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Key Word Transformations
Key word transformation CEFR B2 Topic: Yellowstone - western- Cowboy - cowgirl valued series

Key Word Transformations: Life on a Modern Ranch

What this tests: grammar and vocabulary together — saying the same thing with a different structure, in two to five words.

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Instructions

For questions 1–8, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using between two and five words, including the word given, which you must not change.

1. The snowstorm was so severe that the tour group visiting Yellowstone had to turn back.
SUCH
It was snowstorm that the tour group visiting Yellowstone had to turn back.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
2. Even though her grandmother disapproved, Lily decided to marry the rodeo rider she had met at the county fair.
DESPITE
Lily decided to marry the rodeo rider she had met at the county fair, disapproval.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
3. I regret that I have never ridden a horse across the Yellowstone plains.
WISH
I ridden a horse across the Yellowstone plains.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
4. The drone crashed into the cliff just seconds after it began filming the cowboy chase scene.
NO
During the shoot, the drone begun filming the cowboy chase scene than it crashed into the cliff.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
5. 'I rode my first bronco when I was sixteen,' Lucy, the head wrangler, told the documentary crew.
SAID
Lucy, the head wrangler, ridden her first bronco when she was sixteen.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
6. The investors agreed to fund the Daltons' dude ranch project only if the family repaid the loan within five years.
PROVIDED
The investors agreed to fund the Daltons' dude ranch project repaid the loan within five years.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
7. A doctor treated Noah's broken arm after the stunt accident on set.
HAD
After the stunt accident on set, Noah broken arm treated by a doctor.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
8. It was wrong of the location manager not to warn the film crew about the unstable cliff edge.
SHOULD
The location manager the film crew about the unstable cliff edge.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.

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