CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH examinations / PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / 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 eight words, including the word given.

 

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1. [first=" She knew nothing about the party that they were planning." word="DARK" beginning="She was " answer="kept in the dark about" ending=" the party that they were planning."]

2. [first=" Our team has won the football championship for the second year running." word="SUCCESSION" beginning="For the second year " " answer="in succession, the football championship has been won" ending=" by a local team."]

3. [first=" You must never leave the workplace without letting the team leader know." word="ACCOUNT" beginning="On " answer="no account should you leave the workplace" ending=" without letting the team leader know."]

4. [first=" If you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't dismantle the laptop." word="APART" beginning="Don't " answer="take the laptop apart unless" ending=" you know what you're doing."]

5. [first=" I was shocked by the cheeky response that the girl gave to her mother." word="ABACK" beginning="I was " answer="taken aback by" ending=" the cheeky response that the girl gave to her mother."]

6. [first=" Frank is rumoured to be about to become a Sky News presenter." word="VERGE" beginning="Rumor has " answer="it that Frank is on the verge of" ending=" becoming a Sky News presenter."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    (KEPT) IN THE DARK ABOUT
IDIOM IN THE DARK ABOUT SOMETHING
Knowing nothing about something:
Workers were kept in the dark about the plans to sell the company.
 
2)    IN SUCCESSION, THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN WON
PHRASE + PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT PERFECT) IN SUCCESSION + SUBJECT + HAS BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE
IN SUCCESSION => in a series:
Gary has won the tournament three times in succession.
 
3)    NO ACCOUNT SHOULD (MUST/MAY) YOU LEAVE THE WORKPLACE
INVERSION ON NO ACCOUNT + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB
Used to emphasize something - not for any reason:
On no account should the office be left unlocked. 
 
4)    TAKE THE LAPTOP APART UNLESS
PHRASAL VERB + UNLESS TAKE THE LAPTOP APART + UNLESS
TAKE STH APART => to separate an object into pieces:
My wife's watch stopped, so I took it apart.
 
5)    TAKEN ABACK BY
PHRASAL VERB BE + TAKEN ABACK + BY
To be very surprised about something:
Ann was somewhat taken aback by his directness.
 
6)    IT THAT SIMON IS ON THE VERGE OF
PHRASE + IDIOM RUMOUR HAS IT THAT + BE ON THE VERGE OF
RUMOUR HAS IT => people say:
Rumour has it that she was murdered.