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Rephrasing:Escola Secundária Dr. Serafim Leite
I. Put the following sentences into the reported speech.
1. “ Read the instructions before you switch on the machine”, he told me.
2. “ Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand”, he told me.
3. Neil Armstrong said: “ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
4. Charlie says: “ I’m thinking of going to live in Canada.”
5. Adam: “ When I finally got to speaking to her we seemed to really hit it off.”
6. Adam: “ Don’t be so paranoid! But where is she?”
7. Adam: “ All I can think of is next Thursday... the day I’m going to see Melissa again.”
8. Gordon: “ I’ve been on some strange dates before, but this one beats them all.”
9. Charlie asks: “ Did you break our window?”
10. Charlie asks: “ Who is John speaking to?”II. Put the following sentences into the passive voice.
1. The new government has made a lot of traffic laws this year.
2. A policeman is asking a suspicious-looking man to leave the train.
3. The ship’s owners are going to make my uncle a captain.
4. Families like the Vilacases hid the picture of Mandela behind the calendar on the kitchen wall.
5. Economic malaise and politicians, inclined to blame our problems on the immigrants, are encouraging the racialist rage sweeping Europe.III. Put the following sentences into the direct speech.
1. The driver asked Rosa if she was going to stand up.
2. Their mother said that she got up at 6:45 every morning, but that that day was Saturday and she was reading in bed until noon.IV. Put the following into the active voice.
1. I am being taught how to drive by my father because I don’t like driving schools.
2. The written assignments are first corrected and then given to the teacher by the students.V. Rewrite the following sentences beginning by the word given.
1. The second World War ended because the USA gave Europe their unconditional support.
If the USA __________________________________________________________________2. Japan surrendered after the attack to Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs.
If _____________________________________________________________________3. Ian lied about his age when he arrived to the concentration camp, so he escaped immediate killing.
If _____________________________________________________________________4. A third world war may happen because people don’t know what a world war is like.
If _________________________________________________________________________5. Some Arab countries can very easily frighten the world with their biologic weapons.
But if ______________________________________________________________________6. The USA can’t attack Iraq as that can be the beginning of the end of this planet.
But if _____________________________________________________________________7. “ The TV as it used to be is dead. Our parents and grandparents may have walked into a time they never thought possible...... but everything is changing now.”
Nataniel stated that _________________________________________________________8. Young people have no difficulties in adapting to cable TV. Today cable TV is spread all over the world.
If ______________________________________________________________________9. Nowadays many pupils aim an education based on new technologies, instead of the old boring books.
An education______________________________________________________________10. Everybody can literally use cable TV in every place of the world.
Cable TV ________________________________________________________________11. “ While it is still not certain how TV will change my children’s education and how it will be in the next Millennium, it is easy to think of it as an indispensable companion.”
Nataniel referred that________________________________________________________12. Due to cable TV, young and old people can access information through several international channels.
Information _____________________________________________________________Re-write these sentences keeping their meaning unchanged and beginning them as suggested.
1) “The teacher takes the students out for a practical lesson early in the morning,” Michael told his classmates.
Michael .........
2) The poor may face a dual threat.
A dual threat......
3) What a pity I don’t live with my grandparents. I can’t discuss my problems with them.
If I ......
4) Captain Cook turned 7 bandits in, two years ago.
7 bandits.........
5) I know my grandparents didn’t look after me. My parents had to spend money on carers and nannies.
If my.......
6) nowadays TV networks are broadcasting more films about different types of families.
More films about.......
7) Olga’s dress was completely worn out, her mother took seven hours to mend it.
If Olga’s.......
8) Old people have a hard life working all day long. Today there are many new help-institutions for them.
If there.............
9) “I’m convinced that the first step is to engage.”
He said ...........
10) “Despite our great advances, the races simply don’t talk candidly to each other about race.”
He confessed ....
11) Nowadays many old people aim a nice place to live in instead of living with their kids.
A nice place ...................
12) “there is no genuine communication about our differences or our shared values.”
He complained .....
13) This dangerous attitude has been pursued by past British hooligans.
Past British hooligans.....
14) Now Rostock has memorably transfigured that image.
That image ......
15) Attackers torched another apartment complex.
Another apartment complex....
16) “The good life is dead. Our generation may have walked into a life which offered them better living and housing conditions, but the whole environment is changing.”
Stephanie referred that.....
17) Soon colleagues were offering donations.
Donations ......
18) “This has been a fight about free speech.”
He said that....
19) Last year governments spent huge sums of money on warfare.
Huge sums of money....
20) Something has come about in the life of many human beings.
The reporter said .....
21) The Irish built a great monument on their territory.
A great monument...
22) The Serbs possessed powerful weapons. They killed many people from kosovo.
If the Serbs...
23) Portugal developed a tradition of overseas exploration and settlement.
A tradition...
24) The extremely low wages induced many Portuguese to leave the country.
Many Portuguese....
25) Individuals and governments can pretty much access millions of internet pages from all over the world.
Millions of .....
26) In the Museum one can appreciate the experience and contributions of Portuguese Americans.
The experience......
27) Due to the Portuguese, everybody can access information through millions of documentation in museums.
If it weren’t....
28) “ We’re all from somewhere.”
Ouali Yosri said that....
29) “Even if you want to feel French, you end up feeling outside of things.”
Yosri stated that....
30) “I know they don’t want us.”
He complained that...
31) “My application for dual nationality has been stalled.”
She shouted that...
32) “My family, friends and livelihood are here.”
He said that....
33) “ While it is still not clear to me how things are going to be in the next few years, it is not difficult to imagine that in a few more years, life will not be better just by talking about it.”
The Professor stated that....
34) The British teenagers had watched the starving in Africa on the TV.
The starving in Africa....
35) ActionAid does some emergency relief work.
Some emergency relief work...
36) People are saying that the number of citizens in virtual communities is increasing.
It is said that....
37) Father did some manual jobs so he understands working men better.
If father....1.- You can’t play football very well because you smoke too much.
If you ____________________________________________________________________2.- Damien really likes Betty, but he won’t ask her out because he’s very shy.
If Damien __________________________________________________________________3.- Farmers plough the ground and plant seeds every year.
The ground _____________________________________________________________________________4.- They are building a bridge across the Tagus River in Lisbon.
A bridge _______________________________________________________________________________5.- “They are really running fast over that hill. I don’t think they’ll make it to the end.”
The sports announcer said _________________________________________________________________6.- Janet is not very efficient because she simply doesn’t try. She wants to be more efficient.
If Janet ________________________________________________________________________________7.- The police have questioned all the suspects and they still don’t know who committed the murder.
All the suspects _________________________________________________________________________8.- “She hasn’t eaten a bit all afternoon. So of course she feels very weak.”
Her grandmother told me __________________________________________________________________10.- He thinks people should travel by bicycle in order to protect the environment but he can’t ride a bike.
If he __________________________________________________________________________________11.- “Hey Mary, what are you reading?” - “ I’m reading the book for our Portuguese class. We have to write a
composition for tomorrow.”
He asked Mary _____________________________________; and Mary answered ________________________________________________12.- “How do they lift those heavy rocks with no machines?”
The supervisor asked him _________________________________________________________________13.- People of the twentieth century have seen some of the most serious abuses of human rights.
Some of the most serious abuses ____________________________________________________________14.- Several international organisations are helping the United Nations.
The U.N. _______________________________________________________________________________15.- Peter didn’t stand up. The police arrested him.
If Peter ________________________________________________________________________________16.- The black people in Birmingham tried to organise themselves. Martin Luther King was chosen to be their leader.
If the black people in Birmingham ___________________________________________________________17.- I got to get a job.
I _____________________________________________________________________________________18.- The idea is being copied in several European countries.
Several European _______________________________________________________________________19.- Kohl said “ we are not an immigrant country.”
It was Kohl who said __________________________________________________________________
20.- Economic malaise and politicians, inclined to blame our problems on the immigrants, are encouraging the racialist rage sweeping Europe.
The racialist rage sweeping Europe ______________________________________________________________21.- A young girl was murdered for being friendly to foreigners.
If __________________________________________________________________________________________22.- Strongly pro-European, environmentally aware, idealistic and humanitarian - that is the young European of today as revealed by two surveys covering 5.000 people between the ages of 12 and 2
Two surveys ______________________________________________________________________________23.- “ Some young people think it will be beneficial for their country to be part of the EU.”
The survey stated that ______________________________________________________________________24.- “The EU may act as a peacemaker, by promoting diplomatic negotiations so that countries co-exist peacefully.”
Anastasia Konstantinidou ___________________________________________________________________25.- “Don’t you think that with the Maastricht treaty things, such as food for instance, may become too much the same? I’m concerned over the national identity.”
An 11-year-old from the UK _________________________________________________________________26.- “Although the single European market may be upon us, the culture diversity of the 15 European nations cannot be overlooked.”
Publicis planning director said _______________________________________________________________27.- The political controversies over Maastricht and so on create an image of failure, except from an economic, business point of view.
An image of failure ___________________________________________________________________________28.- The different nationality’s natural strenghts ( which means the different educational curricula and the different underlying value systems of European cultures ) may put together an effective multinational team, also called Euro-management.
An effective __________________________________________________________________________________29.- Edmonds says:” Some people hold that technology is an undisputed blessing for man and that it will provide solutions to all our social problems of today.”
Edmonds said _________________________________________________________________________________30.- Economic affluence, which is one of the benefits of industrial technology, makes possible a fuller realisation of the values of social and economic equality.
A fuller ______________________________________________________________________________________31.- Due to technology the choices of action are greater than ever before.
If __________________________________________________________________________________________32.- He didn’t enter the war in 1942 because he was too young.
If ________________________________________________________________________________________33.- The Americans dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima in the early morning of August, 6th 1945, and three days later a second atomic bomb hit the town of Nagasaki.
The first __________________________________________________________________________________34.- “ In spite of the difficulties and the personal tragedies of hundreds of thousands of families, many Americans remember the war as the time of the return of prosperity. Unemployment disappeared and the per capita income rose, leaving definitely behind the shadows of the Depression years.”
He said that _______________________________________________________________________________35.- I haven’t got any time, so I can’t help her.
If ________________________________________________________________________________________36.- It will be difficult to reach an agreement.
An agreement _____________________________________________________________________________37.- He never intervened in the discussion.
Never____________________________________________________________________________________38.- You must not allow the children to view television until late.
The children ______________________________________________________________________________39.- It could hardly be otherwise in a multiracial society like that.
Hardly __________________________________________________________________________________40.- You didn’t have a teaching qualification. You couldn’t work here.
If _______________________________________________________________________________________41-Solar energy can improve life on earth.
Life on earth _____________________________________________________________________________42.- They will force him to make a choice.
He ______________________________________________________________________________________43.- The controllers didn’t paralyse the planes.
The planes _______________________________________________________________________________44.- Such a disaster may have strengthened solidarity.
Solidarity ________________________________________________________________________________45.- Nuclear programs should be dismantled
They ____________________________________________________________________________________46.- They should stabilise the oil prices.
The oil prices _____________________________________________________________________________47.- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation has warned the government.
The Government _________________________________________________________________________48.- Such a behaviour is not to be tolerated.
Nobody ________________________________________________________________________________49.- They had to pursue strict austerity policies.
Strict austerity policies _____________________________________________________________________50.- 18 million people have been affected by the restrictions on water use.
The restrictions ___________________________________________________________________________51.- They are going to privatise the water companies.
The water companies ______________________________________________________________________
52.- The police won’t use tear gas.
Tear gas ________________________________________________________________________________53.- The Youth League persistently condemned the policy of violence.
The policy of violence _____________________________________________________________________54.- They were seeking a new social order.
A new social order _______________________________________________________________________55.- Nature is being threatened by high technology.
High technology __________________________________________________________________________56 – Many complicating factors are influencing the course of events.
The course of events ______________________________________________________________________57.- The new President imposed a drastic economic plan and he saved the country from catastrophe.
A drastic economic plan ____________________________________________________________________58.- They didn’t fulfil the people’s expectations.
The people’s expectations ___________________________________________________________________59.- They will dump high-level radioactive waste into the rivers.
High –level radioactive waste ________________________________________________________________60.- Someone standing at the site would receive a lethal dose of 600 roentgens per hour.
A lethal ___________________________________________________________________________________61.- Everybody was consuming contaminated food and water.
Contaminated food and water _________________________________________________________________62.- Foreign fishermen were eliminating not only commercial fish but other rare species.
Not only _________________________________________________________________________________63.- Someone has reported computer software malfunctions.
Computer software malfunctions ______________________________________________________________64.- The first prototype will be delivered in 1995.
They ____________________________________________________________________________________65.- Thousands of buildings were being threatened by the blaze.
The blaze.......66.- Should forest fires be extinguished or allowed to burn themselves out?
Should you .....67.- Nobody ignores the fires.
The fires .....68.- The old suppress – all –fires system may cause more problems.
More problems .....69.- More than 23,000 people have been mobilised this Summer.
They .....70.- The residents have called experienced fire fighters.
Experienced fire fighters.....71.- They didn’t prohibit cooking in the forest.
Cooking in the forest .....72.- The Department of Education is going to make an important financial contribution for the project.
An important financial contribution .......73.- Society should offer them rewarding jobs.
They...74.- Skin cancer is said to be caused by a long exposure to the sun.
A long exposure to the sun ......75.- They say that the video has caused a lot of harm to children.
The video ........76.- They say that unemployment causes social unrest.
Social unrest .....77.- “ I like my school”
She said ....78.- “ They don’t know the school rules.”
The headmaster said ...79.- “Don’t speak so loud!”
I advised them.....80.- “He can’t control the situation.”
They said.....81.- “She has published a novel.”
They said.....82.- “Don’t forget my advise!”
I advised her....83.- “You needn’t repeat the questions.”
The teacher said.....84.- “ I must see him now.”
She said...85.- “Hurry up if you want to go with me!”
He told Jane....86.- “A young scientist will reach the moon next year.”
They said......87.- “I don’t want to appear aggressive.”
He says....88.- “We have completed our task.”
They say....89.- “You must leave the country at once.”
He said I.......
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