Rephrasing

1. Although the weather was bad, they sailed to the island.
Despite the bad weather, they sailed to the island.
2. Although he was wealthy, he spent very little money.
Despite being wealthy, he spent very little money.
3. Despite the long journey, they stayed up until midnight.
Although the journey was long, they stayed up until midnight.
4. Despite the map, they couldn’t find the box.
Although they had a map, they couldn’t find the box.
5. Although they searched all morning, they found nothing.
Despite searching/having searched all morning, they found nothing.
6. Despite her great hunger, she ate nothing all day.
Although she was hungry, she ate nothing all day.
7. If he doesn’t stop smoking, his cough will get worse.
Unless she stops smoking, his cough will get worse.
8. If you don’t go on a diet, you won’t lose weight.
You should go on a diet if you want to lose weight.
9. She won’t get better unless she takes physical exercise.
If she doesn’t take physical exercise, she won’t get better.
10. You must give up alcohol, otherwise your liver will suffer.
If you don’t give up alcohol, your liver will suffer.
11. I won’t see her unless she comes to the gym.
If shedoesn’t come to the gym, I won’t see her.
12. If she doesn’t take up jogging, she won’t get fit.
She won’t get fit unless she takes up jogging.
13. He has to take tablets, otherwise he’ll get very tired.
If he doesn’t take tablets, he’ll get very tired.
14. You can’t use sports centre unless you are a member.
If you are not a member, you can’t use sports centre.
15. You should eat less chocolate, otherwise you’ll put on weight.
If you don’t eat less chocolate, you’ll put on weight.
16. Shakespeare wrote King Lear and Macbeth.
King Lear and Macbeth were written by Shakespeare.
17. The Divine Comedy was written by Dante
Dante wrote the Divine Comedy.
18. Ingrid Bergman played the part of Ilse Lund in Casablanca.
The part of Ilse Lund in Casablanca was played by Ingrid Bergman.
19. Many great Surrealist works of art were produced by Dali.
Dali produced many great surrealist works of art.
20. Radium was discovered by Marie Curie.
Marie Curie discovered Radium.
21. Steffi Graf won Wimbledon in 1991.
Wimbledon was won by steffi Graf in 1991.
22. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik was composed by Mozart.
Mozart composed E.K.N.
23. Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho and The Birds.
Psycho and The Birds were directed by A.H.
24. Van Gogh painted Sunflowers.
Sunflowers was painted by Van Gogh.
25. Studying Latin isn’t as useful as studying French.
Studying French is more useful than studying Latin.
26. No subject is more interesting than English.
English is the most interesting subject.
27. Her result was better in handicraft than mathematics.
Her mathematics result wasn’t as good as her result in handicraft.
28. Don’t you have any better marks than this?
Is this your best mark?
29. This is the biggest primary school in the area.
There isn’t any bigger primary school in the area.
30. Cathy was more disappointed with her exams than Lucy.
Lucy was not as disappointed with her exam as Cathy.
31. He arrived late so he missed the match.
If he hadn’t arrived late, he wouldn’t have missed the match.
32. She came to live here years ago.
She’s lived here for years.
33. A policeman found their car.
Their car was found by a policeman.
34. You don’t work hard so you don’t get good results.
If you worked hard, you would get good results.
35. She’s a very good violinist.
She plays the violin very well.
36. ‘I’ve come to look at the house,’ he said
He said he had come to look at the house.
37. The package had been delivered by the postman.
The postman had the package delivered.
38. He was faster than all the other runners.
He was the fastest runner.
39. She told me she’d been on holiday.
‘I have been on holiday”
40. He invented a story to explain his absence.
He made up a story to explain his absence.
41. I don’t believe he is American.
He can’t be American.
42. The windows are very dirty.
The windows need be cleaned.
43. Who did you see there?
Can you tell me who you saw there?
44. There might be snow this winter.
Perhaps there is snow this winter.
45. They accused him of stealing the painting.
He was accused of stealing the painting.
46. She stopped him posting the letter.
She prevented him from posting the letter.
47. Could you tell me where you met?
Where did you meet?
48. She let her son do what he wanted.
She allowed her son to do what he wanted.
49. He insisted on paying the bill
I will pay the bill.
50. He asked her to write the report by midnight.
Will you write the report by midnight?