1. PARAPHRASING Exercises
reading
thinking
PARAPHRASING Exercises
rewriting
understanding

2. By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
billion years old, give or take a few million years.
What?
(All of the following sentences were taken from The Washington Post)

3. By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
billion years old, give or take a few million years.
What?
What about it?

4. By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
billion years old, give or take a few million years
What?
What about it?
Who says?

5. By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
billion years old, give or take a few million years
What?
What about it?
Who says?
Sample:
Scientists say the earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old.

6. When it comes to momentous events in U.S. history, the War of 1812
ranks low in the minds of many - a forgettable hiccup in history.
What?

7. When it comes to momentous events in U.S. history, the War of 1812
ranks low in the minds of many - a forgettable hiccup in history.
What?
What about it?

8. When it comes to momentous events in U.S. history, the War of 1812
ranks low in the minds of many - a forgettable hiccup in history.
What?
What about it?
Sample:
The War of 1812 is not a very memorable part of U.S. history.

9. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
Who?

10. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
Who?
What happened to them?

11. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
Who?
What happened to them?
Why?

12. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
Who?
What happened to them?
Why?
When?

13. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
Who?
What happened to them?
Why?
When?
Sample:
Until the late 1990’s, doctors ignored patients with anosmia -an
inability to smell things -because they didn’t know much about the
sense of smell.

14. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.
Who? - 3 groups

15. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.
Who? - 3 groups
Are doing what?

16. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.
Who? - 3 groups
Are doing what?
Who says?

17. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.
Who? - 3 groups
Are doing what?
Who says?
Sample:
The Federal Trade Commission discovered that the entertainment
companies are trying hard to get children to buy their violent products
even though they say those products are not for children.

18. The most important factor in long-term accumulation of wealth is the
act of saving itself.
What?

19. The most important factor in long-term accumulation of wealth is
the act of saving itself.
What?
What about it?

20. The most important factor in long-term accumulation of wealth is
the act of saving itself.
What?
What about it?
Sample: The best way to get rich over a
long period of time is to save.