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Academic Writing: Paraphrasing Exercise

This document provides examples of paraphrasing exercises for academic writing. It includes 3 paraphrasing exercises that ask the reader to paraphrase sentences or extracts in 2 different ways each, using specific paraphrasing techniques. For each paraphrase, the reader must name the technique used. The exercises provide practice paraphrasing parts of sentences, full sentences, and longer extracts. They also require using paraphrasing techniques like changing voice, substituting synonyms, creative use of time/numbers/dates, and combining/exchanging parts of sentences. The goal is to help readers learn how to effectively paraphrase sources in their academic writing.

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Academic Writing: Paraphrasing Exercise

This document provides examples of paraphrasing exercises for academic writing. It includes 3 paraphrasing exercises that ask the reader to paraphrase sentences or extracts in 2 different ways each, using specific paraphrasing techniques. For each paraphrase, the reader must name the technique used. The exercises provide practice paraphrasing parts of sentences, full sentences, and longer extracts. They also require using paraphrasing techniques like changing voice, substituting synonyms, creative use of time/numbers/dates, and combining/exchanging parts of sentences. The goal is to help readers learn how to effectively paraphrase sources in their academic writing.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

PARAPHRASING EXERCISE

Paraphrasing Exercise 1
Paraphrase each part of this sentence in two different ways and name the technique in each.

1. It is not illegal in some cultures to be married to more than one woman, but the monogamous relationship is the
most common (Barron’s TOEFL iBT Internet-Based Test 2008 by Pamela J. Sharpe, page 96).
1.1 It is not illegal in some cultures to be married to more than one woman
A.
B.

1.2 but
A.
B.

1.3 the monogamous relationship is the most common.


A.
B.

1.4 Combine these paraphrases creating two different paraphrased sentences.


A.
B.

Paraphrasing Exercise 2
Paraphrase each part of this sentence in two different ways and name the technique in each.
2. Some 10 million girls a year are married off before the age of 18 across the world, according to a UNICEF report
released this year (“What Is It Like To Be a Child Bride?” by Nel Hedayat, BBC News Magazine, October 4, 2011).
2.1 Some 10 million girls a year
A.
B.

2.2 are married off before the age of 18


A.
B.

2.3 across the world


A.
B.

2.4 according to a UNICEF report released this year


A.
B.

Dannally Torrealba
ACADEMIC WRITING
2.5 Combine these paraphrases creating two different paraphrased sentences.
A.
B.

Paraphrasing Exercise 2
3.1 Paraphrase the extract. Among others, use the ‘changing the voice’ and ‘synonyms’ techniques (at least twice). Use
different colors to highlight where the techniques were used.
Dan Wright observes, “Investigating the role of direct product experience in decision making is of critical importance
to marketers because consumers rarely discount the trustworthiness of their own experiences. Compared to
advertising claims, trial experiences have a stronger effect on attitude formation.”
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2. Paraphrase the extract. Among others, use the ‘creative use of time, numbers, & dates’ and ‘changing the voice”
techniques (at least twice). Use different colors to highlight where the techniques were used.
CVS/pharmacy dispenses more prescriptions than any other drugstore chain, and prescriptions account for 71 percent
of the chain’s retail sales. More than 1,100 CVS locations also house a CVS MinuteClinic, where medical professionals
treat minor health conditions, give vaccinations, and provide other walk-in care.
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3. Paraphrase the extract. Among others, use the ‘combine sentences’ and ‘exchanging verbs and nouns’ techniques (at
least twice). Use different colors to highlight where the techniques were used.
Stopping tobacco sales was a landmark moment for CVS. And it was the event that received most of the headlines. However, the
ban on tobacco was only one step in a more sweeping purpose-driven transformation. Consistent with its broader mission, CVS
has been on a decade-long shift from being the traditional “drug store on the corner” to becoming a “multi-spectrum health care
company.”
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Dannally Torrealba

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