REPHRASING

I am sorry I interrupted your dinner.

I apologize…..

“Go home at once, John”, she said.

She told……

Getting a good job doesn´t interest him.

He…………

The garden is too small to play football in.

The garden isn´t ……

When did you start working here?

How long………

No one in the group is younger than her.

She is……..

This suitcase is too small for all my things.

This suitcase is not ……

Can you guess who has just left?, he asked us.

He asked us…………

The architect worked on the plans for six months.

The architect spent….

On the day she agreed to marry him, he was happier then he had ever been in his life.
The day she agreed to marry him was…..

Malcom was originally going to buy a car, but he bought a motor-cycle instead.
Instead of…………

You cannot go into that restaurant without a jacket and tie.

Unless………..

Is it really necessary for me to arrive so early?

Do I……..

We worked in the garden the whole weekend.

We spent…….

What´s your address? Bill asked Tom.

Bill asked……….

“Go away, boy”, the old man said.

The old man told………..

My house is further from the cinema than Mary´s.

Mary´s……

It´s boring to listen to the same records.

Listening …………..

This suitcase is empty.

There´s………….

She is not as pretty as her sister.

Her sister…………

John has more money than I have.

I…………..

The policeman told me not to park my car there.

“Don´t…………

Mr. Brown earns less money than Mr. Jones.

Mr. Jones………………

“I´ve lost my keys”, said Alice.

Alice said………..

John is the cleverest student in our class.

No student………….

“Please sit down, Miss Brown”, he said.

He asked……..

It´s difficult to understand people who talk quickly.

People who talk quickly………..

There are three hotels in this street.

This street………………

Travelling by air is exciting.

It………….

Peter is stronger than Alex.

Alex……..

It´s so wet that we can´t go out.

It´s too wet…..

Picadilly Circus is three miles from here.

It´s …….

Mary dances better than Alice does.

Alice doesn´t dance……

Mary lent me five pounds.

I…..

“Put that box there, John”, she said.

She told…………
“Where do you live?”, he asked me.
He asked me……

The station is two miles from the town centre.

It…………

My handbag has a hole in it.

There……….

It is warmer today than it was yesterday.

Yesterday…………

“Do you think it will rain, John?, Mary said.

Mary asked…….

Getting lost in a big city is very easy.

It ………..

He is very tired. He can´t do much more.

He is too………

He is still on his way here.

He hasn´t………….

Type more slowly and then you will make fewer mistakes.
You would make………

FOR /SINCE

I haven´t enjoyed myself so much for years.

It´s years……

It has been ages since he played football.

He……….

I haven´t read that book for ages.

It……

It´s a long time since she wrote to me.

She hasn´t……..

I haven´t played tennis for ages.

It is ages …………

It´s years since I went to Paris.

I haven´t…….

It is twelve years since Peter spoke any English.

Peter………

I haven´t been to the zoo for three years.

It´s……
I haven´t seen so much rain for a long time.
It´s……

CAUSATIVE

Someone has stolen the boss´´s car.

The boss has……

Two new suits are being made for him.

He is……

He got someone to paint his garage.

He had……

Martin must have his hair cut.

Martin´s hair…..

That man ought to have his car washed more often.

His car……….

He got someone to redecorate his house.

He had……

I´m going to the dentist´s. He´ll take the tooth out.

I´m going to the dentist to get…..

She has ordered a new outfit from her dressmaker.

She is having……….

Our house is going to be painted by a local firm.

We are ……

His clothes were all made in Paris.

He had……

I´m going to the photographer´s. He´ll take my photograph.

I´m going to the photographer´s to have…..

PASSIVE

You must sign the application form here.

The application form…..

No one saw the thief.

The thief….

The rent is paid by my brother.

My brother….

A meeting will be held at the Town Hall on Monday.

There….
The cat caught the mouse.
The mouse….

No one could find the scissors.

The scissors….

This cupboard must always be locked.

You….

People say he has been married four times.

He is…..

The chaircover was made by Mrs Stevenson.

Mrs Stevenson…..

He was given a gold watch when he retired.

A gold watch…..

The soup is spoilt by too many cooks.

Too many…..

People say he has discovered a cure for old age.

He….

The sick man was taken to hospital by my father.

My father…..

SUCH/SO

It was such a good weather that he went swimming.

The weather ……….

Their house is so far away that he can´t walk there.

It is such…..

The dress was so pretty I had to buy it.

It was such ………..

The sunset was so beautiful that we photographed it.

It was such…..

The exercise was so difficult that the students couldn´t do it.

The students couldn´t do such……

It was such a boring concert that we left early.

The concert…..

The meat was so tough I gave it to the dog.

It was….

Your news is so good it can´t be true.

It´s……
It was such a difficult question that I wasn´t able to answer it.
The question…..

It was such an interesting book I read it in one evening.

The book was so…..

The teacher was so good I passed all my exams.

She was such…..

It´s such a long story I can´t tell it to you now.

The story……………

CONNECTORS AND NOUN PHRASES

TIME
Temporal ordering previous to given time-reference
Before Previously Before this Until now
Beforehand So far Before now Until then
Earlier Yet Before then Up to now
First Prior to By now Up to then
Formerly Before that By then

Temporal ordering simultaneous with given time-reference:

While At the very time Meanwhile Simultaneous
During At present In the meantime Then
As At this point In the meanwhile Throughout
At the very moment Meantime Presently

Temporal ordering subsequent to given time-reference:

After Immediately Since After that (this)
Afterwards Last Subsequently (formal)
At once Later Suddenly
Finally Next Then

CONDITION
Providing (that) If In case of Under any circumstances
Provided (that) As long as Unless
Supposing On condition that
No matter

CAUSE
Owing to The cause of Lead to
Was due to Give rise to Provoke
Was caused by Arise out of Generate

REASON
The reason for With a view to The purpose of
With the aim of On the grounds that

ENUMERATION
Furthermore To begin with Another thing is
Far more important In the second place I will conclude by saying
Above all To conclude The final point is
On top of it all For one thing…for another First(ly)
Last but not least The first thing I want to say is Second(ly)
First and most important The next point I must make is Last(ly)

ADDITION
Also Equally Neither Likewise
Then Again Not only…but also Alongside
Moreover Too Indeed In fact
What is more Besides Actually

TRANSITION
And With reference to Incidentally Talking (speaking) of
Now With respect to By the way That reminds me
As for With regard to To turn now to

SUMMATION
In all Briefly My conclusion I shall conclude by
In sum To be brief I will sum up by saying In a word
In short

APPOSITION
That is to say Another way of putting it is An example would be
For example Another instance is

RESULT
So As a result The consequence is
Consequently Accordingly The result of that is
Resulted in Hence (formal) The consequence of that was
Therefore The result is For that (very) reason

INFERENCE
Then Otherwise My conclusion is
In other words If so You can conclude from that
In that case If not That implies

REFORMULATION
Rather I´ll put it more simple A better way of putting it is
In other words I would rather say It would be better to say

REPLACEMENT
Or again On the other hand What is worse is
Alternatively Worse still the alternative is It might be better if
Or rather Another possibility would be

CONTRAST
On the contrary By way of contrast On one hand….on the other hand
By comparison By contrast Instead

CONCESSION
Yet Actually It is true Technically
Besides To be sure There is little doubt Theoretically
Or else Admittedly I admit The official position was
Still Certainly It cannot be denied The theory was
Although (though) Really The truth is
Even At any rate In (actual) fact Formally nominally
For After all In reality However
Of course Superficially