So that...

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

This exercise is from Reading Challenge. I had to write a summary by changing the book's sentence. Is my sentence correct?
'Tiger Woods created The Tiger Woods Foundation so that he can help make golf open to everyone.'
And the following sentence is from the book it has to be changed 'Woods created the Tiger Woods Foundation so that...'

Reading Challenge by Malarcher Casey.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Can you give us the complete sentence you had to change?

This is their full sentence.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Do you mean that you had to complete a sentence?

Yes, this is the exercise.

Summary 38

Read the sentences from the reading passage. Paraphrase the sentences to create a summary of the passage.

a. He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25.
b. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships.
1. a + b: Tiger Woods won the World Golf Championships before he turned 25, setting the record _______________________________________.


c. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now.
d. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money.
2. c + d: Woods wants to help others who can’t play golf for various reasons because ___________________________________________________.


e. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf.
f. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone.
3. e + f: Woods created the Tiger Woods Foundation so that ___________________________________________.

 

[teechar]

The original

he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone.

Yours

Woods created the Tiger Woods Foundation so that he can help make golf open to everyone.

That's hardly a good paraphrase, is it?
Be daring. Change it more.

 

[Rachel Adams]

The original


Yours

That's hardly a good paraphrase, is it?
Be daring. Change it more.

I am not sure which construction should be used after 'so that'. :-?

 

[teechar]

Don't worry about which structure to use; paraphrasing means saying the same thing using different words. Have a go.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Don't worry about which structure to use; paraphrasing means saying the same thing using different words. Have a go.

'Woods created the Tiger Woods Foundation so that golf would be open to everyone'. :shock:

 

[teechar]

What does "open" mean in the above context? Can you think of an alternative?

 

[Rachel Adams]

What does "open" mean in the above context? Can you think of an alternative?

Ah, 'available to everyone'. Right? 'He created the foundation so that golf would be available to everyone.'

 

[teechar]

Yes, or "accessible".