PAEG STYLE REPHRASING

“Don’t put your things on my table because I’m going to study now”, she said to him

She told him not to put his things on her table because she was going to study then.
In spite of the warm weather, very little corn was harvested last year.

Although the weather was warm, ….

I’m sorry, I can’t play the guitar.

I wish I could play the guitar

Someone will iron Liza‟s dress.

Liza will have her dress ironed

They will not understand him.

He won’t be understood
Mary was looking at the boys. .Who was Mary looking at?

Anthony was so dirty because he had fallen in the mud.

If Anthony hadn’t fallen in the mud, he wouldn’t be so dirty.

Dolphins play tricks much better than seals.
Seals don’t play tricks as well as dolphins.
I couldn’t buy the book. You recommended it to me.

I couldn’t buy the book (that/which) you recommended to me

I can‟t wear that dress as it is very tight.

That dress is too tight to wear./ I can’t wear that dress because it is very tight.
My parents like going to the cinema, but prefer watching films on TV.

My parents prefer going to the cinema to watching films on TV.

My sister didn‟t want to go to bed. She had been waiting for the party all day.

My sister, who had been waiting for the party all day, didn’t want to go to bed.
Your father became a teacher fifteen years ago.

Your father has been a teacher for fifteen years

It is not necessary for her to buy everything.

She doesn’t have to/ needn’t buy everything.

“The bus was very late this morning”. Margaret said to Jane.

Margaret said to Jane/told Jane that the bus had been very late that morning.
We know that Nájera was once the capital of the kingdom of Navarra.

It is known that Nájera was once the capital…