‫Hello, everyone, and welcome back.
‫The following 10 lessons will be focusing on strategies to answer all of the ills reading question types
‫and will begin with short answer questions.
‫I won't have lesson notes for the following lessons as they will be the same for each of these question
‫type strategies.
‫So let's move on to have a look at short answer basics.
‫The short answer question is quite a common question tonight in the Alps reading test, and there's
‫a pretty good chance that you might see it in your test to.
‫You must make sure that you stay within the word count limit, which is given to you in the instructions,
‫it will be a maximum of up to three words for your answer, which needs to be copied exactly from the
‫text.
‫Often the answers will be found in order in the text, so that means that the answer to question one
‫will be followed in the text by two, three, four and whatever else.
‫Let's move on to see an example of a short answer question here.
‫We have a short reading passage, and I recommend pausing the video and spending some time reading through
‫it.
‫To answer the question below.
‫I'll read through the short answer question to you now.
‫And so the questions below using no more than three words from the passage for each answer.
‫Write your answer on the answer sheet.
‫Say No.
‫One, what island is located near?
‫How many islands make up and how does the article describe the water there?
‫So remember to keep your answers under three words and also remember that the answers will be in order
‫in the text.
‫I'll give you some time now to try and find the answers to these questions.
‫So if you need more time, please post the video, I'll show you my strategy and answers now.
‫So No one, what island is Peepli located near, and that is who cat how many islands make up either
‫six or six small islands?
‫Remembering that I'm staying under the three word limit, how does the article describe water there?
‫And crystal clear, you can see that my answers are copied exactly with the correct spelling from the
‫passage above.
‫Let's take a look at the strategies for answering short answer questions.
‫So read the instructions very carefully and check the word limit, you must stay under this to get any
‫marks at all, read the questions carefully and skim and scan for key words.
‫That's both in the questions and in the passage.
‫And remember, you can underline key phrases and information, use your knowledge of synonyms to spot
‫likely answers.
‫For example, if there is something that says housing, think of synonyms for that, such as residential.
‫Make sure you answer within the word limit and make sure your answer again is spelled correctly, exactly
‫as in the text.
‫So that's it really for strategies for answering short answer questions.
‫Remember to have a quick look at the questions, first spot key information and then move on to the
‫passage and try and locate where the information to answer the questions would be in.
‫The next lesson will be looking at strategies for answering multiple choice questions.
‫See you there.