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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 26

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. The Queen is launching this ship tomorrow morning.
being
This _________________________ the Queen tomorrow morning.

2. Could you try and spend a little less on Christmas presents this year.
rather
I _________________________ money on Christmas presents this year.

3. If you find a dress cheaper in another store, can you tell me?
let
_________________________ if you find the dress cheaper elsewhere.

4. Can you distribute these tests to the other students Kathy?
hand
Can you _________________________ Kathy?

5. The report says a child was operating the machine.
being
According to the report, _________________________ by a child.

6. I didn't see anyone wearing yellow at the dinner.
nobody
There _________________________ at the dinner.

7. I can't wait to see Margaret's face when we arrive.
forward
I'm _________________________ Margaret's face when we arrive.

8. Once you give me a full description of the hotel, I can decide whether or not to go there.
describe
I can decide to go to the hotel after _________________________.