• Read and understand the task before reading the stimulus material.
• Underline the key words in the question.
• Select only ideas that answer the question.
• Ignore examples, repetitions and unrelated information.
• Rewrite the selected ideas using your own words.
• Keep the original meaning.
• Arrange your ideas logically.

Note: Avoid the temptation of copying expressions from the passage as part of your answer. This is called text lifting and will earn you no mark.