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Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language

1.4Selecting information: summary

Selecting information: summary in Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.4.1Select and use information for a specific purpose (R5).
  2. 1.4.2Write a selective summary in continuous prose and in their own words, within a word limit.

Lessons

  • Making notes from a text

    25 min

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  • Selecting points for a summary

    30 min

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  • Writing a summary in continuous prose

    30 min

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Sample question

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Selecting information: summary: sample question

1 mark

Which is the best note for this sentence?

One of the main problems was that goats from neighbouring homesteads kept breaking through the fence and eating the young vegetables.

Choose one answer

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