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Key Word Transformations
Key word transformation CEFR B1 Topic: The corpse flower (Rafflesia/Amorphophallus titanum) – the world's largest and smelliest bloom

Key Word Transformations: The Corpse Flower

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 flower will open within 24 hours,' said the botanist to the visitors.
TOLD
The botanist the flower would open within 24 hours.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
2. Maria is responsible for recording when the corpse flower blooms at the botanical garden.
JOB
It to record when the corpse flower blooms at the botanical garden.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
3. It's a bad idea to visit the corpse flower exhibit without covering your nose because of the smell.
OUGHT
Because of the smell, you visit the corpse flower exhibit without covering your nose.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
4. People call the plant 'titan arum' because of its enormous flower.
KNOWN
Because of its enormous flower, the plant 'titan arum'.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
5. If there aren't at least ten visitors interested, the garden won't open the corpse flower exhibit on weekends.
UNLESS
The garden won't open the corpse flower exhibit on weekends at least ten visitors interested.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
6. The corpse flower is the heaviest flower in the world.
THAN
The corpse flower weighs any other flower in the world.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
7. Although the smell was overpowering, journalists stayed to film the corpse flower blooming for the evening news.
SPITE
Journalists stayed to film the corpse flower blooming for the evening news, the overpowering smell.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
8. The corpse flower probably won't bloom again for another ten years.
UNLIKELY
In the next ten years, the corpse flower bloom again.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.

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