WorksheetsPRE-TEST ON THESIS STATEMENT
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?
a. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage
b. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
c. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage
d. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage
Summarizing is an important skill because it helps you……. EXCEPT ONE.
a. Deepen your understanding of the text
b. Learn to identify irrelevant information or key ideas
c. Combine details or examples that support the main ideas/s.
d. Concentrate on the gist or main idea and key words presented in the text.
Which of the following is NOT a use of summarizing?
a. Reviewing a long text, speech, or video
b. Writing an abstract
c. Preparing notes for a study guide
d. Creating a blog
In writing a summary, it should be ____________.
a. comprehensive, concise, coherent, and independent
b. comprehensive, concise, coherent, and intelligent
c. comprehensive, concise, considerate, and independent
d. comprehensive, complicated, coherent, and independent
Who among the following is doing a good summarizing?
a. Sean copied everything from the book.
b. Rina revised the main idea. .
c. Paul extracted the key points
d. Michael extended the message of the text and included some of her interpretations
Which of the following is NOT a technique in summarizing a short text?
a. Outline the text.
b. Formulate a single sentence that summarizes the whole text.
c. Write a paragraph (or more): begin with the overall summary sentence and follow it with the paragraph summary sentences.
d. Rearrange and rewrite the paragraph to make it clear and concise, to eliminate repetition and relatively minor points, and to provide transitions
Which of the following is a technique in summarizing a long text?
a. Outline the text. .
b. Formulate a single sentence that summarizes the whole text
c. Write a paragraph (or more): begin with the overall summary sentence and follow it with the paragraph summary sentences.
d. Rearrange and rewrite the paragraph to make it clear and concise, to eliminate repetition and relatively minor points, and to provide transitions.
One tried-and-true method to help writers isolate important information.
a. Magnet Summary
b. Journalist Questions
c. Somebody Wanted But So
d. GIST Summary
This strategy helps writers generalize, recognize cause and effect relationships, and find main ideas.
a. Magnet Summary
b. Journalist Questions
c. Somebody Wanted But So
d. GIST Summary
A summarizing strategy requires writers to pare down information into a 20- word summary.
a. GIST Summary
b. Somebody Wanted But So
c. Journalist Questions
d. Magnet Summary
