CAE- Key word transformations

Phrasal verbs

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

HAPPEN

If you ______________________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

As ________________________________________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
__________________________________________________ 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 _______________________ 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 ___________________________________________turns up soon.

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

CONSIDERED

All _______________________________________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 ______________________________________ allocated a car-

parking space.

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

PUT

‘ I’m not willing _________________________________from my colleagues any longer,’ said Delia.

I’m going to eat less chocolate this year.

DOWN

I’m going to ________________________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 ______________________________ a job before the end of the year.

Simon really ought to make a decision about his future.

MIND

It’s high time Simon ________________________________________ about his future.

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

COME

How difficult _____________________________________with new ideas for the festival every year!

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

PUT

You have ________________________________ 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 ______________________________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 ____________________________down.

Can anyone solve this problem?

COME

Can anyone _______________________________ to this problem?

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

DECREASE

Recently, _____________________________the number of people who are out of work.

Why are the two figures different?

ACCOUNTS

What ___________________________________between the two figures?

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

UP

The new computer game ________________________________________ expectations.

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

TAKEN

A national supermarket chain __________________________________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 ________________________ 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 ______________________________ for several hours.

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

RUN

They had almost ____________________________ 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 _____________________________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 ____________________________ his hopes of a first team place.

Someone has suggested changing the company logo.

FORWARD

A suggestion has ___________________________________________ the company logo

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Friends often remark on how much Clara resembles her sister.

TAKES

Friends often remark on the extent to _________________________________ 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 competition.

The way he behaves is intolerable.

PUT

I can’t _____________________________________________any longer.

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

DID

I’m not sure when they __________________________________ capital punishment in this

country.

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

STAND

You must _____________________________________ when others express doubts about them.

I wish I hadn’t said that to her.

TAKE

If only ___________________________________________ I said to her.

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They would never make a decision so quickly again.

MINDS

Never again ________________________________________so quickly.

Jill wished she had tried to have a better relationship with her father.

GET

Jill regretted ____________________________________better with her father.

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

KEPT

You should _____________________________________________________________ me.

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

HAVE

The council officer promised he ___________________________________________ away.

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

TAKING

Joe insisted _______________________________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

health.

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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 _______________________________ 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 ________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________ on the time we spend on boring paperwork.

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

COME

It can’t _______________________________________________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

picked Conway instead.

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 _________________________________with

a whole layer of managers, but they’ve introduced flexible working time.
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ANSWERS PHRASAL VERBS

1. Happen to bump into

2. Long as everyone turns up
3. Point is brought
4. Had not put off buying
5. Go unless john
6. Things considered it turned
7. Count on being
8. Put up with rudeness
9. Cut down on the amount
10. Up all hope of finding
11. Made up his mind
12. Is it to come up
13. Have to put in
14. There is hardly any petrol
15. Let it get you down
16. Come up with a solution
17. There has been a decrease in
18. Accounts for the differences
19. Lived up to Caroline’s
20. Has taken over the running
21. Made up her mind to
22. Held us up
23. Run out of petrol
24. Give up playing came
25. Put paid to
26. Been put forward to change
27. Which Clara takes after
28. One student turned up
29. her mind to pull out of
30. put up with his behaviour
31. did away with the abolition
32. stand up for what you believe
33. I could take it back what
34. Would they make up their minds
35. Not getting on
36. Not have kept that information from
37. Would have the rubbish taken
38. On taking over
39. To my surprise John stopped
40. Has not got round to marking
41. We had set aside
42. Everyone´s interest to cut down
43. Have been easy To come up
44. Everyone´s horror Ripley was left out
45. Only have they done away