Strategy 3, Part 2, Restructuring Grammar & Vocabulary, Short Answer Exercise
There are many techniques that you can use when paraphrasing. You can...
...change stuctures with words that modify nouns (such as 'who / which / where / that')
...change infinitives (e.g 'to eat') to gerunds (e.g. 'eating') or vice-versa whenever possible
...change the part of speech (word form) (e.g. nouns to verbs or verbs to nouns)
...change the voice: change passive to active or active to passive
...choose words opposite to the original (e.g. 'A gave B money' = 'B received money from A'
...change words that compare (words with '__er' / 'more __')
Look at the given sentence or phrase then paraphrase it following the hint that is given in parentheses.
The university WITH the high ranking (HINT: change the modifier 'with...')
The EAP exam WHICH includes reading and usage (HINT: change the modifier 'which...')
It is difficult TO GET an A grade in EAP (HINT: change the infinitive 'to get' to passive)
The president ESTABLISHED a new scholarship programme (HINT: change 'established' to a noun and make a noun phrase)
THE PROFESSOR GAVE the lecture (Hint: Change the voice)
The final year project WAS COMPLETED by all students (Hint: Change the voice)
The debate on universal suffrage remained CLOSED (HINT: Choose an opposite word and change the structure / order of the sentence)
The president GAVE the professor an award (HINT: Choose an opposite word and change the structure / order of the sentence)
It is HARDER to complete a master's degree than a bacehelor's degree (HINT: change the comparative words... '__er / more __' and restructure the sentence)
It is DARKER at night than in the daytime (HINT: change the comparative words... '__er / more __' and restructure the sentence)