Paraphrase using a Complex Subject

Model 1: T – While at school, everybody considered Guy to be a

promising actor.

St – While at school, Guy was considered to be a promising

actor.

1. Guy expected his friends to envy his career as a mime. 2. After the show Guy’s friends saw a beautiful girl ask him for his autograph. 3. Everybody believed Carol to be over the moon when Guy proposed to her. 4. Everybody knew that Carol had always stood by her husband. 5. Neal and Richard thought them to get on well. 6. When Guy got far into debt Carol made him take some action. 7. Women considered Carol to be strange because she didn’t have a nanny and a car. 8. Everybody in the town considered Guy to be a complete failure.

Model 2: T – It seemed that Guy did not envy his more affluent

friends.

St – Guy didn’t seem to envy his more affluent friends.

1. One day it happened that Guy heard about the famous Jacques Lecoq school of miming in Paris. 2. The Dorking News reported that Guy had performed at the Edinburgh Festival and was going to take part in the local folk festival. 3. It seemed that there was no work in Dorking for Guy. 4. Eventually it turned out that that Guy and Carol didn’t see eye to eye on the responsibilities of family life. 5. It turned out that a steady job for a mime artist was difficult to find. 6. It appeared that Guy had always had his head in the clouds. 7. It seemed that Neal and Richard had their feet firm on the ground. 8. It seemed to Richard that Guy had been doing nothing for years.

53. Speak about the characters of the story Walking Into the Wind. Use the table below.