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Key Word Transformations
Key word transformation CEFR C1 Topic: Ghost nets – abandoned fishing gear that drifts through the ocean, entangling marine life for decades

Key Word Transformations: Ghost Nets of the Ocean

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. As soon as satellites detected the drifting net field, rescue teams were dispatched to the area.
SOONER
In this case, had satellites detected the drifting net field than rescue teams were dispatched to the area.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
2. Last month, a specialist company removed the ghost net from the reef for the marine park authority.
HAD
Last month, the marine park authority removed from the reef by a specialist company.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
3. The captain and crew regret not acting sooner when the ghost net first got tangled in the propeller.
WISH
The captain and crew sooner when the ghost net first got tangled in the propeller.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
4. People widely say that drifting ghost nets kill hundreds of thousands of marine mammals every year.
SAID
Drifting ghost nets kill hundreds of thousands of marine mammals every year.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
5. Ghost nets are so neglected as a topic in school curricula nationwide that most students have never heard of the issue.
SUCH
Across the country, the neglect of ghost nets as a topic in school curricula that most students have never heard of the issue.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
6. It was a mistake for the fishing industry not to introduce biodegradable nets years ago.
SHOULD
Looking back, the fishing industry biodegradable nets years ago.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
7. Lack of funding forced the organisation to abandon the ghost-net clean-up project halfway through its first season.
PLUG
Owing to a lack of funding, the organisation was forced to the ghost-net clean-up project halfway through its first season.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.
8. There are so many ghost nets drifting in the Pacific that conservation groups cannot track them all.
MANY
There ghost nets drifting in the Pacific for conservation groups to track.
Use between two and five words, including the word given.

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