Precis Writing | The Do's and Don'ts of Precis Writing with Examples | How to Avoid Common Mistakes

Описание: Precis Writing | The Do's and Don'ts of Precis Writing with Examples | How to Avoid Common Mistakes

Precis writing is an art. The art has to be mastered through extensive reading and writing practice. For a good precis, it’s important to know how to read more effectively. Also reading comprehension and reading a wide range of reading material play an important role in writing a good precis that fulfils the requirement of the examiner.

Precis Writing is a part of the descriptive paper conducted for various competitive and Government exams under the English Language section.

In this article we shall discuss at length about what is precis writing, the important points that need to be kept in mind while writing a precis, the Dos and Don’ts, followed by some sample precis writing examples and questions.

Candidates can also check the General English for competitive exams page to know more about the English language descriptive and objective type paper.

Before moving to other attributes related to the topic, let us first discuss what precis writing is and what the candidates are supposed to do in a question based on this topic.


Precis writing is summarising a comprehension in limited words, covering all the important aspects and details of the passage given.

To avoid making any errors in writing a precis, follow a set of rules as mentioned below:

Read the comprehension carefully
Note down the important points
Make a rough draft of the precis
Make use of simple and precise language, as much as possible
Draft the final precis once all the points have been included

Most students don’t know a lot about this type of assignment until they are forced to complete it. Don’t be surprised if you just recently heard about this type of assignment for the first time; most students are confused about it and end up with so many questions: “What is a precis itself?”, “Where can I start”, and “How do I write a precis?”. Luckily, our course is here to give you the answers.

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