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WorksheetsWriting a Summary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is a summary?
Retells the main events of the story in a shorter version.
Tells the people in the story.
Tells where the story takes place.
Tells us the theme of the story.
True or False: In a summary you should include all of the main details from the text.
True
False
A summary is ________________.
Long
Short
The main idea should be included in a summary.
True
False
A summary includes enough details to tell the important ideas, but not too many unimportant details.
True
False
Which best describes a summary?
a really long detailed piece of writing
the entire text told in your own words
a dumb thing that teachers make you write
the main ideas and important details of the beginning, middle, and end of a passage.
You should write your summary . . .
in your own words with complete sentences
in a secret language that you make up
in one draft without revising
in fragments without punctuation
A summary should present the ideas from the article in the same order as they are written in the article.
true
false
Below are the guidelines for summarizing EXCEPT …
Should be written in your own words.
Acknowledges the source of the text.
Includes examples and opinions.
Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?
Summary being shorter than the text.
Exact words from the text.
Including main ideas only.
A good introductory sentence for a summary should include the following EXCEPT
The title of the article or source.
States the reader’s opinion.
The general overview of the article.
What is the purpose of a summary?
to retell the story
to give your personal opinion
to present the writer's main ideas
to give advice to the audience
When you write a summary, instead of taking sentences directly from the passage, you should do what instead?
Paragraph
Plagiarise
Plan
Paraphrase
When you write a summary, you can add your own opinions and other information that you know.
True
False
When you write a summary, you can present an author's ideas in any order that you like.
True
False
BEFORE you present the main ideas in your summary, you should begin with a ____________________________.
Transitional word
Topic sentence
Linking sentence
Concluding sentence
Grammar and spelling are NOT important when writing a summary.
True
False
