Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) Sentence Transformations- Same or Different Simplest responses game
Without looking below for now, listen to your teacher read out two phrases and race to raise the “The same” card if you think they have (exactly) the same meaning and raise the “Different” card if you think that there is some difference in their meanings as quickly as you can.
Label the pairs of phrases below with S for the same or D for different.
1.As a result of getting lost, they missed the meeting. They missed the meeting because they got lost.
2.Because they had a nice time, they easily reached an agreement. They had a nice time because they easily reached an agreement.
3.If I’d had time, I would have been able to wash my clothes.
4. I didn’t hear the noise, so I didn’t catch the thief.
5.For a week after the storm, Tom was so scared that he wouldn’t go out. For a week after the storm, Tom was too scared to go out.
6.“Could you close the door, please?” asked Harry
7.My company let me have an extra-long holiday this year. I was allowed to have an extra-long holiday this year.
8.My father made me fix his car.
9.The last time I got angry was when I heard about my daughter’s divorce. I haven’t lost my temper since I heard about my daughter’s divorce.
10.There is currently a lot of criticism of multinational companies.

Multinational companies are being criticised a lot at the moment.
11.Although I’m feeling depressed, I have a party this evening. Despite having a party this evening, I feel depressed.
12.I regret changing jobs.
I wish I had changed jobs.
13.The special set lunch includes half a bottle of wine. Half a bottle of wine is included in the special set lunch.
14.My sister started working there five years ago.
My sister worked there for five years.
15.Fiction doesn’t interest me. I’m not interested in fiction.
16.Tom isn’t as nearly intelligent as me. I am slightly more intelligent than Tom.
Hint: There should be the same number of S pairs and D pairs above.
time in a bottleCheck your answers as a class.
Without looking above, try to write a sentence which has (exactly) the same meaning as each sentence given below. Small differences in language or big differences in language between the sentence there and the sentence you write are both okay, as long as they have exactly the same meanings. Many sentences not above are also possible with the same meaning.
Check with the answer key. Note that other answers might be possible.
Work in groups to write similar pairs of sentences which have the same or (slightly) different meanings to test other groups with, perhaps based on real exam questions.