IMO Practice Test — Transformation of Sentences
8 Questions • 15 min • Olympiad level
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Question 1 of 8
Transform to a simple sentence: 'As soon as the thief saw the police, he ran away.'
On seeing the police, the thief ran away.
The thief saw the police and ran.
When the thief saw the police he ran.
The thief ran because of police.
Explanation: A participial phrase 'On seeing the police' makes it simple.
Question 2 of 8
Choose the correct transformation of 'He is too clever to be deceived.'
He is so clever that he cannot be deceived.
He is so clever to be deceived.
He is very clever that he is deceived.
He is too clever that he is deceived.
Explanation: 'too…to' (passive) → 'so…that … cannot be + V3'.
Question 3 of 8
Make negative without changing meaning: 'He is always punctual.'
He is never punctual.
He is never late.
He is sometimes punctual.
He is not punctual.
Explanation: 'always punctual' = 'never late'.
Question 4 of 8
Interrogative form of 'Nobody can deny this truth.':
Can anybody deny this truth?
Who can deny this truth?
Can nobody deny this truth?
Is this truth deniable?
Explanation: Assertive → rhetorical question: 'Who can deny …?'
Question 5 of 8
Complex → simple: 'I know that he is honest.'
I know him to be honest.
He is honest and I know.
His honesty I know.
I know he honest.
Explanation: Reduce the noun clause: 'I know him to be honest.'
Question 6 of 8
Choose the correct exclamatory of 'It is a very sad story.'
What a sad story it is!
How a sad story it is!
What sad story is it!
How sad story it is!
Explanation: With a noun, use 'What a + adjective + noun + subject + verb!'
Question 7 of 8
Rearrange and transform to 'so…that': 'tea / hot / the / drink / too / to / is'
The tea is so hot that it cannot be drunk.
The tea is too hot that it cannot be drunk.
The tea is so hot to drink.
The tea is very hot to drink.
Explanation: 'too hot to drink' → 'so hot that it cannot be drunk'.
Question 8 of 8
Which transformation of 'Iron is the most useful metal' is wrong?
Iron is more useful than any other metal.
No other metal is as useful as iron.
Iron is more useful than all other metals. (acceptable)
Iron is more useful than any metal.
Explanation: 'than any metal' wrongly compares iron with itself; it must be 'any other metal'.