IELTS Summary Completion Questions

The main skill with Summary Completion questions is the ability to read a text quickly and understand its general meaning. If you can do this, you should be able to predict many of the correct answers even before you analyse the text. The vocabulary skill you need most is the ability to recognise “synonyms”or words that have a similar meaning. This is because the words from the summary may not exactly match the reading passage itself. Another key skill is to think grammar. Each word you place in the summary must fit in grammatically. It helps to know whether you need a noun, adjective, verb or adverb. Remember... concentrate on understanding the meaning of the passage. Don’t try and match words in the summary and the passage. Much of the time synonyms will be used for the answer.