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:
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
Mixed tenses sentence transformations
Rephrasing with mixed tenses is simple, it can be changing the present perfect simple to the past simple or the present simple to the present continuous, but without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Practice exercises:
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the word given. Do not change the word given, you must use 2-5 words including the word given.
- That was the first time I played this sport so that is why I am so bad at it.
NEVER
I _______________ sport before so that is why I struggle to do it.
2. When I was a child I would spend a long time playing video games.
USED
I _______________ video games for a great deal of time.
3. I met my best friend at high school when we were 11.
KNOWN
I _______________ since I was 11.
4. I have not tried to learn a foreign language before.
FIRST
This ________________ I have tried to learn a foreign language.
5. I have not smoked a cigarette in years.
QUIT
I ________________ ago.
6. First I went to the supermarket, then I prepared the meal for my girlfriend.
HAD
I _______________ to the supermarket when I prepared the meal for my girlfriend.
