Restating ideas in your own words and writing short summaries. · about 14 minutes
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What is it? Paraphrasing means restating an idea in your own words while keeping the meaning. Summarising means giving only the main points in a shorter form.
Why does it matter? Both skills are essential for comprehension tests, essays, reports and notes - and for avoiding copying.
Where do we use it? "He was extremely tired" -> "He was exhausted." A paragraph of ten lines -> two sentences with the main idea.
In this lesson you will:
