Paraphrasing

Use the sentence starters to write each sentence in your own words.

1. I was ten years old when I started playing netball.

I started

2. I want to have a party, but my house is not big enough.

I wish

3. It’s a shame I didn’t get invited to the party.

I wish

4. You will be late for your music lesson unless you leave now.

If you don’t

5. He had two of his teeth break after falling off his bike.

Two of his teeth

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Use the sentence starters to write each sentence in your own words.

1. I was ten years old when I started playing netball.

I started playing netball when I was ten.

2. I want to have a party, but my house isn’t big enough.

I wish my house was big enough so I could have a party.

3. It’s a shame I didn’t get invited to that party.

I wish I was invited to the party.

4. You will be late for your music lesson unless you leave now.

If you don’t leave now, you will be late for your music lesson.

5. He had two of his teeth break after falling off his bike.

Two of his teeth broke after he fell off his bike.

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Use the word in brackets to help make one sentence.

You will need to make sure that the sentence is written in your own words.

1. This is my father. He likes to race fast cars. (who)

2. We took a camera. We wanted to take some photos. (that)

3. Ben is smart. George is smart too. (as)

4. Classical is a type of music. It is popular with older people. (which)

5. Mr Scott is hiring more staff. He wants to make his business bigger. (that)

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Challenge
Write your own example on the lines below.

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Use the word in brackets to help make one sentence.

You will need to make sure that the sentence is written in your own words.

1. This is my father. He likes to race fast cars. (who)

My father is the one who likes to race fast cars.

2. We took a camera. We wanted to take some photos. (that)

We took our camera so that we could take some photos.

3. Ben is smart. George is smart too. (as)

Ben is just as smart as George.

4. Classical is a type of music. It is popular with older people. (which)

Classical is a popular style of music which is liked by older people.

5. Mr Scott is hiring more staff. He wants to make his business bigger. (so)

Mr Scott wants to grow his business, so he needs to hire more staff.

Challenge
Write your own example on the lines below.

Answers will vary.

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Read each of the statements. Write each one in your own words.

1. There are only a few people who can speak Spanish.

2. He’s got little patience for barking dogs.

3. People who drop their rubbish on the ground are disgusting.

4. Andrew is fixing the broken table.

5. The last time I saw my cousin was five months ago.

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Challenge
Write two of your own examples on the lines below.
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2.

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Read each of the statements. Write each one in your own words.

1. There are only a few people who can speak Spanish.

Not many people can speak Spanish.

2. He’s got little patience for barking dogs.

He doesn’t have much patience for barking dogs.

3. People who drop their rubbish on the ground are disgusting.

It is disgusting when people drop their rubbish on the ground.

4. Andrew is fixing the broken table.

The broken table is being fixed by Andrew.

5. The last time I saw my cousin was five months ago.

I haven’t seen my cousin for five months.

Challenge
Write your own example on the lines below.

1.Answers will vary.

2.Answers will vary.

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