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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 11 answers

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. It was silly of you to speak to your boss like that.
spoken
You __SHOULDN'T HAVE SPOKEN TO YOUR__ boss like that!

2. What do you advise me to do?
I
What __SHOULD I DO__?

3. There are always a lot of cars in the downtown area at this time.
traffic
There is __ALWAYS A LOT OF TRAFFIC__ in the downtown area at this time.

4. Is it possible to smoke in this room?
allowed
Is __SMOKING ALLOWED IN__ this room?

5. She was taken in an ambulance five minutes ago
hospital
They __TOOK HER TO HOSPITAL__ five minutes ago.

6. Chicago is a big city, but Los Angeles is bigger.
not
Chicago __IS NOT AS BIG AS__ Los Angeles.

7. That story he told sounded very invented.
made
I'm sure that story __HE TOLD WAS MADE UP__.

8. Who owns this pen?
belong
Who __DOES THIS PEN BELONG__ to?