Grammar Revision
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed in brackets without changing the meaning.
- Your going to Nairobi depends on his coming from Kampala. (Rewrite without using the verb ‘depend’ but including the word ‘only’
Only if he comes from Kampala will you go to Nairobi. You will go to Nairobi only if he comes from Kampala.
- My sister has informed me of your illness and the hospital you are (Rewrite ending with my sister.)
I have been informed of your illness and the hospital you are in by my sister. I have been informed of the hospital you are in and your illness by my sister.
- Even after he had entered the house, she did not stop (Rewrite using ‘despite’)
Despite the fact that he had entered the house, she did not stop talking. Despite him having entered the house, she did not stop talking.
She did not top talking despite the fact that he had entered the house.
- He returned to find the garden covered with (Begin: When.. )
When he returned, he found the garden covered with weeds.