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PRACTICE PARAPHRASING, Schemes and Mind Maps of Statistics

Learn how to paraphrase in 5 easy steps, with 4 helpful tips to ace your paraphrasing game! MAKE NOTES AS YOU GO THROUGH THE VIDEO. STEP 1 - Read the passage ...

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PRACTICE
PARAPHRASING
Let’s Practice how to paraphrase !
Work in a group. Mix and match the proverb with its
meaning
1. People who live in glass
houses shouldn't throw
stones.
2. You made your bed - now you
must lie in it.
3. Blood is thicker than water.
4. A stitch in time saves nine.
5. It never rains but it pours.
6. One man's meat is another
man's poison.
7. A miss is as good as a mile.
a) If you say you will do something then
do it.
b) Do not treat others badly if you
cannot handle the consequences and
you yourself have faults.
c) Things are worse than they seem.
d) You still lost.
e) Family is most important.
f) What can hurt one person can help
another.
g) Do not procrastinate.
Discuss your choices
within your groups.
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PRACTICE

PARAPHRASING

Let’s Practice how to paraphrase!

Work in a group. Mix and match the proverb with its

meaning

  1. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
  2. You made your bed - now you must lie in it.
  3. Blood is thicker than water.
  4. A stitch in time saves nine.
  5. It never rains but it pours.
  6. One man's meat is another man's poison.
  7. A miss is as good as a mile.

a) If you say you will do something then do it.

b) Do not treat others badly if you cannot handle the consequences and you yourself have faults.

c) Things are worse than they seem.

d) You still lost.

e) Family is most important.

f) What can hurt one person can help another.

g) Do not procrastinate.

Discuss your choices

within your groups.

Let’s paraphrase text

●Paraphrasing example

Original passage “The number of foreign and domestic tourists in the Netherlands rose above 42 million in 2017, an increase of 9% and the sharpest growth rate since 2006, the national statistics office CBS reported on Wednesday” (DutchNews.nl, 2018).

Paraphrased version According to the national statistics office, the Netherlands experienced dramatic growth in tourist numbers in 2017. More than 42 million tourists travelled to or within the Netherlands that year, representing a 9% increase – the steepest in 12 years (DutchNews.nl, 2018).

VIDEO WATCH : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiM0x0ApVL

Learn how to paraphrase in 5 easy steps, with 4 helpful tips to ace your

paraphrasing game! MAKE NOTES AS YOU GO THROUGH THE VIDEO.

STEP 1 - Read the passage several times to fully understand the meaning.

STEP 2 - Note down key concepts.

STEP 3 - Write your own version without looking at the original.

STEP 4 - Compare your paraphrased text with the original one. If you find too

similar make changes.

STEP 5 - Cite the source

● Start the sentence at a different point from the original one.

● Use synonyms. Make use of a dictionary if you can’t think of any.

● Change the sentence structure. Try to change the voice from active to

passive and vice versa.

● Break up longer sentences or combine shorter ones.

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