REPHRASING I
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. I don't know many people but at least I know some.
2. FEW. I ..............people here.
I KNOW A FEW people here.
I'M ...................MY EXAMS THIS MONTH.
I'M SITTING MY EXAMS THIS MONTH.
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Is it all right if I turn on the radio?
2. MAY. Excuse me, but .................the radio ?
Excuse me, but MAY I TURN ON the radio ?
Don't .... things from other students without asking first.
Don't TAKE/BORROW things from other students without asking first.
We may quickly look through a film review just to find the name of the main character.
Which is the skill you use ?
Extracting specific information/ scanning
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. "I'll kill you if you don't do it " the king said.
2. UNLESS. The king said: " ..........., I'll kill you "
The king said " UNLESS YOU DO IT, I'll kill you "
Someone currently doing their first Degree is called ...............
Someone currently doing their first Degree is called UNDERGRADUATE
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. The doctor asked her: "Why didn't you make an appointment?"
2. MADE. The doctor asked her ...........an appointment.
The doctor asked her WHY SHE HADN'T MADE an appointment.
Don't ...............other mates if they don't know the answer.
Don't TEASE other mates if they don't know the answer.
We want to have an idea of the main points of the text, an overview, without being too concerned with the details.
Which is the skill you use ?
Getting the general picture (skimming)
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Don't ask so many questions.
2. STOP. Please........................questions.
Please STOP ASKING SO MANY questions
I hope to .....................in a Degree in Psychology next year in the UK.
I hope to ENROL in a Degree in Psychology next year in the UK.
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Alcohol is bad for you and so are cigarettes.
2. GOOD. Neither ...............for you.
Neither ALCOHOL NOR CIGARETTES ARE GOOD for you.
Don't ................her lessons. They are really good, you'll enjoy them !
Don't MISS her lessons. They are really good, you'll enjoy them !
Sometimes the detail we are looking for is the writer’s or speaker’s attitude; how do they feel about the situation/person they are describing? What, precisely, is their intention? This is what you may call “reading between the lines”.
Which is the skill you use ?
Inferring opinion, attitude or intention
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Do you find it easy to make friends?
2. GOOD. Are you ......................friends?
Are you GOOD AT MAKING friends?
Structure you can find at the playground. Roundabout, carousel. It's a ...
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. I'm sorry, I can't answer that question.
2. WISH. I......................that question.
I WISH I COULD ANSWER that question
Definition of a word :
"Having knowledge or realization of; conscious of"
AWARENESS
A lot of what we say is for a specific purpose or function (e.g. to communicate, to persuade, to express agreement, to ask for and give information, etc.). Competent speakers of English recognise these functions and they also know that when they read or hear someone say “for example” this phrase is likely to be followed by an example. When they read “in other words” a concept is about to be explained in a different way.
Which is the skill you use ?
Recognising function and discourse patterns
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Please, open your suitcase.
2. MIND. Would ................. your suitcase?
Would YOU MIND OPENING your suitcase?
Structure you can find at a playground. Children like scrambling over it or hanging from it.
MONKEY BARS/CLIMBING FRAME
Rewrite the second sentence. Use no more than five words including the word in capital letters. DO NOT change this word :
1. Her boyfriend does such things because he doesn't really love her.
2. WOULD. If her boyfriend really.............do such things.
If her boyfriend really LOVED HER HE WOULDN'T do such things.
Which is the word ?
For this game a player ............... the pack of cards.
For this game a player SHUFFLES the pack of cards.
Efficient readers or listeners do not look up every unknown word but use context, the words and sentences surrounding a particular word, to help them guess that word’s meaning.
Which is the skill you use ?
Deducing meaning from context