Engels natuurlijk !!

[Veer]

Deze is nog veel moeilijker:

Making sentences mean the opposite
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Rewrite the sentences to give them the opposite meaning. Make any necessary changes.

Example: She's got lots of money.
She hasn't got any money at all.
She has absolutely no money.



a) All of the students passed the exam, So their teacher was pleased.
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b) Tom was a successful businessman, who achieved a lot in his life.
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c) Our house is difficult to find. Everybody always gets lost.
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d) We had a lovely time in Venice. There weren't many people there.
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e) You must exercise your ankle. Try to move it as much as possible.
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f) I must iron my shirt. I'm going out tonight.
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g) You need to com with me. I won't go on my own.
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h) I was in a hurry, because I needed to go to the shops.
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i) You ought to have given the dog something to eat.
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j) I told you to go to work. Why are you in bed ?
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Veer schreef op 06-04-2003 @ 17:18:
Deze is nog veel moeilijker:

Making sentences mean the opposite
------------------------------------------------
Rewrite the sentences to give them the opposite meaning. Make any necessary changes.

Example: She's got lots of money.
She hasn't got any money at all.
She has absolutely no money.



a) All of the students passed the exam, So their teacher was pleased.
None of the students have passed their exam, so the teaher wasn't pleased


b) Tom was a successful businessman, who achieved a lot in his life.
Tom wasn't a succesful businessman, and he hasn't achieved a lot in his life.

c) Our house is difficult to find. Everybody always gets lost.
Our house isn't difficult to find. Nobody ever gets lost.

d) We had a lovely time in Venice. There weren't many people there.
We didn't have a lovly time in Venice. There were (too) many people there.

e) You must exercise your ankle. Try to move it as much as possible.
You shouldn't exercise your ankle. Try to move it as little as possible.

f) I must iron my shirt. I'm going out tonight.
I don't have to iron my shirt. I'm not going out tonight.

g) You need to com with me. I won't go on my own.
You don't have to come with me. I'll go on my own.

h) I was in a hurry, because I needed to go to the shops.
I wasn't in a hurry, because I didn't have to go to the shops.

i) You ought to have given the dog something to eat.
You didn't have to give the dog something to eat.

j) I told you to go to work. Why are you in bed ?
I told you not to go to work. Why aren't you in bed?

Zoiets?

[sportbabe]

Volgens mij isset wel geod, maar is het niet gewoon
mustn't -> must
en
shouldn't->should?

a) All of the students passed the exam, So their teacher was pleased.
None of the students passed the exam, so their teacher wasn't pleased (at all).

b) Tom was a successful businessman, who achieved a lot in his life.
Tom was an unsuccesful businessman, who didn't achieve anything in life.

c) Our house is difficult to find. Everybody always gets lost.
Our house is easy to find, nobody ever gets lost

d) We had a lovely time in Venice. There weren't many people there.
We had a terrible time in Venice, there were so many people there

e) You must exercise your ankle. Try to move it as much as possible.
You musn't exercise your ankle. Try to keep it still as much as possible

f) I must iron my shirt. I'm going out tonight.
I musn't iron my shirt. I won't be going out tonight

g) You need to com with me. I won't go on my own.
Please do not come with me. I'll go on my own

h) I was in a hurry, because I needed to go to the shops.
I wasn't in a hurry (at all), because I didn't need to do anything

i) You ought to have given the dog something to eat.
You ought not have given the dog something to eat
(ietwat ongebruikelijk, toegegeven...)

j) I told you to go to work. Why are you in bed ?
I didn't tell you to go to work. Why are you out of bed?


Bij deze oefening zijn veel mogelijkheden, ik heb slechts eentje per zin gegeven...

[Veer]

Dank jullie wel !! Ja blijkbaar zijn hier meerdere mogelijkheden, ik ga dit eens goed bekijken zodat ik er wat van bak tijdens mijn eindexamen. Nogmaals bedankt voor de hulp, want mijn engels is spijtig genoeg niet zo goed, maar dat hadden julie al wel gemerkt zeker.

Groetjes Vera

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