1. Your hair looks too long. You should have it cut soon.
-> Your hair looks too long. You need to cut it soon.
2. It’s essential that children have the same educational opportunities.
-> Children need to have the same educational opportunities.
3. Because of Mary’s shyness, she didn’t have many friends.
-> Mary didn’t have many friends because of her shyness.
4. “Karen won’t be here tomorrow.” Ann told me.
-> Ann said Karen wouldn't be there the next day.
5. Penguins cannot fly.
-> It is impossibble for Penguins to fly.
6. Most parents spend little time talking to their kids.
-> Most parents do not spend much time talking to their kids.
7. You need to put on more warm clothes. It’s cold outside.
-> It’s necessary of you to put on more warm clothes.
8 Tom is absent today, because he is ill.
-> Because of illness, Tom is absent today.
9. “Meet me at the gate of my school!” Sue said
-> Sue told me to meet her at the gate of my school.
10 I couldn’t speak English until I entered secondary school.
-> I was not able to speak English until I entered secondary school.
11 1. In general, attending kindergarten in the US is voluntary.
-> Attending kindergarten in the US is generally voluntary.
12. You need to put on more warm clothes.
-> It’s necessary for you to put on more warm clothes.
13. Tom is absent today, because he is ill.
-> Because of being ill, Tom is absent today.
14. “Tickets will be on sale here next Friday!” Nick said
-> Nick said that tickets would be on sale there the next Friday.
15. My son couldn’t talk until he was at the age of two.
-> My son was able to talk when he was at the age of two.