Introduction to summary writing

WAEC English Language Revision Notes

  • Comprehension and Summary
  • SS1 · First Term
  • 3 min read
  • Checked by imtiaz ahmed

What a summary is, how to find the main points of a passage, how to answer “In three sentences, one for each”, and how to summarise in a given number of sentences or words.

In these notes
  1. What summary means
  2. Keep and leave out
  3. Step by step
  4. Choosing the best title or summary sentence
  5. The WAEC summary question
  6. Turning a passage into points
  7. In a given number of sentences or words
  8. Worked theory answer

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All English Language notes
  1. SS1
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Comprehension and reading skills
      2. Introduction to summary writing
      3. Figures of speech
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Parts of speech
      2. Phrases, clauses and sentence types
      3. Punctuation and spelling
      4. Vocabulary development: everyday registers
      5. Tenses and auxiliary verbs
      6. Homonyms, homophones and homographs
      7. Synonyms
      8. Antonyms
    3. Oral English
      1. Vowels: monophthongs and diphthongs
      2. Consonants
      3. Syllables and word stress
      4. Rhymes
    4. Continuous Writing
      1. Letter writing
      2. Essay writing
  2. SS2
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Reading for main ideas and implied meaning
      2. Summary writing skills
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Nouns, pronouns and modifiers
      2. Word formation and nominalisation
      3. Prepositions and phrasal verbs
      4. Vocabulary development: specialised registers
      5. Concord and sequence of tenses
      6. Active and passive voice
      7. Idioms and figurative expressions
    3. Oral English
      1. Consonant clusters and stress patterns
    4. Continuous Writing
      1. Articles, reports and speeches
  3. SS3
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Comprehension of literary and factual passages
      2. Summary in the examination
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Verbs, modals and adverbials
      2. Vocabulary development: advanced registers
      3. Direct and indirect speech
      4. Lexis and structure in the examination
    3. Oral English
      1. Intonation and emphatic stress

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