1. I. Rewrite the pair of sentence, using to infinitive or participle
construction:
1. The bridge had been weakened by successive storms. It was no longer
safe.
2. The local people didn’t plant the multipurpose trees. The trees are
recommended to them.
3. Last night people were sleeping in the next room. They were wakened
up by the sound of breaking glass.
4. The land users are in a good position to organize researches. The
researches are related to the plan.
5. The alternative is selected. It becomes the plan for this year, next year,
or next 5 to 10 years.
II. Rewrite the pairs of sentence, using relative pronouns or relative
adverbs:
1. A community destroys its land. The community forfeits its future.
2. I saw several cars. Most of them were quite expensive.
3. The purpose of land-use planning is to select and put into practice
those land uses. They will best meet the needs of the people.
4. The three levels of land-use planning are not necessarily sequential but
correspond to the levels of government. Decisions about land use are
taken at the levels.
5. I’m going to apply for the job in the company. My mother works the
company.
6. Land is the basic resource. It supports the production of all agricultural
commodities.
7. Land-use planning is an extremely complex subject. It combines
physical, social and economic aspects.
8. Land-use planning is sometimes misunderstood as being a process. In
the process planners tell people what to do.
9. The planner should list the land-use types and standards. They will be
applied to the whole planning area and to individual planning units.
10. The planning team musts explain the methods and factial basic of the
plan written for technical and planning staff. They want to know the
details of the plan.
11. The hotel wasn’t cheap. We stayed in the hotel last night.
12. We didn’t do what he told us. That made him annoyed.
13. We wish we had a garden. Our children could play in the garden.
14. The planners provided the decision-maker with relevant information.
The decision-maker bases on that information to make decisions.
15. They didn’t want to work for us. We don’t know the reason.

2. III. Rewrite the following sentences expressing purposes:
1. Please shut the gate. I don’t want the cows to get out of the field.
2. She built a high wall round her garden. She didn’t want her fruit to be
stolen.
3. He tried to design a good ecosystem for his garden. He wanted the
plants and animals to grow well there.
4. I’m putting nets over my strawberry plants. I don’t want the birds to
eat all my strawberry.
5. We have put bars on the wall. We do not want anyone to climb over it.
6. He is going to send his children to his sister’s house. He wants them to
watch the TV programmer.
7. They evaluated the plan from various aspects. They wanted the
decision-maker to reduce the risk.
8. The farmer put a scarecrow up in the field. He wanted to frighten the
birds.
9. Many countries protect their own markets by imposing duties on
imported goods. They want to encourage their own industries.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences in passive forms:
1. Decision-makers have to consider the trade-off between different
goals.
2. The community in planning can resolve conflicts between individual
interests.
3. They are going to build a public library in the city.
4. The local farmers have decided to build a new farm behind the hill.
5. They should have written the notice in several languages.
6. He intends to sell his car.
7. The children couldn’t have done all this damage before dinner.
8. They used to star these engines by hand.
9. We believe that he has special knowledge of land-use planning.
10. Don’t touch the switches.
11. Farmers use different methods to improve unhealthy soils.
12. People can extract aromatic oils from some kinds of flower.
V. Write conditional sentences:
1. Planner have collected good information. They must have must made
good plan for the area.
2. The local people participate in the planning. The project gets success.
3. The local authority supports the implementation of the plan. It is likely
to be successful.
4. The implementing agencies understand the measures in the plan
correctly. They put the plan into practice readily.

3. 5. The local people do not participate in the planning. What will the
planners do?