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hi welcome back to our online
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preparation course for the TOEFL test
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this time we are going to continue
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getting prepared for the reading section
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in this model we are going to focus on a
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type of question that is called a stated
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detail question what does that mean it
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means that the answers are going to be
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clearly stated in the passage it would
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be important to paraphrase the
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information in the passage in order to
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find the answers because even though the
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answers are going to be clearly stated
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in the passage that doesn't mean that
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the options are going to have exactly
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the same words you will have to
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paraphrase the information so let's do
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some exercises in order for you to get
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prepared for this type of questions as I
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already mentioned in the previous videos
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it is important that you remember that
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reading the complete passages is not
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recommendable why because if we read the
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complete passages we will not have time
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to answer the 50 questions in the time
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that is given so as I said we start by
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reading the first question according to
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a passage Williamsburg is located and we
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have four options a on an island B in
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the middle of a river C or the jerk and
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the James myth D on a piece of land with
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rivers on two sides so it is important
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that we locate key words in the question
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for example in this case our keywords
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are Williamsburg and located so if you
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notice the first word in the passage is
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Williamsburg and if we scan the passage
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very very quickly we can find a synonym
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for the word located that is situated
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okay so it says Williamsburg is a
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historic city in Virginia situated on a
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peninsula between two rivers the jerk
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and the James so with that information
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we should be able to answer the question
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we can determine that the answer for
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this question is letter D on a piece of
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land with rivers on two sides which is
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exactly the same as a peninsula between
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two rivers so if you notice we
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paraphrase the information let's do
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another example again we start by
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reading the question and it says the
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passage indicates that Jamestown and we
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have four options a was settled in 1633
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B was settled 26 years after
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Williamsburg C was the first permanent
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English colony in America and B was
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originally named Miller plantation in
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this case our key word is a word
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Jamestown
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so we go directly where the word appears
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in the passage right and we start
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reading that sentence and it says it was
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settled by English colonists in 1633 26
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years after the first permanent English
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colony in America was settled at
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Jamestown so with this information we
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can determine that the answer for this
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question is letter C Jamestown was the
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first permanent English colony in
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America okay so now let's do another
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example with the same passage let's go
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to read the question it says the
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position states that the name middle
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plantation a is a more recent name Dan
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Williamsburg be derived from the
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location of the colony on the peninsula
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C refers to the mill part of England
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that was home to that colonists and D
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was given to a new colony because
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because it was located in the middle of
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several plantations so if you notice we
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have to find key words in the question
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so it says our key word is going to be
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middle plantation so we go directly yes
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to the word middle plantation and we
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start reading that sentence it says in
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the beginning the colony at Williamsburg
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was named middle plantation
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because of its location in the middle of
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the of the peninsula so if we paraphrase
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this information we determined that the
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answer for this question is letter B
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derived from the location of the colony
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on the peninsula so if you find keywords
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in the questions and you locate them in
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the passage it is going to be very very
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easy for you to identify the answers for
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this state the detail questions because
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as I said the answers are clearly stated
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in the passage so which are some of the
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common questions that are going to tell
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you that the type of question is asking
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you for clearly a stated question
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according to a passage it is a stated in
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the passage the passage indicates that
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the author mentions that and which of
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the following is true so if you find any
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of these questions in your exam is
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because you are being asked about a
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stated detail questions so let's reveal
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the important tip in order for you to be
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able to answer these questions correctly
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first remember you read a question and
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then you find the answer in the passage
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so how do we do that by finding keywords
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in the questions and then find them in
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the passage then we scan the passage in
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order to read and try to find the answer
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for the question so we choose the option
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that real States the idea in the passage
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okay I hope that this was very very
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helpful for you and now it's your turn
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go to the practice practice section and
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practice finding stated detailed
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questions in the passages good luck see
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you next time