Learning Task 2: Read the statements listed below. Identify which ones are true
about summarizing. Use a check (  ) to mark the ones you consider correct and a
cross ( X ) to those which are incorrect. Answer this part in your notebook.
___________ 1. A summary should have the same length as the original text.
___________ 2. A good summary is objective.
___________ 3. A summary is just another term for a paraphrase.
___________ 4. A summary does not include the central ideas of the original

material.

___________ 5. A good summary includes the writer’s personal opinion about the

topic.