Rules of Precis Writing.

A precis is a short written or spoken account of something, which gives important points but not details. It is a short summary of a passage.

Rules of Precis Writing:

• First, read the test twice or thrice carefully to summarise.
• Underline and mark important ideas.
• with the help of underlined ideas, draw the outline of your precis.
• Omit all unnecessary information.
• Don't omit the important points. Keep the fact in your mind that the length of the precis should be one-third (1/3) of the original text.
• It should be written in indirect speech.
• It should be written in the third person and in the past tense. in the case of universal truth, the present tense should be used.
• It should be written in your own words.

Things not to be used while writing a precis.

• Examples in the passage.
• Stories.
• Proverbs. 
• Quotations.
• Idioms.
• Repetition of similar sentences or ideas.
• long phrases.
• complex sentences having long clauses.
• Direct speech.

Read the Paragraph and Precis it.

"Health is Wealth" is a proverb that means a lot to us. We can say that a happy life is directly proportional to health. Our life is a simple biological cycle, which depends on what we eat to survive. A strong mind and a healthy body make a complete being. A wealthy person is not the one who has money, but the one who has health. According to famous poet Ralph Valdo Emerson, " The first wealth is health". 

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