In recent times, many young people have become less social and stay inside more often. What are the causes of this? How can young people be enabled or encouraged to interact with the outside world more?

STEP 1
EXERCISE 1
In recent times, many young people have become less social and stay inside more often.
What are the causes of this?
How can young people be enabled or encouraged to interact with the outside world more?

These are paraphrased versions of this sentence: “In recent times, many young people have become less social and stay inside more often.”

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   Increasingly, young people are becoming less social and spending more time indoors.
   
2. 
   Nowadays, young people tend to be less social and spend more time indoors than before.
   
3. 
   A growing number of young people are becoming less social and staying indoors more often in recent times.
   
4. 
   In recent times, there has been a trend of young people becoming less social and spending more time indoors.
   

Try to paraphrase the sentence below using the structures above:
“Today more people are travelling than ever before.”

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ANSWERS:

1. 
   More people are traveling these days, as it is becoming increasingly popular.
   
2. 
   Nowadays, people tend to travel more often, leading to an increase in the number of travelers.
   
3. 
   A growing number of people are traveling these days, which has resulted in an increase in the number of trips taken.
   
4. 
   There has been a trend of people traveling more frequently in recent times, with more trips being taken than before.
   

Paraphrase these example topics in your own words

1. 
   In recent times, young people are spending more time indoors and engaging in less physical activity.
   
2. 
   More people are working from home, resulting in changes to traditional work routines and less commuting.
   
3. 
   The rise of social media has had a significant impact on personal relationships, with people spending more time on their devices.
   
4. 
   Online education is on the rise, resulting in less face-to-face interaction between students and teachers.
   

EXERCISE 2