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Key Word Transformations
Key word transformation CEFR B2 Topic: Urban beekeeping and its impact on city ecosystems

Key Word Transformations: Urban Beekeeping

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 number of urban beehives in this city rose by 40% last year.
RISE
There was the number of urban beehives in this city last year.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
2. Even though the beekeeper wasn't insured, she sold honey at the local market.
DESPITE
She sold honey at the local market insured.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
3. Transporting the hives to the rooftop was so complicated a job that the company hired a specialist team.
SUCH
Transporting the hives to the rooftop was that the company hired a specialist team.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
4. Regulations state that inspectors must check every hive once a week.
SUPPOSED
According to regulations, every hive by inspectors once a week.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
5. A professional roofer replaced the storm-damaged hive stand for the beekeepers.
HAD
The beekeepers by a professional roofer.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
6. I'm sorry that I don't know much about queen rearing.
WISH
I more about queen rearing.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
7. People say that three new rooftop apiaries have opened in the city centre this month.
REPORTED
Three new rooftop apiaries in the city centre this month.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
8. A rooftop hive costs half as much as a traditional garden to maintain.
EXPENSIVE
A traditional garden is a rooftop hive to maintain.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.

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