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C2 Key Word Transformation Practice
Targeted practice for the CPE Part 4. Master advanced grammatical restructuring, idioms, and maintaining exact meaning under constraints.
How to Ace Part 4
Key Word Transformation is notoriously the hardest part of the Use of English paper. It tests both your grammatical agility and your lexical depth (especially idioms and fixed phrases).
You must use between 3 and 8 words, including the keyword given, without changing the keyword in any way. Focus on identifying the structure being tested (e.g., inversion, third conditional, passive voice reporting verbs).
Advanced Structures:
- Inversion after negative adverbials
- Mixed and Third Conditionals
- Advanced Idiomatic Phrases