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
PASSIVE SENTENCE TRANSFORMATIONS
Rephrasing with the passive is simple, it can be changing the active into the passive or forming the impersonal passive or causative passive, 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.
- Someone is talking to you from across the street.
BEING
You _______________ to from across the street.
2. The rules for social media use have been changed.
HAS
Someone _______________ the rules for the use of social media.
3. We are not expecting anyone to bother us for the next 45 minutes.
EXPECTED
We _______________ be bothered for the next 45 minutes.
4. Unfortunately, he had his car stolen last night from outside the cinema.
WAS
His car _______________ from outside the cinema last night.
5. I had my nose broken during the rugby match against Rugby Lions.
NOSE
My _______________ during the rugby match against Rugby Lions.
6. They should have finished the refurbishment by now.
HAVE
The refurbishment _______________ by now.
