Rewriting Exercises to Learn English Better

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Rewriting Exercises to Learn English Better

One of the best method of learning English (or any other language) is using “Rewriting Exercises”.

When you learn something, you can make your own sentences with your own words in order to define it. By doing so, you learn English (or any other language) dynamically. You do not memorize the words and/or sentences and phrases. You can understand them thoroughly, and redesign the required definition with your own resources. You become more versatile.

For example:
I am an old man. (I am not a young man.)
It is cold. (It is not warm enough. / The temperature is low.)
I got a cold. (I am coughing and I have a high fever. / I am ill. / I am sick.)

How to study:

You can find some “Rewriting Exercises” on the internet. Check and study them.

Get some short news or stories. Rewrite them without changing the original text. Use different words and phrases as much as possible.

Write a few paragraphs about a simple subject. Then rewrite it changing some words and phrases, but preserve the meaning of your original text.

Write a few paragraphs about a complex subject. Then rewrite it changing some words and phrases, but preserve the meaning of your original text.

Translate some original English text to your own language. Then, after a few days translate your translated text to English again. Do not refer to the original English text without completing your work. Then compare it with the original text.

Repeat these exercises at least once in a week.

In order to learn English better, there would be no hesitation during your rewriting and translations. You must complete them without extra thinking. They would become automatic events.

In the references below, there are a few links to some Rewriting Exercises.

I hope they will be useful for you.

Ahmet Aksoy

References:

• http://www.world-english.org/sentencerewriting.htm
• http://www.englishgrammar.org/rewrite-sentences-changing-meaning/
• http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/rewrite-the-sentences