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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> Similar to exercises found in major international exams such as Advanced and Proficiency, these worksheets require your students to re-write a sentence without changing the meaning and using certain key words.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 5 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. This is the first time I have ever drunk rum.
never
I __HAVE NEVER DRUNK__ rum before.

2. The bank closed before I arrived.
already
When I got to the bank, it __HAD ALREADY CLOSED__.

3. You press the green button to start the mixer.
starts
If you press the green __BUTTON, THE MIXER STARTS__.

4. Do you know how many letters are delivered by the post office every year?
delivers
Do you know how many letters __THE POST OFFICE DELIVERS EVERY__ year?

5. Stop interrupting me all the time!
would
I wish __YOU WOULDN'T INTERRUPT ME__ all the time.

6. We should leave for the disco now.
left
It's __TIME WE LEFT FOR THE__ disco.

7. "Remember to give Alan the card," Beryl shouted at me.
reminded
Beryl __REMINDED ME TO GIVE ALAN__ the card.

8. He locked the door to prevent the prisoner escaping.
so
He locked the door __SO THE PRISONER WOULDN'T__ escape.