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    The document provides a worksheet with exercises to practice paraphrasing text by replacing underlined words and phrases with synonyms. Part A has 7 sentences where the learner is to find and insert a synonym for the underlined portion. Part B gives a short paragraph and asks the learner to paraphrase it by replacing the underlined text with synonyms. The goal of the exercises is to practice rewriting information without copying directly from the source text.

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    Exercise - Paraphrasing 1

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    PARAPHRASING WITH SYNONYMS - WORKSHEET 1

    Part A: Add Synonyms


    Find a synonym for the underlined words/phrases. Re-write each sentence using these new
    words and phrases

    1. Around 30,000 children may be helped by the proposed “free lunch” program.

    2. All of the people in class studied hard. The effect was a big increase in test scores.

    3. If you use cheap paper and discount ink, the quality of your printed documents will suffer.
    This situation can be avoided by switching to high quality products.

    4. The weather forecast says it will be mostly windy and rainy over the next few days. In
    addition, a strong typhoon is expected to hammer the coast next Wednesday.

    5. A science teacher caught two high school students smoking outside the school cafeteria.
    This action forced the principle to expel them for violating the school’s no smoking policy.

    6. The engineer must judge how much dynamite to use according to the quantity of material
    to be removed from the tunnel.

    7. Skateboarding is a fun way to exercise, meet people and look cool. It is a popular sport with
    around 10 million skaters worldwide. Based on this information, skateboard companies
    work hard to develop new products for this large group of consumers.

    Part B: Paraphrase the Text


    Paraphrase the text by replacing the underlined words and phrases with synonyms. Some
    sentences might need to be changed.

    Cell phone usage has exploded over the past decade and continues to rise. Today there
    are over one billion phone users worldwide. Concern has arisen over whether cell phone
    usage can harm a person’s health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen
    since cell phones were introduced, leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is
    the reason for the increase.

    Rob Whyte@2015 1 eslwriting.org

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