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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> Testing a wide range of English grammar such as comparatives, conditionals, tense usage and so on, these worksheets require your students to change the wording of a sentence without changing its meaning.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 25

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. Do you regret leaving your job now?
you
Do you wish __YOU HADN'T LEFT YOUR JOB__ now?

2. Could you try a little harder to listen to what I'm saying?
effort
Can you __MAKE AN EFFORT TO__ listen to what I'm saying?

3. It doesn't matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The results will be the same.
difference
It __MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHICH CHEMICAL__ you put into the mixture first.

4. My mother said I could go with you only if I return home by 5pm.
long
I can go with you __AS LONG AS I RETURN HOME__ by 5pm.

5. Unfortunately, I couldn't see you because I didn't have time.
able
If I had had more time, I __WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO__ see you.

6. These windows need cleaning again.
have
These windows will __HAVE TO BE CLEANED AGAIN__.

7. It wasn't a good idea resigning from your job before you have another one.
better
It would __HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU__ hadn't resigned from your job.

8. Hardly any of the cars on special offer were left when we arrived.
nearly
By the time we arrived, __NEARLY ALL OF THE CARS/SPECIAL OFFERS__ had been bought.