CAE Sentence transformations (CAE GOLD) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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You didn´t tell me that the exhibition was finishing today!neglectedYou ________________________________ the exhibition was finishing today!

neglected to tell me

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They have decided they will publish the book this summer.publishedIt has been decided __________________this summer.

that the book will be published

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They said the principal was resigning in the summer.beThe principal _________________________ in the summer.

was said to be resigning

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People think that bilingual children were disadvantaged in the past.thoughtBilingual children_________________________in the past.

are thought to have been disadvantaged

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I thought you wanted me to invite him.impressionI was _____________________________you wanted me to invite him.

under the impression

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Nobody notices children who fail at school.attentionNo _________________________________children who fail at school.

attention is paid to

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Everybody should learn how to speak a second language.taughtA second language ___________________________everybody.

should be taught to

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I need a weekend away, so I booked something on the Internet.didI need a weekend away _______________________________ something on the Internet.

so what I did was book

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I object to hanging around in airports.What____________________________________hanging around in airports.

What I object to is

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I only got my money back after weeks of calling.manageOnly after weeks of calling ______________________________ to get my money back.

did I manage

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A driver´s strike delayed our train.dueOur train ____________________________ a driver´s strike.

was delayed due to

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I resolved the problem by taking an extra suitcase.take____________________________________ an extra suitcase.

What I did was take

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It worries me that I don´t speak another language well.What____________________________________ I don´t speak another language well.

What worries me is that

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I have hardly ever come across such a strange man.Seldom _________________ such a strange man.

Seldom have I come across

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Fernanda refused to wear her sister's old dress.NotFernanda said that ___________________ her sister's old dress.

She would not wear

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My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night.RecollectionMy grandfather didn't __________________ phoning me last night.

have any recollection (at all) of

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