KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION EXERCISES focus on vocabulary and grammar. They test your ability to paraphrase through your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary You will be provided with an example sentence and a ‘key word’. Using this ‘key word’, you will be expected to re-write the original sentence while keeping its context and meaning the same.

There are a number of tips and techniques to get better at this type of exercise:

• 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).

The programme only finished a minute ago. JUST The programme finished

I don't think you should buy that T-shirt. WERE If I buy that T-shirt

My plan for next summer is to visit my sister in London AM I my sister in London next summer

I played tennis all day when I was young. USED I tennis all day when I was young.

Be careful when you leave the bus. OFF Be careful when the bus.

Don't put those plastic bags in the trash bin! Use them again. AWAY Don't ! Use them again.

It wasn't necessary for me to buy tickets for the concert. NEED I tickets for the concert.

Some monkeys use sign language to talk to people. COMMUNICATE Some monkeys people through sign language.

Tom sent me a message. RECEIVED I Tom.