NCERT Book Class 11 English (Hornbill) Writing Skills Ch 2 Summarising

2. S ummar ising
Summari ing follows note-making. The purpose of note-making is usually
for one’s own personal reference. If the main points are to be reported
we present a summary. It is not as severely shortened as note-making.
Summarising is the selection and paraphrasing of all important
information of the original source. This is done by analysing the
paragraphs/passage in order to formulate a plan of writing.
The process of summarising would involve the steps followed in
note-making:
1. underlining important ideas
2. writing them down, abridging the verbs
3. avoiding examples, explanations, repetition.
However, instead of nominalising the points (changing verbs into
nouns), we expand the points into full sentences and link them using
suitable connectors. We need to be precise in our expression. The
summary will contain all the main ideas of the original. Practice in
using one word for many will help.
For example:

 Children who show intelligence far beyond their age often turn out
to be mediocre in adult life.
or
Precocious children often turn out to be mediocre in adult life.
 Her genius was marked by excellence in the various arts, languages
and science.
or
She was a versatile genius.
Now read the following text underlining important words as you go
along.
Soybeans belong to the legume family. The beans are the seeds
of the leguminous soybean plant. They can be grown on a variety
of soils and in a wide range of climates. Soybeans are versatile
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