The document provides instructions and examples for tasks related to summarizing texts. It includes examples of choosing correct verb forms, matching terms to their explanations, and answering questions about summary structure. Specifically, it asks the reader to choose the correct verb forms to complete sentences, match summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting terms to their definitions, and answer questions about what constitutes a topic sentence in a summary and the overall structure of a summary.
The document provides instructions and examples for tasks related to summarizing texts. It includes examples of choosing correct verb forms, matching terms to their explanations, and answering questions about summary structure. Specifically, it asks the reader to choose the correct verb forms to complete sentences, match summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting terms to their definitions, and answer questions about what constitutes a topic sentence in a summary and the overall structure of a summary.
The document provides instructions and examples for tasks related to summarizing texts. It includes examples of choosing correct verb forms, matching terms to their explanations, and answering questions about summary structure. Specifically, it asks the reader to choose the correct verb forms to complete sentences, match summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting terms to their definitions, and answer questions about what constitutes a topic sentence in a summary and the overall structure of a summary.
Task 1. Choose the correct present and past simple passive or active forms to complete the following text
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking 1 (appears/is appeared) in the
middle of the 15th century in Yemen. It was here in Arabia that roasted coffee seeds 2 (boiled/were boiled) for the first time. Coffee 3 (was prepared/prepared) then in a very similar way to how we 4 (are prepared\ prepared) it in the present day. Coffee 5 (was used/used) by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals. In the 16th century, coffee 6 (was reached /reached) the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. And not long after that, coffee 7 (exported/was exported)to Italy and to the rest of Europe, and to the Americas. In Europe, coffee 8 (was arrived/arrived) in Venice first, and from Venice, it 9 (introduced/was introduced)to the rest of Europe. Coffee became more widely accepted after Pope Clement VIII 10 (said/was said) that it was a Christian beverage in 1600; many people wanted to ban coffee because they said it was a "Muslim drink". The first European coffee house opened in Rome in 1645. Task 2. Use the verbs in the correct form: 1. Tennis on a clay, grass or hard court. (PLAY) 2. In this hospital small injuries by assistant doctors. (TREAT) 3. The wheel thousands of years ago (INVENT) 4. English in many countries all over the world. (SPEAK) 5. India independence after the end of World War II (GIVE).
Task 3. Match the terms to their explanation:
Quotation involves putting the main idea(s) into your
own words, including only the main point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source. Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material Paraphrasing must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author. Summarizing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.
Task 4. Answer the questions:
1) What is the structure of a summary? 2) What is the structure of a topic sentence? What information do these parts include?