There are different versions of the multiple choice question, and we just got through learning the
strategy of the multiple choice standard question, this is a question type that most of you are really
familiar with, because pretty much all over the world, they ask multiple choice questions where you
have to make a selection between A, B and C or A, B and D.
So let's now go ahead and look at a full passage and work on applying our strategy in a realistic situation.
So in terms of the strategy is very, very straightforward, this question type goals and order in order,
and so we have to identify the question keywords looking to determine which words are going to help
me define this questions information in the passage.
Then you want to identify which question is going to be the easiest to locate.
First, there may be some questions that tell you look in paragraph five or look in paragraph seven
and you know exactly where to go find that information.
You want to read the matching sentences.
Keep in mind that is possible for the question to be developed from more than one sentence, meaning
they take some information from from the first sentence and then some information from the second sentence
to create a question.
Also, the question information can come from one sentence and the answer information can come from
the next sentence.
So always keep that in mind when it comes to reading the matching sentences and then apply our answer
strategy very often here.
What you're going to have to do is recognize paraphrasing, paraphrasing, not picking out or matching
up exact words.
You have to be able to look at what they say.
In the reading passage and then look at the answer choices and find which answer choice paraphrases
that information, this is what they're testing with the multiple choice question.
They're testing the students ability to recognize paraphrasing.
The first step is being able to scan and locate where that information is.
The second step is being able to read and process that information.
And number three, your ability to find the paraphrase match out of the three or four answer choices.
So coming up next, we're going to go ahead and look at a full passage application.
We're going to work on scanning and then applying the answer strategy.
So this comes from the official Cambridge 2014 practice book test.
For part one.
You can see the image of the book right here.
And the passage is entitled South Pole Adventurer.
On the left, you can see some of the passage, you'll note, that is broken down into paragraphs one,
two, three, four or five.
And on the right hand side, we can see our multiple choice questions, questions nine through 13.
And the answer choices are A, B, C and D.
The first step, identifying the key words in the question, as you know, we work under time conditions
in our strategy, applications will make sure that you get out your phone and set your watch appropriately.
Take a look at these questions, nine through 13, set your timer for 45 seconds, stop the lecture
and then please identify the key words in questions nine through 13.
For number nine, you should have noted reporters and then met Cherice.
Number 10, this one is really straightforward, Tainan Marou and the word captain, and they tell us
the fifth paragraph, number 11 finally reached Antarctica 12.
There's no real information in the question that we need to really locate, they tell us, is in the
seventh paragraph.
In the seventh paragraph, we want to know what is the writer doing?
So what what is what action is he taking or what is he doing in that paragraph?
The writer, what is the writer attempting to do?
And therefore, number 13, they tell us look in the final paragraph and they want us to determine the
writer's main point from that final paragraph.
So hopefully you are able to circle or highlight the same key words that I found.
Now that we know our key words, I want you to be able to look in the reading passage scan and find
all of the key word matching sentences, you're going to set your timer on two minutes to do this,
two minutes.
And there's a reason why I'm only giving you two minutes in those last two questions for 12 and 13,
there's nothing to scan for.
You know where that information is located, four numbers, nine and 11.
You do have to scan for the matching sentences.
At number 10, they tell you the paragraph and give you the information to be able to locate for the
matching sentences.
So when we're scanning, we're not we're not going to scan for questions.
Nine, 10, 11, 12 and 13, 12 and 13 do not require us to do any scanning.
If you were doing this on the real exam, then you might choose to scan and answer, then move to the
next question, scan and answer, which is perfectly fine.
If you're going to do that, then just set your timer for six minutes and you can go ahead and complete
questions.
Nine through 13.
In terms of scanning, all I want you to do is find the matching sentence for question nine, the matching
sentence for question 10 and the matching sentence for question 11.
You only have two minutes to do this.
Now, you might want to go ahead and look for nine and 11 and then worry about 10 later on, because
you do know the paragraph four where the information for number 10 is located.
So stop the lecture, set your timer for two minutes and scan for these specific matching sentences
for these specific questions.
So were you able to find the matching sentences?
Let's have a look.
Number nine is located in paragraph four, we see New Zealand, we see local reporters, so we know
that the information for number nine is located in paragraph four.
Number 10 is located in paragraph five, they tell us that, and here we see Kanan Maru and the captain
and then later on we see the captain again.
So we would need to look at both of these sentences to be able to find out which one of these answer
choices, paraphrasing the information that we read.
And for number 11, we see it right in the first sentence, finally reached Antarctica.
Now, again, number 11 or number 12, we already know, is in paragraph seven and 13, we know is in
paragraph eight, we don't need to scan for that information.
We just have to be able to answer those two questions based on the content of what's in the question.
Now it's time to move forward and answer these questions under timed conditions, so you're going to
set your timer for four minutes now, four minutes, and you're going to answer questions, nine through
13.
You know, we're all of the questions are located, you know, question nine is in paragraph four,
question ten is in paragraph five.
Question 11 is in paragraph six, 12 is in paragraph seven and 13 is in paragraph eight.
We can see that.
And so you should be able to move through these pretty quickly to be able to find the right answer choice.
So set your timer for four minutes and please answer questions.
Nine through 13.
Let's see if you located the correct answer choices.
For number nine, the correct answer choice is, a, they were concerned about the quality of his equipment,
the passage tells us that they were astonished or shocked that the ship was half the size of the other
ship, also, that the ship had a feeble engine, which means a very weak engine.
So they were astonished, but they were astonished in a negative way.
They were astonished in a concerning way.
So the correct answer is A. Don't make the mistake of thinking that the word astonished only means something
positive.
The word astonished can also the context can be in a negative, in a negative way.
And so they were testing, if you recognize that number 10, the correct answer is B and we have to
read these sentences to see where the paraphrasing is located.
They first tell us that he left Kanan Maru and sailed into the worst weather he had ever seen.
Then they tell us he had remarkable seamanship, which means he was able to operate that ship out of
the ice in a really, really skillful way choice be paraphrases that information.
Number 11 after Qarase finally reached Antarctica.
He realized.
What did he realize now for this question?
I think it's a really good idea to use your process of elimination.
We can't choose a as an answer because he was sure of his direction.
He was sure of his direction, he knew which direction he would go.
Also, in terms of.
Choice B, he would have to give up on fulfilling scientific tasks, it says it says right here that
he had said he would stick to science this time.
So we can't choose B as an answer choice.
They tell us right here, eventually, he decided he would head southward.
So, like I said, he knew the direction that he would go.
And then in terms of he still wanted to compete, it says right here that catching up with Scott or
Amundsen was out of the question.
So he was no longer competing.
So just by process of elimination, we can rule out A, rule out B and rule out D, we see Choi C because
they tell us.
That he only had provisions for 20 days and he would see how far he and his four men could get, she
was not sure if he had enough food or not.
That's what that says.
He was not sure if he had enough food or not.
So they asked for number 11 is see.
Number 12, what is the writer doing in the seventh paragraph, the topic centers us the topic sentence
really, really helps us out here based on the topic sentence.
We know this entire paragraph is one to talk about meteorological and meteorological measurements,
meteorological measurements is the controlling idea.
And then throughout the paragraph they are describing those elements struggled through a blizzard,
one after the other.
The temperature failed to minus twenty five degrees.
And then they talk about, you know, later on they talk about how far they traveled in these conditions
also.
But they're talking about describing the meteorological meteorological conditions that he had encountered
during the expedition.
So the correct answer for number 12 is seat number 13.
What is the writer's main point in the final paragraph?
When you look at this final paragraph, you can see in this final paragraph that they tell us when he
got home, he was treated like a hero, even though he did really nothing for science.
And even though he was not really the first person to get there, he was still seen as heroic.
He was greeted like a hero.
So he had these problems.
He had these problems, but he was still seen as doing something of a great achievement.
So the magic answer, the paraphrase paraphrases, the answer to the question is choice A?
Thank you so much for joining me in this first multiple choice questions, standard review and application
of the strategy.
Have a great day.