PARAPHRASE

Directions: Transform the sentences in bold type following the instructions and choosing one

of the suggested structures – A, B, C or D.

1. They saw Alice leave the house at about 10 in the afternoon and take a bus to Cardiff.
Delete ‘they’ and transform the first clause beginning with ‘Alice’
A. seeing her leave
B. had been seen to leave
C. having seen her
D. was seen to leave
2. One cannot believe that brown bears found in Alaska and western Canada are first
cousins of the grizzly.
Transform the first clause choosing between
A. It is difficult to believe
B. It is not to be believed
C. It can be hardly believable
D. Hardly can it be believable
3. As soon as Timothy reached the laboratory it started to rain and he could not go
anywhere.
Transform the first clause and choose between
A. As long as Timothy reached… when
B. No sooner had Timothy reached… than
C. No sooner did Timothy reached… when
D. The sooner Timothy reached… than

4. Under the circumstances Carl Morgan did not think it would be possible for us to attend
the meeting at Hereford.
Begin with the phrase ‘Carl Morgan thought’ and choose between
A. it won’t be possible for us
B. it would be impossible for us
C. it would be unlikely for us
D. it would be likely for us

5. We looked up and down the street but the criminal had really disappeared

Transform the second clause choosing form

A. but the criminal did not appear anywhere

B. but really the criminal couldn’t be seen

C. but really there was no sign of the criminal

D. but the criminal could not really be seen

6. It was believed that seahorses were all aquatic

Delete ‘It was’, begin with ‘Seahorses’ and choose between

A. are believed they had been

B. were believed to be

C. were to be known

D. were believed to have been

7. Being his eldest sister, Lynn always helped Bob with his homework in mathematics, since he
was very keen on the subject.

Begin the sentence with ‘Lynn’ and choose between

A. because she was Bob’s eldest sister

B. on account to be Bob’s eldest sister

C. who happened to be Bob’s eldest sister

D. her being Bob’s eldest sister

8. If you keep wasting your time on daydreaming and gossiping it won’t be long before you get
kicked out of the college dormitory.

Begin with ‘Keep wasting your time’ and choose between

A. then it won’t be long before

B. and it won’t long be before

C. and it won’t be long before

D. then before long it won’t be

9. Because of the heavy rain the driver couldn’t brake and the car skidded along the hard shoulder of
the road.

Delete ‘Because of’ and transform the sentence choosing between

A. The result of the heavy rain was in that

B. Due to the heavy rain the driver

C. Being the rain so heavy

D. The rain having been so heavy that the driver

10. It was below zero outside. In spite of the fire burning in the cabin it was very cold.

Combine the two sentences, replace ‘In spite of’ with ‘and’ and choose between

A. the fire couldn’t hardly warm

B. hardly couldn’t the fire

C. the fire could hardly warm

D. couldn’t hardly the fire warm