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PARAPHRASING II.
INSTRUCTION: Read the following statements and choose the letter of the best answer.
(Siguraduhin ang bawat desisyon, dahil sadyang uso na ang ma ghosting at maiwanan tulad ni Bea)
General Question: Which among the following statements best paraphrases the given idea?
16.Thurman’s fist was swinging when Pacquiao reached for it. The next minute Thurman was flopping like a fish on
a line, and his closed fist was lost in Pacquiao’s big hand. The referee ran towards them.
A. Thurman was flopping like a fish because Pacquiao swung for his hand until the referee said let go.
B. Pacquiao reached for Thurman and closed his fist in his big hand. The referee made him let go.
C. Thurman, who provoked the fight, turned out to be no match for Pacquiao, who only stopped when ordered
to do so.
D. Thurman flopped like a pathetic fish when he tried to pick a fight with Pacquiao’s big hand.
17. Before making their permanent move to China, the Colipano Brothers spent three years learning the language.
A. The Colipano brothers studied Mandarin before relocating to China.
B. Before making a permanent move to China, the Colipano brothers spent three years learning Mandarin.
C. Before moving permanently to China, the Colipano brothers learned the language.
D. The Colipano brothers spent three years learning the language before their permanent move to China.
18. ‘By that time I was shrieking. Jem yanked my hair, said he didn’t care, he’d do it again if he got a chance, and if I
didn’t shut up he’d pull every hair out of my head. I didn’t shut up and he kicked me. I lost my balance and fell
on my face. Jem picked me up roughly but looked like he was sorry.’ said Scout. - From To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
A. Scout was shrieking. Jem pulled her hair. He said he didn’t care. He said he’d do it again.
B. I was shrieking. Jem pulled my hair. He said he didn’t care. He said he’d do it again.
C. Jem and Scout fought for a while and stopped when Scout was hurt. Then Jem looked sorry.
D. Jem and Scout fought viciously, but when Scout was hurt, Jem felt apologetic.
19. The President and his advisor drove away from the fraught meeting with a perceptible air of relief.
A. The President and his adviser seemed relieved as they left the difficult meeting.
B. The President and his adviser left the difficult meeting with an air of relief.
C. The President and his adviser left the fraught meeting with a perceptible air of relief
D. The President and his adviser drove away from the difficult meeting with perceptible air of relief.
20. I’m thinking about you. What else can I say?/ The palm trees on the reverse/ are a delusion; so is the pink
sand./ fractured coke bottles and smell/ of backed-up drains, too sweet,/ like a mango on the verge/ of rot,
which we have also.’ – From ‘Postcards’, by Margaret Atwood.
A. The narrator describes the holiday scene, which is exactly like a beautiful postcard.
B. The narrator expresses the disappointment felt when a holiday doesn’t match expectations.
C. The narrator has nothing to say.
D. The narrator writes of the complaint she has made to the hotel staff about the poor accommodation.
21. The ghost of Banguo has entered and sat in Macbeth’s place at the table. Macbeth: The table’s full. Lenox: Here
is a place reserv’d sir. Macbeth: Where? Leno: here, my good lord. What is’t that moves your highness?-
Macbeth: Which of you have done this? Lords: What, my good lord? Macbeth: Thou canst not say, I did it:
never shake thy gory locks at me. From Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
If you were asked, sagutin mo!
Huwag mong hayaan na mapunta sa iba ang matamis niyang OO.
Umayos ka and learn to be responsible.
Lakasan mo ang loob mo and
MAKE ME PROUD! ^_^
-Sir June