Most of our students cannot write out their examination papers fairly. As they cannot understand the questions properly, they often beat about the bush and cram their answers with irrelevant and unnecessary details. Sometimes they also fail to arrange their answer neatly, cleanly and systematically.
Although the teachers advise that their answer should be brief and precise, they often lengthen them unnecessarily. Where size does not matter at all, they have a silly notion that the more they write, the more marks they will get. The reality is just the opposite; their long answers generally become disgusting and unsavory. Such answers always earn poor marks.
In order to get expected marks, all of you should understand the questions well and answer them just to the point. Don't worry if your answers are fairly short. Be sure your sentences make sense. Above all, you need a neat presentation. To answer the short comprehensive questions, you should not copy anything blindly from the passage. Try to answer the questions more or less in your own English. Frame your answers exactly in the same tense and aspect the questions are in. Don't forget to write short and simple sentences. Plain and clean English is not bad.
(i) Why do the students get poor marks?
Students get poor marks because they cannot understand the questions properly and include irrelevant and unnecessary details in their answers.
(ii) How can students get sound marks?
Students can get sound marks by understanding the questions well and answering them briefly and precisely.
(iii) Why do the students get unhappy marks?
Students get unhappy marks because they write long answers full of unnecessary and unpleasant information.
Main Idea:
Students should write short, clear and well-organized answers in examinations to get good marks.
Supporting Ideas:
âĸ Many students cannot understand questions properly.
âĸ They include unnecessary information in their answers.
âĸ They think longer answers bring more marks.
âĸ Long answers usually receive poor marks.
âĸ Clear and short answers bring better results.
Irrelevant â Not related.
Sentence: His answer contained irrelevant information.
Cram â Fill completely.
Sentence: The student crammed his answer with unnecessary facts.
Precise â Exact.
Sentence: The teacher asked for a precise answer.
Disgusting â Very unpleasant.
Sentence: The smell was disgusting.
Lengthen â Make longer.
Sentence: He tried to lengthen his answer with extra words.
Reality â Truth.
Sentence: In reality, short answers often get better marks.
Simple â Easy.
Sentence: She wrote a simple sentence.
Many students fail to write good examination answers because they do not understand the questions properly and include unnecessary information. They think longer answers bring more marks, but actually such answers receive poor marks. Students should understand the questions clearly and write short, precise and well-organized answers in simple English.