CAE Key Word Transformations

1)
This manual is too difficult for me.
CONCERNED
As ______________________, this manual is too difficult for me.
2)
Susan couldn't get to the date because of the heavy rain.
PREVENTED
The heavy rain ______________________ getting to the date.
3)
Sally gets on well with her father-in-law.
TERMS
Sally is ______________________ her father-in-law.
4)
I didn't realise what she would suffer in the first place.
DID
Little ______________________ would suffer in the first place.
5)
The pupils are living temporarily in a hotel.
BEING
For ______________________, the pupils are living in a hotel.
6)
It looks as if he's forgotten about the meeting again.
TO
He seems ______________________ about the meeting again.
7)
Unfortunately, she's not lucky these days.
OUT
Unfortunately, she's ______________________ these days.
8)
John is not accustomed to sleeping after meals.
HABIT
John is not ______________________ after meals.
9)
The service at the hotel wasn't as good as I expected.
COME
The service at the hotel ______________________ my expectations.

10)
She has taken it upon herself to take care of her mother.
COMMITTED
She has ______________________ care of her mother.
11)
Were Ann not so beautiful a girl, John wouldn't be marrying her.
BEAUTY
But ______________________, John wouldn't be marrying her.
12)
I was surprised to find out that Martin hadn't married Jane.
SURPRISE
It ______________________ me that Martin hadn't married Jane.
13)
The deaths of almost sixty people were caused by the tornado.
RESULTED
The tornado ______________________ almost sixty people.
14)
" I wish I'd had the chance to visit Dublin", Peter said.
NOT
Peter regretted ______________________ the chance to visit Dublin.
15)
Although Mr. Rogers was over sixty, he continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day.
SPITE
In ______________________ over sixty, Mr. Rogers continued to smoke forty cigarettes a day.
16)
Mary isn't able to do it. Frank isn't able to do it either.
OR
Either ______________________ doing it.
17)
We have given the tools to all the workers.
PROVIDED
All the workers ______________________ the tools.
18)
I'm going to reveal the truth somehow or other.
ANOTHER
In ______________________ I'm going to reveal the truth.
19)
George demands that the project should be finished now.

INSISTENT
George ______________________ the project.
20)
I think a good meal would do you good.
BENEFIT
I think you would ______________________ meal.
21)
Although I like him very much, I don't want to socialize with him.
LIKE
Much ______________________ , I don't want to socialize with him.
22)
She had only just entered the house when the telephone rang.
SOONER
No ______________________ the house than the telephone rang.
23)
Martha persuaded John not to go out tonight.
TALKED
Martha ______________________ out tonight.
24)
I didn't believe in the explanation he gave.
WAS
The explanation he gave ______________________ belief.
25)
I am not responsible for the sales any longer.
UNDER
No ______________________ my control.
26)
Everybody came to the party apart from Steve.
EXCEPTION
With ______________________ Steve, everybody came to the party.
27)
It was only when I stopped the car that I realised something was wrong.
DID
Only ______________________ I realise that something was wrong.
28)
It's very kind of you to help me with the suitcase.
APPRECIATE
I really ______________________ me with the suitcase.

29)
The flight will probably be cancelled.
PROBABILITY
In ______________________ will be cancelled.
30)
She preferred to take a course in general linguistics instead of wasting her time at mathematics.
THAN
Rather ______________________ at mathematics she preferred to take a course in general linguistics.
31)
Helen would like to thank you from all the team.
BEHALF
Helen would like to thank you ______________________ all the team.
32)
It's a pity I had to sell my car.
WISH
I ______________________ sell my car.
33)
She had four daughters. The youngest of them was her favourite.
APPLE
She had four daughters the youngest ______________________ her eye.
34)
It was raining heavily, so I didn't go to school at all.
FOR
If it ______________________ rain, I would have gone to school.
35)
Everybody knows that the president died in a plane crash.
KNOWLEDGE
It is ______________________ the president died in a plane crash.
36)
The first pilot refused to endanger the safety of the passengers of the plane.
PUT
The first pilot refused to ______________________ the safety of the passengers of the plane.
37)
I wish I had studied more for the exam.
LIKED
I ______________________ more for the exam.
38)
She informed the police because she assumed he was guilty of rape.

ASSUMPTION
She informed the police ______________________ he was guilty of rape.
39)
Owing to bad weather conditions, she arrived late.
DUE
Her late ______________________ bad weather conditions.
40)
I haven't had such a bad cough for many years.
HAD
Not ______________________ such a bad cough.