It is not everything said in the classroom that can be represented during an examination session that has a limited duration of which learners must answer questions on a particular subject, the study therefore provides expository tips that are necessary to assist learners in summary skills. Summary skills are important to propel learners to reduce lengthy passages into cogent manageable proportions without losing the vital contents. In achieving this, basic concepts like comprehension, punctuation marks, outlining, paragraphs and tenses are encouraged to be mastered by learners to aid their summary skill.
Keywords: coherence, outline, paragraph, punctuation marks, summary
