You are given an original sentence, a single word in capitals and in bold and a

second sentence with a gap. You have to use the single word, without changing it,
plus up to four more words to fill the gap, so that the second sentence means the
same as the first.

The Irish man was determined to pay for our drinks.

INSISTED
The Irish man ...................................................... for our drinks*.
Many students consider this to be the hardest part of the exam.
Around 12 minutes to do Part 4
* The Irish man insisted on paying for our drinks.

Typical Questions
1-2 questions on modal verbs and semi-modal verbs
1-2 questions on phrasal verbs and multi-word verbs
1-2 transformations from the active voice to the passive
1-2 questions on verb patterns such as verb + preposition + -ing
0-1 transformation from direct speech to reported speech
occasional questions involving:-
common idioms linking words
the third conditional look like and seem
do and make regret and wish

Exercises
MODAL VERBS AND SEMI-MODAL VERBS
PREFER to WOULD RATHER BE ALLOWED TO to LET
He wasn't allowed to go because of his
I prefer to arrive an hour early.
parents.
RATHER
LET
I would rather arrive an hour early.
His parents would not let him go.

OUGHT
It was bad of you to use my mobile without my
permission
OUGHT
You ought to have asked before you used my
mobile.

PHRASAL VERBS AND MULTI-WORD VERBS

Unfortunately, a wide variety of these verbs can turn up in the exam. Here are
some examples:-
CARRY ON to continue PAY ATTENTION to take notice of
 TO
to do or follow instructions or to postpone or
CARRY OUT PUT OFF
orders delay
COME UP WITH to have an idea SET UP to establish
GET IN TOUCH
to contact TAKE CARE OF to look after
WITH
LOOK UP TO to admire TURN UP to arrive or attend

ACTIVE TO PASSIVE TRANSFORMATIONS

The most frequent type of passive transformation use the key word SAID.
See an example below:-
They say he eats snakes.
SAID
He is said to eat snakes.
This online exercise will help you with active to passive voice transitions:-

A strange type of passive which you sometimes get in Part 4 is TO HAVE

SOMETHING DONE. I have some exercises on this:-

If you require further practice with the passive, I have more exercises available
here:-

VERB PATTERNS ( VERB + PREPO SI TION + -ING)

ACCUSE He accused me OF using his phone.

APOLIGISE I apologised FOR forgetting her birthday.
FEEL LIKE I didn't feel LIKE watching TV.
INSIST He insisted ON going out in the rain.
PREVENT Her parents prevented her FROM going camping.
SUCCEED She succeeded IN getting her degree.
This online exercise will help you prepare:-

REPORTED SPEECH TRANSFORMATIONS

Here is an example:-
'How far is Madrid from here?' Pepe asked Almudena.
FAR
Pepe asked Almudena how far Madrid was from there .
This online exercise will help you with direct speech to reported speech
transformations:-
OTHER AREAS YOU SHOULD STUDY

common idioms linking words

the third conditional look like and seem
do and make regret and wish