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=" Martin accepted the coaching job he had been offered." word="UP" beginning="Martin " answer="took up the offer of the" ending=" coaching job."]

2. [first=" Sandra realises that she'll never become a famous singer." word="RESIGNED" beginning="Sandra has " " answer="resigned herself to not becoming#resigned herself to never becoming" ending=" a famous singer."]

3. [first=" She certainly felt relieved upon completion of her bachelor's degree." word="SENSE" beginning="She felt a " answer="sense of relief after she#sense of relief once she#sense of relief when she" ending=" had completed her bachelor's degree."]

4. [first=" My grandmother would carry a can of pepper spray as she was afraid someone might assault her." word="FEAR" beginning="My grandmother would carry a can of pepper spray " answer="for fear of being#for fear that she would be" ending=" assaulted."]

5. [first=" It was wrong of him not to give the police this information." word="KEPT" beginning="He should " answer="not have kept this information from" ending=" the police."]

6. [first=" This is the first time I've seen that man in my entire life!" word="SET" beginning="I " answer="have never set eyes on" ending=" that man before!"]

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ANSWER KEYS

1) TOOK UP THE OFFER OF THE

PHRASAL VERB + (NOUN + PREPOSITION)

TAKE UP + OFFER OF

TAKE UP => to accept something that is offered or available:
One of our greatest athletes has taken up a new challenge.

2) RESIGNED HERSELF TO NOT BECOMING | RESIGNED HERSELF TO NEVER BECOMING

PHRASAL VERB

RESIGN YOURSELF TO SOMETHING

To accept something unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided:
He has resigned himself to the fact that his marriage is over.

3) SENSE OF RELIEF AFTER/ONCE/WHEN SHE

PHRASE + LINKING WORD

A SENSE OF RELIEF

The feeling of happiness that you have when something unpleasant stops or does not happen:
I felt such a sense of relief after I finished my thesis.

4) FOR FEAR OF BEING | FOR FEAR THAT SHE WOULD BE

IDIOM + PASSIVE VOICE

FOR FEAR OF DOING SOMETHING

To avoid the danger of something happening:
They lock their car doors for fear of being attacked.

5) NOT HAVE KEPT THIS INFORMATION FROM

CRITICISM + PHRASAL VERB

SHOULD NOT HAVE + KEPT STH FROM

KEEP STH FROM SB => to avoid telling somebody something:
I think we ought to keep the truth from him until he's better.

6) HAVE NEVER SET EYES ON

COMPARISON + IDIOM

SET EYES ON SB/STH

(usually used in negative sentences) to see somebody/something:
I hope I never set eyes on this place again!