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Practice paraphrasing skills

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Paraphrase: 'My bike was cheaper than my sister's.' Starting with: 'My sister's bike was...'

more expensive than mine

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Paraphrase: 'The last time Paula went on holiday was two years ago.' Using: 'Paula...on holiday for two years.'

has not gone

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Paraphrase: 'Parking the car is difficult if you arrive late.' Using: 'It's difficult...early.'

to park the car if you don't arrive/ to park the car unless you arrive

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'The weather was very bad. I couldn't say outside.' Using: 'It was such ... that...'

It was such bad weather that I couldn't stay outside.

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'I had never stayed in such an expensive hotel before.' Using: 'That was the first time...'

That was the first time I (had) stayed in such an expensive hotel.

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'We might miss the last train - then we'd have to walk home. Paraphrase using 'if'

We'd have to walk home if we missed the last train.

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'My sister was born two years before me.' Starting with: 'My sister is...'

My sister is two years older than I am.

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'That computer is too expensive for me.' Using: 'I haven't got ... that computer.'

I haven't got enough money to buy that computer.

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'It's a three-roomed flat.' Starting with: 'There...

There are three rooms in the flat.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: Levi Strauss was a business man who manufactured the first blue jeans.

The first blue jeans was created by Levi Strauss.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: Samual Adams organized the Boston Tea Party to protest British taxes.

Samual Adams put together the Boston Tea Party because he was upset about British taxes.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: Henry Ford manufactured the first automobile that Americans could afford.

Henry Ford made the first car that Americans had enough money to buy.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: The Titanic was a British liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg.

The Titanic, a British ship, sank after hitting an iceberg.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: Babe Ruth was a famous professional baseball player whose career spanned 22 seasons.

Babe Ruth played professional baseball for 22 years.

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Paraphrase this fact using your own words: Lincoln led the United States through its bloodiest war - the Civil War.

Lincoln was a leader during the Civil War

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Paraphrase: 'Could I open the window for a minute?' Starting with: 'I wonder if I...'

I wonder if I could open the window for a minute.

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