REPHRASING:
⇨ Cambiar adjetivo por el contrario:
He’s sad - He ‘s not happy
⇨ Cambiar adverbio por el contrario:
She lives near me - She doesn’t live far away for me
⇨ Cambiar adjetivo comparativo por “ as (adj) as …:
Mary is older than Tom - Tom is not as old as Mary
⇨ Present perfect ⇨ past simple
They have lived in London for 4 years - They moved to Londo 4 years ago
⇨ some / any / much / many / few / little / too / enough
There isn’t much time left - There is few time left
⇨ would rather / prefer:
I prefer playing the guitar than playing the drums - I like playing the guitar
than playing the drums
⇨ Cambiar un modal verb por un significado parecido:
Shall we have something to drink? - Would you like something to drink?
⇨ Transformamos una activa en una pasiva o (viceversa):
Laura wrote Romeo and Julieta - Romeo and Julieta was written by Laura
⇨ Transformamos a una condicional:
I wasn’t on time because I missed the bus - If I hadn’t missed the bus I
would have been on time
⇨ Cambiar relative clauses:
There 's the woman. Her daughter is friends with mine - There’s the woman
whose daughter is friends with mine
⇨ Cambiar de estilo directo a estilo indirecto (reported speech):
What are you doing this evening? - She asked me what I was doing this
evening.
⇨ Cambiar linking words:
Although we were exhausted we finished the race - In spite of being
exhausted, we finished the race
⇨ Cambiar adjetivo por el contrario:
He’s sad - He ‘s not happy
⇨ Cambiar adverbio por el contrario:
She lives near me - She doesn’t live far away for me
⇨ Cambiar adjetivo comparativo por “ as (adj) as …:
Mary is older than Tom - Tom is not as old as Mary
⇨ Present perfect ⇨ past simple
They have lived in London for 4 years - They moved to Londo 4 years ago
⇨ some / any / much / many / few / little / too / enough
There isn’t much time left - There is few time left
⇨ would rather / prefer:
I prefer playing the guitar than playing the drums - I like playing the guitar
than playing the drums
⇨ Cambiar un modal verb por un significado parecido:
Shall we have something to drink? - Would you like something to drink?
⇨ Transformamos una activa en una pasiva o (viceversa):
Laura wrote Romeo and Julieta - Romeo and Julieta was written by Laura
⇨ Transformamos a una condicional:
I wasn’t on time because I missed the bus - If I hadn’t missed the bus I
would have been on time
⇨ Cambiar relative clauses:
There 's the woman. Her daughter is friends with mine - There’s the woman
whose daughter is friends with mine
⇨ Cambiar de estilo directo a estilo indirecto (reported speech):
What are you doing this evening? - She asked me what I was doing this
evening.
⇨ Cambiar linking words:
Although we were exhausted we finished the race - In spite of being
exhausted, we finished the race
