WHAT IS THE SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION EXERCISE?
Part 4: transformations (rephrasing) in PDF B2 USE OF ENGLISH PART 4
In this part of the exam you have six sentences to complete. You need to read the first sentence in each question. From this you need to look at the second sentence and think about what information is missing. You must then complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first with 2-5 words (NO MORE). Another thing to understand is that you are provided with a word that you must use in exactly the same form (if it is TOLD, you cannot use tell, telling or any variation of the word. ONLY TOLD). Each of the questions is worth 2 points and the points are based on lexical (vocabulary) or structural (grammatical) points. What they assess in this part of the exam are as follows:
Rephrasing examples with the causative passive:
Fill in the gaps with 2-5 words, including the word GIVEN:
- I always get my house painted in the summer holidays. TO
I always ____________________ paint my house in the summer holidays.
2. I had my nose broken several times while playing rugby. BROKE
While I was playing rugby another ____________________ nose several times.
3. I want to get my car fixed in this garage because of the great mechanic. FIX
I want to get ____________________ my car in this garage.
4. I am going to get my hair cut before the party. A
I am going to have ____________________ I go to the party.
5. We had our car stolen last month. SOMEONE
____________________ car last month.
6. Somebody smashed my phone last night in the bar. HAD
I ____________________ last night in the bar.
7. The doctor had the diagnosis checked three times. WAS
The diagnosis ____________________ by the doctor.
8. I am eager to get my brother to do up the bathroom. WANT
I ____________________ up my bathroom.
9. I will pay someone to correct my assignment again. CORRECTED
I will ____________________ again.
10. I would get my shopping delivered if I couldn’t carry it all. IT
If I couldn’t carry all my shopping, I ____________________.
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HOW DO YOU DO IT EFFECTIVELY?
Try the Deleting Technique. You take the sentence transformation, for example:
You’ll have a great time no matter where you go
REGARDLESS You’ll have a great time ________ where you go
YOU MUST CONSIDER WHAT IS THE SAME IN BOTH SENTENCES AND THEN DELETE WHAT IS THE SAME IN THE FIRST SENTENCE
You’ll have a great time no matter where you go
REGARDLESS You’ll have a great time ________ where you go
YOU ARE LEFT WITH NO MATTER AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS THINK OF THE SYNONYM FOR IT.
Answer: regardless of
Follow up activity 110 EXPRESSIONS FOR KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THE FCE (B2) AND CAE (C1): You should write down the answers and the common vocabulary. These are almost always synonyms. Write them in a list like…
put up with = tolerate
so that = in order
as long as = provided that
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WHAT DO I NEED TO STUDY?
The best way to improve this part of the exam is to do examples of exams and to learn from your mistakes, but you might like to look at.
Lexical: phrasal verbs, word patterns, fixed expressions, contextual vocabulary etc. TO IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF PREPOSITIONS: HERE
Structural: passives, relative clauses, reported speech, quantifiers, connectors, tense changes, gerund versus infinitive, modal verbs, inversions (rarely), conditionals etc.
