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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 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 long have you had your new car?
get
When __DID YOU GET__ your new car?

2. Is this your first time driving a Volvo?
ever
Have __YOU EVER DRIVEN A VOLVO__ before?

3. Leave the shop or I will call the police.
unless
I'll call the police __UNLESS YOU LEAVE THE SHOP__.

4. I would like to be able to speak Arabic.
could
I wish __I COULD SPEAK ARABIC__.

5. The Lord of Brecon built this castle in 1286.
by
This castle __WAS BUILT BY THE LORD__ of Brecon in 1286.

6. Our teachers never let us leave the school.
to
We were not __ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL__ by our teachers.

7. I graduated from college a year ago today!
time
I graduated from college __THIS TIME LAST__ year!

8. I couldn't reach the shelf. It was too high.
to
The shelf __WAS TOO HIGH TO REACH__.