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Summarising, note-making and synthesis
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40 CXC CAPE Communication Studies questions on Summarising, note-making and synthesis, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is a summary?

  1. A shortened account giving only the main ideas of a text, in your own words
  2. A list of the sources a writer consulted
  3. An evaluation of how convincing a text is
  4. A copy of the most important paragraph
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✓ Answer: A — A shortened account giving only the main ideas of a text, in your own words
Award 1 mark. Examples, repetition and detail are discarded. Evaluation belongs to a different task entirely.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is a paraphrase?

  1. The exact words of a source in quotation marks
  2. A much shorter version of a passage
  3. A list of key terms from a passage
  4. A restatement in your own words at roughly the same length
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✓ Answer: D — A restatement in your own words at roughly the same length
Award 1 mark. It clarifies rather than shortens. A summary reduces length substantially; a quotation reproduces exact wording.
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Are the Summarising, note-making and synthesis questions aligned to the official CXC CAPE Communication Studies syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CAPE Communication Studies specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC CAPE paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC CAPE.
How is Summarising, note-making and synthesis typically tested on CXC CAPE Communication Studies papers?
Summarising, note-making and synthesis appears across multiple question types on real CXC CAPE Communication Studies papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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