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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning.
(i) All the farmers got a good harvest this year. (Rewrite beginning: Not…)
(ii) The old ways are changing. This should be clear to everybody. (Rewrite as one sentence beginning: That…)
(iii) Mrs. Mambo said that that wall was very badly painted. (Rewrite in direct speech)
(iv)When I finished eating, I went to bed. (Rewrite using the word 'having')

Answer Text:
(i) Not a single farmer got a bad/poor harvest this year. Or Not even one farmer got a bad/poor harvest this year. Or
Not a single farmer failed to get/missed a good harvest this year.
(ii) That the old ways are changing should be clear to everybody.
(iii) Mrs. Mambo said, “This/That Wall is very badly painted.”
“This/That wall is very badly painted,” said Mrs. Mambo/Mrs. Mambo said.
(iv) Having finished eating, I went to bed. Or I went to bed having finished eating.