Reprhasing
● El rephrasing o sentece transformation es un ejercicio que consiste en
reformular frases, es decir, expresar lo mismo de otra forma (este ejercicio
aparece en los exámenes de B1, B2 y C1)
● Hay varios tipos:
- Cambiar adjetivos de significado opuesto:
He’s sad. He’s not happy.
Él está triste. Él no está contento.
- Cambiar adverbios de significado opuesto:
She lives near me. She doesn’t live far away from me.
Vive cerca de mí. No vive lejos de mí.
- Cambiar un adjetivo comparativo por la estructura as (adj.) as y
viceversa:
Mary is older than Tom. Tom is not as old as Mary.
Mary es más mayor que Tom. Tom no es tan mayor como Mary.
- Present perfect vs. Past tense
They’ve lived in London for 4 years. They moved to London 4 years ago.
Llevan 4 años viviendo en Londres. Se mudaron a Londres hace 4 años.
- Some / Any / Much / Many / Few / Little / Too / Enough
There isn’t much time left. There’s few time left.
No queda mucho tiempo. Queda poco tiempo.
- Would rather / prefer
I prefer playing guitar than playing the drums. I like playing the guitar than
playing the drums.
Prefiero tocar la guitarra que la batería. Me gusta más tocar la guitarra que la
batería.
- Cambiar un modal verb por uno de significado similar:
Shall we have something to drink? Would you like something to drink?
¿Nos tomamos algo? ¿Quieres tomar algo?
- Transformar una frase activa a pasiva o viceversa:
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
Shakespeare escribió Hamlet. Hamlet fue escrito por Shakespeare.
- Transformar una frase a condicional:
I wasn’t on time because I missed the bus. If I hadn’t missed the bus, I would
have been on time.
No llegué a tiempo porque perdí el autobús. Si no hubiera perdido el bus,
hubiera llegado a tiempo.
- Cambiar relative clauses:
There’s the woman. Her daughter is friends with mine. There’s the woman
whose daughter is friends with mine.
Ahí esta la mujer. Su hija es amiga de la mía. Ahí está la mujer cuya hija es
amiga de la mía.
- Transformar oraciones de estilo directo a indirecto (reported speech):
What are you doing this evening? She asked me what I was doing that
evening.
¿Qué haces esta tarde? Me preguntó qué hacía esa tarde.
- Cambiar linking words:
Although we were exhausted, we finished the race. In spite of being
exhausted, we finished the race.
Aunque estábamos agotados, acabamos la carrera. A pesar de estar
agotados, acabamos la carrera.
1. "They built this house in 1990."
→ This house _______________________________.
2. "She didn’t go to the party because she was sick."
→ If she _______________________________.
3. "He said, 'I will call you tomorrow.'"
→ He told me _______________________________.
4. "It’s too cold to swim in the sea."
→ It isn’t _______________________________.
5. "Although it rained, we went hiking."
→ Despite _______________________________.
6. "She has never seen such a beautiful sunset."
→ Never _______________________________.
7. "They are repairing the road this week."
→ The road _______________________________.
8. "I regret not studying harder for the exam."
→ I wish _______________________________.
9. "The book was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down."
→ It was such _______________________________.
10. "You must finish your homework before you go out."
→ You can’t _______________________________.
11. "Someone stole my wallet yesterday."
→ My wallet _______________________________.
12. "She knows a lot about art because she studied it."
→ If she _______________________________.
13. "The teacher asked, 'Have you done your homework?'"
→ The teacher asked _______________________________.
14. "This restaurant is cheaper than the one we went to last week."
→ The restaurant we went to last week _______________________________.
15. "It’s possible that he forgot the meeting."
→ He might _______________________________.
Respuestas
[Link] house was built in 1990.
2. If she hadn’t been sick, she would have gone to the party.
3. He told me he would call me the next day.
4. It isn’t warm enough to swim in the sea.
5. Despite the rain, we went hiking.
6. Never has she seen such a beautiful sunset.
7. The road is being repaired this week.
8. I wish I had studied harder for the exam.
9. It was such an interesting book that I couldn’t put it down.
10. You can’t go out unless you finish your homework.
11. My wallet was stolen yesterday. (Pasiva)
12. If she hadn’t studied art, she wouldn’t know a lot about it. (3rd conditional)
13. The teacher asked if I had done my homework. (Estilo indirecto + cambio de
tiempo verbal)
14. The restaurant we went to last week wasn’t as cheap as this one. (Comparativo
de igualdad negativa)
15. He might have forgotten the meeting. (Modal de posibilidad en pasado)
Errores comunes
- Olvidar cambiar el tiempo verbal en estilo indirecto (e.g., "will" → "would").
- Confundir "despite" con "although": Despite va seguido de sustantivo o gerundio,
although de frase completa.
- ❌ Despite it was raining → ✅ Despite the rain/Although it was raining.
- Pasiva mal construida: Verbo "to be" + participio pasado.