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Summarizing What You Watch and Hear

English · Speaking & Listening · ages 10-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Look at this chart. Which sport got the most votes?

    Soccer12Basketball7Swimming4
    • Basketball
    • Soccer
    • Swimming

  2. You just watched a short video about ocean animals. What should your summary include?

    • The main points of the video in your own words
    • Every single word the narrator said
    • Only the funniest part of the video

  3. A summary of a passage read aloud should include every detail, not just the main ideas.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Look at the chart. How many different fruits are shown?

    Apples5Bananas3Grapes6Pears2

    Answer: ______________

  5. Your teacher reads a passage about the water cycle aloud. Which is the best oral summary?

    • 'The passage had the word water in it fourteen times.'
    • 'I liked the part about clouds the best.'
    • 'Water evaporates, forms clouds, and falls as rain, again and again.'

  6. You watch a documentary about bees. Which sentence is a summary, not just a small detail?

    • Bees make honey and help plants grow.
    • One bee in the video was yellow and black.
    • The video was six minutes long.

  7. This chart shows test scores over three months. Which oral summary best explains it?

    Jan60Feb70Mar85
    • Every student got the same score.
    • The chart has three bars in it.
    • Scores kept increasing from January to March.

  8. Ben listens to a talk about the rainforest and says: 'The rainforest has trees, and also the speaker cleared their throat twice, and it rained yesterday where I live.' What is wrong with Ben's summary?

    • He used too few words
    • He added unrelated details
    • He forgot to mention trees
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Summarizing What You Watch and Hear W1-mt_A4YUbzUFan-s1

  1. Soccer · The soccer bar is the tallest, so soccer got the most votes.
  2. The main points of the video in your own words · A summary focuses on the main points, not every word or just one detail.
  3. False · A summary only needs the main ideas, not every detail from the passage.
  4. 4 · Count the bars: apples, bananas, grapes, and pears makes 4 fruits.
  5. 'Water evaporates, forms clouds, and falls as rain, again and again.' · The best summary states the passage's main idea in your own words.
  6. Bees make honey and help plants grow. · A summary states the bigger idea, not a small detail like color or length.
  7. Scores kept increasing from January to March. · The best summary explains the trend the chart shows, not just how many bars there are.
  8. He added unrelated details · Ben mixed in details that were not part of the talk's main message, like the weather where he lives.
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