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(Would) rather- Prefer I prefer studying English to studying German. Prefiero estudiar inglés en lugar de alemán. I like studying English rather than studying German. Me gusta más estudiar inglés que alemán. Fíjate la estructura con "prefer" utiliza "to" para comparar y la estructura con "rather" utiliza "than". I would rather have a beer. Preferiría tomar una cerveza. I prefer to have a beer. Preferiría tomar una cerveza. El verbo que sigue a "would rather" va SIN "to". El que sigue a "prefer" va CON "to".

Cambiar adjetivos de significados puestos. He is dead. Él está muerto. He isn't alive. Él no está vivo.

Cambiar adverbios de significados opuestos. The hotel isn't near my house. El hotel no está cerca de mi casa. The hotel is far from my house. El hotel está lejos de mi casa.

Some- Any- Much- Many- Few- Little- Too- Enough There aren't many people in the room. No hay mucha gente en la habitación. There are few people in the room. Hay poca gente en la habitación. "Not many" es igual que "few".

Present Perfect vs. Past Tense They've been married for 5 years. Llevan 5 años casados. They married 5 years ago. Se casaron hace 5 años.

Neither-nor-either- or- so-both She doesn't 't like either pears or apples. No le gustan ni las peras ni las manzanas. She neither likes pears nor apples. No le gustan ni las peras ni las manzanas.

Cambiar un comparativo por otro que diga lo mismo. John is taller than Peter. John es más alto que Peter. Peter isn't as tall as John. John no es tan alto como Peter. The choice of food here is not as good as in the market. The food in the market is better than

Cambiar un modal por otro de significado similar. Shall we have a coffee? ¿Nos tomamos un café? Would you like to have a coffee? ¿Te gustaría tomarte un café?

Pasar de forma activa a pasiva y viceversa. The police caught the thief. La policía cogió al ladrón. The thief was caught by the police. El ladrón fue cogido por la policía.

I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more. I’m afraid all our copies have been sold but more have been ordered. We ask tenants not to play their radios loudly after midnight. Tenants are asked not to play their radios loudly after midnight

Cambiar un condicional. I didn't go to the cinema because I was late. No fui al cine porque llegué tarde. If I hadn't been late I would have gone to the cinema. Si no hubiese llegado tarde hubiera ido al cine.

Cambiar "relative clauses". There's the man. His house was burnt. Ahí está el hombre. Su casa fue quemada. There's the man whose house was burnt. Ahí está el hombre cuya casa fue quemada .

Cambiar oraciones de estilo directo a indirecto (reported speech). Mary said: I won't go to the party. Mary dijo: "No iré a la fiesta". Mary said that she wouldn't go the party. Mary dijo que no iría a la fiesta.

Cambiar "connectors". Although we were hungry we didn't eat. Aunque teníamos hambre no comimos. In spite of being hungry we didn't eat. A pesar de tener hambre no comimos.

Although she was an expert swimmer, she drowned In spite of being an expert swimmer, she drowned. She went to the market so that she could buy some vegetables …market in order to buy some vegetables. http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/rephrexercises.htm

I've never been to this shop before. This is the first time I've been in this shop....