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Grammatically, which of the following is correct?

(1) The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned into lizard

(2) The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned to lizard

(3) The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned lizard

(4) The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned out lizard

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Question added by Mehboob Ali Laghari , Social Mobilization Team Incharge , TRDP-European Union
Date Posted: 2015/04/20
Nader Haidar
by Nader Haidar , Official IELTS Instructor , IDP IELTS LEBANON

OK ! Take a deep breath all. :) Shouldn't it be "cast a magic spell" and "a lizard" ?

" The wizard cast a magic spell on her and she turned into a lizard. "

Right?

 "her" refers to who ? the wizard or another female? because this changes the structure and meaning of the sentence? "herself" if the wizard was under the effect of the spell and "her" if the effect is on another female

The context and phrasing of this statement is confusing.

Ola Ayoub
by Ola Ayoub , Online English Teacher , OBA School

The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned into lizard is the best choice because we use turn into to mean that someone/something have changed from one state into another. However, I don't think that it is completely correct because the sentence is missing the article (a) before the word lizard. It should be: The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned into a lizard.

Dr Yasmeen Majeed
by Dr Yasmeen Majeed , Trainer and HOD

Number one: The wizard transformed her into a lizard.

Mohamad Ramadan
by Mohamad Ramadan , Paralegal & Head of the Translation Department , Meyer-Reumann & Partners

(1) The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned into lizard

Abdulelah Fallatah
by Abdulelah Fallatah , Tech-Support Specialist & Programmer , Al-Rayan Colleges

The1st one is the correct one.

REASON:

This wizard changed into a completely different being, so we have to use "into" in this sentence.

 

PS.

A wizard is male; a witch is female.

And I think "magic spell" is countable, so you must add the article "a" before it. The word "lizard" is countable, too.

Toufiq Alam
by Toufiq Alam , ESL Teacher , Ardents' Language School

1. Number2,3,4 are not correct.

2. no.1 needs article before 'lizard'..

Deleted user
by Deleted user

none of the answers above are correct grammaticaly.

Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash
by Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash , Internal Auditor, Quality Assurance Department , Giza Cable Industries

First one is the correct answer.

Hakim Mouloudji
by Hakim Mouloudji , Operations T&D Team Leader , Sonatrach/BP/Statoil JV

Number (1) is the correct one. Meaning=  to be changed or transformed.

Orouba Dandashly
by Orouba Dandashly , Housing/invoicing/planner , Saudi Oger, Kaust Project

The answer is number one [ The wizard had magic spell on her & she turned into lizard ]

nina bouchibi
by nina bouchibi , Import Officer , GEANT ELECTRONICS

. The wizard had magic spell on her and she turned into lizard

Number one is true 

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