CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / Key word transformations

 

For questions 1-6, 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.

[start-answers-block type=3]

1. [first=" Unfortunately, she's not lucky these days." word="OUT" beginning="Unfortunately, she's " answer="out of luck" ending=" these days."]

2. [first=" John is not accustomed to sleeping after meals." word="HABIT" beginning="John is not " " answer="in the habit of sleeping" ending=" after meals."]

3. [first=" Although Mr. Rogers was over sixty, he continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day." word="SPITE" beginning="In " answer="spite of being" ending=" over sixty, Mr. Rogers continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day.."]

4. [first=" Helen isn't able to do it. John isn't able to do it either." word="INCAPABLE" beginning="Either " answer="John or Helen is incapable of" ending=" doing it."]

5. [first=" Hillary would like to thank you from all the team." word="BEHALF" beginning="Hillary would like to thank you " answer="on behalf of" ending=" all the team."]

6. [first=" It's a pity I had to sell my car." word="WISH" beginning="I " answer="wish I hadn't had to#wish I had not had to" ending=" sell my car."]

[end-answers-block]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    OUT OF LUCK
FIXED PHRASE OUT OF LUCK
OUT OF LUCK => UNLUCKY
She lost his money, she was out of luck. 

 
2)    IN THE HABIT OF SLEEPING
PHRASE BE IN THE HABIT OF + GERUND
Something that you do regularly or usually, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before:
John was in the habit of taking a walk after supper. 

 
3)    SPITE OF BEING
LINKING WORD IN SPITE OF + GERUND 
Without being affected or prevented by something: 
In spite of feeling terribly sick, I went to work every day.

 
4)    FRANK OR MARY IS INCAPABLE OF
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION EITHER ... OR 
Used to show a choice of two things:
Either she could not come or she did not want to.

 
5)    ON BEHALF OF
IDIOM ON BEHALF OF 
As the representative of somebody or instead of them:
On behalf of all the pupils, Sarah thanked the teacher for taking them to the cinema.

 
6)    WISH I HADN'T HAD TO/WISH I HAD NOT HAD TO
UNREAL PAST  WISH + PAST PERFECT
When we want to talk about situations in the past that we are not happy about or actions that we regret, we use the verb to wish followed by the past perfect:
She wishes she had gone to a better school.