Overview
Transform, combine, and restructure sentences with native-like flexibility across all grammatical domains.
Core Operations
- CombineMerge two simple clauses into a complex or compound-complex sentence.
- ReduceCondense a clause to a phrase: While she was working → Working
- FrontMove elements to the start for emphasis or cohesion.
- NominaliseConvert verbal structures to noun phrases for academic density.
Stylistic Transformations
- Active ↔ Passive: focus shift from agent to action.
- Direct ↔ Indirect speech: narrative perspective shift.
- Conditional inversion: If X had… → Had X…
- Cleft: X did Y → It was X that did Y
C2 Quality Markers
- Varied sentence length — not all long, not all short.
- No unintended repetition — use substitution and ellipsis.
- Appropriate register maintained throughout the passage.
- Logical connector choice — not just 'however' and 'therefore'.
When to use
C2 exam production
Rewriting a passage in academic style using all transformation types.
Advanced writing
Combining nominalisation, inversion, and cleft in one paragraph.
Executive reports
Compressing a three-sentence finding into one dense noun phrase.
Literary editing
Restructuring sentences for rhetorical effect and stylistic variety.