ACTIVITY 1

GET THE MAIN

IDEA OF THE
PARAGRAPH
1. DESPITE
THE
BREAKTHRO
UGHS IN
MEDICAL
TECHNOLOG
Y , MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO
DIE FROM
MALNUTRITI
ON AND
STARVATION.
2. NOTWITHST
ANDING
MAN’S
RESOLVE TO
COME TO
GRIPS WITH
THE
PROBLEM
FACING HIM
AND HIS
SUCCESS IN
MEETING
THEM, NEW
PROBLEMS
ARE BORN OF
EACH AGE
..MANY OF
THEM
CREATED BY
THE VERY
SOLUTIONS
 MEN CAME
UP WITH.
ACTIVITY 2
SHORTENING
SENTENCES
BY DELETION
1. THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
WHAT IS
RIGHT AND
WHAT IS
WRONG IS NO
LONGER
CLEAR.
2. FROM THE
DAWN OF
CIVILIZATION
UP TO 1850,
THE WORLD
POPULATION
REACHED
JUST ONE
BILLION.
ACTIVITY 3
SHORTENING
SENTENCES
BY
COMPESSING
PHRASES
AND
CLAUSES TO
FEWER
WORDS.
1.PERMISSIVE
NESS IN SEX
HAS
RESULTED IN
( A RISE IN
INCIDENCE )
OF
PREMARITAL
SEX,
ADULTERY
AND
ABORTIONS.
2.SOME OF
THESE
PROBLEMS
HAVE BEEN
WITH US
( FOR
SOMETIME
NOW) BUT
THEY ARE
STILL( IN
WANT OF
SOLUTIONS).