Paraphrase Practice MCQs

Despite a slow start to the season, Manchester City have certainly proven themselves to be by far the best team in the Premier League this season. Because they had a poor beginning this season, Manchester City are definitely proving why they will eventually become better.

• Because they had a poor beginning this season, Manchester City are definitely proving why they will eventually become better.

• Despite a relatively slow start to the season, Manchester United are definitely heading towards another championship winning season.

• In spite of a slow start to the campaign, Manchester City are once again proving themselves to be worthy contenders for the title.

• By their high standards, Manchester City had a slow start to the campaign, but they are once again heading towards an average season.

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The Covid 'era' has certainly been a stressful time for all, but we can feel confident, a comprehensive vaccination campaign is helping to turn the tide in this great attempt to rid the world of pestilence.

• Vaccinations are proving to be ineffective, and we certainly have a comprehensive data set to support this assumption.

• The global vaccination campaign is definitely helping to reduce the incidence of Covid, and we can be positive once the vaccination campaign is expanded, we should see a reduction in stress for global citizens.

• The period since we have known about Covid has been relatively relaxed in nature, and we can definitely feel confident a vaccination campaign is going to make absolutely no difference to anything.

• We should certainly feel apprehensive about the potential for vaccinations to make any difference to anything. In fact, we can expect to see an increase in the incidence of this horrific disease.

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Despite a stellar career, Murray Walker will be best remembered for the numerous memorable gaffes he made behind the microphone.

• In spite of a great career, Murray Walker is certainly going to be remembered for the mistakes he made while commentating.

• Although he had a fantastic career, Murray Walker is going to be remembered as the guy who never made any mistakes.

• Although he had a wonderful career, Murray Walker proceeded on the basis it is best to avoid saying anything rather than risk making a mistake.

• Murray Walker had a fantastic career and he is never going to be forgotten for his motor racing commentary.

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Upon initial boarding of an aircraft, scant passengers actually pay attention to what could be potentially lifesaving instructions from the helpful cabin crew.

• Shortly after boarding an aircraft, passengers are generally receptive to the important lifesaving instructions from the crew.

• After boarding an aircraft, the majority of passengers pay little attention to what could be very important lifesaving instructions from the flight attendants.

• Upon exiting an aircraft, few passengers actually pay attention to what the wonderful and helpful crew are saying.

• After boarding an aircraft, the majority of passengers are receptive to what are critical lifesaving instructions from the wonderful crew.

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The catastrophic sinking of the passenger ferry, The Herald of Free Enterprise, took place in 1987 after a boatswain, a member of the crew, fell asleep and left the bow doors open.

• In 1987, a member of the crew fell asleep while on duty and the ferry merrily sailed across the channel.

• In the year 1987, a passenger ferry terribly sank after a member of the crew, a boatswain, fell asleep while on duty and left the doors at the front of the ferry wide-open.

• In 1987, while on duty, a boatswain fell asleep, and this had no effect whatsoever on the operations of a passenger ferry.

• After 1987, a boatswain fell asleep while on duty, and this terribly resulted in the sinking of the passenger ferry known as 'The Herald of Free Enterprise'.

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Although they had a great season last year, Sheffield United are almost certainly heading back to the Championship this year, and they have recently dismissed their long-standing manager.

• In spite of a poor season last year, Sheffield United are almost definitely going down this season, and they have recently dismissed a loyal manager.

• Despite a fantastic season last year, Sheffield United have been unable to continue their progress into this season, and they have recently decided to retain their manager.

• After a terrible season last year, Sheffield United have decided to get rid of their manager, and it looks like they will be getting relegated this season.

• After a fantastic season last year, it certainly looks as if Sheffield United are heading for relegation from the Premier League, and they recently got rid of a manager who had been there a long time.

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A few years ago, Ahmad Al-Jallad, a professor of Arabic and Semitic linguistics at Leiden University, in the Netherlands, opened his e-mail and was excited to see that he had received several photographs of rocks.

• A while back, Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad opened a letter to find some photographs of rocks. He teaches languages in Europe and studies ancient artefacts.

• Before getting emailed a number of photographs of rocks from the Netherlands, Professor of Arabic and Semitic linguistics Ahmad Al-Jallad was a student at Leiden University and was excited about the discovery.

• Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad opened an email days ago to find photographs of rock that made him happy because he showed them to his students at the university where he works.

• After receiving a number of photographs of rocks several years back, a professor of Arabic and Semitic linguistics named Ahmad Al-Jallad, who teaches in Holland at Leiden University, was excited to have received the images in an email.

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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.

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

• Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.

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

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"It is expected that 129.5 million drivers will own electric vehicles by the year 2030 according, to a popular website."

• Electric vehicles will be more popular among drivers by 2030.

• It is forecasted that nearly 130 million car owners will have switched to electric cars by 2030, according to a well-known webpage.

• Electric cars will outpace gas powered vehicles by the year 2030 according to a popular science writer.

• Electric cars will outperform gas cars and become more popular among drivers by 2030.

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Research has shown that exercising regularly can effectively extend a person's lifespan.

• Exercise is known to extend a person's life.

• In order to extend your life, you should exercise constantly.

• Experiments in exercise have found a steady regimen of exercise can increase a person's longevity.

• Scientist have discovered that exercise is the "fountain of youth."

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