CAE Key Word Transformations

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For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between three and six words, including the word given. You can use the "?" button to get a clue
but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM DESCRIPTION

CAE Part 4 - Key Word Transformations

Task Type: Key Word Transformations.
Focus: Grammar and vocabulary.
Format: Each question consists of a sentence followed by a ‘key’ word and a second sentence
with a gap in the middle. You have to use this key word to complete the second sentence so that
it means the same as the first sentence.
Number of questions: 6
How many marks are there: Up to two marks for each correct answer.
What is testing:
 idioms and fixed phrases
 phrasal verbs
 verb patterns
 word combinations
 collocations
 linking words//inversion/conditionals/unreal past/

General Advice:

 Write between three and six words as your answer.

 Contractions like can't or mustn't are counted as two words.
 Take a guess if necessary! You will not lose marks.
 Remember that you cannot change the key word.

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1) This manual is too difficult for me.

CONCERNED

As ?, this manual is too difficult for me.

2) Susan couldn't get to the date because of the heavy rain.

PREVENTED

The heavy rain ? getting to the date.

3) Sally gets on well with her father-in-law.

TERMS

Sally is ? her father-in-law.

4) I didn't realise what she would suffer in the first place.

DID

Little ? would suffer in the first place.

5) The pupils are living temporarily in a hotel.

BEING

For ?, the pupils are living in a hotel.

6) It looks as if he's forgotten about the meeting again.

TO

He seems ? about the meeting again.

FAR AS I AM CONCERNED/FAR AS I'M CONCERNED

IDIOM AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED
Used to show what someone's opinion on a subject is or how it affects them:
As far as I am concerned, the Job centre is not providing a valuable service.
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FAR AS I AM CONCERNED/FAR AS I'M CONCERNED

IDIOM AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED

Used to show what someone's opinion on a subject is or how it affects them:

As far as I am concerned, the Job centre is not providing a valuable service.

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PREVENTED SUSAN FROM

VERB + PREPOSITION PREVENT SB FROM DOING STH

To stop someone doing something or something happening:

She prevented me from going to Ireland.

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ON GOOD TERMS WITH/ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH

IDIOM BE ON GOOD (SPEAKING) TERMS WITH

If you are on good, bad etc terms with someone, you have a good, bad etc relationship with them:
We were always on good terms with our neighbours.

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DID I REALISE WHAT SHE

INVERSION LITTLE + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB

There are adverbs and adverbial expressions with a negative, restrictive or emphatic meaning, which are
followed by inversion when placed first in a sentence:
Little did he know what his decision would lead to.
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THE TIME BEING

IDIOM FOR THE TIME BEING

For a short period of time from now, but not permanently:

We've decided to do without a car for the time being.

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TO HAVE FORGOTTEN

THE PERFECT INFINITY TO HAVE + III FORM

The perfect infinitive is used to say 'to have done'. It's formed with the infinitive of have + the past
participle:
He pretended to have seen the film.

CAE Key Word Transformations

Index

For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words,
including the word given. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM
DESCRIPTION

1) The service at the hotel wasn't as good as I expected.

COME

The service at the hotel ? my expectations.

2) She has taken it upon herself to take care of her mother.

COMMITTED

She has ? care of her mother.

3) Were Ann not so beautiful a girl, John wouldn't be marrying her.

BEAUTY

But ?, John wouldn't be marrying her.

4) I was surprised to find out that Martin hadn't married Jane.

SURPRISE

It ? me that Martin hadn't married Jane.

5) The deaths of almost sixty people were caused by the tornado.

RESULTED

The tornado ? almost sixty people.

6) " I wish I'd had the chance to visit Dublin", Peter said.

NOT

Peter regretted ? the chance to visit Dublin.

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DIDN'T COME UP TO/DID NOT COME UP TO

PHRASAL VERB COME UP TO

If someone or something comes up to a required standard they meet that standard:

The meal didn't come up to expectations.

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COMMITTED HERSELF TO TAKING

VERB + YOURSELF + PREPOSITION COMMIT YOURSELF TO + GERUND

To say that someone will definitely do something or must do something:
Throughout medical school I have committed myself to finding the one specialty that aligns perfectly
with my personality.

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FOR ANN'S BEAUTY

CONJUNCTION BUT FOR + NOUN

Used when you are saying that something would have happened if something or someone else had not
prevented it:
But for your courage, we would all have gone to the prison.

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CAME AS A SURPRISE TO

IDIOM COME AS A SURPRISE TO SB

An event, a piece of news, etc. that is unexpected or that happens suddenly:

This should not come as a surprise given the various statistics we've gathered about retirement savings
in America.

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RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF

VERB + PREPOSITION RESULT IN SOMETHING

To make something happen:

Recent explosive human population growth has resulted in an excess of rare genetic variants.

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NOT HAVING HAD/THAT HE HAD NOT HAD

REPORTED SPEECH REGRET + GERUND

To feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do:
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.