1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,530 ‫Hello, everyone, and welcome back. 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:12,110 ‫The following 10 lessons will be focusing on strategies to answer all of the ills reading question types 3 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:15,310 ‫and will begin with short answer questions. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,830 ‫I won't have lesson notes for the following lessons as they will be the same for each of these question 5 00:00:21,830 --> 00:00:23,090 ‫type strategies. 6 00:00:23,630 --> 00:00:27,620 ‫So let's move on to have a look at short answer basics. 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:35,510 ‫The short answer question is quite a common question tonight in the Alps reading test, and there's 8 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:39,350 ‫a pretty good chance that you might see it in your test to. 9 00:00:40,770 --> 00:00:48,390 ‫You must make sure that you stay within the word count limit, which is given to you in the instructions, 10 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:56,250 ‫it will be a maximum of up to three words for your answer, which needs to be copied exactly from the 11 00:00:56,260 --> 00:00:56,910 ‫text. 12 00:00:58,430 --> 00:01:05,510 ‫Often the answers will be found in order in the text, so that means that the answer to question one 13 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:10,160 ‫will be followed in the text by two, three, four and whatever else. 14 00:01:11,090 --> 00:01:15,920 ‫Let's move on to see an example of a short answer question here. 15 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:22,970 ‫We have a short reading passage, and I recommend pausing the video and spending some time reading through 16 00:01:22,970 --> 00:01:23,300 ‫it. 17 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:25,060 ‫To answer the question below. 18 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:28,910 ‫I'll read through the short answer question to you now. 19 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:37,480 ‫And so the questions below using no more than three words from the passage for each answer. 20 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:40,090 ‫Write your answer on the answer sheet. 21 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:41,320 ‫Say No. 22 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:45,070 ‫One, what island is located near? 23 00:01:45,610 --> 00:01:52,450 ‫How many islands make up and how does the article describe the water there? 24 00:01:53,080 --> 00:02:01,750 ‫So remember to keep your answers under three words and also remember that the answers will be in order 25 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:02,830 ‫in the text. 26 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,130 ‫I'll give you some time now to try and find the answers to these questions. 27 00:02:27,350 --> 00:02:34,760 ‫So if you need more time, please post the video, I'll show you my strategy and answers now. 28 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:45,310 ‫So No one, what island is Peepli located near, and that is who cat how many islands make up either 29 00:02:45,310 --> 00:02:47,470 ‫six or six small islands? 30 00:02:47,470 --> 00:02:54,550 ‫Remembering that I'm staying under the three word limit, how does the article describe water there? 31 00:02:54,850 --> 00:03:02,170 ‫And crystal clear, you can see that my answers are copied exactly with the correct spelling from the 32 00:03:02,170 --> 00:03:03,290 ‫passage above. 33 00:03:04,180 --> 00:03:08,670 ‫Let's take a look at the strategies for answering short answer questions. 34 00:03:10,130 --> 00:03:17,840 ‫So read the instructions very carefully and check the word limit, you must stay under this to get any 35 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,990 ‫marks at all, read the questions carefully and skim and scan for key words. 36 00:03:24,380 --> 00:03:27,170 ‫That's both in the questions and in the passage. 37 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:35,000 ‫And remember, you can underline key phrases and information, use your knowledge of synonyms to spot 38 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,440 ‫likely answers. 39 00:03:36,740 --> 00:03:42,860 ‫For example, if there is something that says housing, think of synonyms for that, such as residential. 40 00:03:44,060 --> 00:03:53,390 ‫Make sure you answer within the word limit and make sure your answer again is spelled correctly, exactly 41 00:03:53,390 --> 00:03:55,010 ‫as in the text. 42 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:59,650 ‫So that's it really for strategies for answering short answer questions. 43 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:06,830 ‫Remember to have a quick look at the questions, first spot key information and then move on to the 44 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:13,190 ‫passage and try and locate where the information to answer the questions would be in. 45 00:04:13,190 --> 00:04:18,920 ‫The next lesson will be looking at strategies for answering multiple choice questions. 46 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:19,940 ‫See you there.