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PaperI
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Thi
spi
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ed

cour
sel
eadi
ngupt
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hoset
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heMal
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Cer
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fi
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nat
ionsi
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Exami
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ishLanguageat
MSCELevelconsi
stof3paper
s:PaperI
,

PaperI
IandPaperI
II
.

PaperIt
est
sregi
ster
s,l
exi
s,semant
ics,
idi
oms,
grammarandst
ruct
uresi
n

f
orm ofmul
ti
plechoi
ce.I
tiswor
th60mar
ks.

PaperI
Itest
s composi
ti
on i
.e.l
ett
ers,memor
andums,speeches,r
epor
ts,

i
nst
ruct
ions,ar
gument
s,shor
tst
ori
eset
c.Thr
eequest
ionsar
egi
ven,and

candi
dat
esansweronl
yonequest
ion.Eachquest
ioni
swor
th40mar
ks.

Thi
spapercomesanhouraf
terpaperI
.

PaperI
IIhast
hreesect
ions:Sect
ionA,
Sect
ionBandSect
ionC.Sect
ionAt
est
s

Not
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ng.I
tiswor
th30mar
ks.Sect
ionB t
est
sCompr
ehensi
onand

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Summar
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it
ingandi
swor
th50mar
ks.Sect
ionCt
est
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tis

wor
th20mar
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I
nasmuchasLanguaget
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shaveendeavour
edt
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ail
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ont
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ew havef
ocusedont
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ual

pr
act
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srequi
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lencei
nLanguageexami
nat
ions.Mywor
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assumest
hatt
hel
ear
nerhasal
readyacqui
redt
heski
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sinLanguagel
ear
ning,

butneedst
oper
fectt
hem f
orexami
nat
ions.

Thi
sbookl
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ehensi
on,Summar
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it
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Cl
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chmakepaperI
IIofexami
nat
ionsi
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Essent
ialski
ll
shavebeeni
ncl
uded,andever
ythi
ngusel
essandunnecessar
y

has been r
igor
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.You wi
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ind def
ini
ti
ons and expl
anat
ions

sandwi
chedbysampl
epassagesandsuggest
edappr
oachest
ofi
nishedwor
k

ofMANEBexpect
ati
ons.

NOTE-
MAKI
NG
Not
emaki
ngf
ormsSect
ionAofPaperI
Iofexami
nat
ionsi
nEngl
ishLanguage.

Apr
osepassagei
sgi
ven.Candi
dat
esar
easkedt
oreadt
hepassagecar
eful
ly

andaf
ter
war
dsmakeasummar
yofi
tinNot
e-For
m.I
nthei
rsummar
y,t
heyar
e

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askedt
opr
ovi
deasui
tabl
eti
tl
e,gi
vet
heMai
nPoi
ntsandsuppl
ySuppor
ti
ng

Poi
nts.

Mar
ksar
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dedf
orNot
e-St
yle,Br
evi
tyandaf
aircopyLayoutas

det
ail
edbel
ow

TheMai
nHeadi
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heSub– Sect
ions,andt
heSub-
sub-
sect
ionsf
ormt
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Not
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ayout(
for
mat
)thati
swor
th10mar
ksi
ntheexami
nat
ion.Theseshoul
dbe

neat
lywr
it
ten:

a. TheMai
nTopi
cshoul
dbewr
it
teni
ncapi
tal
satt
het
opoft
hepage.

b. Ski
pal
ineort
wobef
oreyouwr
it
ethef
igur
eone[
1]out
sidet
hemar
gint
o

i
ntr
oducet
hef
ir
stsub-
topi
c.

c. Suppor
ti
ngpoi
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hesub-
topi
cshoul
dbei
ntr
oducedbyl
ett
ers[
a,b,c]

i
nsi
det
hemar
gin,
and.t
heexampl
esshoul
dbef
urt
heri
ndent
ed,
int
roduced

byt
heRomanNumer
als[
i,
ii
,i
ii
,et
c].

Thest
ruct
ureofyournot
esshoul
dtaket
hef
oll
owi
nggener
alf
ormat
.

MAI
NTOPI
C

1. Sub-
topi
c.

a. ………………………………………………………………….
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b. ………………………………………………………………….
.

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.e.
g.

i
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i
i.………………………………

i
ii
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2. Sub-t
opi
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a.………………………………………………………………………

b.………………………………………………………………………

c.…………………………………………………………….
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d.…………………………………………………………………….
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3. Sub-t
opi
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a.………………………………………………………………………….
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b.………………………………………………………………………….
..e.
g.

i
.…………………………………………………….

i
i.……………………………………………………

i
ii
.……………………………………………………

c.……………………………………………………………………………

NOTE:I
tist
othedi
scr
eti
onoft
hecandi
dat
etousef
igur
es1,2,3,et
cto

i
ntr
oducesub-
topi
cs.Somepr
efert
ousel
ett
ersA,
B,C,
etc.f
orsub-
topi
cs,
and

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dashes(
-)orbul
let
s(•
)forsuppor
ti
ngpoi
nts.

Not
eStyl
e
Not
e-st
yler
efer
stot
hewayyournot
eshavebeenpr
esent
ed.

 TheymustNOTbesi
mpl
ycopi
edf
rom t
hepassageasi
fitwer
ea

composi
ti
onorwr
itt
enasi
ftheywer
easummar
yofapassagei
npr
ose

f
orm.

 Theymustbebr
ief
,meani
ngf
ulphr
ases.

 Convent
ionalsymbol
sandabbr
evi
ati
onsmustappeari
nyournot
es.These

mustbeusedspar
ingl
y,i
.e.donotover
uset
hem.

Symbol
s
Somestandar
dsymbol
sthatar
ecommonl
yusedi
nnot
esar
e:

& - and

+ - andorpl
us

% - per
cent
age
.
.
. - t
her
efor
e

= - sameas

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Abbr
evi
ati
ons
Abbr
evi
ati
onf
all
sint
othr
eemai
ndi
visi
ons:

a. Usi
ngcapi
tal
izedi
nit
iall
ett
erse.
g.

U.
N.- Uni
tedNat
ions

I
BM - I
nter
nat
ionalBusi
nessMachi
ne

b. Usi
ngt
hef
ir
stf
ewl
ett
ersofawor
d(andi
fpl
ural
,addan'
s'
)

di
vs - di
visi
ons

exams- exami
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ions

l
ab - l
abor
ator
y

r
ef - r
efer
ence

c
. Usi
ngacombi
nat
ionoft
hef
ir
stf
ewandt
hel
astf
ewl
ett
ersofawor
de.
g.

govt
.- gover
nment

bt
wn. - bet
ween

ppl
e.- peopl
e

chn.- chi
ldr
en

dept
.- depar
tment

pt
s. - poi
nts

d. Thecommonestabbr
evi
ati
onswhi
chmustappeari
nyournot
esar
e:

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 i
.e. - t
hati
s

e.
g. - f
orexampl
e

vi
z. - namel
y

et
c. - andot
heraddi
ti
onalpoi
nts

Not
e-st
ylei
swor
th8mar
ksi
ntheexami
nat
ion.

 2mar
ksar
eawar
dedf
ornot
eswhi
char
enotacomposi
ti
on

 2mar
ksf
ornot
esi
nmeani
ngf
ulphr
ases

 2mar
ksf
ort
hepr
esenceofsymbol
susedspar
ingl
y

 2mar
ksf
ort
hepr
esenceofsomef
ewabbr
evi
atedwor
ds.

TheMechani
csofNot
e-Maki
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Bear
ingi
nmi ndt
hatNoteMaki
ngi
sasel
ect
ivepr
ocess,t
hef
oll
owi
ngi
mpor
tant

poi
ntsmustbenot
ed:

a.When r
eadi
ng t
hegi
ven passage,askyour
sel
fwhatt
hepur
poseoft
he

passage(
orspeech)i
s,and havea cl
earpur
poseand def
ini
tesenseof

or
gani
zat
ionf
ort
henot
es.

b.Useaconvent
ional
setofmeani
ngf
ulsymbol
sandabbr
evi
ati
ons.

c.Wr
it
edownwhati
sreal
lynewandi
mpor
tantandnotwhathasal
readybeen

wr
it
tenbef
ore.

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d.Beal
ertt
othosecuesorsi
gnal
sthatpr
ecedet
hei
nfor
mat
iont
hatshoul
dbe

not
eddown,
f e:Fi
orexampl rst
,Second,
Next
,Then,
Inconcl
usi
on,
themost

i
mpor
tantpoi
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forexampl
e,et
c

e.I
nyourf
airsetofnot
esusewor
dsandphr
asesmeani
ngf
ull
y,andnot

compl
etesent
ences.

St
rat
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oref
fect
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I
nthef
irstpar
agr
aphoft
hepassagegi
ven,t
hepur
poseoft
hepassagemay

best
ated,
ort
hecent
rali
deasandbackgr
oundgi
ven.Andt
hroughoutt
he

passage,
ther
ear
esi
gnal
stoal
ertt
her
eadert
okeypoi
ntsorshi
ft
sinf
ocus.

Payat
tent
iont
otheseast
heyassi
styout
osel
ecti
mpor
tantpoi
ntsonl
yfr
om

t
hepassage.Forexampl
e:

a. Si
gnalofPur
pose

 Thepur
poseoft
hepassagei
s

I
nthi
spassage,
youwi
lll
ear
nabout

b. Si
gnalofbackgr
oundi
nfor
mat
ion

 Letmeexpl
ainhowt
hesi
tuat
ioncameabout
.

I
tal
lhappenedi
nthi
sway……………………….
.

c. Si
gnalofkey-
poi
nts

 Thi
spassagehast
hreemai
npoi
nts.

 Ther
ear
esi
xtypesofper
sonal
it
y.

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Tr
ansi
ti
ons
Tr
ansi
ti
ons ar
e wor
ds and phr
ases t
hatconnecti
deas,i
nfor
mat
ion ora

sect
ionoft
hepassage.Theyhel
pther
eadert
ofol
lowt
heor
gani
zat
ionoft
he

passage.Forexampl
e:¬

a. Tr
ansi
ti
onalwor
ds:

 I
nst
ead

 Consequent
ly

 Next

b. Tr
ansi
ti
onalphr
ases

 Anot
herpr
obl
em i
s..
..
..
..
..

 Nowl
et'
stur
nto…………

SummaryCl
ues
Thesear
ewordst
hati
ntr
oducet
hesummar
ytoemphasi
zei
mpor
tantpoi
nts,

gi
vet
her
eadersomechancet
ocat
chanyt
hingt
hatmi
ghthavebeenmi
ssed.

Forexampl
e:

 Letmesummar
izei
nthi
sway.

 WhatIhav
ebeensay
ingaddsl
i
pto…….
.

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Suppor
t
Agoodpassagehassuppor
tforever
ykey-
poi
ntormai
nidea.Ont
aki
ngdown

not
es,
wher
emor
ethant
woexampl
esar
egi
vent
osuppor
tamai
npoi
nt,
pickj
ust

t
wo.

St
agesinvol
vedi
nNot
e-Taki
ng/Wri
ti
ng
 Ski
mt hr
ought
hemat
eri
alf
ir
stt
ogetagoodover
view.

 Readt
hemat
eri
alver
ycar
eful
l
y.

 Payat
tent
iont
owor
dsandphr
asest
hatsi
gnal
mai
npoi
ntsandsuppor
ti
ng

poi
ntse.
g.f
ir
st,
final
ly,
forexampl
e.

 Quot
eonl
ykeywor
dsandphr
asesf
rom t
hest
udyt
ext
.

 Useabbr
evi
ati
onsandsymbol
sinyournot
es.

 Usemost
lynounsandver
bsi
nyournot
es.Omi
tar
ti
clessuchasa,
an,
the,

anduseadj
ect
ivesandadver
bsspar
ingl
y.

Out
li
ning
- Usenumber
s(1,
2,3,
)let
ter
soft
heal
phabet(
a,b,c,d)andRoman

Numer
als(
i,i
i,
ii
i)t
oindi
cat
ethemai
nideas.

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- Usephr
asesandavoi
dcompl
etesent
ences.

- Or
gani
zei
nfor
mat
ionundermai
npoi
nts.

- Suppor
ti
ngf
act
sanddet
ail
sshoul
dbei
ndent
edundermai
n

f
act
s.

NOTE:
Not
eMaki
ngi
stheest
abl
i
shmentoft
hest
ruct
ureofat
ext
,pul
l
ingoutt
hekey

i
deas,andl
eavi
ngoutnon-
essent
iali
nfor
mat
ion.

NOTEMAKING SAMPLE PASSAGES AND NOTES

Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpassagecaref
ull
yandmakenotesoni
t.Cr
edi
twi
llbegi
ven

f
orgoodnot
efor
matst
yle,
cont
entandbr
evi
ty.

Passage
Therearet
hreel
evel
sofcour
tsi
nScot
landdeal
ingwi
thcr
imi
nalmat
ter
s.

Supr
emeamongt
hesei
stheHi
ghCour
tofJudi
ciar
ythati
spr
esi
dedoverby

aj
udge wi
thaj
uryof15 member
s oft
he publ
ic who have been cal
led

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t
oget
herspeci
fi
cal
lyt
o hearapar
ticul
arcase.Thi
scour
tdeal
swi
tht
he

mostser
iouscr
imessuchasmur
der
,tr
easonandr
ape.

Fort
henextl
evelofcr
imi
nalcour
t,Scot
landi
sdi
videdi
ntosi
xsher
iffDoms

wi
th49Sher
iffCour
ts.EachSher
iffDom hasaSher
iffPr
inci
palandt
her
e

ar
e107per
manentsher
if
fs,al
lofwhom ar
elegal
lyqual
if
ied.Mostsher
if
fsar
e

appoi
ntedt
opar
ticul
arcour
tsbuti
naddi
ti
ont
her
ear
efl
oat
ingsher
iff
swho

t
akecasesi
nanysher
if
fDom.TheSecr
etar
yofSt
atei
sresponsi
blef
ort
he

cent
ralor
gani
zat
ionoft
hesecour
tst
hrought
heScot
ti
shCour
tsSer
vicet
hati
s

anExecut
iveAgencywi
thi
ntheScot
ti
shAdmi
nist
rat
ion.

Di
str
ictCour
ts,t
het
hir
dlevel
,ar
ether
esponsi
bil
it
yofl
ocalaut
hor
it
iesand

t
hej
udgesher
ear
egener
all
ylayj
ust
icesofpeace,manyofwhom havegi
ven

l
ongser
vicet
othei
rlocalaut
hor
it
yasel
ect
edr
epr
esent
ati
ves.

Sampl
eNot
es

LEVELSOFCOURTSI
NSCOTLAND

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1. Hi
ghCour
tofJudi
ciar
y

a) pr
esi
dedoverbyj
udgecj
uryof15member
sofpubl
ic

b) deal
scmostser
iouscr
imeseg.

i
) mur
der

i
i) t
reason

i
ii
) r
ape

2. Sher
if
fDoms

a) Scot
landdi
vi
dedi
ntosi
xsher
if
fDomsc49sher
if
fcour
ts

b) eachsher
if
fDom =sher
if
fpr
inci
pal
+107per
manentsher
if
fs-al
l

l
egal
lyqual
if
ied

c) f
loat
ingsher
if
fst
akecasesi
nanysher
iffDom

d) Secr
etar
yofSt
ater
esponsi
blef
orcent
ral
organi
zat
iont
hroScot
ti
sh

Cour
tsSer
vice

3 Di
str
ictCour
ts

a) r
esponsi
bil
it
yofl
ocalaut
hor
it
ies

b) j
udges-gener
all
ylayj
ust
icesofpeacecl
ongser
vicet
olocal

aut
hor
it
yasel
ect
edr
eps

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COMPREHENSI
ON
Exami
nat
ionSki
ll
s
 Readt
hepassaget
hor
oughl
yonceort
wiceandmakesur
eyouunder
standi
t

bef
oreat
tempt
ingt
hequest
ions.

 Quest
ions t
estt
he candi
dat
e's compet
ence i
n under
standi
ng l
anguage

concept
s,gr
ammar
,vocabul
ary,
etc

 Li
nesar
edr
awnf
ort
hecandi
dat
etowr
it
eon.Uset
hem neat
ly.Avoi
dcr
ossi
ng

outordi
rt
yingwor
kunnecessar
il
y.

 Don'
twr
it
eyourr
esponsesi
ncapi
tall
ett
erst
hroughout
.Obser
ver
ulesof

punct
uat
ionasmuchaspossi
ble.

 Makesur
ethatyourr
esponsesar
efact
ual
l
yandgr
ammat
ical
l
ycor
rect
.

 Donotl
if
tanswer
sfr
om t
hepassagei
.e.donotj
ustcopyt
hewhol
e

par
agr
aphorl
inesassumi
ngt
hatt
hemar
kerwi
llsel
ectwhati
sanansweri
n

yourr
esponse.

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 Begui
dedbyt
henumberofmar
ksatt
heendoft
hequest
ion.Thi
stoowi
ll

det
ermi
net
hel
engt
hofyourr
esponses.

 Fol
lowt
hebasi
crul
esofr
espondi
ngt
ocompr
ehensi
onquest
ions.Donot

r
ush!

 Obser
veal
lthegr
ammat
icalandpunct
uat
ionr
ules,begi
nni
ngasent
ence

wi
th a capi
tall
ett
er,put
ti
ng comma,f
ullst
op,spel
li
ngs,and wor
d

omi
ssi
ons.

 Tr
ytowr
itemuchofyourr
esponsesi
nyourownwor
dsasmuchas

possi
ble,
unl
essot
her
wise.Thi
sdemonst
rat
esadequat
ecompr
ehensi
onof

t
hepassage.
Don'
tgeti
ntot
hehabi
tofcopy
ingev
ery
thi
ng.

 Whenat
tempt
ingquest
ionsofvocabul
aryormeani
ngsofwor
dsor

sent
ences,
respondwi
thcl
oser
efer
encet
othewayt
hesent
enceorwor
dis

usedi
ncont
ext
.

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SUMMARYWRI
TING
Def
ini
ti
on
Summarywr
it
ingi
sthecut
ti
ngdownofl
it
erar
ymat
terwr
it
teni
nacont
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andr
eadabl
efor
m.I
tincl
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iali
napassageordocument
,

andexcl
udesever
ythi
ngr
elat
ivel
yuni
mpor
tant
.Iti
sexpr
essedi
nthebr
ief
est

andcl
ear
estt
ermspossi
ble.

UsesofSummar
y
a)Itisatimesavert
oanewspaperr
eaderwhosepr
essur
eofwor
kmay

pr
eventhi
sspar
ingt
henecessar
yti
mef
ort
her
eadi
ngoft
henewsi
n

det
ail
.

b)Tot
hebusi
nessman,i
tisver
yval
uabl
e.Somet
ransact
ionwhi
chhasbeen

t
he subj
ectofa l
ong cor
respondence can be sur
veyed wi
thi
naf
ew

moment
s.

c)Thebr
iefofabar
ri
steri
sreal
lyasummar
yofacl
ient
'scasepr
epar
edby

t
hesol
i
cit
orf
rom t
heevi
denceanddocument
spl
acedbef
orehi
m.

d)Abi
li
tyt
osummar
iseal
essonort
hecont
ent
sofabooki
sofgr
eatval
uet
o

t
hest
udentpr
epar
ingf
orexami
nat
ions.

Successi
nSummar
yWr
it
ingdependsmai
nlyupont
woqual
if
icat
ions:a

t
hor
oughknowl
edgeoft
heEngl
ishLanguageandakeenper
cept
ionofand

-17-
abi
li
tyt
ogr
aspr
eadi
lyt
hei
mpor
tantpoi
ntsi
nanydocument
.Thef
irstof

t
hesequal
if
icat
ionscanbeacqui
redbyst
udyandbywi
der
eadi
ngoft
he

bestpr
oduct
ionsofEngl
ishl
it
erat
ure.Thesecondonei
stoaver
ygr
eat

ext
entanat
uralone.Rul
esmaybel
aiddownf
ort
hegui
danceoft
hel
ear
ner
,but

successdependsuponpr
act
icei
nthewor
kingofexer
cises.

Gener
alPri
nci
plesofSummar yWri
ti
ng
a)Readthepassagecar
eful
lyatl
eastt
wice

b)Thepur
poseofSummar
yWr
it
ingi
stogi
vet
hemai
nst
agesi
nanar
rat
ive,
the

chi
efpoi
ntsi
nadescr
ipt
ionorexpl
anat
ion,andt
hel
eadi
ngi
deasandt
he

concl
usi
on i
n an ar
gument
.As a gener
alr
ule,omi
tthe det
ail
s of

descr
ipt
ionorexpl
anat
ion,andal
soi
ll
ust
rat
ions,exampl
es,andf
act
s

st
atedasevi
dence.

c)A summar
ymustbea wel
l-
composed st
atementt
hatwoul
d beper
fect
ly

i
ntel
li
gibl
etoanyonewhohadneverseent
heor
igi
nalpassage.Each

sent
encemustl
eadnat
ural
lyt
othenext
,sot
hatt
her
emaybepr
oper

cont
inui
tyoft
hought
.

-18-
d)A summar
yshoul
dbewr
it
teni
nsi
mpl
e,ever
ydayl
anguage.Thewor
ding

shoul
dbe,i
nthemai
n,yourown.Youneednot
,however
,changet
he

or
igi
nalwor
dsorexpr
essi
onssi
mpl
yfort
hesakeofchangi
ngt
hem.

Fi
gur
ati
vel
anguageshoul
dofcour
seber
epl
acedbydi
rectst
atement
.

e)Unl
esst
her
eisaspeci
alr
easont
othecont
rar
y,youshoul
dkeept
he

poi
ntsi
nthesameor
derast
heyoccuri
ntheor
igi
nal
passage.

f
)Ingener
al,
asummar
yshoul
dappearasacont
inuouspassage,
evenwhent
he

or
igi
nalcont
ainspar
agr
aphdi
visi
ons.

g)I
fnopar
ti
cul
arnumberofwor
dsi
spr
escr
ibed,
youshoul
dmakeyour

summar
yaboutat
hir
doft
hel
engt
hoft
heor
igi
nal
passage

h)l
tisusualt
oconver
ttheDi
rectSpeechofspeeches,
let
ter
sandar
ti
clesi
nto

I
ndi
rectSpeech

Ski
lli
nSummaryWri
ting
a)Studyt
het
it
leoft
hesubj
ectcar
eful
l
ybef
oreyoubegi
nwr
it
ing.I
fiti
saphr
ase

orasent
ence,t
akenot
eofever
ywor
dini
t,sot
hatyoumaycl
ear
lygr
asp

t
hescopeoft
hesubj
ect

-19-
b)Donotst
artwr
it
ingunt
ilyouhavet
houghtoutt
hegener
all
inesofyour

s
ummar
y.I
tisusef
ult
osetdowncl
ear
lyexpr
essedt
opi
cswhi
chshoul
dbe

ar
rangedi
nanor
dert
hatwi
llsecur
epr
operconnect
ionofi
deas.No

summar
ycanbesat
isf
act
oryunl
essi
thasasound,
logi
calpl
an

c)Theopeni
ngpar
agr
aphr
equi
resspeci
alat
tent
ion.Neverbegi
nwi
thaf
ew

l
oosel
yconnect
edsent
encesvaguel
ylabel
led'
Int
roduct
ion'
.Don'
tbeat

aboutt
hebush;comei
mmedi
atel
ytoyourmai
npoi
nt.Al
sot
ooabr
upt

openi
ngcanbeavoi
dedbyt
hecar
efulwor
dingoft
hef
ir
stsent
ence.

Donotbegi
nwi
thadef
ini
ti
onunl
essi
tisr
eal
lynecessar
y.Donotopen

wi
thasur
veyofhi
stor
icalf
act
sunl
esst
hishasadi
rectbear
ingont
he

t
heme.

d)Youwi
llsomet
imesf
indt
heconcl
udi
ngpar
agr
apht
roubl
esome.Youmust

notbr
ingt
her
eadert
oasuddenhal
t;awel
ltur
nedf
inalsent
encei
s

suf
fi
cientt
oroundof
fyoursummar
y.

e)Unl
esst
henat
ureoft
hesubj
ectcl
ear
lydemandst
hatyoushoul
dtal
k

aboutyour
sel
f,youshoul
dwr
itei
mper
sonal
ly;t
hati
s,youshoul
dnot

i
ntr
oduceexpr
essi
onsl
ike'
Ithi
nk,
''i
nmyopi
nion'et
c.Usei
mper
sonal

-20-
 f
ormssuchas,
'Manypeopl
ethi
nk.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.'et
c.

Ski
ll
sforExami
nati
ons
 Ascandidat
es,readt
hepassageandnot
edownt
hemai
npoi
ntsand

suppor
ti
ngpoi
nts.

 Wr
it
eyourmai
nandsuppor
ti
ngpoi
ntsi
npoi
ntf
orm onadr
aftpaper
.

 St
artconnect
ingt
hei
deasi
npr
osef
orm -i
nasi
ngl
epar
agr
aph.Uset
hepast

t
enseorr
epor
tedspeechasmuchaspossi
ble.

 Countt
henumberofwor
ds.I
fther
equi
rednumberofwor
dsi
s100,
and

t
hewor
dsexceed100,
gobackandseewhi
chexpr
essi
onsori
deasneedt
o

bel
eftout-(
Shor
teni
ng)
.Ifbel
ow70,
thenf
indoutwhi
chot
hernecessar
y

i
nfor
mat
ionhasbeenl
eftout
.

 Longsent
encesshoul
dbepar
aphr
ased,
e.g

a)Idi
dnotr
emembert
ocl
oset
hedoor(
8wor
ds)
,

-If
orgotcl
osi
ngt
hedoor(
5wor
ds)

b)Idonotl
ikemenwhoar
enothonest
.(9wor
ds)

-21-
 -Idi
sli
kedi
shonestmen(
4wor
ds)

 Whenyouar
esur
etohavecomeupwi
tht
her
ightnumberofwor
dsony
our

dr
aftpaper
,tr
ansf
ersummar
ywr
itt
ent
othespacepr
ovi
dedi
ntheanswer

book.

 Remembert
owr
it
eat
it
lef
oryoursummar
y.Donotassumet
hati
tis

al
readypr
ovi
dedi
nthecompr
ehensi
onpassage.

SAMPLEPASSAGEANDSUMMARY

Passage1

Thi
spassagehas365wor
ds.Summar
isei
tint
o30wor
dsorl
ess.

AschoolMagazi
neoughtt
ohaveanedi
tor
iali
nwhi
cht
heedi
torexpr
esseshi
s

vi
ews.Thi
sshoul
dbewr
it
tensi
mpl
yandcl
ear
ly.Ther
eisnopoi
nti
ngi
ving

t
heedi
torachancet
osaysomet
hingi
fnoonecanunder
standwhathewr
it
es.

-22-
YourSchoolMagazi
neshoul
dcont
ainschoolnews.Repor
ter
sshoul
dhel
pthe

edi
tort
ocol
lectt
hisandshoul
dseet
hatt
heywr
it
eitupi
nal
ivel
yandi
nter
est
ing

manner
,taki
ngcar
e,however
,nott
omaket
het
ell
ingmor
eimpor
tantt
hant
he

newsi
tsel
f.Thi
siswhatsomet
imeshappensi
nournat
ionalnewspaper
swhen

ar
epor
teri
ssobusymaki
nghi
sst
orysensat
ionalt
hathedi
stor
tst
hef
act
s.For

exampl
e,t
her
eisno useyourr
epor
terwr
it
ing abouta t
remendousexci
ti
ng

f
oot
bal
lmat
chwi
thgr
eatpl
aybyt
hehomesi
de,al
lofwhom wer
eher
oes,i
fin

f
actyourt
eam wer
eluckyt
oescapedef
eati
nagoal
lessdr
aw.

Feat
uresshoul
dbepr
omi
nenti
nyourmagazi
ne-anaccountofaschoolj
our
ney

f
ori
nst
ance.Thewr
it
ershoul
dkeepst
eadi
lyt
ohi
sst
oryi
nthi
ski
ndofwr
it
ing,

andnotbedi
ver
tedi
ntol
engt
hyt
reat
mentoft
hingswhi
chhappenont
heway,

howeverexci
ti
ngt
heymayhavebeen.Ot
herf
eat
uresmaywel
ltakeupl
essspace

buti
tisgoodt
oencour
ageasmanycont
ri
but
orsaspossi
blet
otakepar
tint
he

paper
,especi
all
ythosef
rom t
heJuni
orcl
asseswhomaysomedayhavet
orun

t
heMagazi
net
hemsel
ves.

Li
tt
let
hingsl
ikepuzzl
esort
ongue-
twi
ster
sar
eagood'
fi
ll
-i
n't
ohel
pyoubal
ance

-23-
y
ourspace.

Onel
astwor
d,yourMagazi
neshoul
dhaveagoodpr
int
er,
andgoodphot
ogr
aphs.

I
fyouhaven'
t,r
emembert
hatagoodSchoolMagazi
necanbemadef
rom

handwr
it
tenpages,dupl
icat
edsheet
s,orcanevenappeari
nasi
ngl
ecopyasa

wal
lsheet
.Don'
tthi
nkanyt
hel
essofi
tfort
hat
.Dur
ingt
heWor
ldWarI
Imany

ver
yimpor
tantpi
ecesofnewswer
epassedoni
nthi
swayt
other
esi
stance

movement
sin Ger
man-
occupi
ed Eur
ope. What i
simpor
tant i
sto have

somet
hingt
osay,t
osayi
tcl
ear
ly,andt
oar
ouseandkeept
hei
nter
estof

yourr
eader
s.I
fyoudot
hisweguar
ant
eet
hatyourpaperwi
llsucceed.

(
365wor
ds)

Dr
aft

TheSchoolMagazi
ne

- oughtt
ohaveanedi
tor
ial

- wr
it
tensi
mpl
yandcl
ear
ly

-i
tshoul
dal
sohaveschoolnewscol
lect
edbyr
epor
ter
s.

- wr
it
teni
nal
ivel
y&i
nter
est
ingmanner
.

-f
eat
urese.
g.schoolj
our
ney,
shoul
dbepr
omi
nent
.

- keepst
eadi
lyt
othest
ory.

- encour
agecont
ri
but
orsf
rom t
hej
uni
orcl
asses

- bal
anceupt
hemagazi
nespacewi
thl
it
tl
ethi
ngsl
ikepuzzl
es&t
ongue-

-24-
 t
wist
ers

Fi
rstdr
aft

Theschoolmagazi
neshoul
d havean edi
tor
ialwhi
ch i
swr
it
ten si
mpl
yand

cl
ear
ly.I
tshoul
dal
sohaveschoolnewswhi
chi
scol
lect
edbyr
epor
ter
sand

wr
it
teni
nal
ivel
y,i
nter
est
ingandst
rai
ght
for
war
dmanner
.Feat
uresl
ikea

schoolj
our
neyshoul
dbepr
omi
nenti
nthemagazi
ne.Thespaceshoul
dbe

bal
ancedupwi
thpuzzl
esandt
ongue-
twi
ster
s.

(
54wor
ds)

Fi
naldr
aft

THESCHOOLMAGAZI
NE

I
tshoul
d have a si
mpl
e and cl
earedi
tor
ial
.The news shoul
d be l
i
vel
y,

i
nter
est
ing and st
rai
ght
for
war
d.Feat
ures l
ike schoolj
our
ney shoul
d be

pr
omi
nent
.Puzzl
esandt
ongue-
twi
ster
sshoul
dbal
anceupspace.

(
30wor
ds)

CLOZE–PROCEDURE
Examinat
ionSkil
ls
1.KnowledgeofRegi
ster(
Techni
calLanguage)

-25-
 Somegapsmi
ghtr
equi
rear
egi
sterwor
dandassuch,
iti
simpor
tantf
ort
he

candi
dat
etopossesawi
deknowl
edgeoft
hise.
g.

i
. Thebabywasadmi
tt
edt
othe war
datt
hehospi
tal
.

(
paedr
iat
ic)

i
i
. TheGener
alManager
's gotser
iousl
yinj
uredi
nthe

acci
dent
.(chauf
fer
)

2.Knowl
edgeofgr
ammarandwor
dusage

Somegapsmi
ghtr
equi
reawor
dthatcanbestbeguessedi
fonehas

adequat
eknowl
edgeofgr
ammare.
g.

i
. Themost gi
rlwont
hebeaut
ycont
est
.(beaut
if
ul)

i
i. Hei
nsi
stedt
hatI hi
m mybi
cycl
e.(
lend)

3.Knowl
edgeofar
ti
cles

Somegapsmi
ghtconnectv
erywel
li
fanar
ti
cl
eisi
nser
tede.
g.

i
. Wear
est
il
ll
ook
ingf
or wat
chmanf
ort
hehouse(
a)

i
i. el
ephanthasescapedf
rom t
hezoo.(
An)

NB:YouuseTHEf
orwhathasal
readybeeni
dent
if
ied.

4.Knowl
edgeofpr
eposi
ti
one.
g.

i
. Thet
eachercongr
atul
atedme passi
ngt
heexams.(
on)

i
i
. Hewasadmi
tt
ed Ml
ambeHospi
tal
.(t
o)

-26-
 5.Knowl
edgeofcer
tai
nwor
dscombi
nat
ione.
g.

i
. Thesol
dier
satt
heAr
my ar
epar
adi
ngt
oday
.

(
Bar
racks)

i
i. Thement
all
ydi
stur
bedst
udentwast
akent
oZomba

hospi
tal
.(ment
al)

6.I
nsomecases,
thepassagei
nit
sel
fmi
ghtcont
aincl
uesf
ort
hegaps.

Sampl
eCl
ozePr
ocedur
ePassage

Hel
loboysandgi
rl
s.Today,Iwantust
odi
scusswhatt
ruel
ovei
s.When

Jesus wal
ked on ear
th,he t
aught hi
s di
sci
ples t
hat t
he gr
eat
est

commandmenti
s 1 .Boysand 2 ,how do you f
eelwhen

someone,par
ticul
arl
yoft
heopposi
tesex,says,'
I 3 you?'

Lovei
sawor
d 4 t
ri
gger
sasmi
le 5 yourl
ips.Iwoul
dn'
t,

t
her
efor
e,besur
pri
sedi
fyou 6 .Lovei
sa 7 t
hat

soot
hesasadhear
t.Pr
obabl
y,t
hepr
obl
em i
sthat 8 samewor
d

i
s 9 usedbysomeboys,gi
rl
sandol
der 10 and

women,asaweapon 11 f
lat
tert
he 12 sex.

-27-
Yout
hs,ar
en'
t 13 st
atement
scommonamongyout
oday?'
Oh,I

l
oveyour 14 f
ace; 15 appeal
stome 16

t
hanyourl
ove;youl
ovei
sasol
idr
ockt
hatcan'
tbe 17 .Il
ove

youmor
e 18 Il
ovemypar
ent
s;you'
ret
hemostbeaut
iful

one 19 have 20 meti

nmyl
if
e'.

Responsesanal
ysi
s

1. Love -f
romBi
bleKnowl
edgeandt
it
le.

2. gi
rl
s -combi
nat
ion

3. l
ove -r
epeat
ed

4. That -gr
ammark
nowl
edge

5 on -pr
eposi
ti
on

6. Smi
le -r
epeat
edwor
d

7. wor
d -r
epeat
ed

8. t
he -def
ini
tear
ti
cl
e

9. bei
ng -l
anguageuse/
grammar
.

10. men -wor

dcombi
nat
ion

11. t
o -gr
ammar

12. opposi
te -r
epeat
ed

13. These -gr

ammar

14. beaut
if
ul -gr
ammar

15. Not
hing -k
nowl
edgeofEngl
i
sh-r
efert
ocont
ext
.

16. Mor
e -wor
dusage/
grammar

-28-
 17. Br
oken -wor
dcombi
nat
ion/
cont
ext

18. Than -r
epeat
ed

19. I -gr
ammar
/cont
ext
/repeat
ed

20. Ever -cont

ext

Not
e

- Al
lthoser
esponsesi
ndi
cat
edr
epeat
edar
ewi
thi
nthepassage.

- Don'
tj
ustsl
oti
nawor
dfort
hesak
eofcompl
eti
ngt
hegap.

- Don'
tleaveagapunat
tended.Wr
it
eli
ght
lyi
npenci
lfi
rstr
eadt
hepassageand

heari
tinyourhead.I
fsat
isf
iedneat
lyr
ubof
fpenci
landcompl
etei
nink.

-29-