Summarising a Text Fiction

• English
• Primary Education

MORNING PRAYER

GOD, OUR FATHER, YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE. GIVE ME AN ATTENTIVE MIND SO THAT I CAN GRASP MY LESSON. GIVE ME AN EAGER MIND TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, GIVE ME THE WISDOM TO KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE COURAGE TO STAND FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE AND THUS HELP ME TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

                                                                               -AMEN

To differentiate between the key and minor details in the story.

How did Hira Lal feel about the bird?

1. Happy
2. Sad
3. Excited
4. Angry

For how long did the bird stay trapped in the power line?

1. 1 day
2. 2 days
3. 3 days
4. 4 days

Who saved the bird from the power lines?

1. Hira Lal's Father
2. Hira Lal's Friends
3. Ram Bharose
4. Hira Lal

How to find the minor details in a story:

Key details:

By looking for the main characters, the setting, the main problem, actions taken to solve the problem and the solution.

The key details answer who, where, when, what and how questions about the story.

One day when Rahul and Radha were walking in a forest, they found a frog. At first the frog cried a lot, and finally told them that it had lost its way home. Rahul picked up the frog and took it back to its home by the lake. The frog was happy to be back with his brothers and sisters.

While retelling a story we should follow these steps:

We should include minor details while retelling a story?

We should change the overall meaning of text while retelling a story.

Key events should remain the same while retelling the story.

True

False

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