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Message de here4u posté le 25-04-2014 à 17:50:14 (S | E | F)
Hello again !
Here are 10 new sentences to "rewrite" ...
You're given 10 sentences and 10 different 'prompts' which must be used. The result shouldn't change the meaning of the sentences: ex : I've never watched such a good tennis match ! It is .....
It is the best tennis match I have ever watched!
Understood ? Very simple, isn't it ? 
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They
Enjoy yourselves ! Correction on May 4th 5th.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 03-05-2014 19:02
Message de here4u posté le 25-04-2014 à 17:50:14 (S | E | F)
Hello again !
Here are 10 new sentences to "rewrite" ...
You're given 10 sentences and 10 different 'prompts' which must be used. The result shouldn't change the meaning of the sentences: ex : I've never watched such a good tennis match ! It is .....
It is the best tennis match I have ever watched!
Understood ?
Very simple, isn't it ? 1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They
Enjoy yourselves !
Correction on May -------------------
Modifié par lucile83 le 03-05-2014 19:02
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de sbgs, postée le 25-04-2014 à 22:32:02 (S | E)
Hello!
Here's my shot:
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his getting married.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s likely to arrive late at the party!
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel!
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney Film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “ I know what this woman teaches."
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have shown the place sooner.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had my sister left than they all started laughing. ( Pas sûr de celle-là, je vais y réfléchir...
) 10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They stole my laptop last night.
Have a great night!
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Modifié par sbgs le 30-04-2014 19:22
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de komiks, postée le 26-04-2014 à 11:52:21 (S | E)
Hello,
Here's my try
Thanks for this new exercise !
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his wedding.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s going to arrive late at the party !
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel !
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “I know what this woman teaches”
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have showed her the place sooner.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing !
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night.
(mais avec "must" on en est pas tout à fait sûr ... on en est sûr à 80 % d'où ma réticence à employer "must" ...)
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Modifié par komiks le 01-05-2014 19:07
2nd draft
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lakata, postée le 26-04-2014 à 16:51:20 (S | E)
Hello here4u and many thanks for giving us this new exercise!
Here's my try:
1) My friend came and said: "I'm sorry I kept you waiting!"
My friend apologised for keeping me waiting.
2) He's going to get married : I don't like it...
I don't approve of his/him getting married.
3) He'll probably arrive late at the party.
He's likely to be late at the party.
4) When you don't sleep enough, you feel tired!
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel!
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film.
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She's been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said: " I know what this woman teaches."
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have showed her the place earlier.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing!
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing!
10) I'm sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night.
Enjoy your weekend which might
be a little sunnier than the previous one...-------------------
Modifié par lakata le 26-04-2014 20:52 I do apologise for the totally wrong weather forecast I gave you when posting...The weather is bound to be wet and windy tomorrow, I'm afraid...
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 27-04-2014 à 00:32:16 (S | E)
Well ! What a rush !
For all the exercises posted before Wednesday, I'll send you an mp telling you how many errors you've made ! (but not where !
) Have a wonderful Sunday ! Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 27-04-2014 à 00:42:39 (S | E)
Hum ....
Juste envie de vous dire que je voudrais vous tordre le cou à tous les 4 ... ARGHHHHHHHH ! You do want to kill me ...
(Well, I'll go to bed ...!)
I hope you'll cheer me up tomorrow morning ! Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lakata, postée le 27-04-2014 à 09:25:05 (S | E)
Retiens-toi, here4u !
As far as I'm concerned, I DON'T want to kill you. Sleep well.
Just a little thing, if I may...It looks as if one H is missing in one of your favourite world : ARGHHHHHHHH...It can't be a spelling mistake, can it?
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 27-04-2014 à 11:27:29 (S | E)
Hello Yes ! Lakata ! You're perfectly right and I apologize most sincerely ...
At least 3 or 4 Hs are missing ....ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (and so on ...) 
I didn't sleep well ...
I'm not saying that you're responsible for that ...but a little around 5, I was at my computer again ... Rotten weather here ... Have a wonderful Sunday anyway ...
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de joe39, postée le 29-04-2014 à 23:00:54 (S | E)
Hello again here4u!
Here is my try.
1) My friend came and said:"I'm sorry I kept you waiting"
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He's going to get married: I don't like it.
I don't approve his getting married.
3) He'll probably arrive late at the party.
He's likely going to arrive late at the party!
4) When you don't sleep enough, you feel tired!
The lesser you sleep, the more tired you feel.
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film.
We are looking forward to see Disney's latest film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She was told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
"I know what that woman teaches.
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should had showed her the place sooner.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing.
No sooner than her sister had left, they all had started laughing.
10)I'm sure they stolen my laptop last night.
My laptop was stolen the night before.
I thank you very much for the nice ordeal and I'm looking forward to receiving the next one.
I wish you a good night.
So long.
Your friendly
Joe39
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de icare29, postée le 30-04-2014 à 23:03:21 (S | E)
hello her4u
Here is my work
1) My friend came and said : « I'm sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting
2) He's going to get married : I don't like it ?
I don't approve that he will be married soon
3) He'll probably arrive late at the party !
He's probably arrived late at the party
4) When you don't sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less you sleep, the more you feel tired
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seing the latest Disney film
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : " I know what this woman teaches "
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have showed her place sooner
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing
10) I'm sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night
Thank you very much here4u ,for your interesting exercise
I can hardly wait to do your next one
you know my motto : the more we do ,the more we learn
Icare
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 30-04-2014 à 23:43:50 (S | E)
A lot of happiness to all of you on this site ! I'll be selling lily-of-the-valley for the Red Cross from 5.30 am !
Here's a sprig for each of you ! May your year be very, very happy !
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de sbgs, postée le 01-05-2014 à 01:15:32 (S | E)
Hello here4u!
This is so thoughtful of you! I wish you the same from the bottom of my heart
5.30 am? Well, I'll try to think about you while I'm sleeping
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lakata, postée le 01-05-2014 à 10:26:31 (S | E)
Thank you so much, dear here4u!
Here is an exceptional photo -taking it was hard job!- of a ladybug sitting on a sprig of lily-of-the-valley...So, two lucky charms at one go! Not that bad, isn't it?
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lucile83, postée le 01-05-2014 à 18:14:33 (S | E)
Hi there!
Here is my try. Thanks
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his getting married.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party!
He’s going to arrive late at the party!
He’s likely to arrive late at the party!
He’s expected to arrive late at the party!
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired!
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel!
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film.
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said: “I know what this woman teaches”.
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have shown her the place sooner.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing!
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing!
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night.
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de helice28, postée le 01-05-2014 à 23:38:40 (S | E)
1) My friend apologizes because I have had to wait for him,
2) I don't approve that he will get married,
3) He is probably arriving late a the party,
4) The sleep must be adequate for not feeling tired,
5) We are looking forward to see the latest Disney film,
6) She has been told where to go,
7) She said : I know what this woman teaches,
8) I should have showed her the place more quickly,
9) No sooner had my sister left that they all started to laugh,
10) They stole my laptop last night, I am sure of it.
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 02-05-2014 à 00:49:05 (S | E)
Thanks for your posts, Lucile , helice 
and sbgs ...Lakata, this is a rare and wonderful photo !
Did you make it yourself ? Browsing the "picture library", I have already discovered many masterpieces of yours ... I didn't know you were an artist too ... Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lakata, postée le 02-05-2014 à 08:58:27 (S | E)
You're most kind, here4u, but it makes me feel uncomfortable...Thank you very much!
P.S. About the photo, yes, of course, I made it myself.
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de mamou3, postée le 03-05-2014 à 07:28:46 (S | E)
Hello Here4u,
Thanks a lot for this new exercise
1. My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2. I don't approve of his getting married.
3. He's likely to arrive late at the party.
4. The less you sleep the more tired you feel.
5. We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6. She has been told where to go.
7. She said : 'Iknow what this woman teaches'.
8. I should have shown her the place earlier.
9. No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing.
10.They must have stolen my laptop last night.
This sort of exercise, we ask again to have it ! It's really necessary and interesting !
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 03-05-2014 à 12:19:49 (S | E)
Hello !
I'll start posting the personal corrections today ...
Time is flying, really, with all these days-off ... and I'll wait till Monday night when everyone is back from the long weekend, or the holidays to give the collective correction ... I hadn't imagined that the site would be on holiday ... but May will be May ... (in France, I mean ...!)Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de ariane6, postée le 03-05-2014 à 14:44:22 (S | E)
Hello here4u, I'm sorry for arriving late at the party!
My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his getting married.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s almost sure to arrive late for the party.
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel!
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : " I know what this woman teaches "
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I shouldn't have waited so long before I showed her the place.
I should have shown her the place earlier.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left than they all starded laughing.
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They definitely stole my laptop last night.
Thank you!
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de notrepere, postée le 03-05-2014 à 23:58:46 (S | E)
Hello 1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married; I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of him getting married.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s likely to arrive late to the party!
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired!
The less you sleep the more tired you feel!
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film.
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been told where to go.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said: "I know what this woman teaches".
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have shown her the place sooner.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing!
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They have stolen my laptop! I'm sure of it! It's been missing since last night!
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de gerondif, postée le 04-05-2014 à 23:47:58 (S | E)
Hello,
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting.
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his getting married soon /of him getting married soon/ of his future marriage / of his ludicrous marriage plans.
3) He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s (more than) likely to arrive late at the party.
4) When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less sleep you have, the more tired you feel.
5) We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film.
6) Someone has told her where to go.
She has been given the right address.
She has been put on the right track.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “ I know what this woman is teaching!"
8) I waited too long before I showed her the place.
I should have shown her the place without waiting that long.
9) As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left than they all started laughing !
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night.
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de here4u, postée le 05-05-2014 à 22:46:13 (S | E)
Hello all of you,
Thanks a lot for working for me and with me ... You really did a good work ...
1) My friend came and said : « I’m sorry I kept you waiting ! »
My friend apologized for keeping me waiting (to apologize for something/for + V + ing= s’excuser de )……….
2) He’s going to get married : I don’t like it …
I don’t approve of his/him getting married. (to approve of + V +ing/ to disapprove of +V+ing)La forme ‘his getting married', ‘my singing’ ou ‘her smoking’) est BrE. et la forme ‘him getting married’(’me singing’) plutôt AmE. Elles sont toutes deux acceptées aux examens.
3)He’ll probably arrive late at the party !
He’s likely to arrive late (to be likely to do something = être susceptible de ) ‘He’s expected to ‘… était également excellent .
4)When you don’t sleep enough, you feel tired !
The less you sleep, the more tired you feel. Nous avons ici une progression parallèle (sauf que je vous ai un peu ‘compliqué’ la chose en la “croisant”; les constructions sont celles des comparatifs précédés de ‘the’: ‘the more she learns, the more she understands. ‘ ; ‘the less she works, the less she succeeds. ‘La difficulté pour les non-anglophones est de bien rejeter le verbe en fin de proposition.
5)We can hardly wait to see the latest Disney film .
We are looking forward to seeing the latest Disney film. (ici, to est bien suivi de –ing = attendre avec impatience) Expression très utilisée pour terminer les lettres (commerciales) pour les étudiants de BTS ou d’écoles de commerce. ( ….looking forward to hearing from you / to receiving your order’ etc.
6)Someone has told her what to do.
She has been told what to do (ceci est la voix passive banale). Le temps de la voix active (ici, present perfect) doit être conservé et appliqué à l’auxiliaire ‘be’ du passif.
7) She said she knew what this woman taught.
She said : “I know what this woman teaches “ . passage inhabituel du discours indirect au discours direct . C’est d’ordinaire le contraire qui est demandé. Cependant, et je vous prie de m’en excuser, j’ai fait une erreur puisque le ‘this’ du discours direct correspondait à ‘that’ dans le discours indirect … J’aurais donc dû proposer : «’She said she knew what that woman taught ». (une autre fois, si vous détectez une telle erreur, merci de me la signaler en mp … ) Sorry, sorry !
8)I waited too long before I showed them to her.
I should have shown them to her before /sooner.
OLD donne ‘rarely, showed’ CDL: ‘(showed, shown) Daily Writing tips : Lien internet
the very interesting ‘AmericanEnglishDoctor.com’ donne :
English Irregular Verbs
The verbs in this group have distinct spellings for the simple present, the simple past and the past participle. These are the verbs most often used incorrectly when the past participle form is called for. The most effective way to learn them is to practice the past participle with the forms of have. /…../
see saw [has/have/had] seen
show showed [has/have/had] shown
shake shook [has/have/had] shaken
shear sheared [has/have/had] shorn
shrink shrank [has/have/had] shrunk
Attention, contrairement à certains VI (to learn, to get …), ‘showed’ en tant que PP n’est pas (encore) accepté dans les examens. Play it safe !
9)As soon as her sister left, they all started laughing !
No sooner had her sister left, than /when they all started laughing. Ici, l’important était l’inversion du sujet après ‘No sooner + inversion de Sujet + than/when….’ than est beaucoup plus employé.)
10) I’m sure they stole my laptop last night.
They must have stolen my laptop last night Yes, I know … it would have been clearer if I had written ‘I’m almost sure’ and that’s why I considered as correct all the answers of those of you who hadn’t guessed !
Now, for the ‘80% of certainty’, I don’t know what our native friends will think … but I’ve found them nowhere, and my native friends had a good laugh at them /me
when I asked the question ! J’ai trouvé sur un blog la quasi-certitude à 90% …. Mais j’ai envie de dire que pour moi, elle est au moins de 93.9999%. Aucune référence non plus à ces étranges pourcentages dans le Cadre Européen qui , je vous le rappelle fait « référence » …
Bref ! j’espère que vous avez aimé ce gentil exercice (vous avez vu que j’ai repris, en les modifiant, quelques éléments déjà vus …)
Celui qui vient de sortir est, comme je l’avais annoncé un thème grammatical pur … mais nous reviendrons aux Reformulations la prochaine fois … Merci de vos gentils messages. N’hésitez-pas à poser des questions ou faire des objections (en mp). Je répondrai toujours (même si c’est un peu en retard … en fonction de mes obligations !) You’ve all done a good 'job’
! BRAVO et merci de votre travail ! Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lucile83, postée le 05-05-2014 à 23:09:40 (S | E)
Thanks to you!
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de icare29, postée le 05-05-2014 à 23:43:05 (S | E)
Hello here4u
Thank you very much for your clear explanations ; you are really a good teacher .
Icare 29
Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de mamou3, postée le 06-05-2014 à 06:50:28 (S | E)
Here4u for your correction and explanations ! Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 4 de lakata, postée le 06-05-2014 à 08:28:46 (S | E)
Good morning everybody!
Thank you so much for giving us this kind of useful exercise, here4u, along with its detailed correction.
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