SHS English Language · Year 2
Oral Narrative, Summary Writing and Subject-Verb Agreement practice questions
The purpose of oral narrative texts, strategies for summarising texts, and subject-verb agreement usage.
20 questions in this topic: 7 recall and 13 applying skills and concepts. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
Paragraph shrinking is best described as a strategy that
- ahelps summarise the main ideas in each paragraph of a text into fewer words
- bexpands each paragraph of a text with additional supporting details
- crewrites a text using entirely different vocabulary while keeping its length the same
- dtranslates a paragraph into a different language for a wider audience
- Question 2Skills & concepts
According to the section, informal chats with friends and networking events mainly serve which purpose of oral communication?
- aSocial
- bPersuasive
- cInstructional
- dEntertainment
- Question 3Skills & concepts
According to the section's strategies for summary writing, a writer should
- ause their own words, paraphrasing the main idea rather than lifting it from the text
- bintroduce new ideas into the summary that were not present in the original text
- cquote the original text directly and extensively, word for word
- dinclude every minor detail and example found in the original text
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