"Key Word Transformations – C1 Test 6" practises Key Word Transformation (Part 4), the highest-scoring Use of English task. You must rewrite a sentence using a given keyword so that the new sentence has the same meaning, uses the keyword unchanged, and is between two and five words (contractions count as two). Plan your transformation before typing: conditionals, passive voice, reported speech and comparative structures appear frequently at C2.
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The group had to accept that the project would take years.
Keyword: [TERMS]
The group had to _______ that the project would take years.
Because the data were collected over decades, they were particularly useful.
Keyword: [HAVING]
The northern plot is nowhere near as fertile as the southern one.
Keyword: [NOWHERE]
The northern plot is _______ southern one.
The volunteers removed the damaged fencing.
Keyword: [TOOK]
The volunteers _______ damaged fencing.
It is possible that warmer winters will alter the timetable.
Keyword: [COULD]
Warmer winters _______ timetable.
The rangers are monitoring the nesting site now.
Keyword: [BEING]
The nesting site _______ by the rangers now.