Further Practice on “Key’ Word Transformations ‘Complete the second sentence so that has a similar meaning to the frst sentence using the word given. ‘Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words including the word given. 1 Clothing costs the same asi di lst year. CHANGED — Clothing prices... sn Ht YOO 2 Steve could only o.0n holiday because his best mate gave him the money. ABLE, I Steve's best mate hada’t given him the money, he .. to goon holiday. 3 "Yes, I gave away your secret,” she said to me. GIVING She 4 We have never met anyone as famous ashe is. MosT He i a = wwe have ever met. 5 It’s three weeks since I ast went out. BEEN im three weeks 6 They te gingto add a new wing ‘othe hospi ‘Anew wing 1 the hospital 1 Teese okt wane eon was The old woman. savings Please stop biting your nals. wisi 1 biting your nails. © Take my aves and don't believe eveing he mys WERE aes believe everything he says. 10 There aren't any eggs lft. RUN We 44 Tm sure your litle brother didat mean to upset you. INTENTION I'm sure your little brother 12 wat Many ft that your propery was damaged you. BLAME Youcan't ‘damage done to your property. 13 John apologised for forgetting tot SORRY John said he. forgotten to take out the rubbish. 14 This motoreyele is able to do 200 kilometres per hour. CAPABLE This motoreyle.. 200 kilometres per hour. 418 The carpenter had to get someone to help him as there was so much work to do. sucH “There was snnnnnsnn 0 40, thatthe eappenter had to get someone to help him. 16 Unfortunately, I can't attend your party next week. PRESENT "Unfortunately, [won't be able .. 47 Judy became quite famous for performing in that play. NAME Judy 18 “Well mss the train if we don't run said Mike UNLESS Mike said that 49 Would you mind if shut the door? --Your party next week. by performing in that play. ‘miss the train. To ‘Would you object. the door? 20 “I can’t find my car keys — have you seen the my ier SEEN My sister asked me i ain 21. My mother insisted om my doing some cl ‘MADE My mother . sven Some chores every day. 22 You might get hungry on the journey, so you should take plenty of snacks. CASE ‘Take plenty of snacks. sessnsnnes MUMgry On the journey.23 My parents moved to New Zealand five years ago. ‘SINCE It ry parents moved to New Zealand, 24 The family left their home very early because they wanted tobe sure of catching their fight. ORDER The family lett their home very early ‘miss their ight. 25 On arriving at the restaurant, we went straight to the head waiter. SOON ‘We went straight to the head waiter atthe restaurant, 26 [haven't heard from my aunt in London for over ten years. MORE Itis sven ve heard from my aunt in London, 27 Tfind it easy to understand your accent. DIFFICULTY I. your accent, 28 [haven't tried windsurfing before. FIRST Thisis tried windsurfing. 29 The committee has rejected the new proposal. TURNED The new proposal... si ms 30 I'm certain Julie dida’t tell hin the committee. HAVE BE ca v- Julie who told him. 31 An American company has bought this office block. BEEN This office block. ‘an American company. 32 Experts are repairing the van. HAVING We soi covnonmnnn BY ORDERS, 33 The police are investigating the theft. LOOKED The theft .. by the police. 34 Tomorrow is our tenth wedding anniversary. BEEN ‘Tomorrow we for ten years, ‘35 She claims she didn’t steal the brooch. She claims it difficult to control his bicycle on the steep slope. Danny found it dificult to 37 Everyone thinks the company will relocate to New York next year, «the brooch, «on the steep slope, to New York next year th the people next door? 8 showed no talent for rugby at university. Goop Tac 40 Tho storm made it impossible for us 10 go hiking. PREVENTED We i imines OF the HT 41 Jessica's favourite food is pizza, RATHER Jessica ‘They may ask to see your idemtfiation atthe door. REQUESTED You may .. rughy at university. - auything ese. a 8 your identification atthe door. 43 [regret not visiting Versailles when Iwas in France last year. WISH 1 . Versailles when I was in France last year. 444 use an encyclopaedia to check any facts that I'm not sure of UP IE T'm not sure of a fact, an encyclopaedia. 45 ‘Don't blame me if you can't find your favourite shir my sister sai. HER ‘My sister said that it evs that I couldn't find my favourite shirt, 48 There are fewer charities inthis area than there were a few years ago, AS There charities in this area as there were a few years ago.47 He was offered a job abroad but rejected it for family reasons. TURNED He was offered a job but ossnnnnnn family reasons, 48 The cyclist had to stop because his bicycle had a flat tyre. CONTINUE The cyclist ow his tyre had been repaired, ‘49 Today’ football match is postponed and will be held next Wednesday. PUT ‘Today's football match has. s-next Wednesday. ‘50 Unforsunately, Jessica couldn't go on holiday because she didn't have any money. ABLE If Jessiea had had some money, she .. " = 80 on holiday. ‘51 There's no chance of Mark getting to the train on time. POSSIBLE It won't be... ‘52 Cars couldn't tum down the street because of road works, PREVENTED Road WOtks osoornmsnn . ‘53 The restaurant we ate in was the best one that we could have chosen for lastnight. MADE, We couldn't. vvssnsone Choice than the restaurant we ate in lastnight. «to the train on time, down the street ‘54 ‘Did you go to the beach on Saturday” David asked me. BEEN David wanted £0 RMOW enn the beach on Saturday. ‘55 Joc had not expected the concert to be so good. BETTER The concert hhad expected, 56 This isa ‘no smoking’ office. ALLOWED — You in this office. 87 Paperback books are a lot cheaper than hardback books. FAR Hardback BOOKS o.. - paperback books. 58 My brother is too young to drive a cat. NOT My brother snes OE 8A, 59 Why are you interested in getting «new job? WANT Why . anew job? 60 “Have you seen my gloves anywhere, Amy?” — asked Mrs Wheatley SEEN Mrs Wheatley asked Amy ‘a +s her gloves anywhere, 64. Suzanne was too excited to sleep. THAT Suzanne WAS «not sleep. {62 She finished her last painting while saying in Pars. DURING The painters as painting 63 ‘The newspaper offered Lynda £5,00 for her story, but she refused. TURNED Lynda ‘of £5,000 from the newspaper for her story. {64 She pretended tobe il in order to avoid going to schoo. 80 She pretended (0 be il nn sn 8010 School 65 Jamie found the instructions for assembling the furniture very ‘difficult to understand, N Jamie had great instructions for assembling the furniture. {86 We ast went abroad a ong time ago. NOT We 67 When id they start iving inthe suburin? stay in Paris, ‘long time. HAVE, How. in the suburbs? 6B 1 haven't caught a cold for ages. Down Tiast ~ ages ago. 69 I'm certain that Alice didn’t intend to keep my book. INTENTION Pm certain Alice .. sss my BOOK, 70 I saw the film although I strongly dislike thrillers. SPITE saw the flim dislike of thrillers.71. Mr Jones needn't go if he doesn't want to. OBLIGED Mr Jones «ithe doesn't want to, 72 He locked the gate so that the dog wouldn't escape. 5 PREVENT He locked the gate escaping. 73 Inwas unkind of you to talk to her like that. NOT YOU na to her like that. 74 "Did you write a note for Steven?” I asked my father. HE Taasked my father nonnnenn ‘note for Steven. 75. I don't find it difficult to get up early any more. ‘USED Ts 76 People say Japanese is a difficult language to learn, SAID Japanese ni difficult language to learn. 77 His boss made Mark stay lae, MADE Math oo 7B People say thatthe pyramids are worth visiting. ‘SUPPOSED ‘The pyramids .. ‘Simon is slower at doing things than Howard, FAST Simon is. ‘You were late, o you missed the match. LATE Ifyou hadn't .. }1 Bob is interested in learning how to snowboard. up early. .- by his boss. somone Worth Visiting, 3 ~ Howard at doing things. sw have missed the match, cw: how to snowboard. ‘the family went skiing. ‘You must do exactly what the teacher tells you. CARRY ‘You must ‘My mother doesn't like us to stay out late. APPROVE. ‘My mother doesn't. Jamie is employed by Mactrons, isn’t he? WORKS Jamie ‘The company is considering your application. 1s ‘Your application i 'T ‘The shelf was so high that he couldn’t reach it ENOUGH ‘The shelf was not... TTve never seen such a bad film. EVER Itsthe . shen att ‘She was very rude when she spoke to the shopkeeper. POLITELY She iii “Well done! You've got the job you applied for,” she said to him. CONGRATULATED She ... ‘94 It’s possible that she didn't understand what Thad said. MIGHT She instructions exactly. out late. the shopkeeper. «the job he had applied for. 8 ‘what Thad said, ‘92 William was forty before he took up waiting professionally. BECOME William did not... i he was forty. 93 Joe regrets not buying a fat in the city centre. WISHES ‘Toe a flat in the city centre. ‘94 regret not contacting Sarah when I was in London. Touch wish that I «Sarah when I was in London,95 97 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 140 14 112 113 114 115 116 47 118 119 1 don't know why Paul left the classroom so suddenly. ‘MADE, don't know soma the classroom so suddenly: ‘They discussed the problem but no-one had a solution. ‘CAME, ‘They discussed the problem but no-one solution, arrived late to the meeting because I missed the bus. TURNED If T'd caught the bus, 1 Heavy rains meant the workers could not get through to their worksite PREVENTED The workers to their worksite by heavy rains ‘We must contact Shieley about the party the meeting on time TOUCH We must Shirley about the party Robert didn't bring the eake that i siting onthe table wuo Te é the cake that is sitting on the table, Josie last called me two years ago. HEARD Toon snvsnunn JOSi€ for tWO Years, ‘The two sisters were sitting by themselves inthe living room. ‘OWN, The two sisters were siting in the living room. “Thhave a meeting this afternoon, so I ought to leave soon, Sally said. BETTER ‘Ihave a meeting this afternoon, so 1 Janet arrived late to her appointment because her train was delayed, soon, Sally said TIME Ifthe train Janet would not have arived late to her sppointment had never been toa theme parc before mst Thad ever been toa theme park “The numberof reycing pants has ica over the pas en years. RISE ‘Over the past ten years there « ‘he number of reeyctng plants Geos eres spenig al of hing on ay Gee WN sn Al is savings on holiday Tesivulide Gra was anos Bere aen SHOULD — We ‘We mended the fence to prevent our dog from running away. taps without filters on them. 80, ‘We mended the fence .... sai .-not run away, {tous bohe washing my car oday because it going on, WORTH It ssn MY €4F today because it's going to rain, Harvey isn't tying to improve his grades a ll EFFORT Harvey's _ improve his prades at al. By the time we arrived atthe restaurant, nearly all the tables had been taken HARDLY There. weft by te time we arrived atthe restaurant. Td ather you didn't ply the drums right now. MIND Would. All the employees handed in their reports apart from Gene ‘WHO Gene was the ‘The teacher prevented us from loitering onthe school grounds. LET The teacher ‘You can use my computer, but you must be careful with LONG You can use my computer. ‘The interviewer asked me to describe my experience in detail FULL The interviewer asked me to give him Ast began to snow the race was cancelled. CALLED The 1800 een Jason was the only one who dat enjoy the play. APART Everybody the drums right now?120 Steve isnt capable of doing a good job on the project. ABILITY Steve doesn't 424 James became extremely angry with the waiter for serving his food cold TEMPER James the waiter for serving his food cold. 122 1 don't wally og at nigh 0 Tan Bit nero ‘good job on the project. USED Tam at night, so Twas a bit nervous 4123 Could you give me your opinion on my new dress? KNOW Could YOU sn think about my new dress? 424 The two football referees were in complete agreement. COMPLETELY The football referess 125 My dad always arrives late to pick me up from school, wow other. RIGHT My dad never nu sms 10 pick me up from school. 4126 The professor wil distribute the assignment at the beginning of dass GIVEN ‘The assignment tte by the professor atthe beginning of clas. 4127 There were no tickets left fr the show atthe ticket office. RUN The ticket office tickets for the show. 4128 Today, big cinemas are rarely found outside the town centre. RARE Today . nnn big Cinemas outside the town centre. 129 The ending of the book was so unexpected that Sally was shocked. sucH ‘The book ended in . that Sally was shocked, 4130 I saw the film because [had read the book it was based on, WOULD If Thad not read the book itwas based on, .. 4131 I'm going to leave school earty because Suzy may drop by. vv the file, CASE Tm going to leave school early just... sn by. 192 Stupidly, I didn't lock the door when we went out for dinner. LEFT Stupidly, 1 _-when we went out for dinner. 133 The security gates made it PREVENTED We... 194 I'd rather you didn't borrow my favourite jumper. possible for us to enter the park. 3 whe patk by the security gtes, MIND ‘Would sonoma MY favourite jumper? 135 Mary is interested in knowing more about football LIKE Mary snes ‘more about football. 196 Arnold lives near the library. FAR The library house. 197 The jumper was much too small to fit Jane, ENOUGH The jumper 198 Ieisn’t easy for John to do maths. DIFFICULTY John 4139 There was no one in the = A cvs 1 fit Jame Maths. APART ‘The theatre . as, 140 Critics say his new book isthe best he's ever written, SUPPOSED His new BOOK enna the best he's ever written, 144 I don’ think Michael will quit his job. INTENTION 1 don't think Michael .. «his job, 142 The twins, Peter and Simon, looked exacly TELL wasn't between the twins, Peter and Simon. 143 She won't have a problem finishing the race because she runs 10 kilometres a day. USED She : kilometres day, so she won't have a problem finishing the race.