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Advanced Level Sentence Transformations Practice

Sentence Transformations Quiz 2

By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Sentence transformation exercises help you expand your usage skills through testing various ways of stating the same idea. For example, the sentence 'I've lived here since 2002.' can also be expressed: 'I moved here in 2002'. Complete the following sentences so that they mean the same as the original sentence. Answers can be checked on the following page

The ability to rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original is often required for many English ESL EFL Exams such as Cambridge's First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency. This skill can also help you prepare for the TOEFL examination (Test of English as a Foreign Language). It is also an important skill which can help you improve your understanding of similar English expressions and vocabulary.

Sentence Transformation Quiz

Katherine keeps making long distance telephone calls.
Katherine is ____________

Jack ate lunch before we arrived.
By the time ____________

Is there such a thing as happiness?
Does ____________

I haven't eaten Sushi for years.
It's ____________

I didn't know about Susan's divorce.
I didn't know that ____________

His homework won't be finished by the end of the day.
He won't ____________

His education is none of your business.
His education does ____________

He'll be at the meeting soon.
It won't be long ____________

Go to the conference check
in desk immediately on arrival.
As ____________

After finishing the exam, I started to relax a lot.
Since ____________

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