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LA ACADEMIA DE VALDEPEÑAS

EXERCISES OF REPHRASING FOR THE SELECTIVIDAD EXAM

* It's a pity you didn't tell us about it.

I wish

* The heat was such that I nearly fainted.

It was

* Is it possible to travel to London by coach?

I wonder

* He's getting someone to mend the windows.

He's having

* It started to rain at two o'clock.

It has

* They made her hand over her passport.

She was

* I thought it would be better than that.

It wasn't

* No one has ever discussed that question.

That question

* We couldn't go out because the weather was so bad.

It was such

* Six years ago we started writing to each other.

We have

* My brother and I both went to that school.

I went to that school and so

* She and I had never been there before.


Neither

* Someone must meet him at the railway station.

He

* Someone stole my purse from my handbag.

My purse

* Getting a good job doesn't interest him.

He

* She said to us: "Don't be late".

She told

* The garden is too small to play football.

The garden isn't

* I often get up early.

I am used

* When did you start working here?

How long

* No one in the group is younger than her.

She's

* They made him wait for two hours.

He was

* I must leave now or I will miss the bus.

I will

* The police made the boat turn back.

The boat

* I have never been to the ballet before.

It's
* The switch was too high for him to reach.

He wasn't tall

* We wanted to play the match this morning, but it was raining.

If

* Last week the painter came to paint the walls

We

* I left earlier in order to be able to catch the bus.

(so that)

* She can't come to the party! What a shame!

I wish

* You won't pass the exam unless you study harder

If

* We will go to the cinema after lunch.

We won't go

* You must water these plants every two weeks.

These plants

* They cancelled the match because it was raining

(because of )

* People thought that the man had died

It

The man

* Perhaps they've forgotten about the meeting

(must)

* I don't really want to have lunch now.

I'd rather
* The men robbed a lot of money from the bank.

A great

* I'd like to be a millionaire.

I wish

*He has lived in this house all his life

(since)

* I'm sure he has gone to the beach

(must)

* "Don't go", the man said to us.

The man

* He can't make friends because of his bad temper.

His bad temper

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