4.A.What do you think of the movie you saw last week?

　 B.___________ do you __________ the movie you saw last week?

3.A.Very soon the baby started crying.

　 B. In ________ ___________ the baby _________ ________ cry.

2.A.He spent thirty minutes in finishing his homework. My God.

　B._____ _________ him ________ _________ _________ ________ finish his homework.

1.A.The children are having a good time in the park now.

　 B. The children are__________ ____________ in the park _________ _________ ___________.

e.g.　 1. I got a letter from my brother last weekend.

　　 = I heard from my brother last weekend.

2.His little sister could dress herself when she was three years old.

　 = His little sister was able to dress herself at the age of three.

这类题目首先要注意比较上下两句，找出需要改动的地方，运用同义词或同义词组进行转换。还要注意把握两句的时态、数的单复和主谓一致等。

Exercises:

　　　　 1)将简单句变成同义的复合句或将复合句变成同义的简单句。如:

　　 We didn’t go out for a walk because it was raining.

　　 We didn’t go out for a walk _______ _________ the rain.

分析:答案为because of。将原因状语从句because it was raining改为表示原因的介词短语because of the rain。

　　　　 2)将并列句变成同义的复合句或将复合句变成同义的并列句。如:

　　 Come on, or we’ll miss the early bus.

　　 ________we _______hurry, we’ll miss the early bus.

分析:答案为If, don’t。改后为if引导条件状语从句。

　　　　 3) 运用关联连词如both... and..., neither... nor..., either... or..., not only... but also...等将两个句合并。此时要注意的是,both... and...连接两个主语时,谓语动词总是用复数,而neither... nor..., either... or..., not only... but also...连接两个主语时,谓语动词通常应与靠近的主语保持一致。如:

Tom can’t speak Japanese well and Jim can’t, either.

________Tom _______ Jim can speak Japanese well.

分析:答案填Neither, nor。neither... nor...表示“……和……(两者)都不”,刚好与原句的两个否定结构的意思相吻合。

　　　　 这类典型的句式或结构有so...that...,too...to..., enough to, not...until..., so+be(助动词、情态动词等)...等。如:

Jim wants to go boating and his parents want to go boating, too.

Jim wants to go boating, and _______ ________ his parents.

分析:答案为so do。句意为“……他的父母也一样(一样想去)”。

　　　　 将直接引语变为间接引语或将间接引语转换成直接引语要注意宾语从句相关知识, 如时态、人称、动词、状语等的相应变化。如:

“I’ve found my wallet,” he said to me.

He ______me that he _______ ________ his wallet.

分析:答案为told, had found。此题是将直接引语转换成间接引语。

　　　　 涉及到完成时态的题目, 还应注意非延续性动词与延续性动词间的转换,这时句子往往会有形式、时态等的变化。如:

The film began five minutes ago.

The film has been _______ ________five minutes.

分析:答案为on for。begin表开始,为非延续性动词,应变为相应的延续性动词be。“for+时间段”表示“持续(一段时间)”,常与现在完成时连用。

　　　　 运用语态的变化来完成同义句转换,但此时要特别注意时态、数等的一致性。如:

More and more people use computers in the world today.

Computers _______ ________by more and more people in the world today.

分析:答案为are used。computers是复数名词,助动词用are。