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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> Students need to use a given key word in order to transform a sentence using different structure of vocabulary without changing the core meaning.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 10

You need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. You can use only a maximum of FIVE words for each space.

1. You should have finished that report, not John!
were
You ______________________________ that report, not John!

2. Is this the right bus for San Diego?
tell
Could ______________________________ is the right bus for San Diego?

3. "Sorry I'm late," Mark whispered as he took his seat in the cinema.
being
Mark apologised ______________________________.

4. This train is late. It was supposed to arrive five minutes ago.
arrived
This train ______________________________ five minutes ago.

5. If you continue to drink, you will get drunk.
the
______________________________, the drunker you will get.

6. Bring me the phone book if you happen to find it.
come
If ______________________________ book, bring it to me.

7. I have no memory of my first day at school.
remember
I ______________________________ to school on my first day.

8. I didn't forget to buy the bread. Here it is!
remembered
I ______________________________. Here it is!