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Paraphrasing sub-skills (Making syntactical changes (Changing sentence…

- - - - Reporting verbs with that + clause
      - Reporting verbs with as + gerund
      - Reporting verbs with to + base form
  - - - Rewriting complex/compound sentences by replacing finite verb phrases with noun phrases or the gerund
        
        Using noun phrases or gerunds linked by...
        
        verbs of cause
        
        verbs of result
        
        verbs of contrast
        
        verbs of contingency
        
        verbs for sequencing time
        
        Using prepositional phrases + the gerund or a noun phrase to replace finite dependent clauses
        
        additive prepositions (in addition to...)
        
        time prepositions
        
        after
        
        during
        
        before
        
        contingency prepositions
        
        default (without...)
        
        condition (in the event of...)
        
        contrast prepositions (despite...)
        
        reason prepositions (due to...)
        
        intended purpose prepositions (for the purpose of / in order to / to)
        
        result prepositions (due to...)
        
        Noun phrase composition
      - Changing complex sentences to compound sentences
      - Changing compound sentences to complex sentences
      - Changing compound/complex sentences into simple sentences linked with "this is" + conjunction
      - Shifting the position of the dependent clause in complex sentences
    - - Active to passive transformations
        
        Whether to include or exclude the agent
        
        Simple tenses
        
        Complex tenses
      - Passive to active transformations
        
        Providing a subject the passive voice clause lacked an agent
        
        Simple tenses
        
        Complex tenses
  - - - it is ... for ... to ...
      - gerund + is ... for ...
- - - - Explaining connections between paraphrases with phrases like "this is directly connected to..." and an explanation
      - Raising questions about paraphrased information
      - Simplifying complex information with discourse markers such as "to put it simply"