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Definition: Demonstrate that understand what you have read by picking out the main points and translate these into your own words.
Definition: Demonstrate that understand what you have read by picking out the main points and translate these into your own words.
Command words: Summarise
Command words: Summarise
Example: Summarise the reasons Simon was excited. [5]
Example: Summarise the reasons Simon was excited. [5]
Example Questions
Example Questions
Summarise five reasons why, according to the text, we should support Fairtrade. [5]
Summarise five reasons why, according to the text, we should support Fairtrade. [5]
In your own words, summarise the reasons why the writer thinks plastic is important in modern society. [5]
In your own words, summarise the reasons why the writer thinks plastic is important in modern society. [5]
Summarise the steps that should be taken if a person you know goes missing. [5]
Summarise the steps that should be taken if a person you know goes missing. [5]
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Example Answer
Example Answer
Summarise five reasons why, according to the text, we should support Fairtrade. [5]
Summarise five reasons why, according to the text, we should support Fairtrade. [5]
Award one mark for each of the following areas summarised in your own words.
Award one mark for each of the following areas summarised in your own words.
1. Fairtrade is not just about making sure food is ethical and safe to eat.
1. Fairtrade is not just about making sure food is ethical and safe to eat.
2. …about 795 million people are undernourished globally…It’s about standing up for the people who produce our food.
2. …about 795 million people are undernourished globally…It’s about standing up for the people who produce our food.
3. When people are paid a fairer price, they can have more control over their lives when times are hard…
3. When people are paid a fairer price, they can have more control over their lives when times are hard…
4. …cash in their pockets or being able to expand their farms to grow more food to eat…
4. …cash in their pockets or being able to expand their farms to grow more food to eat…
5. It’s a scandal that the people who grow the food we take for granted can’t always feed their own families…We can support farmers and workers to put food on the table for their families... to put enough food on the table for the people they care about, all year round…
5. It’s a scandal that the people who grow the food we take for granted can’t always feed their own families…We can support farmers and workers to put food on the table for their families... to put enough food on the table for the people they care about, all year round…
6. Fairtrade products give us better tasting, environmentally friendly food…
6. Fairtrade products give us better tasting, environmentally friendly food…
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