Task 2. Paraphrase the following sentences using the Complex
Subject with the Infinitive.
a) 1. He marched out into the hall. She heard him lift the receiver
and give the number. 2. He did not expect her to write often, for he
knew that letter-writing came difficult to her. 3. He saw those three
return together from the other room and pass back along the far side of
the screen. 4. “Oh, I didn’t hear you come in.” – “I came to see if I could
be of any help to you,” said Race. 5. A voice on the stairs behind made
us all start. 6. He made the boy take off his boots and stockings.
b) 1. It seemed that her dinner party went on too long to her, as it
did to you.
2. It seemed that she sensed the purpose of his question. 3. It seemed
that he did not notice that I was in outdoor clothes. 4. “It seems that you
know a lot of Robinson,” Tom Wells observed. 5. It was so wonderful to
see old George. It seems he needs a friend.
c) 1. It appeared that George was talking to Mr. Smiss persuasively.
2. “I don’t think you should blame yourself.” It appeared that the man
had not heard. He went on as if in a daze. 3. When she passed by it
appeared that they looked at her attentively. 4. It appeared that they
were coming down when I left the room. 5. It appeared that he did not
see at all why he should explain his disappearance.
d) 1. It was likely that he had hidden my journal under his mattress.
2. It was unlikely that she would come across him by accident. 3. It is
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