HOW TO WRITE A SUMMARY

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Present Simple Active or Passive?

How is chocolate made?

1. the cocoa beans/put in piles to dry

2. they/take to the factory

3. they/wash and dry

4. the beans/roast in the ovens

5. liquid chocolate/make from the beans

6. the liquid chocolate /mix with cocoa butter, sugar and milk

7. sometimes/other ingredients/add

8. the chocolate/pour into shapes

9. when the chocolate is hard/it/wrap/to keep it fresh

10. the chocolate bars/deliver to the shops

One hour is 60 minutes, which is 3,600 seconds. A lot can happen in that time! Read about some of the things that happen all over the world. Put the verbs in brackets into either Present Simple Active or Present Simple Passive.

1. Every hour the planet Earth (travel) 66,620 miles around the sun.

2. Eleven earthquakes (feel) somewhere in the world.

3. The world's population (grow) by 9,300.

4. Your heart (beat) 4,800 times.

5. 12,540,000 cans of Cola (drink).

6. 916,500 McDonald's hamburgers (eat).

7. 17,465 bottles of whiskey (produce) in Scotland.

8. 12,000 passengers (pass) through Heathrow airport.

9. 166 Volkswagen cars (make) in Germany.

10. 1,426,940 letters (send).

11. 250 babies (bear).

12. Every minute, four people in the world (contract) HIV.

13. Lightning (strike) the earth 6,000 times.

14. Your heart (pump) 83 gallons of blood.

15. 1.8 million “likes” (make) on Facebook.

16. Nike (make) $36,500.

A summary is telling the main ideas of the article in your own words. The summary has the following strong aspects:

· It begins with the title and author.

· It is much shorter than the original.

· It focuses on the most important parts of the argument.

· It uses reporting verbs.

· It remains objective.