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C1 1 TRANSFORMATIONAL SENTENCES
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- 1I don't intend to stop trying for a career in the police force. NO I have ________ up on trying for a career in the police forceI have NO INTENTION OF GIVING up for a career in the police force
TO HAVE NO INTENTION OF ING
GIVE UP - 2David praised her exceptionally good choice of venue for the party CONGRATULATED Dav_________ a good venue for the partyDavid CONGRATULATED HER FOR CHOOSING a good venue for the party
CONGRATULATE SOMEBODY FOR SOMETHING ING - 3It seems that the thieves escaped in a stolen car APPEAR It______ away in a stolen carIt would appear that the thieves escaped in a stolen car
IT SEEMS = IT WOULD APPEAR
GET AWAY - 4He said that he was sorry that he had missed the meeting APOLOGISED He _____ up at the meetingHe APOLOGISED FOR NOT TURNING/SHOWING up at the meeting
APOLOGISE FOR ING
TURN UP - 5I don't care if she doesn't write to me DIFFERENCE It makes no ____ in touch or notIt makes NO DIFFERENCE TO ME IF SHE KEEPS in touch of not
MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO SOMEBODY
KEEP IN TOUCH - 6Paul tends to play his music loudly when he is not feeling very happy HABIT Paul is _________ his music loudly when he is not feeling very happyPaul is IN THE HABIT OF PLAYING his music loudly when he is not feeling very happy
IN THE HABIT OF ING - 7They could easily win the game CHANCE They ____________ the gameThey HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING the game
HAVE ( NO / A GOOD / LITTLE )
CHANCE OF ING - 8Of course I did not agree to lend them the money SAYING It ______ not agree to lend them the moneyIt GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT I DID not agree to lend them the money
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING - 9I can barely cook a meal for myself, so I certainly couldn't cook for eight people ALONE I would struggle _________ for eight peopleI would struggle TO COOK FOR MYSELF LET ALONE for eight people
LET ALONE - 10Her boyfriend impressed her parents on their first meeting MADE Her boyfriend _________ her parents when they first metHer boyfriend MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON her parents when they first met
TO MAKE A (GOOD/BAD) IMPRESSION ON - 11Thomas didn't feel like going to the party MOOD Thomas was __________ to the partyThomas was NOT IN THE MOOD to the party
TO BE IN THE MOOD TO .... - 12They didn't trust each other at all COMPLETE There _______________between themThere WAS COMPLETE DISTRUST between them
VERB: NOT TRUST TO NOUN: DISTRUST - 13The ferry timetable can alter depending on the weather SUBJECT The ferry timetable ________ depending on the weatherThe ferry timetable CAN BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE depending on the weather
TO BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE +ING - 14I hope his story will help us to understand what happened SHED Hopefully when he tells us his story it will ___________ what happenedHopefully when he tells us his story it will SHED (SOME) LIGHT ON what happened
TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON - 15They concluded that there was nothing more they could do to save the business CAME They _______________ the business was beyond helpThey CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT the business was beyond help
TO COME TO A CONCLUSION - 16It is unlikely that Jim will get the promotion CHANCE There is ________________ promotedThere is LITTLE CHANCE OF JIM GETTING promoted
LITTLE/NO/GREAT CHANCE OF SOMEBODY + ING
CHANGE: TO GET THE PROMOTION to GETTING PROMOTED - 17Graham phoned his wife as soon as he arrived in Brazil LOST Graham ________________wife on his arrival in BrazilGraham LOST NO TIME IN PHONING THIS wife on his arrival in Brazil
TO LOSE NO TIME IN +ING - 18The goverment is so powerful that it can control people's lives POWER Such is _________ that it can control people's livesSuch is THE POWER OF THE GOVERMENT that it can control people's lives
CHANGE: POWERFUL (adj) to POWER (noun) - 19You should never leave the baby alone under any circunstances IS Under ______ be left aloneUnder NO CIRCUNSTANCES IS THE BABY TO be left alone
UNDER NO CIRCUNSTANCES IS (SOMETHING/SOMEBODY) TO BE ____
Under no circunstances should you leave - 20In the end we did all the housework on Sunday UP We _________ all the housework on SundayWe ENDED UP DOING all the housework on Sunday
TO END UP +ING - 21Bob often mistrusts people when he first meets them TENDENCY Bob _________________ people when he first meets themBob HAS THE TENDENCY TO MISTRUST people when he first meets them
TO HAVE THE TENDENCY TO - 22If I am being honest. I have to say that the play wasn't as good as I'd expected SHORT The play _________ to be honest with youThe play FELL SHORT OF EXPECTATION to be honest with you
TO FALL SHORT OF EXPECTATION - 23Alan is a much better pianist then Jerry NOWHERE Jenny is _______ the piano as Alan asJenny is NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD PLAYING the piano as Alan as
NOWHERE NEAR AS (ADJ +ACTION) AS - 24Only the timely arrival of the police prevented the fight from escalating STRIKE He _______ at all upsetHe DIDN'T STRIKE ME AS BEING at all upset
TO STRIKE SOMEBODY AS BEING (adj) - 25I don't care which days you work next week CONSEQUENCE It _________ me which days you work next weekIt IS NO CONSEQUENCE FOR me which days you work next week
TO BE NO CONSEQUENCE FOR SOMEBODY - 26One day she is going to lose her temper with her MATTER It is ______she loses her temper with himIt is A MATTER OF TIME she loses her temper with him
TO BE A MATTER OF TIME - 27Did anything about his behaviour seem strange to you? STRIKE Did anything about his bahaviour ______strange?Did anything about his bahaviour STRIKE YOU AS BEING strange?
TO STRIKE SOMEBODY BEING (adj) - 28She takes photographs as a hobby rather than as a job. MUCH Taking photographs _______ a job as a hobby for herTaking photographs IS NOT AS MUCH AS job as a hobby for her
IS NOT AS MUCH A _____AS A _____ - 29Ben needs to clean his car HIGH It's _______his carIt's HIGH TIME BEN CLEANED his car
It is high time
-to go come
- he went to bed - 30I didn't turn the TV on because I didn't want to wake the baby up FEAR I didn't turn the TV on _____the babyI didn't turn the TV on FOR FEAR OF WAKING UP the baby
FOR FEAR OF +ING - 31I'm not surprised he looks tired if he only had three hours' sleep last night GIVEN It's not surprising that he looks so tired ______ slept for three hours last nightIt's not surprising that he looks so tired GIVEN THAT HE HAD ONLY slept for three hours last night
GIVEN THAT - 32You will need to practise every day if you want to be a professional musician. DO Only by ______ you stand a chance of becoming a professional musicianOnly by PRACTISING EVERY DAY DO you stand a chance of becoming a professional musician
ONLY BY +ING ------ AUXILIARY + SUJETO
TO STAND A CHANCE OF +ING - 33After what you have been through, it's only right that they help you out LEAST The ________ help you after all you have been throughThe LEAST THEY CAN DO IS help you after all you have been through
THE LEAST SOMEBODY CAN DO IS - 34The accident resulted in the serious injury of many of the passengers LEFT The accident _________ injuredThe accident LEFT MANY PASSANGERS SERIOUSLY injured
RESULTED IN: LEFT
CHANGE: serious - seriously - 35John is unlikely to get the job that he applied for PROSPECT There ___________ the job that he applied forThere IS LITTLE PROSPECT OF JOHN GETTING the job that he applied for
TO BE LITTLE PROSPECT OF SOMEBODY +ING - 36Icy road conditions are thought to have caused the accident BROUGHT The accident seems to ______ the icy road conditionsThe accident seems to HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BY the icy road conditions
TO BE BROUGHT BY - 37I don't intend to reply to his rude letter NO I have _______ to his rude behaviourI have NO INTENTIONS OF REPLYING to his rude behaviour
TO HAVE NO INTENTION OF +ING - 38Andrew has been thinking about it all day, but he has not made a decision yet MIND It's _______all day, but he hasn't made a decision yetIt's BEEN ON ANDREW'S MIND all day, but he hasn't made a decision yet
TO BE ON SOMEBODY'S MIND - 39I didn't find it hard to anwer their questions DIFFICULTY I __________ their questionsI HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN ANSWERING their questions
TO HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN +ING - 40I wish he would stop critising my work FAULT I wish he would stop _________ my workI wish he would stop FINDING FAULT WITH my work
I WISH HE WOULD STOP +ING
TO FIND FAULT WITH - 41It doesn't make a difference to me what you decide to do MATTER Your ___________ to meYour DECISION DOESN'T MATTER to me
IT DOESN'T MATTER - 42You definitely will not win the lottery CHANCE You have got ________ the lotteryYou have got NO CHANCE OF WINNING the lottery
TO HAVE (LITTLE/NO/A GREAT) CHANCE OF +ING - 43It's impossible to say who will win the match TELLING There is ________ who will win the matchThere is NO WAY OF TELLING who will win the match
THERE IS NO A WAY OF TELLING
THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING - 44More than fifty guests came to the party SHOWED More than fifty guests ________ the partyMore than fifty guests SHOWED UP AT the party
TO SHOW UP - 45I'd help you, but I have very little free time on my hands HARDLY I'd help you, but I _______free time on my handsI'd help you, but I HARDLY HAVE ANY free time on my hands
TO HARDLY HAVE - 46He is still planning on attending as fas as I know KNOWLEDGE To _______, he is still planing on attendingTo THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEGDE, he is still planning on attending
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE - 47It's no use trying to convince her to go POINT There is _______ to convince her to goThere is NO POINT IN TRYING to convince her to go
TO BE NO POINT IN +ING - 48I can't promise that you will get the job GUARANTEE There _________ will get the jobThere IS NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU will get the job
- 49They say this company is one of the most reliable in the country REPUTED This company ________ of the most reliable in the countryThis company IS REPUTED TO BE ONE of the most reliable in the country
PASSIVE IMPERSONAL - 50We were all surprised when she announced that she was engaged to be married ANNOUNCEMENT The ________ all by surpriseThe ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER ENGAGEMENT TOOK US all by surprise
CHANGE: verb ANNOUNCED TO noun ANNOUNCEMENT
TO TAKE BY SURPRISE - 51Finding the survivors is our number one priority UTMOST It is of the ______ the survivorsIt is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT WE FIND the survivors
TO BE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT - 52Whatever happens, I will never trust him again EVER Under ________ trust him againUnder NO CIRCUNSTANCES WILL I EVER trust him again
CHANGE: NEVER TO (NEGATION+EVER)
UNDER NO CIRCUNSTANCES + INVERSION - 53George had to try for months before he finally got a job DID Only after _______ George finally get a jobOnly after TRYING FOR MONTHS DID George finally get a job
ONLY AFTER + ING ---INVERSION - 54Tom didn't feel like dancing that night MOOD Tom ________ dancing that nightTom WASN'T IN THE MOOD FOR dancing that night
TO BE IN THE MOOD FOR - 55OTROOTRO
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