Usually there is a lot of rain around Izmir in spring as well as autumn.
As it looks like rain, I shall wear my raincoat.
He recovered from the operation quicker than anyone expected him to.
There are several reasons why I don’t want to spend the summer in Antalya.
Despite the noise the children were making, she kept on reading.
Although reading is still not as widespread as it should be. the number of people who read has increased a great deal over the last few years.
As I was the only one who wanted to go camping this weekend, the trip was cancelled.
Ankara is one of the fastest-growing cities in this area of the country.
The traditional wedding in this part of the country is being replaced with a more modern and simple ceremony.
They didn't report the theft to the police because the amount was so small.
I think working in a greenhouse is probably one of the most rewarding and relaxing hobbies.
My medical examination was performed in the clinic instead of the hospital.
When the car started to roll down the hill, everyone in the street moved out of the way.
The baseball game would have been much better if the weather had been better.
The new boss wants a full report of the work that has been completed over the last year.
He was upset that he lost his job, but the thought of telling his family made him feel even worse.
As the old man had been living alone for many years now, he was very capable of taking care of himself.
After considering the amount of time necessary to complete the new building project, the city decided to reduce the extent of the project.
It is unlikely that I will be the first to congratulate them on their decision.
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Paraphrasing and Summarizing are two skills that are highly useful for writers. With these two techniques, writers can get help creating their content and providing it to their readers in an easy-to-peruse way.
However, if you happen to be new to the field of writing, you could be a little unaware and untrained in both these skills. But don’t worry. Everyone starts out as a beginner.
In this post, we’re going to be looking at some paraphrasing and summarizing exercises along with their answers and explanations. By following along, you’ll get a good idea about how you can use these techniques in your own capacity.
Let’s begin!
Before we get to the exercises, let’s digress a little and understand what paraphrasing and summarization actually are.
Let’s start with paraphrasing.
Paraphrasing is the process in which a particular piece of content is reworded and rephrased in such a way that it looks different from its original version but it has the same meaning and context.
A simple example of paraphrasing would be to change “John likes his cat” to “John adores his feline pet”. Paraphrasing can be as slight as merely changing some words in the text, or it can be as drastic as fully changing the tone, structure, order, and words of the content.
On the other hand, Summarizing is the process in which a piece of content is shrunk and shortened to about one-tenth of its original size. In this shortened version, the main idea and concept of the content is provided.
Summarization is usually used by authors and writers when they want to give a brief outline of a book or article to their readers.
Now that we’ve looked at the definitions of both, let’s move ahead to look at some exercises.
The main purpose of providing these exercises along with their answers is to help you understand what these techniques look like when they are implemented. Since we have explained their core definition above, you can try and work along the exercises to improve your skills a little as well.
Related: Difference Between Paraphrasing And Rephrasing
Here is a sample paragraph that we will be paraphrasing as an exercise. We’ll write the paragraph alone first, and then provide the answer after a brief explanation.
Sample Paragraph:
"John could not find the butter in his fridge. He went to buy some from the store. On coming back, he saw his cat sitting on the floor, smacking its lips. There was some yellow stuff smeared all around its face. Thus, John solved the mystery of the missing butter."
So, as we mentioned earlier, paraphrasing can be done simply and sparingly, or it can be done drastically.
One of the primary and basic ways of paraphrasing is to simply change some words in the provided content with their synonyms. This is, we reiterate, a very basic level of paraphrasing, and it is often very easy to see through it.
So, for this first exercise, we are going to be doing only that level of paraphrasing as a way to illustrate how it looks like.
Here is what the above paragraph looks like when paraphrased:
Paraphrased Paragraph:
"John could not locate the butter in the refrigerator. He went to purchase some from the shop. On coming back, he observed his cat sitting on the ground, licking its lips. There was some yellow material smeared all around its face. Hence, John solved the mystery of the missing butter."
While we are on this discussion, it will also be salubrious to understand that when changing words with their synonyms for the purpose of paraphrasing, you have to be careful that you pick those that don’t mess up the context and intent of the lines.
Moving on, let’s look at another paraphrasing exercise. Here is the paragraph that we will be using for this one:
"John’s cat got lost in the forest. He went looking for it in the night time. He heard some movement in one of the bushes. He put his hand in and felt the fur. He pulled the thing out, thinking it to be his cat. After coming home, he realized it was an angry raccoon."
We mentioned in the last exercise that the basic level of paraphrasing is to change some of the words in the given text with their synonyms. And we also mentioned how that sort of paraphrasing can be easily detected.
So, for writers who want to paraphrase something in such a way that it does not resemble its original form a lot, there’s a step further that they can go, and that is to change the sentence structures + phrases.
Essentially, by changing the phrases used in the content as well as the arrangement of the sentences, the overall look of the paraphrased piece looks very different. If someone wants to go even ahead of that, they can shuffle the sentence order as well.
Considering this type of ‘extensive’ paraphrasing, here is the answer to the paragraph given above:
"John’s cat went missing in the forest. He went to search for it when it was dark. He discerned some movement in the hedge. After putting his hand inside it, he felt some fur. Thinking that it was his cat, he pulled the animal out. It was only after coming home that he realized that it was a frustrated raccoon."
Read more: How And Why to Paraphrase Your Content?
Now that we have looked at the paraphrasing exercises, let’s move on to look at some for summarizing.
Just as we’ve looked at two types of paraphrasing above, we’ll also look at two different types of summarizing.
Actually, it’ll be better if we explain those two types before getting to the exercises.
Basically, there are two types of summaries . One of them is called extractive and the other is called abstractive .
In extractive summarization, the summary of a piece of content is generated merely by taking out some sentences from it and joining them together. This is usually the type of summaries that you get from automated tools.
When extractive summaries are created, there is no effort to understand the actual meaning and context of the text. Rather, the purpose is only to take some lines from it and join them together in such a way that they make sense.
On the other hand, abstractive summaries are those that are written using a completely new and different set of words, phrases and sentences than the content (that is being summarized). As opposed to extractive summarization, abstractive summarization involves understanding the meaning and context of the text, and then creating a completely new summary that features all those concepts and ideas.
In order to demonstrate and explain extractive summarization, we’re going to first write a paragraph here and then provide its summary afterwards:
Sample paragraph:
"John’s car broke down. He stopped by the road side and screamed at people to stop and help him. But no one stopped for him. He continued howling and howling for hours. People kept driving by. After getting tired, he picked up a sheet and wrapped it around himself. Then, he started spinning on his spot. He grew dizzy. He kept spinning and spinning until he fell asleep."
Now, since we have to use the “extractive” summarization technique here, we’ll create the summary using the lines and sentences used in the content itself.
"John’s car broke down. But no one stopped for him. Then, he started spinning on the spot. He kept spinning and spinning until he fell asleep."
For this exercise, we will use the same para that we did above. However, the technique used for the summarization will be different.
Since we will be using the abstractive technique here, the summary will be created using different words and phrases as the original.
"John’s vehicle went phut. But, no one stopped their car to help him. After he was tired, he made himself dizzy by spinning and then went to sleep."
So, that’s about it.
If you were a little confused about paraphrasing and summarization techniques, hopefully you’re a little more confident about them now.
These skills can come in handy for writers in a lot of different situations. If you don’t have the hang of them already, you should try and get it as quick as you can.
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What is paraphrasing?
rephrasing and original statement
summarizing and shortening
taking someone else's words
a type of summarization
Why may a paraphrase be used?
to give a broad overview of an article or text
to better fit the author's original ideas into an essay
to significantly shorten a quote
to summarize
When can paraphrasing be used?
in adocumentary
on a news report
in a formal essay
all of the above
Which of the following statements best describes how to paraphrase information?
Copy the sentence and then put it in quotations.
Copy the sentence, put it in quotations, and cite the source.
Determine key words in the sentence and replace one or two of them with words that have similar meanings.
Determine key words in the sentence and replace most of them with words that have similar meanings. Rewrite the sentence in your own words, and add a citation at the end.
What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
summarizing shortens, whereas paraphrasing only rephrases
summarizing rephrases, whereas paraphrasing shortens
paraphrasing always lengthens whereas summarizing only sometimes lengthens
paraphrasing and summarizing are the same thing
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this statement?: We were able to save the day thanks to teamwork and innovative thinking.
We saved the day with teamwork and creative thinking.
Because we worked together and used innovation, we made it work.
Thanks to innovative thinking and teamwork, we were able to make it work.
We were able to save the day together.
Which of the following is NOT something you have to change when paraphrasing?
sentence structure
order of ideas
How are paraphrasing and summarizing different from one another?
A paraphrase does not have to change sentence structure and order of ideas while a summary does.
A paraphrase does not need to be cited while a summary does.
Both are reworded; however, a paraphrase is a condensed version of the original, while summarizing maintains the source's length
Both are reworded; however, a summary is a condensed version of the original, while paraphrasing maintains the source's ideas
Do not quote more than ___% of your paper.
Choose the best paraphrased version of this sentence:
A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.
A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.
Most summer school students have high school reading to do.
Dragonflies have six legs, but they can't walk.
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.
Dragonflies have six legs.
Even though they have six legs, dragonflies can’t walk.
Although dragonflies have six legs, they fly.
Choose the best paraphrased version of this question:
Are schools going to frisk a kindergartner or search the backpack of a second grader to see if they’re hiding candy with peanuts inside?
Schools will get X-Ray machines to check for peanuts.
Schools are only going to check backpacks for peanuts.
Schools are only going to check kindergarten students.
It is unlikely that schools will make all students get searched for peanuts.
Banning peanut products would be unenforceable.
Police would check people for peanuts.
It would not be possible to completely stop people from bringing peanuts.
Police and people would not be able to eat peanuts.
It would be instantly possible to check for peanuts.
Which of the following statements best describes how to summarize information?
Determine the main ideas of the source and then put them into your own words.
Which of the following statements about summarizing is true?
A summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
A summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
A summary is always found in the last sentence of the passage.
A summary is an overview of what the passage is about.
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
Which of the following summarizes the passage above?
There are a lot of cows in Texas.
There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.
Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text?
Original Text: During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to be employed to help support the family.
Paraphrase: At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.
Article title: “Plumber Caught Dancing On The Job Has All The Fly Moves”
Original : “The video of Topen’s dancing has racked up more than 400,000 views since it was posted on YouTube last week, and the plumber says he’s already been approached in public for his autograph.”
Which is the best paraphrase to use in a paper?
The video has racked up more than 400,000 views since posted on YouTube last week, and the plumber has even been approached for his autograph.
Even though the YouTube video of the dancing plumber was only posted last week, it has already had more than 400,000 views. Topen has become an almost instant celebrity as strangers have even asked him for autographs (“Plumber Caught Dancing On The Job Has All The Fly Moves”).
The dancing plumber whose video went viral after it was posted on YouTube has already been asked for autographs.
A plumber has been asked for this autograph after the video was posted online ("Plumber Caught Dancing On The Job Has All The Fly Moves").
Article: "Cellphones and Tablets Keep Kids Awake"
Original: According to the study, 72% of all children and 89% of adolescents have at least one device in their sleep environment.
Which is the best example of a summary for this passage?
One study found that the majority of children have one or more devices with them at all times ("Cellphones and Tablets Keep Kids Awake").
More than half of children sleep with devices in their room.
The study concluded that a minimum of one device is present in most young people’s sleeping environments.
The study claims that 72 percent of children have at least one device in their sleep environment, and so do 89 percent of adolescents.
Which is the best example of a paraphrase for this passage?
The study concluded that a minimum of one device is present in most young people’s sleeping environments ("Cellphones and Tablets Keep Kids Awake").
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