‫We'll now move on to another one of the more common alts reading question types, and that is matching
‫names questions.
‫Let's take a look at the basic information for this question type.
‫So as the name suggests in this question type, you will have to match the name of an academic person
‫against a statement or some information.
‫Now, by saying academic, it is usually a university lecturer or a researcher of some kind.
‫You'll need to scan the passage to locate these names.
‫And as I said previously, in the course of looking out for capital letters will help you quickly identify
‫where proper nouns are.
‫Some of the names of the academic researchers will appear more in the passage than others.
‫It may be that one of the names given to you in your question list only is shown once or twice.
‫That means that it will be easier to locate information for the name that appears less.
‫Where is the name that appears?
‫Often will be difficult to pair with the statement, as you'll have to read through more information.
‫Let's take a look at one of these questions to see what it looks like so numbered.
‫Are your statements and these need to be matched with the list of people which is given below.
‫You'll notice that there are five statements and five names and that will always be the case.
‫You won't have any free names or free statements, which means everything needs to be paired up.
‫I wrote for you a short passage.
‫If you'd like to read through the statement, you can do that now.
‫I'll read through the passage with you.
‫On the 13th of May, 1996, top researchers in global education met to discuss key characteristics in
‫children who achieve well in schools, shout.
‫A famous researcher from Norway suggested that help given from a close family network was a major factor
‫in gifted children's progress.
‫So before we go on to match the name with this statement, it's worth saying that the passage here is
‫obviously a lot shorter than what you will see in your child's reading test.
‫So going back to the short example passage I've written for you, we can see the name Lieshout, a famous
‫researcher from Norway.
‫He suggests that help given from a family network helps children progress.
‫So have a look at the statements and the names and try and match the number with the letter.
‫I'll give you some time to do that now.
‫OK, so if you need any more time, then please pause the video.
‫Now, I'm going to highlight the key words in the number, which is 21 and of course, that matches
‫with C, which is Lieshout.
‫So the answer is C and 21 are the matched statements and nine.
‫Now, as you would do, as I've often said in your strategies, you can underline key words both in
‫the statements, your questions and the passage.
‫So in twenty one, I've underlined support and close relatives.
‫What kind of synonyms could you get from the passage for that?
‫Well, here we have it.
‫Help is a synonym for support and family network is a synonym for close relatives or relatives.
‫By looking at the synonyms and the key language used, comparing the statement against the passage,
‫I can find the answer.
‫Let's have a look at the strategy for matching names questions.
‫As always, identify the question type.
‫Read the statement fairly quickly, underline names in the statements and the passage.
‫Once you've done that, read quickly around the name to understand key information.
‫And whilst you're doing that, have synonyms in your head.
‫Return to the statements and check if the information matches the passages.
‫Once you've done that, return back to the statements in the passage and eliminate from the easiest
‫to the hardest.
‫So that brings us to the end of this question strategy lesson.
‫As I said plenty of times in the course, if you want more of this lesson type, then please do comment
‫in the Q&A section.
‫So you.