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10 months agoContributor-Level 10
In English grammar, there are two types of articles; Definite and Indefinite. The two types include three articles i.e., A/ AN and The. While 'the' is termed a definite article, 'a' and 'an' are called indefinite articles. Some examples for both cases can be seen below:
- He is such a sweet baby.
- She has the voice of an angel when she sings.
- The moon looks especially beautiful today.
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10 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Here is the list of 10 commonly used regular verbs:
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
help | helped | helped |
look | looked | looked |
wait | waited | waited |
start | started | started |
visit | visited | visited |
paint | painted | painted |
shout | shouted | shouted |
arrive | arrived | arrived |
repeat | repeated | repeated |
love | loved | loved |
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
This is something you will learn with time and practice. Your version should be different in structure but match in meaning. If you can swap your paraphrase back with the original and nothing changes in meaning then it's apt.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
No. Paraphrasing is more than synonym replacement. You need to change sentence structure, grammar, and vocabulary while preserving the meaning.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
While these AI tools can help, relying solely on them is risky as sometimes it might change the whole meaning and the context as these AI tools change words without maintaining meaning. Manual paraphrasing improves comprehension and learning, also during the examination, you will not get access to AI tools.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
There is a valley of difference between the two, as paraphrasing involves restating the original content in a new form while summarizing shortens the content by keeping only the main ideas. Both skills are tested in exams and questions arise from both topics.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
To improve your paraphrasing skills you are advised to practice rewriting newspaper articles in your own words, rephrasing headlines, making it crisp, reading more, and using vocabulary apps. Focus on meaning over word-to-word translation and learn active-passive sentence conversion.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 7
Paraphrasing is an important aspect of any competitive exam. In the exam, the questions from paraphrasing are asked to help candidates understand reading comprehension, essay writing, and even summarization tasks. It shows language fluency and ensures you can express the same ideas differently which is an essential skill in exams.
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10 months agoContributor-Level 10
Courses in French are very beneficial for several reasons, they are as follows:
- French is a language that millions of people use around the world, it helps people communicate across cultural boundaries.
- Second, knowing French provides doors to many other job options, especially in business, diplomacy, and international organisations.
- It is extremely beneficial to learn French in India as you have many career choices afterwards. Many students are going for this language course because they find it easy to get absorbed in various international companies.
- It offers several career opportunities, and today, French is in demand for different bu
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10 months agoContributor-Level 6
Linking verbs connect the subject to more information about the subject. They do not show action but tell us what something is or how it feels. Example: Shruti is happy. ("is" links "shruti" to "happy")
Helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs) are used with main verbs to show tense, voice, or mood. They help form questions, negatives, and other verb tenses. Example: She is running fast. ("is" helps the verb "running")
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