Writing  Part  1  is  designed  to  test  your  grammar  and  your  ability  to  rephrase  
information  (using  one  to  three  words).  Know  how  to  say  the  same  thing  in  
different  ways.  

 
You  will  see  one  complete  sentence,  and  a  second  sentence  with  a  blank  space.  You  
have  to  fill  in  the  blank,  using  between  one  and  three  words,  to  make  the  second  
sentence  mean  the  same  as  the  first  sentence.  
 
• Some  types  of  changes  you  will  have  to  make  may  include:  
ü  find  words  with  opposite  meanings    
• It’s  important  to  arrive  at  work  on  time.  
• It’s  important  ___________  late  for  work.  
ü change  the  order  and/or  vocabulary  
• Smoking  isn’t  allowed  in  hospitals.  
• You  _________  in  hospitals.  
ü change  the  verb  tense  or  verb  form  
• Why  don’t  you  send  Sandra  an  e-­‐mail?  
• If  I  were  you,  _____________  send  Sandra  an  e-­‐mail.  
ü change  from  reported  speech  to  direct  speech  (or  direct  to  reported)  
• My  mother  said,  “Don’t  burn  the  rice!”  
• My  mother  told  _________  burn  the  rice.  
• At  a  job  interview,  they  will  want  to  know  what  jobs  you  have  
done  before.  
• At  a  job  interview  they  will  ask,  ‘What  jobs  ____________  before?’  
ü make  a  passive  sentence  into  an  active  sentence  (or  active  to  passive)  
• In  our  family,  dinner  is  usually  prepared  by  my  mother.  
• In  our  family,  my  mother  __________  the  dinner.  
ü ways  to  compare  
• My  brother’s  room  is  bigger  than  mine.  
• My  room  isn’t  ____________  my  brother’s.  
  
ü ways  to  explain  time  and  order  of  events  
• We  have  to  find  a  flat  before  we  can  look  for  a  school.  
• We  can’t  look  for  a  school  until  we  ________  a  flat.  

 
 
Answer  the  questions  with  each  language.  
 
Too/  Enough  
-­‐ too  (adjective)              
-­‐ too  much  (uncountable  noun)        
-­‐ too  many  (countable  noun)  

-­‐ enough  (noun)  

-­‐ (adjective)  enough  
 
• I  didn’t  cook  a  big  lunch  today  because  I  was  very  busy.  
• I  was  _________  busy  to  cook  a  big  lunch  today.  
• I  was  too  short  to  go  on  the  ride  at  Disney  World.  
• I  wasn’t  ____________    to  go  on  the  ride  at  Disney  World.  
• The  computer  was  too  expensive  for  me  to  buy  it  today.  
• I  didn’t  have  ______________  to  by  the  computer  today.  
 
Prepositions  (of  time  and  place)  
  At             On          
A  time:  At  4:00.           A  date:  On  May  6 .  
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            A  day:  On  Wednesday.  

            On  time.  =  Not  late  for  something.  
   
From             To  
Distance:  Far  from           Distance  &  Time:  from  ______  to  ______  
             
                   from                              to  
             
 
  
   
 
• The  new  supermarket  is  near  to  my  home.  
• It’s  not  _________  the  new  supermarket  to  my  home.  
• People  without  watches  are  often  late  for  appointments.  
• People  without  watches  are  often  not  __________  time  for    
appointments.  
 
Comparisons  
-­‐  (adjective)er  than             -­‐  more  (adjective)  than  
-­‐  the  (adjective)est             -­‐  the  most  (adjective)  
        -­‐  (not)  as  (adjective)  as  
 
• I  found  it  more  difficult  to  drive  than  I  had  expected.  
• Driving  wasn’t  __________  as  I  had  expected.  
• No  other  video-­‐sharing  site  is  as  big  as  YouTube.  
• YouTube  is  ____________  any  other  video-­‐sharing  site  on  the    
internet.  
 
Gerunds  and  Infinitives  
  -­‐  Gerund:  verb  is  used  as  a  noun.    
      (verb)+ing  
    I  enjoy  singing  in  the  shower.  
• I’m  very  sorry  that  I  forgot  to  invite  you  before.  
• I’m  so  sorry  for  ______________  to  invite  you  before.  
-­‐  Infinitive:    
      to  +  base  verb  
    I  want  to  swim  in  the  ocean  when  we  go  to  the  beach.  
• Driving  to  the  supermarket  doesn’t  take  you  long.  
• It  doesn’t  take  you  long  ____________  to  the  supermarket.  
 
 
  
Active  and  Passive  
  -­‐  Active  
      subject  +  verb  +  object  
    John  painted  the  house.  
  -­‐  Passive  
      object  +  to  be  +  past  participle  +  subject  
    The  house  was  painted  by  John.  
• At  some  companies,  staff  is  given  free  uniforms.  
• Some  companies  _________  their  staff  free  uniforms.  
 
 
 
ü Find  parallel  meanings  for  all  of  the  information  in  the  first  sentence.    
ü Never  write  more  than  three  words.  Contractions  (eg.  don’t,  I’m,  haven’t,  etc.)  
count  as  two  words.  
ü Check  for  misspelled  words  when  you’re  finished.    

 
1. Peter  started  Italian  classes  six  months  ago.  
Peter’s  had  Italian  classes  __________  six  months.  
 
2. Peter  thinks  that  writing  Italian  is  easier  than  speaking  it.  
Peter  doesn’t  think  that  writing  is  __________  as  speaking  Italian.  
 
3. A  free  textbook  is  included  in  the  price  of  the  class.  
The  price  of  the  class  __________  a  free  textbook.  
 
4. Peter  asked  me  to  join  him  in  his  class.  
‘Why  __________  come  to  Italian  class  with  me?’  asked  Peter.  
 
5. It  took  Peter  three  hours  to  finish  his  project.  
Peter  spent  three  hours  __________  his  project.  
 
 
  

 
 
1. Do  you  play  football  well?  
Are  you  a  _________________  player?  
 
2. Do  team  sports  interest  you?  
Are  you  _______________  team  sports?  
 
3. What  is  your  age?  
How  ______________  you?  
 
4. Which  is  your  favourite  school  subject?  
Which  school  subject  ______________  like  the  best?  
 
5. How  is  your  surname  spelt?  
How  do  ________________  your  surname?  
 
 
1.  Last  night,  I  took  an  aspirin  to  stop  my  head  aching.  
Last  night,  I  took  an  aspirin  because  ________________  aching.  
 
2.  My  brother  goes  jogging  because  he  must  keep  fit  for  his  job.  
My  brother  goes  jogging  to  ______________  for  his  job.  
 
3.  If  you  don’t  give  up  coffee,  you’ll  never  sleep  well.  
  You’ll  never  sleep  well  unless  _____________  coffee.  
 
4.  People  with  the  flu  should  stay  in  bed  for  a  few  days.  
  Stay  in  bed  for  a  few  days  if  you  _____________  the  flu.  
 
5.  Smoking  isn’t  allowed  in  schools.  
  You  __________________  in  schools.  
 
 
1. My  father  was  given  his  first  motorcycle  by  his  father.  
My  father’s  parents  _______________  his  first  motorcycle.  
 
2. My  father  doesn’t  have  that  motorcycle  anymore.  
My  father  _______________  got  that  motorcycle  anymore.  
 
  
3. I  wanted  to  start  riding,  but  my  father  insisted  that  I  took  some  lessons  first.  
I  wanted  to  start  riding,  but  my  father  said  I  had  _______________  some  lessons  
first.  
 
4. My  local  riding  school  said  I  was  too  young  to  join  their  courses.  
My  local  riding  school  said  I  wasn’t  _______________  to  join  their  courses.  
 
5. I  found  it  more  difficult  to  learn  that  I  had  expected.  
It  wasn’t  _______________  to  learn  as  I  had  expected.  
 

 
1. Do  you  play  football  well?  
Are  you  a  good  football  player?  
 
2. Do  team  sports  interest  you?  
Are  you  interested  in  team  sports?  
 
3. What  is  your  age?  
How  old  are  you?  
 
4. Which  is  your  favourite  school  subject?  
Which  school  subject  do  you  like  the  best?  
 
5. How  is  your  surname  spelt?  
How  do  you  spell  your  surname?  
 
 
1.  Last  night,  I  took  an  aspirin  to  stop  my  head  aching.  
Last  night,  I  took  an  aspirin  because  my  head  was  aching.  
 
2.  My  brother  goes  jogging  because  he  must  keep  fit  for  his  job.  
My  brother  goes  jogging  to  keep  fit  for  his  job.  
 
3.  If  you  don’t  give  up  coffee,  you’ll  never  sleep  well.  
  You’ll  never  sleep  well  unless  you  give  up  coffee.  
 
4.  People  with  the  flu  should  stay  in  bed  for  a  few  days.  
  Stay  in  bed  for  a  few  days  if  you  have  (got)  the  flu.  
 
5.  Smoking  isn’t  allowed  in  schools.  
  
  You  can’t  smoke  in  schools.  
 
 
1. My  father  was  given  his  first  motorcycle  by  his  father.  
My  father’s  parents  gave  him  his  first  motorcycle.  
 
2. My  father  doesn’t  have  that  motorcycle  anymore.  
My  father  hasn’t  (has  not)  got  that  motorcycle  anymore.  
 
3. I  wanted  to  start  riding,  but  my  father  insisted  that  I  took  some  lessons  first.  
I  wanted  to  start  riding,  but  my  father  said  I  had  to  take/  do  some  lessons  
first.  
 
4. My  local  riding  school  said  I  was  too  young  to  join  their  courses.  
My  local  riding  school  said  I  wasn’t  old  enough  to  join  their  courses.  
 
5. I  found  it  more  difficult  to  learn  that  I  had  expected.  
It  wasn’t  as  easy/simple  to  learn  as  I  had  expected.