Key Word Transformations - Unit 4

C1 Advanced · Key Word Transformation · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education

For questions 1–6, 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 three and six words, including the word given.

MIGHT

might have

let me

You ___ know that you’d been delayed!

Why didn’t you warn me we were going to be late?

STOOD

stood very little

stood little

stood hardly any

stood barely any

chance of

I ___ getting it, but I applied anyway.

I knew there wasn’t much chance I’d get the job, but I applied anyway.

LAST

ten years since

I last wrote

It’s been about ___ an actual business letter.

I haven’t written an actual business letter for about ten years.

PART

having taken part

having been part

in

of

Never ___ a negotiation before, I was feeling nervous.

I felt nervous because I’d never participated in a negotiation before.

ADVANTAGE

only I had taken

advantage of

If ___ the chance to travel when I was younger.

I regret not making use of the opportunity to travel in my youth.

IF

have failed

if you had prepared

You wouldn’t ___ properly.

Your failure was the result of your lack of proper preparation.

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