Crossword puzzle : Rephrasing ideas in English

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Rephrasing ideas in English [C1] — VocaVerb

How well can you rephrase ideas in English? This crossword challenges your ability to find synonyms, paraphrases, and alternative expressions, key skills at an advanced level. From subtle nuances to stylistic variations, put your vocabulary to the test and discover how many ways you can say the same thing differently.

Grid

Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.

Clues

Across

  1. 1. Look over and assess again
  2. 3. modal showing ability or possibility
  3. 5. In that place
  4. 7. Express or represent in words
  5. 8. Making an idea clearer to understand
  6. 9. Saying the same thing differently
  7. 13. Expressing something in a new way
  8. 14. Used to add surprise emphasis
  9. 15. Improve the clarity of an idea

Down

  1. 1. Tell a story or idea again
  2. 2. Making text shorter while keeping meaning
  3. 4. Adverb or conjunction of place
  4. 6. Restate text in different words
  5. 7. To express an idea in a new form
  6. 9. Express in different wording
  7. 10. Say something again differently
  8. 11. A word indicating a reformulation
  9. 12. word meaning for this reason

Answers

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Across

  • 1. Look over and assess again → review
  • 3. modal showing ability or possibility → could
  • 5. In that place → there
  • 7. Express or represent in words → render
  • 8. Making an idea clearer to understand → clarifying
  • 9. Saying the same thing differently → rephrasing
  • 13. Expressing something in a new way → restatement
  • 14. Used to add surprise emphasis → already
  • 15. Improve the clarity of an idea → refine

Down

  • 1. Tell a story or idea again → retell
  • 2. Making text shorter while keeping meaning → condensing
  • 4. Adverb or conjunction of place → where
  • 6. Restate text in different words → paraphrase
  • 7. To express an idea in a new form → reformulate
  • 9. Express in different wording → rephrase
  • 10. Say something again differently → restate
  • 11. A word indicating a reformulation → signal
  • 12. word meaning for this reason → hence

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