rephrasing_EvAU jun 21/22 CLM

1. It's possible they will take part in the competition.

They ...

Answer explanation

may/might/could take part in the competition.

"It's possible" refers to a middle degree of likelihood, so the modal verbs that can be used are MAY, MIGHT or COULD.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2. "When did Susan finish her degree?" he asked.

He asked ...

Answer explanation

when Susan had finished her degree.

This is a reported question that starts with the wh- particle "when" and is followed by the word order or an affirmative sentence, without the question mark at the end.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3. I regret not telling the truth.

I wish ...

Answer explanation

I wish... I had told the truth.

Regret + ING refers to an action that happened in the past, so the wish clause is followed by Past Perfect (had + pp of the main verb).

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

4. Despite working in a Spanish company, John doesn't speak Spanish.

Although ...

Answer explanation

Although ... John works in a Spanish company, he doesn't speak Spanish.

Although is followed by a clause (subj+verb+complement/s).

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5. The town council has rebuilt a park. I used to play there.

The town council ...

Answer explanation

The town council ... has rebuilt a park where I used to play.

We need a defining relative clause, without commas, because we're specifying the park we're talking about. We're giving essential information to specify it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

6. As you didn't pay attention, you made a lot of mistakes.

If ...

Answer explanation

If ... you had paid attention, yu wouldn't have made a lot of mistakes.

We need 3rd conditional, as the verbs tat we're given are set in past simple (didn't pay, made).

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7. A lot of people watched the film.

The film ...

Answer explanation

The film ... was watched by a lot of people.

We need passive voice, PaS and the agent complement (as we'e specifying the amount of spectators that watched it).

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

8. "I have met many interesting people in this course", Mary said.

Mary said ...

Answer explanation

Mary said ... (that) she had met many interesting people in that course.

This is a REPORTED STATEMENT.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

9. Mark won't get the job if he doesn't speak politely to customers.

Unless ...

Answer explanation

Unless ... Mark speaks politely to customers, he won't get the job.

With UNLESS we keep the same type of conditional sentence, so we only change the verb to an affirmative form.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

10. George hasn't eaten meat for five years.

George stopped ...

Answer explanation

George stopped ... eating meat five years ago.

VERB PATTERN (stop + ing) to refer to a habit sb gave up and we need to add an adverb of time that matches with Past Simple (... ago).

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5