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You learn to pick the main ideas from a passage and restate them briefly. This helps you answer clearly, save time, and avoid copying the original passage too closely.
You should already be able to read a passage closely and understand its meaning. It also helps if you can spot important and less important details in a text.
Not confident yet? Work through Close reading & inference first.
One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.
A good summary should:
Working: Summaries restate the main points concisely in your own words without extra opinion.
This skill normally appears in SHS English reading work, where learners practise handling passages before moving to longer responses. It is useful for WASSCE preparation because summary tasks often check how well you can condense a text accurately.
Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.
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6 questions with a worked answer after every attempt, and a SmartScore that tracks how close you are to mastery.