Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CPE Keyword Transformation: Tinkering
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
- When he was at school, he used to spend hours tinkering with his bike.
TINKER
When he was at school, with his bike.
| 0 | HE WOULD TINKER FOR HOURS |
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- I really don't think she will make it to the final. She's just not fast enough.
HIGHLY
I think it make it to the final. She is just not fast enough. - If you had told them what you really wanted to do, there wouldn't have been all this trouble about it.
HAVE
You really wanted to do, then there wouldn't have been all this trouble. - Alicia is always late for everything, so she will probably be late today as well.
CHANCES
Alicia is always late for everything today as well. - It's fairly obvious that the film will win Best Picture at the Oscars. No other film is half as good.
FOREGONE
It's Best Picture at the Oscars. No other film is half as good. - He is bound to be elected as president. The other candidates are simply awful.
PRESIDENCY
The his. The other candidates are siimply awful. - My life is dreadful. I really regret not having listened to my mother when she told me not to marry him.
ONLY
My life is dreadful. to my mother when she told me not to marry him. - Alison was really upset by the news and she looked like she was going to cry.
VERGE
Alison was really upset by the news and she looked like tears. - 'I remember nothing at all of what happened on that night', said the minister.
WHATSOEVER
'I have of what happened on that night', said the minister.