Sentence transformations for English language learners; examples of semantic ambiguity

Title: Sentence transformations for English language learners; examples of semantic ambiguity
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Sentence transformations for English language learners; examples of semantic ambiguity
SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY: REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES SO AS TO CONVEY TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS PER SENTENCE: 1.Police squad help dog bite victim. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________________ 2.Man eating piranha mistakenly sold as house pet. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________________ 3.We saw the Eiffel Tower flying from London to Paris. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b);_______________________________________________________________________ 4.The police were ordered to stop drinking after midnight. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________________ 5.A sailor was dancing with a wooden leg. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________________ 6.She made Arthur a good husband. a)_______________________________________________________________________ b)_______________________________________________________________________ 7. She …showed first 75 words of 1086 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1086 total…be paid under any circumstances. (NO) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.<Tab/>Three days passed before we arrived at the first oasis. (NOT UNTIL) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.<Tab/>Little did Brenda know what she was letting herself in for. (IDEA) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.<Tab/>The accused never expressed regret for the embezzlement? (AT NO TIME) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5.<Tab/>It was only when I stopped that I realized that something was wrong? (ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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