Synthesis Review #4

1. I prefer Granny's fried rice to Mother's.
(No need for "one".)

2. That is my neighbour whom you mistook for an actor last month.

3. Tokyo, Japan was where Brandon bought the book. (READ your answers- did you change the meaning?)

4. Zoe is the girl whose cat won the prize. (READ your answers- did you change the meaning?)

5. My elder brother would rather listen to classical music than any other type.

6. The police officers are confronting the boys who sprayed graffiti on the walls.

7. The storm, which was forecasted to last till midnight, eased during the night.

8. The Emperor preferred his younger son to his elder son.

9. The house that the farmer single-handedly built was destroyed by the raging fire.
(building should come before destruction)

10. The lady, whose house was burgled, went to the police immediately.

Synthesis #28

1.If you shout, you will wake Mother.
(The "don't" is more of a warning)

2. Whenever I go on vacations, I put on weight.
(Whenever already means each time, so there is no need for the word "always".)

3. Olly ran off when its leash slipped from my fingers.
(Olly can be represented by 'its' or 'his'.
It's = It is. Its = ownership)

4. Leonard will give the beggar some money whenever he passes this way.

5. The fire alarm was set off when smoke wafted from the flames.

6. Linda should take care of her health if she does not want to fall sick.
(This is not simply a cause and effect question. The "should" has a tone of a stern warning.)

7. If we wash the dishes, Mother will praise us.

8. Whenever the parrot is not fed on time, it gets cranky.

9. The frame smashed when Tim dropped the picture.

10. I get dizzy whenever I  ride on roller coasters.

Synthesis #25

2nd action/incident suddenly

1st action/incident

1. No sooner had we washed the car than it started to rain.

*past participle is used to for first action that happened in the past:

had + past participle (-en/-ed/different form) of main verb

2. No sooner had Willis stepped into the room than he was asked to leave.

3. The canary had no sooner flown out of the cage than the cat pounced on it.

4. Jack had no sooner planted the magic bean into the ground than it started sprouting.

5. Paul had no sooner laid his eyes on his present than he tore it open.

6. No sooner had I stepped out of my room than I saw a mouse run into the kitchen.

7. Lynn had no sooner walked into the mall than she saw Cynthia in a shop.

8. No sooner had the actress gotten out of the car than the paparazzi began snapping pictures.

9. Miss Hani had no sooner left the classroom than the students started misbehaving.

10. No sooner had one event ended than another is to start the next day.