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How to answer summary completion questions properly?

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selin96

Hasan, does it ask for words from the passage or give you a list? Checking the word type can help, but the meaning has to fit too.
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DmytroV

Made-up example: Passage: 'Students asked the library to extend its opening hours.' Summary: 'The request for longer opening hours came from _____.' With ONE WORD ONLY, use 'students', not 'the students'. The second breaks the word limit, even though the meaning is similar.
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amara07

And NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS doesnt mean you need two. 'Students' can still be enough. Dont add 'the' just to fill the limit.
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marco_v

Under NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS, would 'the students' be accepted here too? or does the full question decide that?
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Nitin07

That fits a two-word limit, but the limit alone doesn't decide whether it's correct. 'Came from' allows 'the students'; the passage and full task instructions determine whether the article belongs here.
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ivan88

If the passage already said 'the students' earlier, would 'the students' be fine here? Or is it always just the plain phrase from the gap sentence?
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fatimah_s

If the summary says 'came from', using 'the students' implies a specific group already mentioned. In the example, the passage only gives 'students', so the article changes the meaning slightly. For a gap fill, it is safer to copy the exact phrase from the passage when possible.
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riya28

Hasan, is it finding the section or choosing the word? For the second one, should we check if the gap needs a noun or verb first?
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