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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> Up to five words, including one given key word, can be used when rewriting one sentence without changing the meaning. A good test of many English grammar structures.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 23

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. Don't continue to speak if I've asked you a question.
on
Don't __CARRY ON SPEAKING IF I__ have asked you a question.

2. We arrive at the castle one hour after we leave the hotel.
get
It __TAKES AN/ONE HOUR TO GET__ to the castle.

3. Can you take care of Mary on Saturday evening for us?
look
Can __YOU LOOK AFTER MARY ON__ Saturday evening for us?

4. Is that wallet yours, John?
belong
Does __THAT WALLET BELONG TO YOU__, John?

5. You have only just started work on this project.
hardly
You __HAVE HARDLY STARTED/DONE ANYTHING ON__ this project.

6. In this office, I am responsible for the sales department.
charge
I am __IN CHARGE OF THE SALES__ department.

7. When I see Lucy, I always think of my youngest sister.
me
Lucy __(ALWAYS) REMINDS ME OF MY__ younger sister.

8. This is the cheapest typewriter you can buy.
cheaper
There __ISN'T A CHEAPER TYPEWRITER ON__ the market.