"Key Word Transformations - C1 Test 16" 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 owners had someone repaint the sign outside.
Keyword: [HAD]
The owners _______ outside.
The director said that the film had been inspired by a local story.
Keyword: [SAID]
The director _______ inspired by a local story.
It is not worth staying for the late screening if you are tired.
Keyword: [POINT]
There is _______ for the late screening if you are tired.
The cinema is more popular now than it was before the restoration.
Keyword: [AS]
Before the restoration, the cinema _______ it is now.
Perhaps the upstairs room will become a café.
Keyword: [TURN]
The upstairs room _______ a café.
The staff began showing short films in March and still do so.
Keyword: [BEEN]
The staff _______ since March.