How to do KEY SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION for Cambridge Exams

Ah....the key sentence transformation exercise...EVERYBODY's favourite part of the Use of English paper. (NOT!!!) This video reviews the five most important things related to the key sentence transformation exercise, and describes the things you should NOT do if you want to get a good mark on this part of the exam.

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hey everybody
probably no exercise freak students out
as much as the key sentence
transformation exercise and this is
especially true if you have to do key
sentence transformation for a Cambridge
exam
you've probably seen this kind of
exercise in your ex in your grammar
exercises before it's where you take one
sentence and you have to convert it into
a similar sentence using a different
word
this can be true a simple word simple
verbs that you learn at the beginning or
more complicated verbs that you learn as
you progress learning English this type
of exercise is called the key sentence
transformation and there are three basic
reasons why this is included on the
cameras exam first of all it proves that
you're not translating because it shows
that you can work with english
vocabulary as it is it shows that you
have the ability to rewrite the same
idea using different words and that
gives you a chance to show that you have
a fairly diverse vocabulary if you're
doing the first certificate you will see
that p sentence transformation is on
paper three of the case of the fce which
is the use of english paper and part
three which is the key sentence
transformation exercise if key sentence
transportation transformation makes you
feel upset or worried don't be because
here's what you do to make it easier
the first thing you do is you don't
translate translating means trying to
think of the word and fix the syntax and
people who do that generally do not do a
good job on the key sentence
transformation because they tried to
take the format in their own language
and fit into English and it doesn't
always work
okay the reason why it doesn't work is
that you have to think about how the
entire sentence works in English and if
you're fixated on having the correct
individual words you won't think
about how the whole sentence works as a
complete unit of meaning
let me give you an example of a key
sentence transformation where you would
take a phrasal verb and transform it
make it more formal for example with a
one-word verb in this case we need to
eliminate the phrasal verb putting up
with and rewrite the sentence with
through between two or five words giving
the same meaning but with a different
verb you'll notice here that there are
various types of key sentence
transformation exercises but most of the
exercises talk about tone formality vs
in formality
they talked about the idea of
possibility or the key sentence exit
transformation exercises are directed at
knowing how to use a verb and the verb
patterns and Ferb ideas correctly in
different types of sentences and be
aware they could give you to two of
these in the same in the same exercise
so here's what you do think about how
the sentence functions as a complete
unit of meaning focus on what goes in
that space which on the key sentence
transformation for first certificate
that space has to be filled with between
two and five words slightly more if
you're doing advanced or proficiency and
that takes me to the third . be careful
of mistakes that center around the verb
especially with the verb and the
information that you need to complete
the verb after such as a preposition or
a different type of clause
ok here's an example of key sentence
transformation that would rely on you
knowing what the verb pattern was in
this case plan has to verb patterns it
can be 4 plus preposition or can be verb
infinitive someone who's translating may
not get the sentence correct because
they may put down something plan to
having which would be incorrect and that
leads me to point number four trust your
English brain if you write down to 25
words in the space and you really
believe that that's correct
don't go back and change it later
because inevitably you will be replacing
a correct answer with an incorrect
answer if you're not sure
don't touch it and the fifth thing and I
don't want to sound like a broken record
but please remember that learning
English is the same as any other skill
whether it's playing basketball dancing
or learning how to cook well practice
makes perfect
the more you do it the easier it is to
do and that's just as true with key
sentence transformation as it is with
any other skill that you could have
and speaking of practice i would
definitely recommend the flojo website
for their key sentence transformation
exercises they have about 15 pages of
exercises on their webpage separated and
/ the types of things that have practice
they practice on the key sentence
transformation so i hope you found this
video useful if you'd like more
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