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.
