English X - Chapter No.23 - Reference To Context

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MAKING A SUMMARY
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters and poems thoroughly for reference to context Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
Lesson Name: Making a Summary

1. A good summary is generally one-third of the length of the original passage.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) What is a good summary?
(iii) What are the skills for writing a summary? Name them
Ans,
(i) Lesson: Making a Summary
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) A good summary must have all the important points in a precise form. It brings out the theme of the matter. A summary is usually one-third the length of the original passage.
(iii) There are five skills for making a summary. They include:

1. Generalization
2. Inclusion of main points
3. One word substitution
4. Use of indirect speech
5. Avoiding details and personal opinions

2. A more important skill is the ability to select facts which concern the main ideas in the passage, and reject details having little or no importance.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) When we need this skill? Name all skills to precis a passage?
(iii) Delete the sentence from the following sets of three sentences which does not concern the other two:-
(a) The dog was very fierce. The dog howled all night. So the neighbours never went near it.
(b) The car was black in colour: The car had worn-out tyres. So it could not be seen in the dark.
(c) The students did not prepare for the test. They came without uniforms. So the chowkidar could not make out who they were.
Ans,
(i) Lesson: Making a Summary
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) We need this skill for making a summary. There are following five skills to precis a passage or for making a summary:

1. Generalization
2. Inclusion of main points
3. One word substitution
4. Use of indirect speech
5. Avoiding details and personal opinions

(iii)
(a)The dog was very fierce. So the neighbours never went near it
(b)The car was black in colour. So it could not be seen in the dark.
(c)They came without uniforms. So the chowkidar could not make out who they were.

3. The third skill to learn is to compress several words into one word or phrase.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Compress the following phrases into one word?
(a)"that which cannot be seen"
(b)"that which cannot be avoided"
(c)"That which cannot be done"
(iii) What do you mean by generalising for making a summary? Give One General Word or Phrase For the following:
(a) Tables, Chairs, Sofas, Cupboards.
(b) Sheep, Goats, Horses, Camels, Donkeys.
(c) Oranges, bananas, apples, grapes
Ans,
(i) Lesson: Making a Summary
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii)
(a) Invisible
(b) Inevitable
(c) Impossible
(iii) Generalizing means that one must be able to give one general word or phrase for a long list of words.
(a) Furniture
(b) Cattle
(c) Fruits

4. "Please stop that noise. I want all of you to be quiet", she said.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) What is the significance of Precise-Writing?
(iii) Change the following from direct into indirect speech:
(a) “Could it be mended”? they asked.
(b) “Open the suit case”, he said to him.
(iv) Summarize the given line as indirect speech?
Ans,
(i) Lesson: Making a Summary
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) The significance of Precise-writing is very clear. A person having any job needs to read a lot. Only by wide reading a person can keep up with the latest developments in his own field of work and in the world at large. But since there is too much to read, summaries or precis are the easiest way to get information at length in shortest possible time by average reading.
(iii) Change the following from direct into indirect speech:
(a) They asked if it could have been mended.
(b) He ordered him to open the suit-case.
(iv) She told them to be quiet.