Comprehension/Writing Skills, Answering Summary Questions

Answering Summary Questions

Useful hints

There are various ways of writing a summary. What is important is that you should give all the information required in the manner demanded. In addition, you will find the following hints useful.

Always indicate which part of the question you are answering since the order of your answer may not correspond to that of the questions.

Pick from the passage only the information demanded by the question.

Keep strictly to the contents of the passage and be as brief as possible.

Use your own words in presenting your answers; do not copy out whole sentences from the passage in answer to summary questions.

Evaluation: Read the summary passage on page 29 of your Effective English and answer the questions below it.

Reading Assignment: Page 112 of countdown by Evans.

B: Structure: Auxiliary ‘shall’ and ‘should’.

Content: Aux. ‘Shall’

Aux. ‘should’

1.’Shall’- Shall shows simple futurity in the first period singular and plural

2. ‘Shall’-Shows determination in the second and third persons, singular and plural.

Person	Singular	Plural
2nd	You shall	You shall
3rd	He/she/it shall	They shall

E.g. Youshall love your neighbours as yourself.

1. ‘Should’—it expresses futurity from the standpoint of some past time.

I shouldeat the food if given. (Here should is future) a condition.

2. ‘Should’– it expresses obligation and logical necessity.

(In this sense, it has the same sense as ‘ought to’)

We should eat the food since it is safe.

3. it’s used after certain expressions (of pity, surprise etc) e.g.  It is a pity that he should behave that way.

Evaluation: Make five sentences each with ‘shall’ and ‘should’.

Reading Assignment: Countdown: Page 193-194.

C: Essay Writing: Descriptive

Content:

1. Definition

2. Writing: ‘The Evil Effect of Peer Pressure’

A description Essay is the one that requires you to write a description of, for example, an object, a person, an animal, an incident or a scene. You should have a picture in your mind of what to describe. The clearer the picture, the better your description.

Ensure that your presentation follows a logical order. It is a poor planning to jump forwards and backwards in such an essay.

Evaluation: Write a descriptive essay on ‘The Evil of Peer Pressure’

Reading Assignment: Countdown by Evans page 13-14.

Weekend Assignment: Page 265 of Countdown Passage B.