Reading and Use of English part 4 (game 1) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

Sentence Transformations for First Certificate (B2) students

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I always trust Carla´s advise. (somebody) Carla _________ advice I always trust.

is somebody whose

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We appear to have been given the wrong address. (as) It _______ we have been given the wrong address.

seems as if

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I couldn´t understand the instructions for my new video recorder. (sense) The instructions for my new video recorder didn´t ______ me.

make sense to

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Stephen didn´t realise that the city centre was a bus ride away. (necessary) What Stephen failed to realise ____ to catch a bus to the city centre.

was that it was necessary

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It´s a pity I didn´t do more sport when I was at school. (could) I wish that ______ more sport when I was at school.

I could have done

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He described the hotel to us in detail. (detailed) He ______ of the hotel.

gave us a detailed description

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Nina´s parents said she wasn´t to use the new camera. (let) Nina´s parents ______ use their new camera.

didn´t let her

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The TV programme was so complicated that none of the children could understand it. (too) The TV programme was ______ the children to understand.

too complicated for

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The only shoes I could find to fit me were in black leather. (any) I could ________ fitted me, apart from some in black leather.

not find any shoes - that/which

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Luke knocked over the old lady´s bicycle by accident. (mean) Luke _______ knock over the old lady´s bike.

didn´t mean to

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Laura didn´t try to be friendly with us. (made) Laura __________ be friendly with us.

made no effort to

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The weatherman forecast that there would be sunshine all day. (shine) The weatherman said: “The ________ all day.”

sun will shine

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`I haven´t heard from Helen for a long time,´ Paul said to me. (told) Paul _________ heard from Helen for a long time.

told me that he hadn´t

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How about going to the top of the tower to look at the view? (we) Why ___________ to the top of the tower to look at the view?

don´t we go

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`Did you book a room with a balcony?´ I asked my mother. (if) I asked my mother ___________ a room with a balcony.

if she had booked

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Jack wanted to know what time they would leave the next day to catch the train. (we) Jack asked: `What time __________ to catch the train.

will/should – we leave tomorrow

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