Note Making practice question

Note Making and Summary

NOTE MAKING

1. Must write the title. It should state what the majority of the passage talks about.
2. Minimum 4 abbreviations to be used in note making and make key to abbreviations after writing the notes and not after the summary. (maximumabbreviations :7)
3. Helping verbs ,articles ,pronouns and determiners could be omitted
4. Write minimum 3 main heading and 3 sub headings (do not write too many subheadings)
5. Write phrases not complete sentences
6. Do not forget to use indentation
7. Do not use numbers as abbreviations :

WRONG : 2 –two Wid– with

CORRECT : Edu. – education (use 1st few letters)

Achvmnt-achievement (omit vowels)

b’ful– beautiful , can’t -cannot (write first few and last few letters)

BBC –British broadcasting Corporation (acronyms)

@,& ,= (conventionall symbols)

Govt. ,Ans. ,Ltd (standard abbreviations)

8. Notes making should not be lengthy. It should not cover more than 2 sides of a page.

SUMMARY

1. Do not exceed word limit given in the exam
2. Summary is made out of notes not the passage
3. Do not divide the summary in different paragraphs.
4. It should be attempted just after the note making
5. Do not start like this : ‘The passage talks about’
6. Do not use any abbreviations in summary
7. Write complete , grammatically correct sentences.
8. Try to follow the order of the notes as far as possible

a)Read and review the text in 'Red' carefully. 

Almost all of us have suffered from a headache at some time or the other. For some a headache is a constant companion and life is a painful hell of wasted time.

The most important step to cope with headaches is to identify the type of headache one is suffering from. In tension headaches (two hand headache), a feeling of a tight band around the head exits along with the pain in the neck and shoulders. It usually follows activities such as long stretches driving, typing or sitting on the desks. They are usually short lived but can also last for days or weeks.

A headache is usually caused due to the spinal misalignment of the head, due to the posture. Sleeping on the stomach with the head turn to one side and bending over positions for a long time make it worse.

In migraine headaches, the pains usually on one side of the head may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting irritability and bright spots of flashes of light. This headache is meant worse by activities especially bending. The throbbing pain in the head worsens by noise and light. Certain triggers for migraines may be chocolate, caffeine, smoking or MSU in certain food items. The pain may last eight to twenty four hours and there may be a hangover for two or three days. Migraines are often produced by an ‘aura’------changes in sight and sensation. There is usually a family migraine.

 In a headache, pain originates from the brain but from the irritated nerves of muscles, blood vessels and bones. These head pain signals to the brain which judges the degree of distress and relays it at appropriate sites. The pain sometimes may be referred to sights other than the problem areas. This is known as referred by pain and occurs due to sensation overload. Thus, though, most headache states at the base of the skull referred pain as felt typically behind the eyes.

Factors causing headache are understood but it is known that a shift in the level of body hormones chemicals, certain foods and drinks and environmental stress can trigger them.

If the headache troubles you often, visit the doctor, who will take a full health history relating to diet, life stresses, the type of headache, trigging factors and relief measures. You may be asked to keep a ‘headache diary’ which tells you to list – the time headache started and when it ended, emotional environmental and food and drinking factors which may contribute to it. The type and severity of pain and the medications used which provide much relief are also to be listed.

This helps the doctor in determining the exact cause and type of headache and the remedy thereof.

b) Use the highlighted text to make notes.