Cambridge C2 Sentence TransformationOnline version
Advanced rewriting challenges.
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Transform to passive voice: The committee approved the proposal yesterday.
2
Use a cleft sentence: It is … that the project succeeded. (emphasize success).
3
Inversion: Not only did she attend, but she spoke fluently. Rewrite as standard order.
4
Condense with a conditional: I would have helped if I had known. (shorten).
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Use a gerund after 'keep': He kept talking despite the noise. Rewrite without changing meaning.
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Paraphrase with 'in terms of': The project failed due to lack of funding. (in terms of funding).
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Use a relative clause: The book is on the desk. It was published last year. (that/which).
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Transform to an -ing clause: The journalist published the report after interviewing the sources.
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Use a noun phrase: It is important to arrive early. (noun form).
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Change to a passive with 'by + agent': The author wrote the chapter last night.
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Use an alternative with 'as well as': She speaks French as well as German. (keep meaning).
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Rephrase with 'to be sure': He is careful, and he checks everything. (emphasize caution).
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Use a mixed conditional: If I were younger, I would travel more. (past result).
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Rewrite with 'not only... but also' focusing on two actions: He writes and teaches at the university.
15
Convert to a passive continuous: They are building a new bridge.
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Use a causative: The manager caused the team to complete the project quickly. (causative verb).
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Paraphrase with 'in which': The experiment failed; the data were inconclusive. (provide connection).
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Transform to a short answer: The team did not realize the risk, did they?
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Use 'having + past participle' for reason: Because the data were unreliable, we paused the study. (rephrase).
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Transform with 'unless' for counterfactual: You will succeed if you work hard. (unless = if not).
Feedback
Passive: object becomes subject; time stays as yesterday.
Cleft highlights the element after 'It is'.
Standard form: after 'not only' the subject precedes verb.
Inversion for formal conditional past unreal.
Keep on + gerund expresses continuation.
Rephrase focusing on funding aspect.
Combine with a relative clause.
Post-modifying participial phrase used for simultaneity.
Convert to a noun phrase concept.
Agent phrase follows 'by'.
Conveys addition; 'as well as' optional after first item.
Fronted phrase adds emphasis.
Past condition with past result requires past perfect.
'Not only... but also' links two parallel elements.
Present continuous passive with 'is being built'.
Causative causative: have/has + object + bare infinitive.
Relative clause with preposition 'in'.
Short answer uses auxiliary 'did' in negative form.
Past participle clause expresses reason.
Unless + present = if not. Reverse condition.
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