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✍️ Academic English Exercises: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Citing
Exercise 1: Paraphrase this sentence
Original: "The government implemented new policies to reduce carbon emissions."
Your paraphrase:
Sample answer
"New policies were introduced by the government to lower carbon emissions."
Exercise 2: APA in-text citation
Create an APA in-text citation for a 2021 book by Maria Gonzalez, page 42:
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(Gonzalez, 2021, p. 42)
Exercise 3: MLA Works Cited entry
Create MLA citation for a book: John Smith, "Academic Skills", Publisher 2020:
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Smith, John.
Academic Skills
. Publisher, 2020.
Exercise 4: Identify the mistake
"The study shows that students who use active recall perform better (Smith 42)." What citation style is this?
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MLA (author-page)
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