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WorksheetsParaphrasing and Summarising
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
how many paraphrasing strategies that are in the slides?
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what is paraphrasing?
A paraphrase is a restatement of another person’s ideas using your own words.
A paraphrase is a restatement of another person’s ideas.
A paraphrase is another copy of another person's writing into yours.
A paraphrase is a academic writing.
which one is not paraphrasing strategy?
use synonyms
change the part of the speech
shorten the paragraph
change sentence structure
"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.
Read this passage:
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.
What is the main idea?
Original: Taking the bus to Montego Bay is about twice the distance of taking the bus to Ocho Rios.
Paraphrase: A bus ride to Ocho Rios is roughly half the journey of going to Montego Bay by bus.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Unacceptable Paraphrase
Original: Any trip to Jamaica must include a visit to Ocho Rios to climb the falls.
Paraphrase: You should go up the falls positioned in Ocho Rios when vacationing in Jamaica.
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Unacceptable Paraphrase
Original: Seventy-five percent of university students prefer to live in student housing.
Paraphrase: Campus housing is not a preference for around a quarter of tertiary level students.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Unacceptable Paraphrase
Original: If you exercise regularly, you will be healthier.
Paraphrase: Improved health results from habitual exercise.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Unacceptable Paraphrase
what is summarising?
give examples of the original excerpt
give a brief restatement of the main ideas and points
give a summary of the entire academic essay
give elaboration to the original excerpt
which one is the technique for summarising?
underlining key ideas
elaborate more with examples
copy and paste from original excerpt
summary grid
Which of the following best summarises the ideas in this paragraph?
Part of the problem with e-mail is that our etiquette on how we use it is flawed. We send notes when a simple text or call would do and bug our friends until we hear from them. Courteous.ly is a free app that determines your level of e-mail traffic. It then provides you with a link you can share or put into your e-mail signature that will let your contacts know whether your current load is high, regular or low.
Retrain yourself to use the email efficiently.
Bad etiquette is the cause of poor e-mail use.
Courteous.ly is a good app in controlling e-mail traffic.
Which of the following questions sums up the information in this paragraph?
Mobile phones are a cross between a radio and a telephone. They were invented in the early 1980s. The handset of a mobile phone is a kind of radio transmitter and receiver. Mobile phones are linked to the national telephone exchange by "base stations" (pylons). When a mobile phone is switched on, it releases a signal around every 20 seconds saying "I'm here" to the nearest base station, so the location of the phone is known and it can receive and make calls. With mobile phones, the sound is sent and received as a "micro-radio wave".
What is a mobile phone?
How do mobile phone works?
When was the mobile phone invented?
Why are the base stations linked to the national telephone exchange?
What is the point that the writer is making in this paragraph?
Japan’s policymakers have failed its people – they could have opened up many of its closed sectors to competition, reformed its labour laws to make Japanese labour more attractive, cut pension benefits, and allowed more immigration. Its government could have put the country on a path to reduce its massive debt burden. Instead, we are now entering an era where one of the great manufacturing nations of history faces a looming current account deficit. With its debt at 211 per cent of its GDP, if the cost of its borrowing increases, Japan would face an even greater crisis: A default.
The government should cut down on its borrowing.
The government should recruit more foreign workers.
The government should have implemented proactive economic measures.
Choose the best summary for the paragraph below.
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the Leaning Tower of Pisa was never designed to lean. Construction started on the tower, the third structure in Pisa’s cathedral complex, in August of 1173. It was after three of the building’s eight stories had been completed that the uneven settling of the tower’s foundations became obvious. Construction was then paused as war broke out between the Italian city-states. When construction resumed, the engineers tried to compensate for the lean by making the higher stories taller on the short side, but this only served to sink the tower further. The tower’s heaviest bells were then silenced due to fears they would worsen the lean.In 1990, the building was closed for a major straightening scheme which succeeded in reducing the lean to 4.1 metres. Experts say the tower should now remain stable for at least another 200 years.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a beautiful building in Italy. It was never designed to lean but builders made a mistake during construction which was paused due to war between Italian city-states. Engineers tried to fix the lean but failed.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built in 1173. Its first three stories were uneven, causing the tower to lean. Construction was halted when war broke out. The building was secured in 1990 and hopefully it will last another 200 years. It is a beautiful piece of architecture and history.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans due to an engineering error. Early efforts to lessen the lean made it worse. More recently the lean was lessened, securing the tower for another two centuries.
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Jet lag is a problem suffered by many flight attendants, pilots, and frequent flyers. When people travel rapidly across numerous time zones, as they do when flying long distances, they sometimes develop a condition called jet lag. These long trips disturb normal body rhythms. After a trip, travelers may have trouble falling asleep at night and staying awake during the day. Experts advise travelers flying eastbound to go to bed later than usual before traveling and those flying west to go to bed earlier than usual. These changes should help minimize the effects of jet lag.
Which statement best summarizes all the main points in this paragraph?
Flight attendants, pilots, and frequent flyers often suffer from jet lag.
Jet lag is a problem for people who fly a lot. To prevent jet lag, people can change the time they go to sleep before they take a trip.
People who suffer from insomnia often get jet lag because people's body rhythms get thrown off by travel.
Long-distance travel is unsafe because of a condition known as jet lag from traveling across many time zones.
Small newspaper seeks writers. Writers must work well under pressure and focus on details. Good writing skills are necessary. Related experience preferred. Must be flexible with hours. May need to work overtime, nights, and weekends. Call 555-1234 for information.
What is the best summary of this advertisement?
Most newspapers want flexible workers. They want people who are able to work nights, weekends, and overtime.
A small newspaper is looking to hire writers. They would like someone who is detail-oriented, can work under pressure, and have flexible hours.
Writers at newspapers work long hours. They often have to work at night or on weekends. They also have to deal with stress.
You need experience to get a good job. For example, in order to get a writing job, it is helpful to have some writing experience.
When you imagine a desert, what do you see? If you are like most people, you probably picture sand, sand, and more sand. But did you know that only one-fifth of the world's largest non-polar desert, the Sahara, is covered by sand? The rest of the 3.5 million square miles of the desert, in Africa, is made up of rock and rubble. Most people think the Sahara is covered by sand because of the many pictures of the sand dunes of the desert. The sand dunes are very expansive—they measure over one hundred miles wide and two hundred feet tall. These great sand dunes, called whalebacks, are what photographers and filmmakers focus on when they film the Sahara. So, naturally, the image of the Sahara as a sand-covered wasteland is what most people picture.
Which of the following best summarizes this paragraph?
Many people think the Sahara Desert is covered by sand, but it is not. The Sahara is made mostly of rock and rubble, though it has hundreds of miles of sand dunes.
The Sahara Desert is an interesting place to photograph. Photographers and filmmakers especially like to focus on the hundreds of miles of sand dunes.
The sand dunes of the Sahara are called whalebacks. They are called this because they look like the backs of whales barely peeking out from the ocean.
The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world. It is over 3.5 million square miles large, and people usually picture it as a sand-covered wasteland.
