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you've just found the Ultimate Guide to
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a reading this gives you step-by-step
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strategies for all 12 of the questions
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that you might get on test day these are
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the exact same strategies that thousands
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of my students have used to get band
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nine on their I reading test and at the
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end I'll also give you two free practice
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tests and step-by-step walkthroughs for
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the question so sit back relax and get
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ready to improve your is tweeting score
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so this is an example of a sentence
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complete
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question here so for sentence completion
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you will have sentences they will be
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incomplete and you need to complete them
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with a word or words from the text so
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you would be looking at the text here
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and then you would be completing these
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sentences with words from the text so
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for sentence completion questions the
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two key problems are not reading the
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instructions especially about the number
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of words and Pur spelling so not reading
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the instructions this is just something
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that lots of students have a problem
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with and it's an easy fix it is getting
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into the habit of really paying
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attention to the instructions
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understanding what the instructions are
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saying and then following that
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information and then Pur spelling this
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is because this is one of the types of
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questions that you are not picking Like
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A B C or D you actually have to take
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words from the text and write them out
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so if if one letter is wrong the whole
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answer is wrong so make sure that you
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are paying attention to spelling so my
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advice for sentence completion is number
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one read the instructions carefully as
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we've already said read incomplete
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sentence first all right so you're going
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to be given a list of incomplete
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sentences do not read the text first
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read the incomplete sentences first to
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understand them then predict the answers
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what do you think the type of word the
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type of content what type of words what
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content is probably going to come up
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even if your predictions are wrong that
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doesn't matter because what you're doing
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is priming your brain to receive the
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correct information it really does help
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and often when you make a prediction the
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exact thing that you predicted will come
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up or something very very similar now
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four sentence completion there might be
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synonyms so again this is why we make
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prediction
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think of the different synonyms that
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might come up related to your your
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predictions but also you're going to
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next scan for the location of the
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correct answer there's a principle I
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want you to learn first which is where
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before what so during the reading test
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you're going to be looking for where the
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answer is first before you think about
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what is the correct answer so you're
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scanning for the correct location first
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where in the text is it and then you're
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only going to read the section carefully
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think about what the correct answer is
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and decide the correct answer but be
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very careful with your spelling here we
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have an example of a summary completion
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question so it will normally say
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complete the summary below so here is
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the summary and there's some missing
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information here and in this particular
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question it says no more than two words
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it might say no more than one word or
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one word only but it will show you a
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summary and you have to complete that
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summary with words from the text so for
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summary completion very similar to
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sentence completion not reading
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instructions you will be told you know
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only write one word or two words pay
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attention to that spelling is also an
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issue for summary completion but grammar
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is more of an issue here this is because
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when we are predicting we're going to be
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thinking about is this going to be a
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noun or a verb or an adjective so good
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grammar helps us with that but it also
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helps us complete the summary in a way
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that makes sense let's go through my
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advice here number one read the
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instructions carefully you're going to
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hear me saying that a lot here read the
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summary text first it's imperative that
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you do this first don't look at the text
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then predict but also think not only
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what content might be there but what
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type of words might come up is it going
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to be a noun is it going to be a verb or
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is it going to be an adjective if your
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grammar is strong that will be very very
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obvious and will help you find the
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correct answer then scan for location be
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aware of synonyms remember where before
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what once you find the location then you
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can read the section carefully check if
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the answer makes sense so if you are
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expecting an adjective and only an
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adjective will do and you think the
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correct answer is a not
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that doesn't make any sense so you need
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to go back check it and that will help
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you find the correct answer and then
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decide on the correct answer put it in
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and that's you done so these two are
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quite similar so that's why we've put
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them together here are some multiple
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choice questions I'm sure you're
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familiar with multiple choice questions
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normally it will be a direct question
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like here and then it will give you
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three or four different options you have
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to choose the correct option now the key
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problems here is not really
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understanding the difference between the
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different options so you will get you
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know a b c d there will be slight
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variations in meaning between these
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three or four options you need to
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understand the difference between these
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in order to answer the question properly
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so there needs to be a lot of focus on
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the difference between these on top of
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reading the text and understanding the
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text so the first thing you're going to
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do is read read the questions read the
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options carefully first and understand
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the difference between those that's why
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we put carefully here then we're going
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to look at the text but we're not going
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to read it in detail what we're going to
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do is we're going to skim the text we're
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going to read it quite quickly with the
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intention of understanding the general
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meaning of the text then we're going to
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go back and think about the difference
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in the different options I've put this
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here twice because this is the most
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important thing and we want to be
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strategic and focus on the most
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important thing then we're going to take
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each question and we're going to locate
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the section of the text being aware of
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synonyms for that particular question so
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if it's question 24 you're going to look
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at question 24 look at the information
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in there look at the text and decide
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okay this is where the correct answer is
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I haven't decided the correct answer but
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I know the location of the correct
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answer answer read that section
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carefully so we find the area then we're
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going to read that section carefully
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this is going to save us a huge amount
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of time because we're not reading the
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whole text you know there might be six
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or seven paragraphs we're just focusing
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in on one of those paragraphs to answer
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that particular question so it's being
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very strategic with thought with
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intention and with time if you are
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confused think about not what is the
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correct answer but which options are
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definitely wrong so going back to our
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original thing here let's say this one
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you know is definitely wrong and D is
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definitely wrong that leaves you with
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two options B or C then you can focus in
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on B and C and think what is the big
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difference between B and C and then
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check the text again oh it is C so
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finally read the question and make the
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final choice I hope you're enjoying this
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answer questions are actually quite rare
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but you should be aware of them these
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are similar to comprehension questions
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that you would have got when you were in
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school where they ask you a direct
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question and you have to answer the
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direct question to short answer
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questions these are normal
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straightforward comprehension questions
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and the big problem here is that
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students will rush through the questions
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and not really think about what the
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question is asking them so the big
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problem not understanding the questions
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it doesn't matter how good your reading
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skills are if you don't focus in and
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understand the question you'll never be
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able to answer it and then not
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understanding a lot of words phrases
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within the text so if you don't
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understand the question and then you
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don't understand a lot of the words
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within the text it's pretty much
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impossible for you to to answer the
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questions so how can we solve that so
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read and understand the questions first
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don't get lost in the reading text read
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and just focus in on the questions
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understand what they are asking you
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within the questions underline any
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keywords these are normally going to be
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NES and nine phrases people places
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objects things things like that NS think
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of synonyms for those NS and that is
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going to help you scan for the location
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of the answer remember where before what
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once we understand the location we can
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read the section carefully read the
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question again because our big problem
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is not understanding the question decide
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answer and write it in now you might be
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thinking I have given similar strategies
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for a few of these first four question
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types don't make the mistake a lot of
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students make which is oh they're all
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the same and I'll just approach them all
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the same and I'll skip the video and I
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won't really think about it that is a
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huge mistake because very different
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questions are coming up now here's an
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example of a labeling a diagram question
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normally you will be given a diagram
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sometimes a map but most of the time a
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diagram and there will normally be
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arrows relating to different parts of
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the diagram it is your job to complete
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these parts so labeling a diagram first
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key problem is an inability to cope with
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the unfamiliar not every student but a
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fair number of students will look at a
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diagram and think I know nothing about
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this thing so the example we gave you
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was something to do with ships she like
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I know nothing about ships they're not
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testing your knowledge of ships they're
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testing your ability to look at an
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unfamiliar diagram understanded and
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related to the reading text why do they
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do this is it to be mean no it's because
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you will be doing this every day in your
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new country you'll be looking at
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unfamiliar things and you will have to
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interpret those in English and also not
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reading the instructions often it will
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say only use one word or two words or
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one word on a number or something like
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that you need to pay attention to this
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so of course read instructions carefully
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look at diagram to understand the
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diagram and don't panic continuing to
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look at the diagram highlight any
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keywords look at the spaces where that
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you have to complete and predict the
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answer just like you were predicting
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before scan to find the location read in
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detail and choose the correct answer and
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be careful with your spelling here's the
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dreaded true false not given very common
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question on the I reading test what it
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asks you to do is read these question
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statements and then say in relation to
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the text are these statements true or
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are they false or are they not given
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there are lots of problems with true
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false not given number one
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misinformation this is the question that
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most students worry about therefore this
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is the question that produces the most
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amount of content online there are
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hundreds or maybe even thousands of
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videos on true false not given most of
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the teachers making these videos are not
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examiners they're not highly qualified
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teachers that means there's a huge
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amount of confusion and
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misinformation another big problem is
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not really understanding what notg given
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means and that leads to people searching
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for notg given and really they're
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searching for something that is not
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there it's like searching for something
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that isn't there in a room you're not
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going to find it and if you spend a huge
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amount of time looking for something
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that is not there then it affects the
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other questions that are going to be
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asked because if you have less time to
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spend on these questions you've not only
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messed up true false not given but
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you've messed up the other questions as
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well what we're going to do is give you
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the confidence to look for not given and
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quickly establish I can't find this this
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is not given and put not given as your
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answer another big problem is a failure
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to understand what the whole sentence
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means this is a problem because many
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teachers and YouTubers use a strategy
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that is what we would call a keyword
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strategy everything that they teach
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about I reading is keywords keywords
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keywords now sometimes keywords are
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important but most of the time they're
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not it depends on the question being
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asked so if you focus in on keywords you
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will not understand what the question
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statements actually mean because you are
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focused on a tiny part of the question
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statement instead of looking at the
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entire sentence and that brings us on to
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our last key problem focus on keywords
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not only will it mean you don't
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understand the sentence it will mean
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that you get lost in the text and you
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waste a lot of time so what should you
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do instead so for true false not given
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read the whole statements first look at
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the statements read them don't focus in
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on keywords think about what the whole
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statement means then looking at the
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statements once you've understood them
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think of synonym what might be said in
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the text in a different way so for
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example if the question statement was
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talking about a pen it might mention a
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writing instrument in the text so if
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you're really focusing on pen pen pen
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pen pen you will miss writing instrument
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or writing utensil or something crazy
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like that and you'll never be able to
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move on to this part which is match the
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statement with the correct part the
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location of the text because the
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statement says P the text says writing
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utensil or something like that if you
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are thinking about synonyms and you're
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open to seeing them then you're going to
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find them much quicker so once you find
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the location read the statement again so
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go back to the statement so you find
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your part of the text you f you have
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your statement and then read the text
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section carefully so don't just find the
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part of the text and look at the
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statement and then immediately go like
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oh that's true or that's not given calm
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down read the whole section carefully
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and then you're going to look at the
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statement and look at that part of the
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text and think does the meaning match if
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the meaning matches then it's true if
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the text says this pen is yellow and the
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statement says this pen is purple it's
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false if the statement says this pen is
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purple and the text says nothing about
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the color or it talks about it is a very
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good pen or is a very expensive pen then
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we've no idea so put not given keep it
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video similar to true false not given
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are yes no not given again you have to
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look at the text and then look at the
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question statements and say whether the
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question statements are yes no or not
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given so if the statement agrees with
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the views of the writer contradicts the
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views of the writer or the there's no
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information for you to really judge what
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the writer thinks about these statements
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so same same but different yes no not
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given true false not given key problems
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students get confused about the
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difference between true false not given
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and yes no not given true false not
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given is about fact this pen is purple
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that is a fact yes no not given is about
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the writer's opinion I believe purple
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pens are better than blue pens that
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isn't a fact that is just my opinion so
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what you're doing is saying yes the text
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agrees with the writer's opinion or no
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the text doesn't agree with the writer's
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opinion so that brings us on to our
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second problem not understanding The
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Writer's opinion because if you are just
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looking for facts and you haven't
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trained yourself to look for what the
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writer is saying or what the writer
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believes then you're never going to be
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able to decide if it is yes no not given
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similarly to true false not given too
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much time looking for something that's
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not there and then finally confusing
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writer opinions with other people's
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opinions so the text will give you the
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writer's opinions but it might also give
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you other people's opinion so it might
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say Chris believes this but Jason
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believes this and you get confused
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between those two or if the text is
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talking about pens and it's just Jason
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talking about pens and Chris doesn't
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mention it at all then that would be not
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given cuz you don't know so my advice do
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it exactly the same as true false not
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given but just focus in on the writer's
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opinion not on fact matching sentences
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this is another quite rare question but
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you might get it and you should be aware
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of it what will happen is you will get
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the beginning of a sentence and then
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you'll be given a list of sentence
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endings and you have to match the
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beginning of the sentence with the end
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of the sentence key problem is using
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logic or grammar so you'll be given the
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beginning of a sentence and what people
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do is they instead of looking at the
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text they will use their own logic so
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before they even look at the text
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they'll look at the sentence endings and
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think that's logical that these those
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two go together they're trying to find
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the answer without taking the time to
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actually look at the text or they think
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this is grammatical Ally correct so I'll
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just use that type of logic everything
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should be based on what it says in the
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text not what you think logically or
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grammatically works so my advice is to
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read the first part of the sentences
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first read those and understand those
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predict the endings before checking then
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and only then read the endings and match
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the obvious ones are there any ones that
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are you know just that has to be it and
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it will be extremely obvious if that's
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the case then eliminate obviously wrong
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endings and then match endings you think
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might match so you might have one or two
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different options locate the part of the
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text where the correct answer is and
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then read that part carefully and choose
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the correct answer here we have a
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matching names question as you can see
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there's a list of names here and what it
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asks you to do is look at the text and
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then match the people's names here with
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the statements here so people are more
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trusting when to affected by oxytocin
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who said that so matching names key
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problems there are writing names
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immediately without considering text in
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detail so I find that the this type of
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question comes more towards the end not
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always but it often comes towards the
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end because it's normally linked to like
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research findings scientists researchers
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academics things like that and people
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are stressed they're running out of time
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they're tired and they just see names
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and start to match them up without
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taking the time to actually read and
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consider the text so how can we overcome
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those problems will we scan for the
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names in the text and underline so
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you'll be given different names look at
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the name that you want to focus on scan
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the text and underline where that name
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comes up because that is going to save
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us a lot of time and it is going to help
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us focus in on the area where the
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correct answer is and focus on the names
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that are mentioned once first so some of
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the names will be mentioned 2 3 four
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times some of the names will only be
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mentioned once the ones that are
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mentioned once try to find the answer to
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those first so take those names that are
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only mentioned once and read their
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research in detail because if they're
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only mentioned once it will only be in a
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small part of the reading text so you've
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located that already match with the
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question statements and then delete that
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state M so the one that you have matched
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delete that that is just going to make
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it much easier for you to differentiate
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between the different statements and
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then move on is there another one with
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just one move on to that one next if not
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is there a name that is just mentioned
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in two times or two parts then you can
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focus in on that and then just keep
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using that strategy until you match them
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all here is a matching information
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question so which paragraph contains the
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following information so you have to
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read the information and then match it
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to the appropriate paragraph in the text
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key problem here is you must consider
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the whole text there's a huge amount of
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information to digest here so the thing
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that we ask our students to do is do
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this question last so if it is part one
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of the reading test and this question
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comes up first skip it finish the other
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questions with within that part of the
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reading test and then go back because
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what you will be doing by doing the
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other questions you will be
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familiarizing yourself with the text you
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will understand the text more which will
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make this question far easier because
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you will have less information to
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consume and and to understand my advice
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read the questions first and think of
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synonyms because this is going to help
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you later on skim the text first you
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have a huge amount of information to
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consume so it is a good idea even if
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you're doing this question last to read
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the whole text quickly to understand it
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then read the questions again and think
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about location so you've read the
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questions you understand them you've
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skimmed the text then you're going to go
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back to the
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questions and some of the locations will
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already be very very obvious to you and
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that will help you scan to find the
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location and if you find the location
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underline it next we're going to check
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the question statement again and Mark
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correct if possible some of them will be
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easier than others some of them will be
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very very obvious so you can save time
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just by thinking quite quickly about
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those and thinking okay that's the
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correct answer but if you cannot find
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the correct answer quite quickly move to
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a different paragraph cuz often the
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answer will present itself in the next
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paragraph don't spend you know five
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minutes reading one paragraph going it
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it has to be here it has to be here it
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has to move on quite quickly have the
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confidence just like the confidence to
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write not given have the confidence to
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say it's not this paragraph move on to
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the next one and the answer will
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probably present itself quite easily for
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you and then just follow that system
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again here's an example of table
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completion or flowchart completion table
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completion is more common on the
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academic paper flowchart is very common
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on the general training paper but the
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principles are exactly the same you have
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missing information here in the
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flowchart you have a few different
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options here and you have to look at the
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options read the text and then add the
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options in here to complete the
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flowchart or complete the table key
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problem here is not reading instructions
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this is again one of these questions
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where it says one word or one word on a
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number you need to really understand
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what those mean so my advice for these
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is read the instructions carefully scan
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text to locate the correct paragraph
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read that section carefully don't just
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skim it read it carefully and then
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transfer the words exactly as they are
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to the Gap and check spelling very very
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common that students find the correct
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answer but spell it incorrectly there's
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really no excuse for this because you're
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copying the exact letters but be very
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careful with these matching headings
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this is a very common question and I
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think this is actually more challenging
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and more difficult for most students
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than true false not given but it's not
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if you follow the strategy that we're
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going to teach you but they always look
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the same they will give you a list of
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headings here and there are always more
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headings than there are paragraphs to
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make it more difficult and then it gives
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you a list of paragraphs and then you
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simply have to match the paragraphs with
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the list of headings by referring to the
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text of course key problem here is
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there's lots of information to process
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most of the time you're going to be
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reading the entire text to complete
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matching headings questions effectively
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another common problem is a lot of
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students just read like the first part
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of the first sentence on the last
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sentence or they focus in on keywords
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that is the opposite of what you're
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trying to do what you're trying to do
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with matching headings and what it's
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testing is can you understand the
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general meaning of the whole paragraph
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not keywords within the paragraph
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because there's so much information to
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process and you have to skim and
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understand the whole text basically a
00:28:12
lot of people don't spend enough time
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focusing in on the different options the
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question statements you cannot find the
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correct answer if you don't understand
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the statements so here's what I get my
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students to do do this question first
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because it's it's going to make the
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other questions easier because you have
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to read the whole text you may as well
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do this first instead of reading parts
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of the question parts of the text of
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other questions do this first as is far
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more efficient and strategic so you're
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not going to look at the question
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statements first you're going to ignore
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the question statements entirely what
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you're going to do first is read each
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paragraph with the intention of writing
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your own heading so you're going to read
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the paragraph and write your own heading
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this forces you to understand the
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meaning of the whole paragraph which is
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what they are testing then and only then
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look at the headings and what you will
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find is your titles the titles that you
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came up with often they will match
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exactly with the question statements so
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focus on understanding the difference of
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meaning between the different headings
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and then match any obvious ones so let's
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say there are six questions and two of
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your titles match exactly okay you've
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got two questions right that leav four
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those four okay it didn't match exactly
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for those you need to read the paragraph
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carefully not just skimming it really
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read it carefully and choose the correct
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option based on what the text is saying
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and the difference of meaning between
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the headings hope that you enjoyed that
00:29:53
video now you know all the different
00:29:55
types of questions and you know the
00:29:58
different strategies for those questions
00:30:00
but that's just the first step the most
00:30:03
powerful method for improving your
00:30:05
reading is understanding your own
00:30:08
personal weaknesses and then improving
00:30:11
those weaknesses that is the most
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