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Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
• It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.
• Most summer school students have high school reading to do.

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Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• exact words from the text
• including main ideas only

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Choose the correct option:
Petra: ‘I won’t tell you what happened until tomorrow.’ 

• Petra said she wouldn’t tell me what had happened until the next day.
• Petra said she wouldn’t tell me what had happened until tomorrow.
• Petra said she won’t tell me what had happened until the next day.

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Which of the following best summarizes the meaning of this passage? The boy wanted to say something other than, Thank you, m'am, to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn't do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door.

• Roger realized how inadequate a mere thank you was for all Mrs. Jones had done for him.
• Roger wanted to say something nasty to Mrs. Jones, but he restrained himself.
• Roger did not really want to thank Mrs. Jones because he felt that she forced him to go with her.
• Roger had planned to say something, but it completely escaped his mind.

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Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?

• The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
• The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
•  The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
• The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

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Rosa Parks has been called the "mother of the civil rights movement." She is one of the most important people of the 20th century. In December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was sent to court. She was found guilty of breaking the law.

Her act sparked a boycott of the bus system by blacks. Blacks refused to use the buses for more than a year. The boycott introduced the country to a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. People all over the country came to know King. Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court made segregation on city buses against the law.

Over the next forty years, Rosa Parks helped make Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. She earned many honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. She is an example of courage and strength. She inspires all Americans to live free.

The summary of this passage is:

• Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Then, the buses were boycotted, and Martin Luther King, Jr., became very well known. He had a prize named after him.

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. The bus driver had her arrested, and then she was found guilty of breaking the law. She was important to American history.

• Rosa Parks boycotted the bus system. This boycott brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to the front of the civil rights movement. People all over the country got to know Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks was an important person of the 20th century. She refused to give up her seat on a bus, which led to a boycott of the bus system. She earned many honors for her work in the civil rights movement.

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Pushkin's poetry is admired all over the world.

• Поэзией Пушкина восхищаются во всем мире.

• Поэзия Пушкина восхищает весь мир.

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Dad said, "You should tidy up your rooms now."

• Dad said that they should tidy up their rooms then.

• Dad said that they should tidy up your rooms then.

• Dad said that they should tidy up their rooms now.

• Dad said they should tidy up their rooms then.

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Erica said, "My friends and I were playing in the park."

• Erica said that her friends and she had been playing in the park.

• Erica said that her friends and she had played in the park.

• Erica said her friends and she had been playing in the park.

• Erica said that she and her friends had been playing in the park.

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What do you use when you want to use a passage from the author and put it in your own words?

• summary

• paraphrase

• reported speech

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