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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 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. If I were you, I would go and speak to your boss.
should
You __SHOULD SPEAK TO__ your boss.

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

3. It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
lost
You __SHOULDN'T HAVE LOST__ your passport.

4. Why don't we leave after breakfast on Saturday?
leaving
How __ABOUT LEAVING AFTER BREAKFAST__ on Saturday?

5. This is the most boring film I have ever seen!
more
I have __NEVER SEEN A MORE BORING__ film!

6. We will have to leave early tomorrow.
set
We will __HAVE TO SET OFF EARLY__ tomorrow.

7. The robbers escaped with a thousand dollars without being caught.
got
The robbers __GOT AWAY WITH A THOUSAND__ dollars.

8. I told them not to cross the park at night.
warned
I __WARNED THEM ABOUT/AGAINST CROSSING__ the park at night.