PRACTICE: Paraphrase to rewrite these sentences using synonyms. Use a dictionary or thesaurus to find synonyms for the underlined words and phrases.

Ex: More than 70% of the women who attended the one-day meeting were in business with their spouses.

à Three-fourths of the women who went to the one-day conference were in business with their husbands.

1.           Approximately 200 pupils may be assisted by the proposed “free lunch” program.

à …………………………

2.           In 2006, with the development of memory cards, the market for portable music players jumped sharply.

à …………………………

3.           Even though the coach’s strategy was a little dangerous, their volleyball team was successful at last.

à …………………………

4.           Therefore, the effect of opening extra classes was a rapid increase in our students’ examination results.

à …………………………

5.           In addition, a terrible typhoon is expected to destroy the coast over the next few days.

à …………………………

6.           The technicians must judge how much dynamite to use according to the volume of material to be removed from the cave.

à …………………………

7.           One of the junior workers was dismissed because he had photographed the factory.

à …………………………

8. The police have arrested a 30-year-old guy who broke into a KFC business, stole a couple of sausages and fell asleep.

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9. A young man told the police officers that he fled the scene of an auto accident because he didn’t want to deal with his girlfriend yelling at him.

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10. Although the video of the Gangnam style was only posted last week, it has already had more than 5000,000 views.

à …………………………

11. Rider, a Belgian sheepdog, became so focused on chasing down a squirrel that he paid no attention to the wheelbarrow in front of him and directly collided it. 

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12. Over the centuries, lions have been used in art to represent power and magnificence.

à …………………………

13. If you use cheaper paper and discount ink, the quality of your printed documents will suffer. The situation can be avoided by switching to high-quality products.

à …………………………

14. The weather forecast says it will be mostly windy and rainy the next few days. In addition, a strong typhoon is expected to hammer the coast next Wednesday.

à …………………………

15. A science teacher caught 2 high-school students smoking outside the school cafeteria. This action forced the principle to expel them for violating the school’s no -smoking policy.

à …………………………