EXERCISE 1
Paraphrase each sentence. There may be more than one way to rewrite each one. Remember to change vocabulary , phrases and sentence structure wherever you can.
- Despite their massive size, elephants are known for being agile
Elephants are agiles despite of their massive sizes
2.-Because elephants consume up to 500pounds of food a day, they are able to strip a forest bare in no time.
Elephants consumes a lot of food a day and they can devastate a whole forest.
3.-Over the centuries, lions have been used in art to represent power and magnificence
The power and magnificence in arts has been represented by lions
4.- Lions are social anumals with one dominant male in each pride.
Despite the dominant male, Lions are sociable animals
5.-George Washington Carver was a dedicated teacher, in adition, he was known as a talented artist, musician, and researcher who made valuable contributions to his people and his country.
The contribution of George Washington to the country and his people is not only as a researcher but in arts, music and education.
6.- Archibald Mcleish, known for his poetry, was appointed head of the Library of Congress by President Roosevelt in 1939
In 1939 President Roosevelt named to Archibald Mcleish as the head of the Library of Congress
Exercise 2
Read each paragraph and sate the main idea in your own words. If you find the main idea stated directly in the paragraph, be sure to use the paraphrasing techniques that you practice in exercise one.
- There is plenty of water on the earth. In fact, there is enough water in this planet for everyone to have a huge lake. The trouble is that the water is not always found in the place where it is needed. In addition, much of the water is polluted or salty. Because of these problems, there are many people without sufficient water.
Main idea: Water and its problems.
2. New oil supplies need to be found to replace those that have been used up. There is a constant search for new oil fields. oil hunters sink their wells wherever there are signs of oil. Each of these drillings costs thousands and thousands of dollars, and often there ir not enough oil to make it profitable. Nevertheless, the search for new oil never ebds.
Main idea: The expensive oil and the neccesity of finding new fields.
3. Quakers, a religious group known as the Society of Friends, have always worked for huamn causes.Before the civil War in the United States, they were against slavery and led the movement to help slaves escape from the southern part of the United States and seek freedom in the northern part. Today, they fight hunger and disease around the globe ands still aid peoplefleeing tyranny and war. Their beliefs are based on the principles of pacifism and simple living.
Main idea: Quakers against war, tiranny and slavery.
Exercise 3
Let´s look at the following text. First, read the original essay several times to make sure that you understand each paragraph well. Then, fill in the outline. next, write a 100 word summary.
Students Rights.
The refuse of including students to the planification and organization of schudels and curriculum. Starting by, the choosing of a carrer, the students are never asked about what kind of carrer they want to study, there is no interview about it and they are placed according to the administrative committee, related to this point we may highlight the opportunity that students dont have to get the information of a semester or a school year, students dont know anything until the first class or the first day in the semester, they meet the professor, the subject and the planning. Also, students never can make an evaluation about the professors' skills, the way of teaching and even the planning of the exams, assignments and workshops, etc. The students have to be allowed of being envolved in the planning of curricula because if this depends the future of them.
