This is a C2 Proficiency practice exam for Part 4: Key Word Transformation. The summary below keeps the exercise understandable, linkable, and accessible outside the interactive runner.
We still had a slim chance of reaching the summit before midday, but then Jean hurt her ankle.
[PAID]
Jean's injured ankle _______ remaining hope we had of reaching the summit.
They tiptoed up the stairs because they didn't want to wake the baby up.
[SO]
They tiptoed up the stairs _______ the baby.
Twenty push-ups is my limit, then my arms give out.
[BEFORE]
I can't do _______ my arms give out.
It never occurred to me that there'd be a cashpoint machine in the supermarket.
[CROSSED]
It never _______ have a cashpoint machine.
We had to go home early from our holiday because of a strike threat from airport workers.
[SHORT]
We had to _______ threatening to strike.
I made friends immediately with Nicola but I didn't like her husband.
[TAKE]
Nicola and I hit _______ to her husband.