Key Word Transformation:
In these exercises, you need to take the information in the first sentence and rewrite it, using
the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You can't
change the word in bold in ANY way. You must use a minimum of TWO and a maximum of
FIVE words for each space. Contractions, which count as two words, should only be used for
negatives: e.g. don't/hadn't/ wouldn't, etc
Marcus started learning French two years ago.
1. LEARNING
Marcus has
2. Harry isn't here. He went to lunch twenty minutes ago.
GONE
Harry isn't here. He
3. Do you own that stereo?
YOURS
Is
4. Look at how black the sky is! There is rain arriving.
GOING
Look at how black the sky is! It
5. What a shame. There is no food left!
WISH
6. What a shame. They ate all the food.
WISH
7. The teenagers were stealing my car when I arrived.
BEING
My car
arrived.
8. You use that little hammer to crack the stones.
FOR
This little hammer
two years.
lunch.
left!
all the food.
teenagers when I
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