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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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The faculty at Newtown Elementary School invites you to attend our annual Honors Dinner on Thursday, June 17, 2005, in the school cafeteria.
A meal will be served at 7:00 P.M. The cost of the meal is $7.50 per person. Please respond by June 5th with the number of family members attending. We look forward to seeing you there.
Which of the following is the best summary of the invitation?

• The teachers at school are having a dinner to which you are invited. It will be at 7 P.M. on June 17 and will cost $7.50 a person.
• Students need to decide if they want to go to the Honors Dinner with their teachers and family at Newtown Elementary School.
• Newtown Elementary School is going to have an Honors Dinner. The teachers hold this dinner once a year for all of the honors students.
• The dinner costs $7.50 a person. You need to let the teachers know by June 5 how many people you are bringing to the dinner.

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March 2nd was a great day at the New York Public Library. More than 250 first and second graders wore red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats. They were celebrating The Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat picture book has been published for 50 years now. The famous feline danced with children racing around him. At the same time, pink, purple, and white confetti rained down.
Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders. They sat on brightly-colored rugs around her. Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair. Pink and purple umbrellas hung from the ceiling. The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high for the many characters in the story.
After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!" The students took off their hats and waved them excitedly.
Which sentence should be included in the summary of the passage above?

• After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!"
• The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high...
• Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair.
• Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders.

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" I passed my driving licence exam last week'

• Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam last week.
• Kasia told us she had passed her driving exam the week before.
• Kasia said us she had passed her driving exam last week.

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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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John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?"

• John asked Mary why she got angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she is angry with him.

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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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How is summarizing different from quoting? 

• Summaries allow you to restate someone's ideas in your own words without using quotation marks
• Summaries are always found at the end of a book or on a book cover
• Summaries have to be placed inside of quotation marks to show that the ideas were not originally your own
• Summaries do not require citations like direct quotes would

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Fill in the blank: In order to write a/an _____ you must know the _____.

• objective summary ... central idea(s)

• objective summary ... supporting details

• central idea(s) ... objective summary

• supporting details ... objective summary

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