Paraphrasing exercise worksheet with sentence completion tasks.

Here are the completed sentences based on the grammar rules for paraphrasing.

1. to give me a promotion
*(Rule: "Likely" is followed by the infinitive with "to".)*
2. an old historic city, it is very lively
*(Rule: "Although" connects two contrasting ideas in one sentence. Note the comma.)*
3. was built in London in 1999
*(Rule: Passive voice in the past simple tense.)*
4. not take pills
*(Rule: "Had better" is followed by the bare infinitive. Since the original was negative ("shouldn't"), we add "not".)*
5. are being painted by the vandals
*(Rule: Present Continuous Passive voice.)*
6. had already started
*(Rule: Past Perfect tense shows an action happened before another past action.)*
7. won’t eat pizza tonight because I have a stomachache
*(Rule: Combining probability with the reason using "because".)*
8. practise, you will not pass
*(Rule: "Unless" means "if... not", so we remove the negative from the first part.)*
9. just been caught by the police
*(Rule: Present Perfect Passive voice.)*
10. money, I would buy that car
*(Rule: Second Conditional for imaginary situations in the present.)*
11. buy that car
*(Rule: "Might" expresses possibility, similar to "probably will".)*
12. do some exercise
*(Rule: "Had better" is followed by the base verb.)*
13. to take an aspirin if she has a headache
*(Rule: "Ought" is always followed by "to".)*
14. had the money, I would have bought the sweater
*(Rule: Third Conditional for regrets about the past.)*
15. the money at the moment, we would buy
*(Rule: Second Conditional mixed with current time reference.)*
16. were a chef, I would
*(Rule: Second Conditional. In formal grammar, we use "were" instead of "was" for "I/he/she/it".)*
17. didn’t have a big house, they wouldn’t be watching the World Cup final
*(Rule: Third sentence implies a condition. We negate the fact to make the conditional statement.)*

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Final Answer:

1. MY BOSS IS LIKELY to give me a promotion.
2. ALTHOUGH EDINBURGH IS an old historic city, it is very lively.
3. THE MILLENNIUM DOME was built in London in 1999.
4. YOU HAD BETTER not take pills BEFORE YOU SEE A DOCTOR.
5. ALL THE WALLS are being painted by the vandals.
6. THE LECTURE had already started WHEN THE PROFESSOR ARRIVED.
7. I PROBABLY won’t eat pizza tonight because I have a stomachache.
8. UNLESS YOU practise, you will not pass THE DRIVING TEST.
9. THE MURDERER CHARLES WATKINS HAS just been caught by the police.
10. IF I HAD ENOUGH money, I would buy that car.
11. TOMMY MIGHT buy that car.
12. THE DOCTOR SAYS I’D BETTER do some exercise.
13. SHE OUGHT to take an aspirin if she has a headache.
14. IF I HAD had the money, I would have bought the sweater.
15. IF WE HAD the money at the moment, we would buy A NEW CAR.
16. IF I were a chef, I would COOK WELL.
17. [Note: The prompt for #17 cuts off, but assuming standard conditional logic based on previous patterns]: IF THEY didn’t have a big house, they wouldn’t be watching the World Cup final.