CAE Part 4 Key word transformations

Phrasal verbs

Should you see Jack this evening, give him my regards.

HAPPEN

If you happen to run into Jack this evening, give him my regards.

Unless someone comes late, we should be able to get through all the points in today’s
meeting.

TURNS

If everyone turns up on time, we should be able to get through all the points in today’s
meeting.

The new software isn’t the main point for discussion tomorrow, but should anyone
raise the subject by any chance, I’ll give my views.

HAPPENS

The new software isn’t the main point for discussion tomorrow, but if the subject
happens to bring up by anyone, I’ll give my views.

Because she postponed buying the plane ticket, Vanessa lost the opportunity to go to
China.

PUT

If Vanessa had not put off buying the plane ticket, she wouldn’t have lost the
opportunity to go to China.

John needs to arrive soon or we’ll have to go without him.

BEHIND

We’ll have to leave John behind unless he turns up soon.

If we take everything into account, the street party was a great success in the end.

CONSIDERED

All things considered the street party turns out to be a great success in the end.
The company is unable to guarantee an allocated car-parking space to all employees.

COUNT

The company’s employees shouldn’t count on being allocated a car-parking space.

Delia said that she would no longer tolerate her colleagues being rude.

PUT

‘ I’m not willing to put up with rudeness from my colleagues any longer,’ said Delia.

I’m going to eat less chocolate this year.

DOWN

I’m going to cut down on the amount of chocolate I eat this year.

He no longer thinks he can find a job before the end of the year.

HOPE

He has given up on the hope of finding a job before the end of the year.

Simon really ought to make a decision about his future.

MIND

It’s high time Simon made up his mind about his future.

It’s so difficult to create new ideas for the festival every year!

COME

How difficult it is to come up with new ideas for the festival every year!

Pay claims must be submitted before the end of the month.

PUT

You have to put away your pay claims before the end of the month.
I’ve just noticed that the car has almost run out of petrol.

HARDLY

I’ve just noticed that there is hardly any petrol left in the car.

Don’t get depressed because of such a small problem.

LET

It’s such a small problem that you shouldn’t let it get you down.

Can anyone solve this problem?

COME

Can anyone come up with a solution to this problem?

Recently, the number of people who are out of work has gone down.

DECREASE

Recently, there has been a decrease in the number of people who are out of work.

Why are the two figures different?

ACCOUNTS

What accounts for the difference between the two figures?

The new computer game was every bit as good as Caroline had expected.

UP

The new computer game live up to Caroline’s expectations.

The village shop is now being managed by a national supermarket chain.

TAKEN

A national supermarket chain has taken over the management of the village shop.
After a sleepless night, Marta finally decided that she wouldn’t accept the job she had
been offered.

MIND

After a sleepless night, Marta finally made up her mind to accept the job she had been
offered.

The huge traffic jam on the motorway delayed us for several hours.

HELD

The huge traffic jam on the motorway held us up for several hours.

They had very little petrol left in the car by the time they reached the filling station.

RUN

They had almost run out of petrol by the time they reached the filling station.

I was disappointed to hear that Leo had decided not to play basketball any more.

UP

Leo’s decision to give up playing basketball came as a disappointment to me.

The footballer injured his knee, so that was the end of his hopes of a first team place.

PAID

The footballer’s knee¡ put paid to his hopes of a first team place.

Someone has suggested changing the company logo.

FORWARD

A suggestion has been put forward to change the company logo.

Friends often remark on how much Clara resembles her sister.

TAKES

Friends often remark on the extent to which Clara takes after her sister.
Because of the problems with the buses that morning, all of the students came late to
the lesson.

TURNED

Because of the problems with the buses that morning, not ____________________________ to
the lesson on time.

Unfortunately, Katie has decided to withdraw from the competition.

PULL

Unfortunately, Katie has made up the decision to pull out the competition.

The way he behaves is intolerable.

PUT

I can’t put up with his behaviour any longer.

I’m not sure which year saw the abolition of capital punishment in this country.

DID

I’m not sure when they did for capital punishment in this country.

It’s important to defend what you believe in when others express their doubts.

STAND

You must stand up for your beliefs when others express doubts about them.

I wish I hadn’t said that to her.

TAKE

If only could I take away what I said to her.

They would never make a decision so quickly again.

MINDS

Never again would they make up their minds so quickly.

GET

Jill regretted not having get along better with her father.

It was wrong of you not to tell me that information.

KEPT

You should not have kept that information from me.

The council officer promised to get someone to remove the rubbish.

HAVE

The council officer promised he would have someone to remove rubbish away.

Joe would only agree to continue the trip if he could drive instead of Paul.

TAKING

Joe insisted on taking Paul as the driver before he would agree to continue the trip.

I was amazed that John stopped eating meat completely in an attempt to improve his
health.

GAVE

Much _______________________________ eating meat completely in an attempt to improve his

My tutor says she’s been too busy to read my essay, but she’ll mark it by the end of the
week.

ROUND

My tutor says she has not have a round to read my essay yet, but she’ll mark it by the
end of the week.
I’m sorry now that we didn’t save a bit more money for the holidays.

SET

I wish we had set aside a bit more money for the holidays.

Reducing the time we spent on boring paperwork would be good for all of us.

INTEREST

It would be in our interest to make a reduction on the time we spend on boring

I’m sure that facing such an experienced opponent as Maria Suarez wasn’t easy, but
Ellie played very well.

COME

It can’t be easy to come against such an experienced opponent as Maria Suarez, but Ellie
played very well.

Everyone was horrified when the new manager dropped Ripley from the first team and
picked Conway instead.

LEFT

To ______________________________________ of the first team by the new manager and he

The company’s owners are quite radical because they’ve got rid of a whole layer of
managers, and they’ve introduced flexible working time.

DONE

The company’s owners are quite radical because not only have they done a dismissal
with a whole layer of managers, but they’ve introduced flexible working time.