# Summarize Written Text (SWT) Strategies Summarize Written Text (SWT) is a crucial task in the PTE Academic Writing section. The prompt asks you to read a passage of up to 300 words and summarize it in **exactly one sentence** between 5 and 75 words. ## The One-Sentence Rule (Academic Only) If you place a full stop (.) anywhere before the very end of your response, you will receive a **0 for Form**, which instantly drops your Content score to 0 as well. *(Note: PTE Core allows multiple sentences for its summary tasks, but Academic strictly prohibits it).* ## How to Combine Sentences Effectively To score a perfect 7/7 on this task, you need to extract the main idea from each paragraph and link them using conjunctions. 1. **Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS):** Use *For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So* with a comma to join two independent clauses. *Example:* Global warming is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, **so** governments must implement strict carbon emission policies immediately. 2. **Subordinating Conjunctions:** Words like *Although, Because, While, Whereas* are excellent for showing complex relationships. *Example:* **Although** renewable energy sources are becoming cheaper, many developing nations still rely heavily on fossil fuels. 3. **Semicolons (;):** You can use a semicolon instead of a conjunction to link two related sentences. Just remember not to capitalize the word after the semicolon! ## The PTE Shark Advantage When you practice SWT on PTE Shark, our AI doesn't just give you a number. It highlights your grammar mistakes, warns you if you missed key content words from the passage, and provides a **90/90 Model Answer** based directly on your own writing style!

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