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KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION (KWT) EXERCICES

A. Fill in the gaps with 2-5 words, including the word GIVEN. Do not change the word given.

1. I always hire someone to paint my house in the summer holidays. TO

I always __________________________ my house in the summer holidays.

2.. While I was playing rugby another broke my nose several times. BROKEN

I __________________________several times while playing rugby.

3. My car has broken down. I need to take it to that garage to be fixed. FIXED

I __________________________in this garage.

4. I am going to get my hair cut before the party. CUT

I am going __________________________before I go to the party.

5. Someone stole our car last month. OUR

__________________________last month.

6. Somebody smashed my phone last night in the bar. HAD

I __________________________last night in the bar.

7. My diagnosis was checked three times. THE

I __________________________three times.

8. I want my brother to do up my bathroom. GETTING

I am __________________________up the bathroom.

9. I will pay someone to correct my assignment again. CORRECTED

I will __________________________again.

10. I would get my shopping delivered if I couldn’t carry it all. IT

If I couldn’t carry all my shopping, I __________________________

1. They cancelled all the flights because of fog. THE

__________________________because of fog.

2. Somebody accused me of stealing the money. WAS

__________________________stealing the money.

3. They are building a new ring-road round the city. IS

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A new ring-road __________________________the city.

4. I didn’t realize that someone had recorded our conversation. BEEN

I didn’t realize that __________________________

5. They have changed the date of the meeting. CHANGED

The date of the __________________________.

6. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street. BEEN

Brian told me that __________________________and robbed in the street.

7. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it. ABOUT

The __________________________three hours before you use it

8. Somebody will have cleaned my shoes by this time tomorrow. HAVE

I __________________________by this time tomorrow.

9. This room is so dusty! They must have used it only on special occasions. MUST

This room is so dusty! It __________________________only on special occasions.

10. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles. ARE

__________________________to find truffles in some districts.

11. John didn’t give Elizabeth that beautiful ring. NOT

Elizabeth __________________________beautiful ring by John.

12. They have offered Sarah a very good job. A

__________________________very good job.

13. The estate agent showed the house to the young people. BY

The young people __________________________the estate agent.

14. We will pay the gardener a lot of money to cut the grass. GET

We will __________________________the grass.

15. Someone is going to repair the roof next week.

The roof __________________________next week.

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Answer key

1. I always hire someone to paint my house in the summer holidays. TO

I always get someone to paint my house in the summer holidays.

2.. While I was playing rugby another broke my nose several times. BROKEN

I had my nose broken several times while playing rugby.

3. My car has broken down. I need to take it to that garage to be fixed. FIXED

I am getting/having my car fixed in this garage.

4. I am going to get my hair cut before the party. CUT

I am going to have my hair cut before I go to the party.

5. Someone stole our car last month. OUR

We had our car stolen last month.

6. Somebody smashed my phone last night in the bar. HAD

I had my phone smashed last night in the bar.

7. My diagnosis was checked three times by the doctor. THE

The doctor had the diagnosis checked three times.

8. I want my brother to do up my bathroom. GETTING

I am getting my brother to do up the bathroom.

9. I will pay someone to correct my assignment again. CORRECTED

I will have my assignment corrected again.

10. I would get my shopping delivered if I couldn’t carry it all. IT

If I couldn’t carry all my shopping, I would have it delivered.

1. They cancelled all the flights because of fog. THE

All the flights were cancelled because of fog.

2. Somebody accused me of stealing the money. WAS

I was accused of stealing the money.

3. They are building a new ring-road round the city. IS

A new ring-road is being built around the city.

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4. I didn’t realize that someone had recorded our conversation. BEEN

I didn’t realize that our conversation had been recorded.

5. They have changed the date of the meeting. CHANGED

The date of the meeting has been changed.

6. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street. BEEN

Brian told me that he had been attacked and robbed in the street.

7. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it. ABOUT

The wine should be opened about three hours before you use it

8. Somebody will have cleaned my shoes by this time tomorrow. HAVE

I will have my shoes cleaned by this time tomorrow.

9. This room is so dusty! They must have used it only on special occasions. MUST

This room is so dusty! It must have been cleaned only on special occasions.

10. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles. ARE

Pigs are used to find truffles in some districts.

11. John didn’t give Elizabeth that beautiful ring. NOT

Elizabeth was not given that beautiful ring by John.

12. They have offered Sarah a very good job. A

Sarah has been offered a very good job.

13. The estate agent showed the house to the young people. BY

The young people were shown the house by the estate agent.

14. We will pay the gardener a lot of money to cut the grass. GET

We will get the gardener to cut the grass.

15. Someone is going to repair the roof next week.

The roof is going to be repaired next week.

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KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION (KWT) EXERCICES

Complete the sentences using the correct form of have something done and the words in brackets.

We usually (the bedrooms / redecorate) every two years.score

Sarah isn't making her own wedding dress, she (it / make) by a designer in Italy.score

(you / ever/ anything / steal) from your house?score

He didn't fix his car himself, he

(it / fix) at the garage.score

Your hair is too long. You need

(it / cut).score

I'm going to do my food shopping online and I

(the food / deliver) to my house.score

If you can't see properly, you should

(your eyes / test).score

Are they going to paint the kitchen themselves, or

(it / paint)?

1. I went to the hairdresser's to

. (hair/cut)

2. You should take your car to the mechanic to

. (brakes/repair)

3. For their wedding anniversary, Mary

which they ate at a large party. (big cake/make)

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4. I have to

, otherwise I can't work on my thesis. (computer/repair)

5. "Did John repair your roof?" "No, we

that he knows." (it/do/builder)

6. We

and he said it was worth over a thousand dollars. (statue/value/art expert)

7. We should

before the summer begins. It's looking dirty. (pool/clean)

8. The local council want all dog owners to

to reduce the problem of strays. (dogs/tag)

9. I broke the heel on my shoe this morning and now I need to

. (it/repair)

10. After the car accident, Cynthia had to

and looked as she did before. (nose/reshape/famous plastic surgeon)