All About Summarizing
True or False:
A summary should be shorter than the original text.
True
What is paraphrasing?
Putting information into your own words
Paraphrase the word: illness
sickness, disease
Paraphrase the following:
Surgeons perform operations to repair injuries.
Answers will vary:
Injuries are fixed when operated on by surgeons.
The past continuous and past perfect are used to describe this...
The history of the present illness
True or False:
You should add your own ideas and opinions when writing a summary.
False
What is a synonym?
A word with the same meaning
Paraphrase the word: Ache
pain, soreness, discomfort
Paraphrase the following:
Vaccines help prevent serious diseases.
Answers may vary:
Serious diseases can be avoided if vaccinated.
The physical examination uses what verb tenses?
Passive voice an present simple tense
True or False:
When writing a summary you have to include all of the details from the original text.
False
Will you be able to change every word in a phrase or sentence into your own words?
NO
Paraphrase the word: Fatigue
tiredness, exhaustion
Paraphrase the following:
Physical therapy aids in the recovery of patient mobility.
Answers may vary:
The patient's recovery in mobility can be helped by physical therapy.
The use of present perfect and past simple tense is found in the...
diagnosis
Summarizing should be; Short, condensed, and concise
True
Give an example of when you would not be able to paraphrase and put information in your own words.
The name of a person or a specific place
A specific date
Paraphrase the word: Swelling
inflammation
Paraphrase the following:
The doctor checks the patient's temperature.
Answers may vary
The patient's temperature is checked by the physician.
"Investigations" might include verb tenses that are...
past simple and passive voice.
Share one way that summary writing and paraphrasing is similar and one way that they are different.
Both involve putting information in your own words.
A summary should be shorter than the original text, but a paraphrased text can be be about the same length or slightly shorter.
What is the practice of taking someone
else's work or ideas and passing
them off as one's own called?
Plagiarism
Paraphrase the word: A broken bone
a fractured, cracked, split bone
Paraphrase the following:
The pharmacist explained how to take the prescribed medication and warned about possible side effects.
Answers may vary
The pharmacist cautioned about potential side effects as he/she explained how the prescribed medicine should be taken.
"The patient has been experiencing symptoms for three weeks."
What grammar structure/s does this sentence include?
simple past tense and present perfect