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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Sentence Transformations/Sentence Rewriting >> Sentence transformation exercises require your students to make a new sentence which has the same meaning as another sentence, using a limited number of words. This type of exercise is found in many high level exams such as Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency.

Sentence Transformations. Worksheet 5.

For each sentence, use up to five words in the space provided so that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first sentence. You must use the word given in bold without changing it in any way.

1. I could only afford that house because of the loan you gave me.
lent
Had __YOU NOT LENT ME THE__ money, I wouldn't have been able to afford the house.

2. You don't have to come and see the new house if you don't wish.
obligation
You are __UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO COME__ and see the new house if you don't wish.

3. You should have seen the boss as soon as you arrived. You knew he wanted to see you.
supposed
You __WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE__ boss when you arrived.

4. She is already married and you knew! I wish you had told me.
might
You __MIGHT HAVE TOLD ME__ she was married!

5. I went in to work for an hour even though I knew it was a holiday.
not
I need __NOT HAVE GONE__ into work but I did anyway.

6. The headmaster will give a prize to the top student of the year.
awarded
The __TOP STUDENT WILL BE AWARDED__ a prize by the headmaster.

7. Police arrested Johnson because they think he was involved in the robbery.
suspicion
Johnson was detained __ON SUSPICION OF INVOLVEMENT/BEING INVOLVED__ in the robbery.

8. You don't need to concern yourself with the new tax laws till October.
effect
The new tax laws __DON'T TAKE EFFECT TILL OCTOBER__.