PET Sentence Transformations 4
Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET) Reading and Writing / writing part 1
pet writing part 1
For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using no more than three words.
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1. [first=" We both like pizza more than chicken." beginning=" We both prefer pizza " answer=" to " ending=" chicken."]
2. [first=" It usually takes me two hours to wash my car." beginning=" I usually spend two hours " answer=" washing " ending=" my car."]
3. [first=" Sarah became a talented cook because she liked cooking." beginning=" Sarah liked cooking " answer=" so " ending=" she became a talented cook."]
4. [first=" I went to the old gym every month." beginning=" I used " answer=" to go " ending=" to the old gym every month."]
5. [first=" William cooked this delicious dinner himself." beginning=" William cooked this delicious dinner " answer=" on his " ending=" own."]
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answers
1) TO
PREFER + NOUN + TO + NOUN
PREFERENCES
Examples:
He prefers ice hockey than football.
He prefers ice hockey to football. PREFER STH TO STH
2) WASHING
TAKE + INFINITIVE => SPEND + GERUND
IT TAKES (QUANTITY + TIME) TO + INVINITIVE + TO => I SPEND (QUANTITY + TIME) + GERUND
Examples:
I spent three days to clean my flat.
I spent three days cleaning my flat. SPEND (QUANTITY + TIME) GERUND
3) SO
SO => used to say that someone does something because of the reason just stated.
CONJUNCTION
Examples:
He was feeling hungry, and he made himself a pizza.
He was feeling hungry, so he made himself a pizza. SO + VERB
4) TO GO
USED TO + INFINITIVE => habit in the past.
MODAL VERB
Examples:
He use to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.
He used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day. USED TO + INFINITIVE
5) ON HIS
ON YOUR OWN => without help, alone, without anyone else.
IDIOM
Examples:
My brother-in-law did it all by his own.
My brother-in-law did it all on his own. ON + ONE'S + OWN