Example
The famous trade union activist and songwriter Joe Hill was born and raised in Sweden.
Keyword: origin
Joe Hill, the famous trade union activist and songwriter, was ____________________________.
Correct answer: of Swedish origin
Sentence 1
The city council claims it will build a new bypass before 2020.
Keyword: built
The new bypass ____________________________ before 2020, the city council claims.
Sentence 2
People always had opinions on the way Mrs Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, dressed. This never happened to her male colleagues.
Keyword: judged
Mrs Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, ____________________________ on the way she dressed. This never happened to her male colleagues.
Sentence 3
The new candidate managed to collect enough signatures to mount a campaign.
Keyword: succeeded
The new candidate ____________________________ enough signatures to mount a campaign.
Sentence 4
Florence Nightingale tended many dying soldiers who were actually more concerned about their families at home than about their own wellbeing.
Keyword: greatest
Florence Nightingale tended many dying soldiers ____________________________ was actually about their families at home and not about themselves.
Sentence 5
The report fails to provide an explanation of what has caused the changes.
Keyword: account
The report _________________________________ the cause of the changes.
Sentence 6
The government has started an investigation so as not to jump to conclusions about what caused the plane crash.
Keyword: rather
The task of the government commission is to find out the truth about the plane crash, _______________________________ its decisions on assumptions.
Sentence 7
Being a pedestrian in the world’s fourth most populous city, Mexico City, is to risk one’s neck on a daily basis.
Keyword: constantly
Pedestrians in Mexico City, the world’s fourth most populous city, ____________________________ of being involved in fatal accidents.
Sentence 8
People quickly responded to an appeal by aid workers to help supply the refugees with food and clothing.
Keyword: request
Aid workers ____________________________ food and clothing for refugees, and the general public readily complied.
Sentence 9
If the agreement is approved, all junior doctors will move over to the new terms between August and December.
Keyword: implemented
If the agreement is approved, the new terms_________________________________ between August and December.
- In this section, there are some recurring patterns, like active to passive, formal to informal, and the use of phrasal verbs and other set expressions. Do as many exercises as possible to understand these patterns clearly. Practice makes perfect.
- Do not forget to include the keyword and do not change the form of the word.
- Do not forget that contractions (like don’t or isn’t) count as two words.