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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Sentence Transformation/Sentence Rewrite Worksheets >> Students need to use a given key word in order to transform a sentence using different structure of vocabulary without changing the core meaning.

Sentence Transformations - worksheet 9

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. If I were you, I would go and speak to your boss.
should
You ______________________________ your boss.

2. It wasn't obligatory to go to work today. I thought it was!
need
I ______________________________ gone to work today.

3. It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
lost
You ______________________________ your passport.

4. Why don't we leave after breakfast on Saturday?
leaving
How ______________________________ on Saturday?

5. This is the most boring film I have ever seen!
more
I have ______________________________ film!

6. We will have to leave early tomorrow.
set
We will ______________________________ tomorrow.

7. The robbers escaped with a thousand dollars without being caught.
got
The robbers ______________________________ dollars.

8. I told them not to cross the park at night.
warned
I ______________________________ the park at night.