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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 6

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 long have you had your new car?
get
When ______________________________ your new car?

2. Is this your first time driving a Volvo?
ever
Have ______________________________ before?

3. Leave the shop or I will call the police.
unless
I'll call the police ______________________________.

4. I would like to be able to speak Arabic.
could
I wish ______________________________.

5. The Lord of Brecon built this castle in 1286.
by
This castle ______________________________ of Brecon in 1286.

6. Our teachers never let us leave the school.
to
We were not ______________________________ by our teachers.

7. I graduated from college a year ago today!
time
I graduated from college ______________________________ year!

8. I couldn't reach the shelf. It was too high.
to
The shelf ______________________________.