Five Ways to Remember English Words<\/a> to help you get through this step!<\/p>\nThen you can use different strategies of paraphrasing. Let\u2019s take a look at several ways to paraphrase in the IELTS!<\/p>\n
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Use synonyms<\/h2>\n
The first way is to use synonyms to replace the words in the original text. Here is an example:<\/p>\n
Original sentence: The position of women in the society has changed greatly in the past 20 years.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nParaphrased sentence: The social status of female has dramatically changed in the last two decades.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nAs you can see, status<\/em><\/strong>, female<\/em><\/strong>, dramatically<\/em><\/strong>, last<\/em><\/strong> and two<\/em><\/strong> decades <\/em><\/strong>are used to replace position<\/em><\/strong>, women<\/em><\/strong>, greatly<\/em><\/strong>, past<\/em><\/strong> and 20 years<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Change the part of speech<\/h2>\n
The part of speech refers to different types of words such as nouns, verbs, pronouns and adjectives. Changing the part of speech of a word can help you to paraphrase the text. In the previous example, social<\/em><\/strong> (adj.)<\/em><\/strong> is used to replace society (n.)<\/em><\/strong>. Below is another way to paraphrase that sentence.<\/p>\nParaphrased sentence: The social status of female has undergone a great change in the last two decades.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nHere we can use a<\/em><\/strong> great (adj.)<\/em><\/strong> change (n.) <\/em><\/strong>instead of change (v.) greatly (adv.)<\/em><\/strong> to show the same meaning of the original sentence.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Change sentence structure<\/h2>\n
Another way to paraphrase is to change the sentence structure. For instance, you can alter the word order of a sentence or make two sentences into one. Here is an example.<\/p>\n
Original text: His phone was stolen last week. Therefore, he was worried about the leak of his personal and bank information.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\nParaphrased sentence: He was afraid that his personal and bank information would be leaked out because his phone was stolen a few days ago.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe example text are two simple sentences. We can combine them by using subordinating conjunction \u2018because<\/em><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
In the IELTS test, you may use a mixture of paraphrase strategies to help you get a higher score. Here are some sentences from IELTS Academic writing questions for you to practice.<\/p>\n
1.The\u00a0table\u00a0and\u00a0chart\u00a0show\u00a0the\u00a0time\u00a0spent\u00a0at\u00a0leisure\u00a0and\u00a0household\u00a0activities\u00a0in\u00a02008.<\/p>\n
2.Some people think that the amount of noise people make should be controlled strictly, while other say that people are free to make as much noise as they wish.<\/p>\n
Keys:<\/p>\n
1. We can see how people distribute their time on leisure and household activities in 2008 from the table and chart.<\/p>\n
2. Some people claim that it is people\u2019s right to make as much noise as they want. However, others think that there should be strict control over the amount of the noise.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong> The keys offer possible ways to paraphrase the original sentence. Your answers don’t have to be exactly the same.<\/p>\nIELTS Paraphrasing Resources<\/h2>\n
Last but not least, check out our videos on how to paraphrase on the IELTS, and try paraphrasing by writing your own introduction paragraph. Good luck!<\/p>\n