REPHRASING 7

Rephrasing is a typical exercise in the EBAU exam. 

What we are usually asked to do is to rewrite a sentence so that it has the same meaning as the original one.

What we have to do is to identify whether we are asked to rewrite  a passive, a conditional, an indirect speech clause or we just have to use a connector.

This kind of exercises provide a good practice for students to practice grammar structures and vocabulary or to revise previously learnt contents. Apart from that rephrasing increases the fluency and the capacity to use strategies of communication in students

I hope these examples help.

REPHRASING 7

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Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

If you want my advice, don’t eat so many cakes! (Modals)
- You so many cakes.
I’m sorry I didn’t work hard enough last year. (Wish)
- I wish hard enough last year.
Although he was exhausted, he managed to finish reading the novel. (Contrast connector)
- Despite exhausted, he managed to finish reading the novel.
Gerard plays tennis twice a week. (Question)
- How often tennis?
That woman’s husband is my boss. (Relative Clauses)
- That is the woman is my boss.
They have found the stolen money. (Passive)
- The stolen money .
She divorced him because he was so terrible to her. (Conditionals)
- If he so terrible to her, she him.
“I have read this book”, she said. (Reported Speech)
- She said that that book.
I am sure she knows you are here. (Modals)
- She you are here.
I felt really tired so I stayed at home. (Causal connector)
- I stayed at home I felt really tired.
People consider that he is an expert on cricket. (Passive)
- He an expert on cricket.
Please don’t shoot. (Gerund / Infinitive/reported speech)
- He begged us .
Learning English is not easy. (Gerund / Infinitive)
- It is not easy English.
We didn’t visit the museum because we hadn’t time. (Conditionals)
- If we time, we the museum.
I’m sorry we accepted the invitation. (Wish)
- I wish we the invitation.
Although she was poor, she was happy. (Contrast connector)
- being poor, she was happy.
They didn’t pay for the ring. (Relative clauses)
- This is the ring they didn’t pay .
Although the weather was awful, they had a great time. (Contrast connector)
- the awful weather, they had a great time.
They have given us a Roald Dahl novel. (Passive)
- We a Roald Dahl novel.
She hasn’t phoned her mother for two months. (Verbal tenses)
- It’s two months her mother.