HOMEWORK

PARAPHRASING EXERCISES
1) There is no definite decision yet about the venue of the next Olympic
Games.
Nothing____________________________________________________________________.
2) Provided your voice is audible, the audience will get the point of this scene.
As

long

as

the

audience__________________________________________________________.
3) Unfortunately Ive got to work late tonight.
I

wish

________________________________________________________________________.
4) Jack prefers me not to say anything about the missing money.
Jack

would

rather

_______________________________________________________________.
5) If I had realised what would happen, I wouldnt have accepted the job.
Had_________________________________________________________________________
.
6) It is thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub.
The

prisoner

___________________________________________________________________.
7) If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election.
Were
________________________________________________________________________.
8) The parcel finally arrived on Wednesday.
It _________________________________________________________________________.

9) In the end Martha went to the police.

What ____________________________________________________________________.
10) I regret not buying some tickets for the concert.
If
only_______________________________________________________________________.
11) As soon as the police officer left, the neighbours started shouting again.
No

sooner

____________________________________________________________________.
12) We eventually caught a train. It was one that stops at every station.
The

train

____________________________________________________________________.
13) If youre ever in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
Should
______________________________________________________________________.
14) I wouldnt wake her up now, if I were you.
Youd
_______________________________________________________________________.
15) Paul smashed a window and damaged the television too.
Not

only

_____________________________________________________________________.
16) `Dont forget to give me a ring tomorrow, Peter, said Wendy.
Wendy

reminded

______________________________________________________________.
17) Everything I told you was true.
I

told

you

lot

______________________________________________________.

of

things,

all

18) Although it was cold last weekend, the store reported record sales of
garden equipment.
Despite
______________________________________________________________________.
19) Supermarkets have chocolate on sale at check-outs, because impulse
buying of it is common.
Chocolate

is

sold

people

enjoy

_____________________________________________________________.
20) Saunas are popular in Sweden but not in Britain.
Many

Swedish

Saunas_______________________________________________.

21) Are you familiar with his teaching style yet?

Have you _______________________________________________________________.
22) I remembered I had forgotten to buy any eggs after I arrived home.
Only __________________________________________________________________.
23) Its impossible that we stayed at the same hotel, in that case.
We ____________________________________________________________.
24) If anyone can eat this, they must be desperate!
Anyone _______________________________________________________________.
25) We didnt realise how serious the situation was.
Little
________________________________________________________________________.
26) I had only just arrived home when the phone rang.

Hardly_____________________________________________________________________
__.
27) We moved into this house thirty years ago today.
Its___________________________________________________________________.
28) The Prime Minister has hardly ever made a speech as inept as this.
Rarely______________________________________________________________________
_.
29) Id rather you didnt go.
Id

prefer

_____________________________________________________________________.
30) I am not to be disturbed under any circumstances.
Under
_______________________________________________________________________.

Answer Key
1) NOTHING has been decided about the venue of the next Olympic Games yet.
2) AS LONG AS THE AUDIENCE can hear your voice, they will get the point of
this scene.
3) I WISH I didnt have to work late tonight.
4) JACK WOULD RATHER I didnt say nothing about the missing money.
5) HAD I realised what would happen, I wouldnt have accepted the job.
6) THE PRISONER is thought to have been recaptured while drinking in a pub.
7) WERE the government to raise interest rates, they would lose the election.
8) IT was Wednesday that/when the parcel finally arrived.
9) WHAT Martha did was go to the police.
10) IF ONLY I had bought some tickets for the concert.

11) NO SOONER had the police officer left than the neighbours started shouting
again.
12) THE TRAIN (that/which) we eventually caught was one that stops at every
station.
13) SHOULD you be in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
14) YOUD better not wake her up now.
15) NOT ONLY did Paul smash a window, but he (also) damaged the TV (as
well).
16) WENDY REMINDED Peter to give her a ring the following day.
17) I TOLD YOU A LOT OF THINGS, ALL of which were true.
18) DESPITE it being (so) cold / the cold weather, the store reported record
sales of garden equipment.
19) CHOCOLATE IS SOLD at supermarket check-outs since/because/as it is
commonly/often bought on impulse.
20) MANY SWEDISH PEOPLE ENJOY SAUNAS whereas British people do not/while
in Britain they do not.
21) HAVE YOU got used to his teaching style yet?
22) ONLY after I had arrived home did I remember I had forgotten to buy any
eggs.
23) WE cant have stayed at the same hotel.
24) ANYONE who can eat this must be desperate.
25) LITTLE did we realise how serious the situation was.
26) HARDLY had I arrived home when the bell rang.
27) ITS (been) thirty years since we moved into this house.
28) RARELY has the Prime Minister made so inept a speech.
29) ID PREFER you not to go.
30) UNDER no circumstances am I to be disturbed.