Key Word Transformations - Original 3
C1 Advanced · Key Word Transformation · Cambridge Ready original exercise
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.
BELIEVED
The glacier ___ melting faster than expected.
Scientists believe that the glacier is melting faster than expected.
NOT
Had ___ volunteers, the clean-up would have failed.
If it hadn't been for the volunteers, the clean-up would have failed.
DO
Little ___ how much water is wasted in agriculture.
Few people realise how much water is wasted in agriculture.
LOSS
The researchers were ___ the strange results.
The researchers could not explain the strange results.
INTENTION
It is the government's ___ emissions by 40%.
The government intends to reduce emissions by 40%.
NOTICE
Nobody ___ the warnings about the flood.
No attention was paid to the warnings about the flood.
TURNOUT
There was ___ at the conference.
Lots of people attended the conference.
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