A) FLOW CHART (Having Friends for Dinner)

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./cancellate meetings ./ go to the supermarket

./leave office at four /./DO NOT forget shopping list '\

'\ ./call the Horist - ask to ./start cooking by 5:30

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deliver Howers by six ./check evening dress

B) CLUSTERING (Travelling to the Island of Fuji)

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1 ./take traveller's cheques l•/ ./travelling to the island of Fuji

./get some travel guides (local customs, sights)

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C) LISTING (Traditional Holidays Are Dying Out)

1 the idea of a traditional holiday has changed significantly in the past decade

2 people in general have become more demanding and expect better quality for their money

3 love of adventure has always been a part of human nature

4 new means of transport have enabled us to travel more easily and faster

5 more people can afford these new types of holidays due to more reasonable prices

® Choose one of the topic sentences below and make notes. Write a paragraph in 80-100 words. Keep in mind the steps for writing a good paragraph (see the checklist on p.167 of Appendix in 'English-10J.

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A summaryis a short statement that gives only the main points and not the details of a longer text.

A well-written summary should be concise (only essential information

should be included), complete (all important information must be included) and clear, i.e. understandable to the reader. At last, a summary must be correct. It must convey the exact meaning of the original text.

A summary must be written in full sentences .

Don't mix up paraphrasing and summarising! Paraphrasing is "rewriting" information from another source in your own words without changing its meaning. Since you have to include almost all the original information , a paraphrase is almost as long as the original. On the other hand, a summary includes only the essential information , which makes it much shorter than the original text.

However, changing the original meaning is not allowed in either a

summary or a paraphrase .

Choose a text from a newspaper or a magazine and read it. First determine the number of words and then write your own summaries. Comment on each other's summary regarding the characteristics of a good summary.

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