CAE Key Word Transformations

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For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. You can use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points. EXAM DESCRIPTION
1) I am not responsible for the sales any longer.
UNDER
No my control.
2) Everybody came to the party apart from Steve.
EXCEPTION
With Steve, everybody came to the party.
3) It was only when I stopped the car that I realised something was wrong.
DID
Only I realise that something was wrong.
4) It's very kind of you to help me with the suitcase.
APPRECIATE
I really me with the suitcase.
5) The flight will probably be cancelled.
PROBABILITY
In will be cancelled.
6) She preferred to take a course in general linguistics instead of wasting her time at mathematics.
THAN
Rather at mathematics she preferred to take a course in general linguistics.

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LONGER ARE THE SALES UNDER
INVERSION NO LONGER + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT
There are adverbs and adverbial expressions with a negative, restrictive or emphatic meaning, which are followed by inversion when placed first in a sentence:
No longer are we accepting questions from this account.
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THE EXCEPTION OF
IDIOM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
Except, not including:
With the exception of the U.S., big businesses around the world are cautiously spending money on travel, survey finds.
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WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR DID/AFTER I STOPPED THE CAR DID
INVERSION ONLY WHEN + CLAUSE + AUXILIARY
Inversion can occur after a clause beginning ONLY AFTER/ONLY WHEN/ONLY IF:
Only when she came back home did she realize that she had left her purse in the car.
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APPRECIATE YOUR HELPING/APPRECIATE YOU HELPING
VERB + GERUND APPRECIATE + GERUND
Used to thank someone in a polite way or to say that you are grateful for something they have done:
I appreciate your making the effort to come.
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ALL PROBABILITY THE FLIGHT
IDIOM IN ALL PROBABILITY
Very probably:
They will win the match in all probability.
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THAN WASTE HER TIME
PHRASE PREFER TO + VERB ... RATHER THAN
Instead of somebody/something:
Rather than go straight on to university he prefer to stay at home.
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