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Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

Exam: FCE CAE CPE

Exercise: Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation

CPE Keyword Transformation: Endangered Species

For questions 1-8, 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 3 and 8 words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).

Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet below.

Example

  1. Many of the world's most exotic animals may disappear in the near future unless we take urgent action.
    EXTINCTION
    Many of the world's most exotic animals are   , unless we take urgent action.
0 ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION
  1. The number of people killed this year in bicycle accidents is now thirty-five.
    ALREADY
    Thirty-five people   far this year in bicycle accidents.
  2. Nobody knows waht to expect when they get there.
    DARK
    Everybody is   find when they get there.
  3. The heart attack was probably caused by shock.
    BROUGHT
    The heart attack   by shock.
  4. She simply assumed that they would all agree with her.
    TOOK
    She   that they would all agree with her.
  5. Peter has more work than he can handle.
    COPE
    Peter   his workload.
  6. It gave me great pleasure to hear that my ex-boyfriend's marriage was a disaster.
    GLOATED
    I   news that my ex-boyfriend's marriage was a disaster.
  7. The company has no plans to replace the current model.
    REPLACING
    The company is   the current model.
  8. Children's educational development suffers if they grow up in a home where the television is permanently switched on.
    CONDUCIVE
    Growing up in a home where the television is permanently switched on   educational development.

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