Summary Reading

ENG301 Reading Review-Summary Completion

What is being tested?

In this kind of question a candidate is required to complete a summary of the text OR a part of the text.

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You will either be given a list of words to choose from (pic 1) OR you will need to select words from the text. (pic 2)

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​This question type is testing your ability to understand main ideas.

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All of the information contained in the summary will also be contained in the reading text. However, synonyms and paraphrasing are used, so don’t expect to see the same words.

What you need to do......

• Read the 'gapped' summary to get an overall understanding and a feel for what is missing.

• Decide whether it is a summary of the whole text or a part of the text.

• Look for keywords before and after the gap.

• Choose either words from the list OR EXACT WORDS from the text to complete the summary.

• Identify the part of speech needed for each gap e.g. noun, verb or adjective

TIP.......

As well as thinking about grammar, you should also be thinking about COLLOCATION: which words go together, for example what nouns usually go with the verb express?

Summary Completion (choices)

Identifying parts of speech

In the following slides you will be given a selection of words and have to choose if the words are nouns, verbs or adjectives.

Multiple Choice

Look at the words below and put them into the correct category according to part of speech.

introduced and enabled

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Look at the words below and put them into the correct category according to part of speech.

Aboriginal, traditional and past

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Look at the words below and put them into the correct category according to part of speech.

camera, mining, end, majority and viewpoints

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

**PRACTICE**

Summary completion (with choices)

With this particular question type you are given a selection of words to choose from. You will use the 10 words that you have just categorised to complete the summary. In the real IELTS exam you will be given more choices than gaps.

Summary completion (with choices)-handout

1. introduced (v)

2. Aboriginal (a)

3. camera (n)

4. enabled (v)

5. mining (n)

6. end (n)

7. majority (n)

8. viewpoints (n)

9. traditional (a)

10. past (a)

Multiple Choice

Questions 1 and 2

• introduced / end

• introduced / past

• traditional / end

Multiple Choice

Questions 3 and 4

• traditional / viewpoints

• Aboriginal / majority

• traditional / majority

Multiple Choice

Questions 5 and 6

• mining / viewpoints

• camera / viewpoints

• mining / camera

Multiple Choice

Questions 7 and 8

• introduced / past

• introduced/ traditional

• enabled / traditional

Multiple Choice

Questions 9 and 10

• mining / past

• introduced/ viewpoints

• mining / traditional

Review-answers

1. introduced (v)

2. ​end (n)

3. ​Aboriginal (a)

4. ​majority (n)

5. ​camera (n)

6. ​viewpoints (n)

7. ​enabled (v)

8. ​traditional (a)

9. ​mining (n)

10. ​past (a)

**REMEMBER**

**READ THE INSTRUCTIONS**