Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) Use of English Sentence Transformations- Comparing & Contrasting
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
B2 First Use of English Part Four key word sentence transformations on explaining similarities and differences, with vital language for FCE Speaking Part Two.
Lesson Plan Content:
Cambridge B2 First sentence transformations on comparing/ contrasting language
Cambridge First Use of English Part Four/ B2 First Speaking Part Two
For questions 1 – 7, complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
- Tom thought that the party would be more exciting than it turned out to be.
NOT
The party ______________________________________ as Tom had thought it would be.
- Tom doesn’t speak French nearly as well now as he used to.
MUCH
Tom used to _________________________________________________ he does now.
- There is not much difference between your essay and mine.
VERY
Your essay is ______________________________________________________ mine.
- We have fairly similar opinions on climate change.
QUITE
Our opinions on climate change ______________________________________ common.
- The journals’ titles are absolutely identical.
EXACTLY
The journals ________________________________________________________titles.
- Our ideas on how to change the company have absolutely nothing in common.
DIFFERENT
We _________________________________________on how to change the company.
- Compared to his holiday, mine was luxurious.
MORE
My holiday ______________________________________________________ his was.
- Experts say that teenagers didn’t use to be so stressed.
THAN
Experts say teenagers are ___________________________________________ to be.
Suggested answers
Other answers might be possible, so please check if you wrote something different. You get one point for each half of the gapped part that you get right (marked with a “1” in brackets).
- Tom thought that the party would be more exciting than it turned out to be.
NOT
The party _______WAS NOT (1) AS EXCITING (1) or SO EXCITING (1) _________ as Tom had thought it would be.
- Tom doesn’t speak French nearly as well now as he used to.
MUCH
Tom used to ____SPEAK FRENCH (1)/ MUCH BETTER THAN (1) ______ he does now.
- There is not much difference between your essay and mine.
VERY
Your essay is ____________VERY SIMILAR (1) TO (1) ____________________ mine.
- We have fairly similar opinions on climate change.
QUITE
Our opinions on climate change _____HAVE QUITE A LOT (1) IN (1) ________ common.
- The journals’ titles are absolutely identical.
EXACTLY
The journals ________HAVE EXACTLY (1) THE SAME (1) ___________________titles.
- Our ideas on how to change the company have absolutely nothing in common.
DIFFERENT
We __HAVE COMPLETELY (1) DIFFERENT IDEAS (1) __on how to change the company.
- Compared to his holiday, mine was luxurious.
MORE
My holiday __________WAS MORE (1) LUXURIOUS THAN (1) ____________ his was.
- Experts say that teenagers didn’t use to be so stressed.
THAN
Experts say teenagers are _ARE MORE STRESSED THAN (1) THEY USED (1) to be.
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