CAE Key Word Transformations
For questions 1-8, 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.
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.
7) Unfortunately, she's not lucky these days.

OUT

Unfortunately, she's …………….....………………………these days.
8) John is not accustomed to sleeping after meals.

HABIT

John is not …………………..................……………….. after meals.


CAE Key Word Transformations
For questions 1-8, 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.
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.
7) Although Mr. Rogers was over sixty, he continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day.

SPITE

In ………………………………….. over sixty, Mr. Rogers continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day.
8) Mary isn't able to do it. Frank isn't able to do it either.
Either ………………………………………. doing it.

OR



CAE Key Word Transformations
For questions 1-8, 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.
1) I am not responsible for the sales any longer. UNDER
No ...................................................................... my control.
2) Everybody came to the party apart from Steve. EXCEPTION
With ........................................................ Steve, everybody came to the party.
3) It was only when I stopped the car that I realised something was wrong. DID
Only ......................................I realise that something was wrong.
4) It's very kind of you to help me with the suitcase.

APPRECIATE

I really .......................................................me with the suitcase.
5) The flight will probably be cancelled.

PROBABILITY

In ....................................................................will be cancelled.
6) She preferred to take a course in general linguistics instead of wasting her time
at mathematics.

THAN

Rather .................................................................. at mathematics she preferred to take a course
in general linguistics.
7) Helen would like to thank you from all the team. BEHALF
Helen would like to thank you .........................................................................all the team.
8) It's a pity I had to sell my car.


WISH

I ......................................................................... sell my car

CAE Key Word Transformations


For questions 1-8, 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.

1) We have given the tools to all the workers.

PROVIDED

All the workers .................................................. the tools.
2) I'm going to reveal the truth somehow or other.

ANOTHER

In ................................................................. I'm going to reveal the truth.
3) George demands that the project should be finished now.

INSISTENT

George ..................................................... the project.
4) I think a good meal would do you good.

BENEFIT


I think you would ......................................................... meal.
5) Although I like him very much, I don't want to socialize with him.

LIKE

Much ...........................................................I don't want to socialize with him.
6) She had only just entered the house when the telephone rang.

SOONER

No ...................................................... the house than the telephone rang.
7) Martha persuaded John not to go out tonight.
Martha .........................................................

TALKED
out tonight.

8) I didn't believe in the explanation he gave.
The explanation he gave ......................................................... belief.

WAS


CAE Key Word Transformations
For questions 1-8, 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.
1) She had four daughters. The youngest of them was her favourite.


APPLE

She had four daughters the youngest .................................................................. her eye.
2) It was raining heavily, so I didn't go to school at all.

FOR

If it ................................................................. rain, I would have gone to school.
3) Everybody knows that the president died in a plane crash.

KNOWLEDGE

It is .................................................................. the president died in a plane crash.
4) The first pilot refused to endanger the safety of the passengers of the plane.

PUT

The first pilot refused to ................................................... the safety of the passengers of the plane.
5) I wish I had studied more for the exam.

LIKED

I ............................................................more for the exam.
6) She informed the police because she assumed he was guilty of rape.

ASSUMPTION

She informed the police ........................................................ he was guilty of rape.
7) Owing to bad weather conditions, she arrived late.


DUE

Her late ...................................................... bad weather conditions.
8) I haven't had such a bad cough for many years.
Not ............................................ such a bad cough.

HAD