Summarising the Main Idea
Good readers notice keywords. Here are some clues to help you find keywords:
- Key words are directly connected to the topic
- Key words are often repeated in the title and the text
- A key word helps you to remember an important idea
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Use this table to help you summarise the main ideas in a text in your own words. It is important that you use your own words to show your understanding and to avoid plagiarism. If you don’t know what some words mean, look them up.
Verbs | Lived Fiery Lonely Run off Cheered Drew Hid | A person's place. Something bright that can burn food. When you don’t have someone on your side. It’s a move you do at sport. It’s like you're going somewhere for a holiday. When you're playing a game and someone shouts you can do this. You're like drawing a picture of something or someone. |
Adjectives | Four Dropped Skate Flew Screamed Barbecue | It's a number. When something falls. An object you play with. When something can fly. Someone that’s scared they sout. It’s an object you use to cook food. |
Nouns | Town Cave Friends Dragons People Park Skateboard Dora David | A place where people live. A place where animals live. Someone you can play with at school. An animal that can breath fire. A person. Somewhere where kids play. Something that people use to play on. A name of a person. A name of a person. |
Beginning | Middle | End |
Four dragons lived near a town and were lonely and wanted to make friends with humans. | When the dragons swooped down where the humans lived they screamed and ran away from the dragons. | Then the dragons breath fire and cooked barbecue for them and humans and they all became friends. |
