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
FUTURE TENSES SENTENCE TRANSFORMATIONS
Rephrasing with the the future involves understanding all of the following tenses: will, going to, future perfect, future perfect continuous and the future continuous. It is also important to review future time clauses such as: as soon as, when, once, by the time etc.
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.
- By this time next week, we will be in Australia sitting on the beach.
HAVE
By this time next week, we _______________ in Australia sitting on the beach.
2. I am thinking of sitting the B2 First English exam in July.
GOING
I _______________ take the B2 First English exam in July.
3. When I finish this English course, I am going to go on vacation.
HAVE
_______________ the English course, I’m going away on holiday.
4. With a bit of luck, all housework will be done by robots in the future.
DO
I hope that in the future robots _______________ household chore.
5. The weather forecast predicts that the sun will shine all next week.
TO
The weather forecast states that it _______________ sunny every day next week.
6. You will have to have finished all of your coursework by the deadline.
BE
By the deadline all the coursework _______________.
