‫We're now going to spend some time looking over all the different question types that you might need
‫to answer in the Alps reading test, by the end of the lesson, you'll have a much better understanding
‫about the kinds of questions that you might get and also what they look like.
‫So let's move on to Alt's reading question type overview.
‫There are 10 questions that you could get in the test.
‫That doesn't necessarily mean that you will see all 10 question types in your Eilts reading test.
‫Some questions are more popular than others, so it's more likely that you will see other questions
‫and some you might not see.
‫Let's go through the 10 question types first.
‫We have short answer questions.
‫Multiple choice, true, false, not given which is very popular.
‫Sentence completion, label a diagram, summary completion matching sentence endings matching heading,
‫which is also very popular, matching names and lastly, matching information to paragraphs.
‫It's very important that you become familiar with these 10 question types as there are strategies that
‫you can use to make sure that you are answering them well.
‫Let's take a look at some key information for Alt's reading question type's.
‫Like the audience listening test, the ALT'S reading test usually gets harder from Section one to Section
‫three, that means that some questions are also harder than others.
‫You're more likely to see a summary question type in Section three of the Eilts reading test, and that's
‫because summary questions are more difficult to answer.
‫Some of the answers to certain questions are also in order in the tax now let me explain that a little
‫bit further.
‫In the example of a short answer question, you will find that the answers are ordered in the text.
‫So that means that the answer to question one will be at the very beginning of the text and the answer
‫to question two must come after that in the text, possibly in the middle.
‫And the answer to question three, for example, therefore must come at the end.
‫That means that when answering some questions, it will give you a little bit more help in terms of
‫where to look for the answers.
‫This doesn't happen for all questions and is something that I don't want you to concentrate on too much.
‫I think it's better that you understand strategies and skills for answering alts, reading questions
‫rather than focusing basic, she said.
‫Information that will help you like where the answers are ordered.
‫But as you practice some tests and do more alts reading practice exercises, you'll come to understand
‫that sometimes the answers are in a logical order in the text.
‫That's all for some key information for these 10 question types.
‫And I'll say again, I think it's great if you can become familiar with all these question types and
‫in the next lessons after this will be looking at strategies for each question.
‫But for now, let's take a look at some examples to help you understand what the question types look
‫like.
‫So moving on to question, focus short answer questions.
‫I'll read the question and answer three to you.
‫On the 17th of June 1964, the English football team played Scotland and won three nil.
‫And here's the question.
‫Who won in the football match between England and Scotland?
‫Say for a short answer question, you will usually be asked to answer between one to three words.
‫It's very important that you are spelling your answer correctly and it can often be taken and almost
‫always be taken from the text.
‫So the answer here is England.
‫As they beat Scotland three nil, you would simply write England.
‫Moving on to Multiple-choice.
‫The local town hall had been knocked down to build a new housing estate.
‫And here's what the question looks like.
‫For what reason was the town hall demolished?
‫And we have four options that we can answer for, for multiple choice questions as well as many other
‫question times.
‫And understanding of synonyms and an advanced level of vocabulary will very much help you in the text.
‫We are told that the town hall was knocked down for a new housing estate in the multiple choice options.
‫B says knock down for a residential area.
‫Housing, estate and residential area are both synonyms.
‫You can therefore see how synonyms will help you massively in the Alps reading test.
‫Moving on to our next question time.
‫True, false, not a given.
‫And again, this is a very popular question time in the Alps reading test.
‫Here's the text.
‫Saltwater crocodiles are able to survive without food for over three weeks, although need water daily.
‫And here's what a true false not given question time looks like.
‫True if the statement agrees with the text false.
‫If this statement does not agree with the text and not given if there is no information about this in
‫the text.
‫So statement one, saltwater crocodiles need water every day.
‫And my answer is true because the text says that they need water daily.
‫No to saltwater crocodiles only eat dolphins.
‫Now this is false as we know that they lots of different things.
‫But the text does not tell us anything about dolphins.
‫We can only answer with our knowledge from the text as there is no mention of dolphins and especially
‫what saltwater crocodiles eat.
‫My answer is not given.
‫Number three, saltwater crocodiles need food every three days.
‫Obviously this is false because the answer is every three weeks at least.
‫So moving on to the next question, sentence completion.
‫London Bridge is one of the most famous landmarks in England, and here's what the question looks like.
‫Many people in the United Kingdom believe London Bridge is one of the most landmarks and the answer
‫would be famous.
‫It's very, very important that you copy the language from the text.
‫OK, moving on, we have a diagram and here is a picture of a guitar.
‫Quite simply, we label like this A would be string, B would be tuner.
‫Now, again, the answers come from the text.
‫Next up, we have summary completion.
‫A European court has ruled that Lynelle, the world's top earning, can trademark his own name.
‫The Barcelona and Argentina striker fought a seven year to be able to use his on sports goods.
‫Here I've been given the option of four answers, which you may sometimes get, sometimes you will have
‫to get these answers from the text and you won't be given the options here that I've shown you.
‫And again, if it's from the text, you need to copy very carefully and be careful of your spelling.
‫So onto the next question.
‫Matching sentence endings complete each sentence with the correct ending.
‫The U.N. United Nations intervention a played more rock concerts worldwide.
‫B helped stop the breakout of war, or C hosted a fashion show.
‫So this is just an example of what a matching sentence ending might look like.
‫And onto matching headings, choose the correct headings for Section eight F.
‫This is a very popular question, and, of course, we'll be looking at strategies to answer it later
‫in the course, you will need to use headings shown in the list of headings below and put them for different
‫sections of the text.
‫You'll need to read carefully each part of the text and obviously skim to find key information.
‫So that brings us onto matching names, match each statement with the correct researcher or researchers.
‫And here you can see some statements with a list of researchers below.
‫You'll need to match the researchers to the statement.
‫And lastly, we have matching information to paragraphs.
‫The question right, the correct A letter A to B in the boxes.
‫A, the family were speechless.
‫And B, what happened during their holiday?
‫The statements give an overview of each of the paragraphs and you'll need to match them correctly.
‫You can pause the video and try and do this now, if you like.
‫So that brings us to the end of our question type overview for ELT's reading.
‫Next up will be looking at strategies to answer each of these questions.