of the sentence into Complex Subject pattern.

The scientists believed that such a computer would solve all the complex problems of mathematics in seconds.


8. Transform the sentence from Complex Object pattern.

It took twenty years to build the computer.


9. Transform the sentence into Complex Object pattern.

The British scientist gave the computer a lot of facts about the climate in Britain for a detailed description for a complete year.