Paraphrasing and Citations

"25% of adolescents who have one baby

have a second baby within

two years of the first baby's birth.”

Choose the best answer to paraphrase the text.

• 25% of babies are born to mothers who are adolescents.

• 25% of young mothers give birth when their first born is two.

• One out of four teenage mothers have another baby before the first baby reaches his second birthday.

• One out of four second babies are born by teenage mothers before the first baby reaches his second birthday .

"It has been reported that the richest one percent

of Americans own 40% of the country's wealth."

Choose the best answer to paraphrase the text.

• The richest 1% are 40 times as wealthy as the rest of Americans.

• The richest 1% will soon own 40% of the country's wealth.

• 40% of the country's wealth is in the hands of only 1% of Americans.

• 40% of the country's wealth is reported by 1% of Americans.

"The judge was relieved when the jury was

finally ready to announce its verdict.”

Choose the best answer to paraphrase the text.

• The judge welcomed the prospect of an imminent verdict.

• The jury welcomed the prospect of an imminent verdict.

• It was a relief when the jury got ready to arrive at a final verdict.

• It was finally a relief for the judge when the jury announced the verdict.

"Research data suggest that girls who witnessed

maternal abuse may tolerate abuse

as adults more than girls who did not.”

Choose the best answer to paraphrase the text.

• Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more likely to become abusive adults.

• Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children.

• Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely to endure abuse themselves.

• Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely to expose themselves to maternal abuse

"The issue of adolescent problems is important to write about.”

Choose the best answer to paraphrase the text.

• Adolescents like to write about their problems.

• Writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile.

• Adolescents like to write important problems.

• Writing about adolescent problems is the important issue.

Source

Online Magazine, Michael Muchmore, Updated April 5, 2023

Choose the correct in-text citation.

• (Michael, April 5, 2023)

• (Muchmore, April 5, 2023)

• (Michael, 2023)

• (Muchmore, 2023)

Writing a reference for a website.

Which one is the correct way of writing it?

• Amber, H. (2020, June 7). Speaking made easy. English Skills. https://learn-english.com/

• Amber, H. (June 7, 2020). Speaking made easy. English Skills. https://learn-english.com/

• Amber, H. (2020, June 10). Speaking made easy. English Skills. https://learn-english.com/

• Amber, H. (June 7, 2020). Speaking made easy. English Skills. https://learn-english.com/

An article is written by two authors.

Which option is the wrong in-text citation to cite the authors?

• Hanan and Norton (2022) state that speaking consists of systematic verbal utterances.

• Hanan & Norton (2022) state that speaking consists of systematic verbal utterances.

• Speaking consists of systematic verbal utterances (Hanan & Norton, 2022).

• According to Hanan and Norton (2022), speaking consists of systematic verbal utterances.

An online journal is written by John Clark.

Which one is the correct referece for the journal?

• John, C. (2023). Factors Affecting Motivation. Journal of Learning. 3(4), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3.11

• Clark, J. (2023). Factors Affecting Motivation. Journal of Learning. 3(4), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3.11

• Clark, J. (2023). Factors Affecting Motivation. Journal of Learning. 3(4), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3.11

• John, C. (2023). Factors Affecting Motivation. Journal of Learning. 3(4), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3.11

These authors write an article in 2020.

Joan Anderson, Kenny Maclean, Tirana Lynch and Joseph McMillan

How to cite them in the text?

• Joan et al. (2020)

• Joan et. al (2020)

• (Anderson et al, 2020)

• (Anderson et al., 2020)