一、日常用语类,例如：
1. Hello. = Hi.
2. Nice to meet you. = Glad to meet you.
3. Nice to see you. = Glad to see you.
4. Good-bye. = Bye-bye.= See you.
5. What’s your name? = May I know you name, please?= Could you tell me your name?
6. Thanks a lot.= Thank you very much.
7. Thanks for your help.= Thank you for helping me/us.
8. What’s your father? = What does your father do? = What’s your father’s job?
9. What’s the weather like? = How is the weather?
10. That’s all right. = You’re welcome.= Not at all.= Don’t mention it.
11. What’s wrong?=What’s the matter?= What’s up?
12. What’s wrong with you? = What’s the matter with you?
13. What can I do for you? = Can/May I help you?
14. What do you think of…?= How do you like…?
15. What’s the price of ….? =How much is/are….?
16. That’s a good idea.=That sounds good.= Sounds good.
17. Well done! =Good job! = You did a good job!
18. Let’s have a rest, shall we?= How /What about having a rest?
19. Why not have an another try?= Why don’t you try again?
二、直接引语和间接引语类,例如：
1、Tom said, “I have finished my homework.”= Tom said that he had finished his homework.
2、The boy said to his mother, “ May I watch TV now?”=
The boy asked his mother if he might watch TV then.
3、The policeman said to the old woman , “ Where does your son work? ” =
The policeman asked the old woman where her son worked.
4、The little monkey said to the crocodile, “Don’t do that again.”=
The little monkey told the crocodile not to do that again.
三、主动语态和被动语态类,例如：
1、We plant many trees in spring every year.= Many trees are planted in spring every year.
2、Parents often make their kids study at home on Sundays.=
Children are often made to study (by their parents) at home on Sundays.
四、复句和单句类,这类多数是把从句变为一个短语的形式.
1、名词性从句（宾语从句、主语从句、表语从句）的简化, 例如：
1）、Can you tell me how I can get to the post office? =
Can you tell me how to get to the post office?
2）、When we will go home hasn’t been decided yet. =
When to go home hasn’t been decided yet.
3）、The question is whether we will have a meeting tonight . =
The question is whether to have a meeting tonight .
注：它们都是把这些名词性从句转化为动词不定式的复合结构,即：
what/ when/ where/ how/ whether + to do 的形式,（把从句中的主语和情态动词去掉,在动词前面加to.）
4）、They have decided that they will go to Shanghai next month. =
They have decided to go to Shanghai next month.
注：这一类是把宾语从句改成一个动词不定式的形式,类似的动词还有：promise/ be sure/ be surprised等等.
2、时间状语从句的简化,例如：
You had better wash you teeth after you get up in the morning.=
You’d better wash your teeth after getting up.
注：这些时间主语的引导词常常是：when, while, before, after….
3、结果状语从句的简化 ,例如：
1）、The girl is so young that she can’t look after herself. =
The girl is too young to look after herself.
2）、The math problem is so difficult that I can’t work it out.=
The math problem is too difficult for me to work out.
3）、The box is so light that I can carry it easily. =
The box is light enough for me to carry.
4）、The boy is so old that he can go to school. =
The boy is old enough to go to school.
4、目的状语从句的简化,例如：
They will get up early so that they can catch up the early bus. =
The will get up early in order to catch the early bus.=
The will get up early so as to catch the early bus.=
In order to catch the early bus, they will get up early.
5、条件状语从句的简化,例如：
We can’t live if there is no air or water.= We can’t live without air or water.
6、定语从句的简化,例如：
1）、These are the books which were written by Lu Xun in 1922.=
These are the books written by Lu Xun in 1922.
2）、Do you know the man who is sitting in the car? =
Do you know the man sitting in the car?
五、比较级和最高级类,例如：
1）、He is the tallest in his class.=
He is taller than any other students in his class.=
He is taller than anyone else in his class.=
He is taller than the other students in his class.
2）、Our school is three times as large as theirs. =
Our school is two times larger than theirs.
六、感叹句类,例如：
What fine weather it is!= How fine the weather is!
What a beautiful garden it is! = How beautiful the garden is!
七、there be 与have类,例如：
There is much homework for us to do every day. =
We have much homework to do every day.
八、延续性动词与非延续性动词类,例如：
The Greens have been away from China for three days. =
The Greens left China three days ago.=
It is is three days since the Greens left China.
九、句子成分的合并,这主要要用到一些表示并列关系的词或者是词组.例如：
1、Tom likes Chinese food and Mike likes it, too.= Both Tom and Mike like Chinese food.=
Not only Tome but also Mike likes Chinese food.
2、Rose dances well and she also sings well. = Rose both dances well and sings well.=
Rose not only dances well but also sings well.
3、This coat doesn’t fit me and that one doesn’t fit me, either.=
Neither this coat nor that one fits me.
十、其它类
1、It seems that you are very happy today. = You seem to be very happy today.
2、Listening carefully in class is very important. = It’s very important to listen carefully in class.
3、I paid thirty yuan for this book.= I spent thirty on this book. = The book cost me thirty yuan.
4、I spent two hours finishing the homework last night.=
It took me two hours to finish the homework last night.
5、China has changed greatly since 1978. = Great changes have taken place in China since 1978. =
There have been great changes in China since 1978.
6、The boy began to learn English when he was six years old.=
The boy began to learn English at the age of six.