- 2068 Baishakh (old course) · 4 marks
Transform sentences (AmE, informal, polite English)
Short answer
a) I have a handy laptop. b) Can you lend me your car for an hour? c) Insomniacs are believed to be mentally ill. d) Would you please open the door?
Transform the following sentences as indicated in the brackets: a) I've got a handy lap-top. (AmE) b) Could you please lend me your car for an hour? (Informal English) c) It's believed that insomniacs are mentally ill. (Personal English) d) Open the door. (Polite English)
a) American English: "I have a handy laptop." (Americans prefer "have" to the British "have got" for possession, and write "laptop" as one word.)
b) Informal English: "Can you lend me your car for an hour?" (or "Lend me your car for an hour, will you?")
c) Personal construction: "Insomniacs are believed to be mentally ill." (The impersonal "It is believed that ..." is turned into a personal construction with the subject at the start.)
d) Polite English: "Would you please open the door?" (or "Could you open the door, please?")
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