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SUMMARY APPROACH TO DIAGNOSTICS AA1 E1

1. Read the material GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A SUMMARY.


2. Read the text WORLD TRADE: THE COMMODITIES MARKET. Attention!!! You are making
the summary about this text.
3. Write a 4-line summary for each paragraph. The text has 5 paragraphs, so you should
write a whole of 20 lines. Make sure you leave double space between paragraphs, so they are
easily identified.

ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS TO INTRODUCE A SUMMARY


Remember a summary is a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas about
something. A summary is usually a third or a quarter of the original length.

The first paragraph is about…


Paragraph number 1 explains…
In paragraph number 1 the author talks about…
In paragraph number 2 the author focuses on…
The second paragraph is mainly about…
DICTIONARIES:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/
http://www.businessdictionary.com/
https://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

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