Question

Tommy has been elected to the school's student council. Since the council's meetings are formal, Tommy must follow a few rules when he attends. First, if he would like to share ideas, he needs to bring organized notes. Also, he should listen as others speak and take notes on their ideas. Tommy knows that in a formal discussion, you must be acknowledged before speaking. If Tommy follows these rules, he can learn and share more effectively Choose the sentence that BEST summarizes the story.

Answer 1

A A formal discussion follows certain rules.

Step-by-step explanation:

A formal discussion follows certain rules. The paragraph tells about three different rules to follow in a formal discussion. The rules are to bring organized notes, to listen and take notes on the ideas of other people, and to wait to be acknowledged before speaking.

Answer 2

A formal discussion follows certain rules.

Step-by-step explanation:

The options you were given are the following:

1. A formal discussion follows certain rules.
2. Informal discussions have different rules.
3. Bringing a notebook to the meeting is unnecessary.
4. Everyone gets a turn to speak in a formal discussion.

The correct option is the first one. The story tells about what Tommy must do in order to properly participate in the school's student council; that is, about what rules he is supposed to follow. The council is a formal environment, and discussions taking place there follow a set of rules, such as using organized notes to represent an idea, listening to others and noting their ideas, and being acknowledged before speaking.

The other three statements are technically correct but do not successfully summarize the story. Statements 3 and 4 are only about certain rules described in the text, and there is no information about informal discussions and their rules, although we can guess that they are different from the ones that apply to formal situations.