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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> In this exercise, students have to read one sentence and write the second sentence so that the meaning is not changed. This is a good test of grammatical understanding.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 2 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. "How about going to the cinema tonight?", said Anne
suggested
Ann __SUGGESTED GOING__ to the cinema.

2. My advice to you is to talk to your parents.
would
If __I WERE YOU I WOULD__ talk to my parents.

3. Barry wasn't strong enough to lift the box.
have
Barry didn't __HAVE THE/ENOUGH STRENGTH__ to lift the box

4. They started the company in 1997.
set
The company __WAS SET UP IN__ 1997

5. I think Jean really likes Simon.
keen
Jean __IS REALLY KEEN ON__ Simon.

6. I was made responsible for foreign sales.
charge
They put __ME IN CHARGE OF__ foreign sales.

7. The brothers really enjoyed themselves in Spain last summer.
time
The brothers really __HAD A GOOD/GREAT/WONDERFUL TIME__ in Spain last summer.

8. The Queen is opening the new school tomorrow afternoon.
opened
The new school __IS BEING OPENED BY THE__ Queen tomorrow afternoon.