Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency (CPE) 101 Key Word Transformation quizzes - Volume 2: with answers

Book excerpt: This e-book is Volume 2 of the 101 C2-Proficiency Key Word Transformation quizzes series written to help you improve paraphrasing skills. It contains 101 sentence transformations in total, many of which are based closely on some of the most common test items in past exam papers. For those preparing for the C2 Cambridge English Proficiency examination (previously known as the CPE), the book provides you with further practice for Part 4 of the Reading & Use of English paper. Prior to using this book, you should acquaint yourself with basic knowledge of some sophisticated grammar forms in English, which appear to be commonly tested in this part of the paper. These include inversion or inverted sentences, subjunctives, cleft sentences, emphatic structures, conditionals, comparatives and superlatives, relative clauses, nominal clauses, phrasal verbs and phrasal nouns, prepositional combinations, etc. A firm grasp of collocations and idiomatic expressions is also essential in helping you make full use of this book. Before checking out the other volumes of the series, it would be advisable for you to attempt Volume 1 and Volume 2 as they are aimed at helping you revise the key language features mentioned above as well as lay the foundation for more complex quizzes in the later volumes.