5 key-word transformation questions

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. You must include the word in
bold print . Do not change the word given. Use NO MORE than 5 words including the word given.

Example

0 What type of music do you like best?

FAVOURITE

What IS YOUR FAVOURITE__type of music?

1. 1. Kate’s job is so dangerous that a lot of people think she is very brave to do it.
SUCH
Kate has _____________________________________________________ that a lot of
people think she is very brave to do it.

2. Some journalists regret becoming war correspondents because they have no family life.
WISH
Some journalists __________________________________________________ war
correspondents because they have no family life.

3. I’m convinced that she passed the test because she studied a lot.

MUST

She ___________________________________________ because she studied a lot.

4. He didn’t make any money because he didn’t sell his invention.

COULD
He ___________________________________ money if he had sold his invention.

5. Although he felt sick, he decided to go to work .

DESPITE

_________________________________, he decided to go to work.

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D) Verb forms Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. When necessary, put the adverb
indicated into the correct position.

1. The victim_______________________________________________(to be) dead for at least

an hour before the body_________________________________ (to discover).

2. Are you ok? Your eyes__________________________________________ (to look)

red.__________________________________________________ (to cry)?

3. I _______________________________________________ (usually/not work) at weekends

but today________________________________________ (work) a couple of hours, even if
it is Saturday!

4. I’m sorry but Kate isn’t here at the moment. She ___________________________________
(to go) for her lunch break. She ______________________________________(probably/to
be) back in the next 10 minutes or so.

5. She has absolutely no patience with her kids. If she ________________________________

(not shout) at them all the time, I’m sure they _____________________________ (to
behave) better.

Points ____/10
Read the passage and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to
form a word that fits grammatically in the numbered gap. The words are already
in order.

NEW SIGNINGS FOR FOOTBALL CLUB

Example: How Torquay United are dealing with (0) PROBLEMATIC pigeons. (0) PROBLEM

The local pigeons haven’t been on the winning side since the (1) ___ (1) ARRIVE
of a team of cardboard cats at Torquay United football club. Torquay had already
tried a (2)_____ of methods to stop the birds from eating the (2) VARY
(3)___ seeded pitch, but they were all (3) RECENT
(4) ___ or, in the case of shooting or poisoning considered (4) SUCCESS
(5) _____ alternatives. The cats, a club official’s idea, proved to be the (5) ACCEPT
(6)_______ (6) SOLVE

These cardboard cats have been (7)___ effective in the goalmouths, (7) SPECIAL
where the (8) ______ of seed is most tempting. (8) CONCENTRATE
The (9)___ of the lifelike models, which have shiny marbles for eyes, (9) PRESENT
has certainly made the pigeons keep their (10)______. (10) DISTANT
The cats have turned out to be bargain signings!

Write your answers here

1 ______________________________
2 ______________________________
3 ______________________________
4 ______________________________
5 ______________________________
6 ______________________________
7 _______________________________
8 _______________________________
9 _______________________________
10_______________________________

Points ____/10
Complete with a suitable word . It might be a preposition, a noun, an adverb, a conjunction , a verb, a noun
etc.

Example

I ‘m thinking …of……. going to Canada next Summer, but it will …depend……………on how much money I
have.

Hollywood

How was (1) ..... ...... .that Hollywood came to be the place everyone associates with the
American film industry?

In 1887, Harvey Wilcox, a property developer, bought a house and all the surrounding land on a hillside in
southern California. His wife overheard a woman talking on a train about her
summer house, (2) ............ she called ‘Hollywood’. Mrs. Wilcox liked the name (3).................
much that she decided to give her new home (4).............. same name. Mr. Wilcox then built
other houses on his land and used the name for the whole community.

In normal circumstances most people (5) ................. never have heard of Hollywood. But
between 1908 and 1913 (6) .................. else happened. Many small independent film
companies began moving to southern California (7) ............. two main reasons. Firstly, they
were having problems (8) ............the larger, more powerful studios in New York. Secondly,
they were attracted by the sunny climate, which let them film throughout the year (9) .... the need for
expensive lighting.
By 1915 ‘Hollywood’ (10) ………..become familiar as a term for the movie business as a whole.