All About Summarizing
All About Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing: Words
Paraphrasing: Sentences
Case Study Grammar Structure
100

True or False:

A summary should be shorter than the original text.

True

100

What is paraphrasing?

Putting information into your own words

100

Paraphrase the word: illness

sickness, disease

100

Paraphrase the following:  

Surgeons perform operations to repair injuries. 

Answers will vary:

Injuries are fixed when operated on by surgeons.

100

The past continuous and past perfect are used to describe this...


The history of the present illness

200

True or False:

You should add your own ideas and opinions when writing a summary.

False

200

What is a synonym?

A word with the same meaning

200

Paraphrase the word:  Ache

pain, soreness, discomfort

200

Paraphrase the following:  

Vaccines help prevent serious diseases.

Answers may vary:

Serious diseases can be avoided if vaccinated.

200

The physical examination uses what verb tenses?

Passive voice an present simple tense

300

True or False:

When writing a summary you have to include all of the details from the original text.

False

300

Will you be able to change every word in a phrase or sentence into your own words?

NO

300

Paraphrase the word: Fatigue

tiredness, exhaustion

300

Paraphrase the following:  

Physical therapy aids in the recovery of patient mobility.

Answers may vary:

The patient's recovery in mobility can be helped by physical therapy.

300

The use of present perfect and past simple tense is found in the...

diagnosis

400

Summarizing should be; Short, condensed, and concise

True

400

Give an example of when you would not be able to paraphrase and put information in your own words. 

The name of a person or a specific place

A specific date  

400

Paraphrase the word:  Swelling

inflammation

400

Paraphrase the following:

The doctor checks the patient's temperature. 

Answers may vary

The patient's temperature is checked by the physician. 

400

"Investigations" might include verb tenses that are...

past simple and passive voice.

500

Share one way that summary writing and paraphrasing is similar and one way that they are different. 

Both involve putting information in your own words. 

A summary should be shorter than the original text, but a paraphrased text can be be about the same length or slightly shorter. 

500

What is the practice of taking someone 

else's work or ideas and passing 

them off as one's own called?

Plagiarism

500

Paraphrase the word:  A broken bone

a fractured, cracked, split bone

500

Paraphrase the following: 

The pharmacist explained how to take the prescribed medication and warned about possible side effects.

Answers may vary

The pharmacist cautioned about potential side effects as he/she explained how the prescribed medicine should be taken.

500

"The patient has been experiencing symptoms for three weeks."

What grammar structure/s does this sentence include?

simple past tense and present perfect

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