Apart from the guiding questions provided in the passage, below are some steps to make a good summary:
- Eliminate non-vital information.
- Join sentences with related ideas.
- Re-organize ideas to improve sentence fluency.
Taking these into consideration, here is an example summary from the passage taken from History and Geography 7, Unit 6.
Archaeologists discovered that people came to the North American continent long ago possibly by crossing fifty-six miles between Asia and Alaska. While the date and details of their trip remain unknown, as nomads, they migrated during the spring and summer in search of food for their herds and camped during the winter. Eventually, they settled from the east coast to the tip of South America. Artifacts found from this era were used for hunting animals to get food and clothing.
Answer:
Hello Uncle, may you please buy me some books. I will pay you back.
It suggests that the heat has real power to change its environment
Answer:
A laugh stops pointless argument.
Explanation:
The story of Satish is all about a community who is not wise and quarrels with each other on little disagreements. Satish saw two people fighting over their preferences of Idli or Dosa. Every person has his own food choices according to his taste but here people seems to disagree with the facts and starts arguing on pointless topics. There comes another man who thinks he is wise but makes a statement Dosa with chocolate, and here the argument continues. The only thing that helped stop the pointless arguments among the people of community was Satish's unintended laugh. The title that best suits the story is "A laugh stops pointless argument".
Answer: she feels proud of herself
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