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Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

Exam: FCE CAE CPE

Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Keyword Transformation

FCE Keyword Transformation: Break Down

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 2 and 5 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. We arrived late, because our car stopped working half way through our journey.
    DOWN
    Our car   half way through our journey, so we arrived late.
0 BROKE DOWN
  1. I find English newspapers really interesting.
    IN
    I'm really   English newspapers
  2. My father and I have the same nose - they're both big!
    AFTER
    I   in that our noses are both big.
  3. You shouldn't use computers at break times, but I will ignore it because you are studying hard.
    TURN
    Because you are studying hard, I will   the fact that you are using computers during break times.
  4. It is possible I will win the lottery and then I can buy a car.
    WON
    If I   buy a car.
  5. The school started employing me as a teacher last month.
    ON
    The school   as a teacher last month.
  6. My brother moved to Bristol three years ago and is still living there.
    LIVED
    My brother   three years.
  7. I started playing the guitar when I was six years' old
    UP
    I first   the guitar when I was six years' old.
  8. I blushed when my mother showed my friends pictures of me as a baby.
    EMBARRASSED
    I   my mother showing my friends pictures of me as a baby.

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