Paraphrasing Worksheet

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.

To paraphrase means...

• to express someone else's ideas in your own words

• to express only the most important points of someone else's words

• to quote someone else's words and type exactly the same words

Which of the following is not true about paraphrasing?

• It is usually about the same length as the original text.

• It avoids using the same sentence structure as the original text

• It removes much of the detail from the original passage & focuses on the main points

• It restates the author's ideas but does so in a new language

When you paraphrase, the words and structures you use should sound like something you would normally say or write.

• True

• False

He needs to throw a lot of things. The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• A lot of stuff was thrown by him.

• He must destroy a lot of things.

• He has a lot of stuff to get rid of.

Every year, thousands of tourists visit Niagara Falls. The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Every year, many tourists come to see Niagara falls.

• Each year, thousands of tourists came to see Niagara Falls.

• Niagara Falls is visited by thousands of people each year.

• Niagara Falls was visited by a lot of tourists every year.

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Michelangelo drew the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• It was Michelangelo who painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling.

• Michelangelo who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was talented.

Keeping your house cool or warm, driving cars, and making things in factories all pollute the atmosphere.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Either keeping our house heated or air-conditioned, driving our cars and producing things in factories contaminated the atmosphere.

• Pollution comes from cars, factories, heating and air conditioning.

Humans take away animals' homes and their food by farming, when they cut down trees for wood, and when they look for oil.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Cutting down trees & looking for oil damage animals' homes & take away their food.

• Humans get rid of the animals' life by farming, chopping down the trees & drilling the oil.

Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence: The teacher explained the concept in a simple way.

• A) The teacher made the concept easy to understand.

• B) The teacher confused the students with the concept.

• C) The teacher explained the concept in a difficult way.

• D) The teacher ignored the concept.