To help yourself paraphrase a text, identify the main idea of the passage. Read this passage: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds. What is the main idea?

People in Sauri have much better lives than in years past.

Their hospital now has a generator and running water.

It provides free medications for diseases.

Cases of malaria have declined.

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage below and decide which sentence best restates the ideas presented: "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

Read the passage below and choose the best paraphrase: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

Life in Sauri has recently improved.The hospital offers electricity and plumbing, and Free medicine and mosquito nets help prevent common diseases and malaria.

Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

Which of the following require a parenthetical citation and an entry on the Works Cited page?

All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

Which of the following presents a general overview, so it is usually much shorter than the original text (a paragraph becomes a sentence)?

All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

Which of the following involves putting a section of a text into your own words and is about the same length as the original text?

All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

What is it called when you copy short sentences or passages from an original text word-for-word and include it in your papper?

All: Summary, Paraphrase & Quote

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence best restates the ideas in the passage? "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

Choose the correct paraphrase of the following sentence: During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

Factories employed children-even three-year-olds-in the Industrial Revolution.

In the time of the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in the factories.

During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

To help yourself paraphrase a text, identify the main idea of the passage. Read this passage: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds. What is the main idea?

People in Sauri have much better lives than in years past.

Their hospital now has a generator and running water.

It provides free medications for diseases.

Cases of malaria have declined.

To help yourself paraphrase a text, look up any unfamiliar words or phrases. Read the passage: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds. What is a generator?

a machine by which mechanical energy is changed into electrical energy and is used during power outages as back up

a device used to measure temperature

a place to go when you need medical help

MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions. For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour! Choose the best paraphrase.

On its 4.9 billion-mile journey, MESSENGER will encounter intense conditions as it travels near the sun and survives ultimate heat as it hurtles at a speed of over140,00 mph.

For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!

MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!

MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions.

Which is NOT a key idea in this quote: "Spring in Minneapolis and St. Paul is often frustratingly slow to arrive. Traditional spring months in other parts of the country, like March, are mostly below freezing in Minnesota. April is usually the first month to have tantalizingly warm days. But even so, the weather in April is typically unpredictable." -Clara James, Tripsavvy.com

April is when it gets hot finally.

Spring is frustratingly slow to arrive in the Twin Cities compared to other parts of the country.

During March, it is spring in other parts of the country, but it is still mostly below freezing here.

April is when the Twin Cities start to warm up, but it is still unpredictable.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? spring sometimes comes early

It is missing key ideas from the original quote.

It is missing the source information.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? in march it is mostly freezing an d in april it starts to get warm

It is missing key ideas from the original quote and source information.

It is missing the source information.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? In Minneapolis and St. Paul spring is arrives very slowly . In March it is freezing but in April it starts getting warmer but is still sometimes unpredictable.

It is missing the source information and 1 key idea.

It is missing key ideas from the original quote and source information.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? According to Clara James; It is cold in spring in Minnesota. April is the month when it gets warm and the snow starts melting.

It is missing a key idea from the original quote.

It is missing the source information.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? Compared to other parts of the country, spring in the Twin Cities is slow in coming and very unpredictable.

It is missing the source information.

It is missing a key idea from the original quote.

It is missing many key ideas and the source.

Which key idea is missing from this paraphrase? According to Clara James; unlike other places in the country it is cold in spring in Minnesota. April is the month when it gets warm and the snow starts melting.

Spring is frustratingly slow to arrive in the Twin Cities compared to other parts of the country.

During March, it is spring in other parts of the country, but it is still mostly below freezing here.

April is when the Twin Cities start to warm up.

Which key idea is missing from this paraphrase? it is normally cold during spring unlike other places in the country and it gets warmer in april. But the weather is unpredictable (Clara James).

Spring is frustratingly slow to arrive in the Twin Cities.

During March, it is spring in other parts of the country, but it is still mostly below freezing here.

April is when the Twin Cities start to warm up.

What is wrong with this paraphrase? ''Spring in minneapolis also St. saul is usually frustratingly slow to arrive. Traditional spring months in other parts of our country, like March, are often below freezing in Minnesota. April is usually the first month to have tantalizingly warm days.However even so, the weather in April is mostly unpredictable.''' -Clara James,

This is is not a paraphrase. It's a quote with a few tiny words changed.

It is missing key ideas from the original quote and source information.

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.

One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? A type of shark called a shortfin mako can leap 20 feet above the surface of the water.

A shortfin mako is a kind of shark that can leap 20 feet out of the water.

A shark can leap 20 feet out of the water, it is called a shortfin mako.

The shortfin mako shark can jump above the surface of water.

A shortfin mako can jump 20 feet above the surface of the water.

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest.

The biggest country in South America is Brazil, while the tiniest is Suriname.

Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.

The largest country is Brazil and the smallest country is Suriname, and they are both countries in Brazil.

The two countries of Brazil and Suriname are two countries in Brazil.

When do you have to cite your sources?

Whenever you use information from an author or a reference source.

We do not have to cite sources.

Only if your teacher tells you to.

paraphrasing 1

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English

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2nd - 3rd Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.4.9, RI.3.5, RL.1.3

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Standards-aligned

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74 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Things are well arranged in Naura’s room, but not in Kim Nara’s room.

Naura’s room is …………………………... than Kim Nara’s room.

tidier

more arranged

more tidy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Donald’s car is $1.000.000, while mine is only $35.000.

Donald’s car is ……………………… more expensive than my car.

less

far

nowhere near

not

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

There are far more people watching movies than people reading books.

Film is a lot …………………………. than books.

more interesting

less interesting

more like

less like

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ramesh never enjoy watching movie.

Ramesh is not ………………………….. in watching movies.

interested

keen

into

fond of

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mom asked my previous teacher to attend our farewell party.

Mom said, “Would you mind …………………………… to our farewell party?”

attending

to attend

if I attend

if you attend

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is the first time the principal plays a guitar in front of all students.

The principal has …………………… played guitar in front of all students before.

never

been

first time

had never

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I saw Laura and Janet going to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Laura and Jane ………………….. to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

went

go

going

have gone

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

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paraphrasing 1

74 questions

Things are well arranged in Naura’s room, but not in Kim Nara’s room.

Naura’s room is …………………………... than Kim Nara’s room.

Donald’s car is $1.000.000, while mine is only $35.000.

Donald’s car is ……………………… more expensive than my car.

There are far more people watching movies than people reading books.

Film is a lot …………………………. than books.

Ramesh never enjoy watching movie.

Ramesh is not ………………………….. in watching movies.

Mom asked my previous teacher to attend our farewell party.

Mom said, “Would you mind …………………………… to our farewell party?”

This is the first time the principal plays a guitar in front of all students.

The principal has …………………… played guitar in front of all students before.

I saw Laura and Janet going to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Laura and Jane ………………….. to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Andin started her career as a professional writer since she was fifteen years old.

Andin ………………………………… books for twelve years.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

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paraphrasing 1

74 questions

Things are well arranged in Naura’s room, but not in Kim Nara’s room.Naura’s room is …………………………... than Kim Nara’s room.

Donald’s car is $1.000.000, while mine is only $35.000.Donald’s car is ……………………… more expensive than my car.

There are far more people watching movies than people reading books.Film is a lot …………………………. than books.

Ramesh never enjoy watching movie.Ramesh is not ………………………….. in watching movies.

Mom asked my previous teacher to attend our farewell party.Mom said, “Would you mind …………………………… to our farewell party?”

This is the first time the principal plays a guitar in front of all students. The principal has …………………… played guitar in front of all students before.

I saw Laura and Janet going to Jack’s house yesterday morning.Laura and Jane ………………….. to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Andin started her career as a professional writer since she was fifteen years old. ﻿Andin ………………………………… books for twelve years.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

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Things are well arranged in Naura’s room, but not in Kim Nara’s room.

Naura’s room is …………………………... than Kim Nara’s room.

Donald’s car is $1.000.000, while mine is only $35.000.

Donald’s car is ……………………… more expensive than my car.

There are far more people watching movies than people reading books.

Film is a lot …………………………. than books.

Ramesh never enjoy watching movie.

Ramesh is not ………………………….. in watching movies.

Mom asked my previous teacher to attend our farewell party.

Mom said, “Would you mind …………………………… to our farewell party?”

This is the first time the principal plays a guitar in front of all students.

The principal has …………………… played guitar in front of all students before.

I saw Laura and Janet going to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Laura and Jane ………………….. to Jack’s house yesterday morning.

Andin started her career as a professional writer since she was fifteen years old.

Andin ………………………………… books for twelve years.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh stops doing judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.

Ramesh …………………… judo because he doesn’t have time to do it.