Paraphrasing

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“On November 15, people will take part in National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.”

• November 15th is a day to clean out your refrigerator (StudySync).

• National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day is a holiday that falls on November 15th (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“While scrubbing shelves and searching for sources of funny odors, fridge-cleaners are also likely to find spoiled food.”

• While cleaning their refrigerators and trying to find the source of bad smells, is it likely that people will find spoiled food (StudySync).

• Spoiled food can be found while cleaning out a fridge (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about a third of all food in the United States gets thrown away. That’s 133 billion pounds tossed into the trash.”

• One third of the food in the U.S. gets thrown away (StudySync).

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture has stated that in the United States about a third, or 133 billion pounds, of food ends up in the trash (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“An average family of four throws away between $1,300 and $2,200 of food each year.”

• Between $1,300 and $2,200 dollars worth of food gets thrown out each year by your typical family of four (StudySync).

• An average family throws away thousands of dollars of food (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“Grocery stores lose about $15 billion every year due to food waste. This food spoils or is simply discarded.”

• Because of spoiled food or food that gets thrown away grocery stores lose about $15 billion dollars every year (StudySync).

• Grocery stores lose billions of dollars in food that gets thrown away (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

“Seafood, fruits and vegetables are the least likely to make it to your plate. About half of produce ends as waste.”

• Seafood, fruits and vegetables get thrown away the most (StudySync).Incorrect.

• The foods that are most likely to spoil and get thrown away are seafood, fruits and vegetables. In fact only half of produce actually gets eaten (StudySync).

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2