Brevity is an important feature of a summary.

Summary writing for IGCSE is largely a reading skill although the quality of your writing is assessed to a lesser extent.

Adding extra verbs and adjectives to your summary makes it vivid and shows that you have wide vocabulary.

Your opinions are accepted only if they are valuable.

Expressing the selected points in your own words is a must.

A good summary makes good use of connectives so that your points flow and unity is created.

Adding illustrations and example show that you understand the task well.

It is acceptable to write the summary in the first person.

If you do not meet the required word limit, you may use repetitions, own examples where necessary.