Challenging Transformations for Cambridge FCE NEARLY C1 LEVEL CEFR with key Mã A431364

Challenging Transformations for Cambridge FCE  NEARLY C1 LEVEL CEFR 1. May we borrow your ladder for half an hour? MIND

Would you MIND IF WE BORROW / MIND OUR BORROWING / IF WE BORROW(ED) / LENDING US your ladder for half an hour?

2."I'm not frightened," he said; in fact, he was terrified. BE

He pretended NOT TO BE frightened. 3. The Majestic is better than this hotel. GOOD

This hotel IS NOT AS / SO GOOD AS the Majestic. 4. To enjoy travel, you must go on your own. ONLY

You CAN / WILL ONLY enjoy travelling if you go on your own. 5. You were very generous, giving us all that money. OF

It was very generous OF YOU TO LEND / GIVE us all that money. 6. He was sorry he had asked the bank to lend him the money. WISHED

He WISHED (THAT) HE HAD NOT asked the bank to lend him the money. 7. I haven't owned a car for five years now. SINCE

It is five years SINCE I (LAST) OWNED a car. 8. Why didn't you warn me it was going to rain? HAVE

You SHOULD HAVE WARNED me it was going to rain. 9. Heavy smokers are more likely to suffer serious illness than non-smokers. RUNS

A heavy smoker RUNS A GREATER RISK OF / RUNS MORE RISKS OF serious illness than a non-smoker. 10. Even though she had to get up early, Mary still went to the disco. DESPITE

Mary still went to the disco DESPITE THE FACT that she had to get up early.

11. She had not bought so much for a long time. SINCE

It was a long time SINCE SHE HAD DONE SO much shopping.

12. Ken arrived there twelve months ago. FOR

Ken HAS BEEN THERE FOR A year.

13.If Mary hadn't failed her driving test, she wouldn't be unhappy. PASS

Mary is unhappy SINCE / AS / BECAUSE SHE DID NOT PASS her driving test.

14. Rabbits used to be more numerous. NOT

Rabbits ARE NOT AS NUMEROUS AS they used to be.

15. His new book has been widely criticised. LOT

His new book has come IN FOR A LOT OF criticism.

16. His secretary updated the list. BROUGHT

His secretary THE LIST UP TO date.

17. I couldn't have managed it without your help. NOT

If IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR your help, I couldn't have managed it.

18. Regular exercise kept him healthy. OWED

He OWED HIS HEALTH TO regular exercise.

19. He couldn't lend us the car because it didn't belong to him. HIS

The car WAS NOT HIS TO lend.

20. We were not surprised when he won. CAME

His winning CAME AS NO surprise.

21. It was difficult for the yachtsman to steer into the wind. GOT

The yachtsman GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES STEERING into the wind.

22. I couldn't have managed without your help. BEEN

If it HAD NOT BEEN FOR your help, I couldn't have managed.

23. We had just arrived when it started to rain. WHEN

Hardly HAD WE ARRIVED WHEN it started to rain.

24. He only did the work after he had been paid. DID

Not until he had been paid DID HE DO the work.

25. The idea that the Scots are miserly is simply not true. TRUTH

There IS NO TRUTH IN the idea that the Scots are miserly.

26. She was too busy to see us. SO

She was SO BUSY (THAT) SHE DID NOT see us.

27. It is quite pointless to complain. POINT

There IS NO POINT IN complaining.

28. I’ve never met anyone who works as hard as he does. MAN

He is the most HARD-WORKING PERSON I HAVE (EVER) met.

29. A long speech is unlikely to be interesting. LITTLE

There IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD a long speech being interesting.

30. It was difficult to hear the speaker from the back of the room. DIFFICULTY