Substitute Multiple Synonyms - Exercise

Try to rewrite each sentence that you may see in a textbook by substituting synonyms for the underlined words and phrases. As you have learned, an excellent paraphrase will also change the structure of the sentence, but in this practice activity, let's begin by writing acceptable paraphrases. Substitute multiple synonyms. The first one is completed to give you an example. Your answer is correct if the words or phrases you use are synonyms for the underlined words or phrases and the meaning of the sentence is the same.

EXAMPLE

Original: Thomas Edison was a very curious child, performing his first experiment when he was only three years old.

Paraphrase: Thomas Edison was a very inquisitive child, conducting his first experiment at the age of three.