Sentence Lab 🧪
Transforming Sentences (B2)
1. PASSIVE VOICE (Focus on Object)
Active: They built this temple in 1113.
(Focus on 'They')
(Focus on 'They')
This temple was built in 1113.
ប្រាសាទនេះត្រូវបានសាងសង់...
Rule: Be + Past Participle (V3)
2. REPORTED SPEECH (Shift Back)
Direct: "I am happy," said Dara.
Dara said he was happy.
តារានិយាយថាគាត់សប្បាយចិត្ត
Rule: Present ➔ Past (am ➔ was)
3. UNLESS (If Not)
If: If you don't study, you will fail.
Unless you study, you will fail.
លុះត្រាតែអ្នករៀន...
Rule: Remove "not" when using "Unless".
Office Talk 💼
Formal vs. Informal
Boss 👩💼
Did someone clean the office?
Employee 👨💻
Yes. The office was cleaned this morning. (Passive)
Boss 👩💼
Good. If we don't finish the report, we can't go home.
Employee 👨💻
Understood. Unless we finish, we can't leave.
Transform It! ⚡
Choose the correct meaning.
Original: "Someone stole my bike."
Passive: My bike _______.
Original: "I live here," she said.
Reported: She said she _______.
Original: "If it doesn't rain, we will go."
Rephrase: _______ it rains, we will go.
Mission 📝
Rewrite sentences!
Rewrite these in your notebook:
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1. People speak English here.
➔ English is ________________. -
2. "I like mangoes," he said.
➔ He said he ________________. -
3. If you don't run, you will be late.
➔ Unless you ________________.