Precis Writing

Precis (Summary) Writing – 20 Creative Writing – 78 The following passages have a total of 398 words. Write its summary in less than 140 words. Passage France returned more than 400 stolen artifacts to the government of Pakistan on Tuesday, including ancient busts, vases, urns and goblets, … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 19 Creative Writing – 68 The following write-up has 409 words. Write its precis in not more than 145 words. The passage collected from ‘The Lancer’s Wife’ by Guy de Maupassant It was after Bourbaki’s defeat in the east of France. … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 18 Creative Writing – 67 Reduce the following paragraph to roughly one third its length without leaving out any important fact. Passage Odisha, a small state in the east coast of India, was battered by Cyclone Philine in the last weekend. The … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 17 Creative Writing – 64 They write-up has a total of 401 words. Write the summary of the same in not more than 140 words. Passage sourced from Betrand Russel’s book ‘Values of Scepticism I wish to propose for the reader’s … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 16 Creative Writing – 61 The following write up has 381 words. Write its precis in not more than 135 words. Passage sourced from BBC On 27 March, the 19-year-old accused the headmaster of the madrassa she attended of calling her … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 15 Creative Writing – 60 The following passage has 378 words. Your precis should ideally be within 135 words. Passage from the story ‘Home’ by Somerset Maugham The farm lay in a hollow among the Somersetshire hills, an old-fashioned stone house … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 14 Creative Writing – 59 The following passage has close to 310 words. Write its summary in no more than 110 words. Passage from stories by Ruskin Bond I started out by saying that nature and the railways had little or … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 13 Creative Writing – 52 Tips on writing good precis Step by step guide 1. Read the whole passage mindfully to acquaint yourself with the subject matter. 2. Read any one random line and count the number of words in it. … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 12 Creative Writing – 50 Write the summery of the following article Passage taken from the web news magazine The Wire (sourced from Reuters) dated 25.2.2019 Kabul: Afghanistan began exports to India through an Iranian port on Sunday, an official said, … Read more

Precis (Summary) Writing – 11 Creative Writing – 47 Passage A drop of water fell out of the cloud into the sea, and finding itself lost in such an immensity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflection: ‘Alas! What an inconsiderable creature am … Read more