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) She had four daughters. The youngest of them was her favourite.
APPLE
She had four daughters the youngest her eye.
2) It was raining heavily, so I didn't go to school at all.
FOR
If it rain, I would have gone to school.
3) Everybody knows that the president died in a plane crash.
KNOWLEDGE
It is the president died in a plane crash.
4) The first pilot refused to endanger the safety of the passengers of the plane.
PUT
The first pilot refused to the safety of the passengers of the plane.
5) I wish I had studied more for the exam.
LIKED
I more for the exam.
6) She informed the police because she assumed he was guilty of rape.
ASSUMPTION
She informed the police he was guilty of rape.

ANSWERS

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OF WHOM WAS THE APPLE OF
RELATIVE PRONOUN + IDIOM THE APPLE OF SOMEBODY'S EYE
A person or thing that is loved more than any other:
Of course she loves all her daughters, but Sandra is the apple of her eye.
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HADN'T BEEN FOR THE HEAVY/HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE HEAVY
PHRASE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR + NOUN
This expression has the meaning of "without". It is used in the third conditionals, in formal language and must be followed by a noun form:
If it hadn't been for the accident, I would've been on time.
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COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT/PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT
IDIOM BE COMMON/PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
To be something that everyone knows, especially in a particular community or group:
It's common knowledge that dreams reflect our subconscious thoughts and feelings.
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PUT AT RISK
IDIOM PUT AT RISK
In danger of something unpleasant or harmful happening:
Sick patients were put at risk by the State's failure to hold Tallaght Hospital to account, the health watchdog has found.
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WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE STUDIED
WOULD HAVE LIKED + THE PERFECT INFINITIVE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO + HAVE + III FORM
Used to say that you wanted something or wanted to do something in the past:
She would have liked to have noticed all the mistakes before.
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ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT
PHRASE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT
Something that you think is true although you have no definite proof:
This entire argument is based on the assumption that it was the Passover meal, which it could not have been.
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