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BECE English Objective Summarizing Quiz

English · 10 questions · 10 min

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1. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word: 'If you want to be believed, you must be objective.'

Positive Subjective Active Emotive

2. What does it mean to be 'objective' when writing a summary?

Adding your own opinions and feelings Making the text longer and more descriptive Reporting only the pure, factual information without personal judgments Copying the original text word for word

3. Which of these sentences is an example of subjective (biased) language?

The boy lost his savings due to careless choices. The report describes the events of the flood. The incredibly foolish boy stupidly lost all his money. The team collected 300 bags of rubbish.

4. In the 5-W and 1-H strategy, what does the 'Who' question help you find?

The main character or subject The setting of the text The time period The outcome

5. In the 5-W and 1-H strategy, what does the 'Why' question help you find?

The main action or event The setting The cause of what happened The outcome

6. In the 5-W and 1-H strategy, what does the 'How' question help you find?

The main character The outcome or how it was resolved The cause The setting

7. According to the golden rules of summarizing, about how long should a summary be compared to the original text?

The same length as the original About one-quarter of the length of the original Twice as long as the original Only one sentence, no matter how long the original is

8. Why should you use your own words when writing a summary instead of copying sentences directly?

Copying sentences directly is encouraged It makes the summary longer It has no real reason Copying sentences directly is considered plagiarism

9. Which of these should be removed when writing an objective summary?

The main facts of the event The outcome of the event The main character Long descriptions, adjectives, and repetitive examples

10. Why does adding a phrase like 'The brilliant farmers smartly solved the problem' break the rules of being objective?

It uses opinion words like 'brilliant' and 'smartly' instead of neutral facts It is too short to be a summary It does not mention the farmers at all It uses too many facts