KEY TRANSFORMATIONS
1. You must do exactly what the manager tells you. (carry) You must
instructions exactly.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including
the word given. Write only the missing words.
2. Everything I know about music I learnt from my music teacher. (was) I about music by my music teacher.
3. I really think you should get a new haircut. (time)
I really think it’s a new haircut.
4. When I was at school, I had no choice but to wear a uniform.
(made)
I a uniform when I was at school.
5. They say the new computer programme is very easy to use. (said) The new computer programme very easy to use.
6. She couldn’t have cooked such a big meal without your help. (had) If she help, she couldn’t have cooked such a big meal.
7. The Smiths regretted selling their house. (wished) The Smiths their house.
8. I would prefer you not to get up if you are ill. (rather) I get up if you are ill.
9. Only a very small number of people think he is a good director.
(hardly)
There’s he is a good director.
10. Peter isn’t living in Paris now because he didn’t get the job. (he).
If Peter had got the job, in Paris now.
11. We weren’t allowed to go into the City Hall. (let)
They go into the City Hall.
12. I am here as a representative of the whole class. (behalf) I am here the whole class.
13. Prices have gone up sharply again. (increase)
There has been prices.
14. Phil knows how to cheat successfully at cards. (away) Phil knows how to at cards.
15. I’ll take my swimsuit because we might want to swim. (case) I’ll take my swimsuit swim.
16. It’s time you started some serious work at college. (down)
It’s time you serious work at college.
17. There probably won’t be any more customers today.
(unlikely)
It be any more customers today.
18. His kids never take any notice of what he says. (pay) His kids never he says.
19. We found it difficult to write the story. (trouble) We the story.
20. I failed to persuade Tom to take up stamp collecting. (succeed) I Tom to take up stamp collecting.
21. I bet Harry was upset not to have got a place at university.
(been)
Harry didn’t get a place at university so he upset.
22. Amy went to the doctor’s, although she didn’t really need to.
(gone)
Amy really the doctor’s.
23. The man dived into the river and so was able to escape.
(managed)
The man into the river.
24. The theatre was practically empty. (hardly) There the theatre.
25. I’d rather you didn’t use my car. (mind) Would my car?
26. If we’d arrived a moment later, we would have missed the film.
(in)
We arrived the film.
27. You should stop going to late night concerts. (time) It’s to late night concerts.
28. Tom is not usually so bad-tempered. (like)
It is so bad-tempered.
29. I don’t want you to say anything to Tom about last night.
(prefer)
I would nothing to Tom about last night.
30. As the music got louder, it was more difficult to hear anyone speak. (was)
The louder the music got, the hear anyone speak.
31. Traffic today doesn’t move much faster than 100 years ago. (little)
One hundred years ago, traffic moved than today.
The exercises are compiled from;
. B.D. Graver. Advanced English Practice, 14th Ed. Oxford University Press. 2000.
. Cook, Mary Jane. Trouble Spots of English Grammar: A Text- Workbook For ESL. Volume I. & Volume II. New York:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1983.
. L.G. Alexander. Longman Advanced Reference and Practice.
3rd Ed. Longman. 1993.
. Thomson, A.J., and A.V. Martinet. 1999. A Practical English Grammar. 14th Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
