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🟦 Introduction
Have you ever had to say the same thing in a different way? Maybe to explain it more clearly, sound more polite, or avoid repeating yourself. That’s exactly what WASSCE means by sentence rewriting and recasting.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to transform sentences using different grammatical structures while keeping the original meaning. This skill shows that you understand how English works—and it’s a must for scoring high in comprehension.
🟩 Key Concepts and Explanations
Rewriting means changing the structure or wording of a sentence without changing its meaning.
Examples:
Original: “He was too weak to lift the box.”
Rewritten: “He was not strong enough to lift the box.”
| Structure Change | Example |
|---|---|
| Active to Passive Voice | The teacher marked the papers. → The papers were marked by the teacher. |
| Direct to Indirect Speech | She said, “I am ready.” → She said that she was ready. |
| Too…to → Enough to | It was too late to catch the bus. → It was not early enough to catch the bus. |
| Conditional Forms | If he studies, he will pass. ↔ He will pass, provided he studies. |
| Use of ‘Despite’ or ‘Although’ | Although it rained, they played football. ↔ Despite the rain, they played football. |
| Because / As / Since | He was tired because he had worked all day. ↔ Since he had worked all day, he was tired. |
✅ Keep the meaning the same.
✅ Maintain correct grammar and tense.
✅ Use correct punctuation and capitalization.
✅ Avoid repeating exact phrases unless required.
🧠 TIP: Always compare your sentence to the original. Ask: “Did I say the same thing using different words or structure?”
🧭 Step-by-Step Sample Walkthrough
Original Sentence:
The boy was so fast that no one could catch him.
Question: Rewrite using “too…to”
Step-by-Step:
Identify the meaning: He was very fast → no one caught him.
Apply the structure:
✅ The boy was too fast to be caught by anyone.
🟨 Practice Exercises
Rewrite each sentence as instructed:
Original: She opened the door quietly. (Rewrite in passive voice)
Original: “I will visit tomorrow,” he said. (Change to reported speech)
Original: The task was so difficult that no one completed it. (Use: too…to)
Original: Despite his wealth, he was unhappy. (Begin with: Although…)
Original: He is very short. He cannot reach the shelf. (Join using: so…that…)
✅ Answers:
The door was opened quietly by her.
He said that he would visit the next day.
The task was too difficult to be completed by anyone.
Although he was wealthy, he was unhappy.
He is so short that he cannot reach the shelf.
Match each sentence in Group A with its rewritten form in Group B.
Group A
The rain stopped. We went outside.
He shouted, “Run for your life!”
The question was too complex for her to answer.
Group B
A. He shouted that we should run for our lives.
B. The question was so complex that she couldn’t answer it.
C. When the rain stopped, we went outside.
✅ Matches:
1 – C
2 – A
3 – B
🔁 Recap
In this lesson, you learned:
Sentence rewriting means expressing the same idea in a new grammatical form.
You must keep the meaning, tense, and clarity intact.
WASSCE often asks for changes like active ↔ passive, direct ↔ reported speech, and using conditional or linking structures.
Practising sentence transformation improves both grammar and comprehension skills.
🪞 Reflection Prompt
Take three sentences from any book, news article, or story you’ve read recently. Try rewriting each one using a different sentence structure. What changes did you make? Did the meaning stay the same?
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