Hi.
Thanks for taking this course.
It's now time to go over another strategy application video for the reading summary question.
We're going to really work on making sure that you understand how to apply the strategy to an actual
reading passage that has a summary question.
So let's go ahead and get started.
As a reminder, the reading summary question involves your ability to first identify the keywords in
the question.
If you can identify the keywords in the question, then you're in really, really good shape.
After identifying the keywords, you want to choose which question is going to be the easiest for you
to find first and then scan for that matching sentence.
Now some people like to find all of the matching sentences and then answer the questions.
Some people like to find a matching sentence for a question, answer it and then move on to the next
sentence.
I've seen it done both ways.
It depends on your preference, but the main point is you have to be able to scan.
If you can scan really, really well and find the matching sentence for each question, then you're
really on your way to getting 100% on all these types of filled the blank questions.
When you're answering, you want to focus on the language that's before and after the blank line.
Because once you've scanned the passage and found the matching sentence, that's what you're looking
for.
You're looking for the paraphrasing or the synonym of the language that's before and after the blank
line.
If you find that language, you will find the answer every single time.
So we really have to work on applying the answer strategy very, very well.
And I'm going to now walk you through that process.
So coming up next, we're going to do a full passage application.
We're going to look at the scanning process, applying the question strategy, identifying key words.
So this is a reading passage and we're dealing with the summary question.
This one is from book eight.
Test number three, striking back at lightning with lasers.
So if you have your book with you, go ahead and take out your Cambridge book.
Number eight.
Test number three, striking back at lightning with lasers.
And if you have that book, you can work along with me.
Or you can just watch the lecture and watch me apply the strategy myself.
Some people like to work along with me in section one of the course and lecture five.
We give you a list of all the different books that we use in this course so you know which books you
want to get.
You don't have to get every book that we have, but if you want to, that's where we give our list.
And as we stayed in the course description, students are responsible for their own books.
So this is striking.
Back at Lightning with Lasers, Book eight, test three.
So here we have the reading passage and it starts over here on the left.
It starts right here on the left.
And then it ends up over here on the right.
And down here, I've put the summary question that we have to do.
We're doing questions seven through ten.
And this one is a little bit different than what we did before, because we have the answer selections
in the box down here below.
And so it says, Write the correct letter, not the word, not the word, not the words, write the
correct letter a, b, c, d, e f g h.
I write the correct letter.
Now, when I do my answer choices, I'm going to write the letter and the word, but I'm doing that
just for teaching purposes on your answer sheet, and you only write the letter in this specific situation,
but we have a summary question.
That's what we're dealing with.
And so our first step in doing a summary question is being able to identify the key words in the question.
Okay.
So now we're going to go ahead and work on identifying the key words on the left hand side.
Over here, you see the question seven through ten.
And what I want you to do is identify the key words.
So open up your Cambridge book eight to test number three.
Take 30 seconds.
Set your own timer, everybody.
If you're doing this with me, then you want to stop the lecture.
Stop the lecture.
Set your timer for 30 seconds and then do your best to identify all of the keywords in the questions.
If you're using a digital copy to simulate the computer based test, then you can take 30 seconds and
practice highlighting the key words.
So go ahead and stop the lecture right now.
Set your timer for 30 seconds and identify the keywords.
So let's see if you circled or highlighted the same keywords as I found.
As you can see for number seven, I have create ionization and removing electrons.
For number eight, I have directed at and control electrical charges.
Now eight and nine, we have them combined in one sentence.
And this is something that's really critical for you to understand.
You see that comma right here, right?
So what that means and what it can mean is that one part of the clause or one the clause that's before
the comma, the clause before the comma could come from one sentence and the clause that's after the
comma could come from a completely different sentence in that same paragraph, or it can come from a
sentence in a different paragraph.
So whenever you see a question that has to whatever, you see two questions combined in one sentence
and you see it as a compound or complex sentence, then you have to know that it's possible for the
different clauses, whether as to whether it's to deepen, whether it's to independent clauses or a
dependent clause of the independent clause that they could come from different sentences.
It's a summary.
Keep them in mind is a summary, which means that they could pull information from one paragraph or
from several paragraphs.
Number nine, the key words are less dangerous than so lets me know that I'm looking for language that
is related to safety or something being dangerous or not dangerous.
Less dangerous or whatever it is is is less dangerous as a method which is less dangerous than whatever
this is.
They're comparing eight and nine together for number ten.
Our keywords are protection beams and the language before the blank line is important.
Aimed firstly at.
Now let's go ahead and work on scanning for the keywords.
Again, we're doing this under time conditions, so you should pull out your phone.
If you don't have your phone out and set a timer, set a timer for 2 minutes for this next one.
But set a timer and you can work along with me.
So now we have identified the key words in all the questions, and we want to look at the reading passage
and we want to be able to find all of the matching sentences for each question.
Now, like I say it, if you're doing this on the exam, you can go ahead and you can find.
Question number seven.
First, find the matching sentence for number seven and then answer it immediately.
And then go ahead and move to number eight and answer it immediately.
Right.
So in looking at these questions, seven, eight, nine and ten, remember I said you can choose which
one you want to start with first.
And I would probably go ahead and choose number seven to start with because it has some really great
words to be able to find.
Ionization, electrons, those are great, easy words to find.
The other questions have words that are not really unique.
So I would try to find number 7/1.
So what I want you to do is set your timer for 2 minutes, stop the lecture, and then go ahead and
work on seeing if you can find the matching sentences for number seven, eight, nine and ten.
Set your timer for 2 minutes right now.
Stop the lecture and scan.
Okay.
So did you locate the correct sentences?
This one was really tricky when it comes to number nine and I'll explain why.
Here we find number seven right here because we say removing electrons and it says extract electrons.
Extract means remove and it says create ions, which is the same as ionization.
And so we also have ability to which is dealing with revealing the ability to do something.
This relates to creation and methodology so we can see number seven is right there in that first sentence.
And then after that, we see number eight because number eight is talking about the lasers, then directed
at blank to control an electrical charge.
Generating a line is a synonym or paraphrasing of directed at.
And then you also see you also see Electric Field, which is the same thing as electrical charging when
it says conducting a path, again, that's talking about direction.
And then also we're talking about uncontrollable surges that's related to controlling electrical charges.
So in that sentence, we see all of the keyword language for number eight.
And then for number ten, you notice I didn't say number nine yet.
For number ten.
Number ten, we see it right here.
It says for protection where see as to stop the laser itself being struck.
Right.
So we're talking about as protection for the laser.
For the laser.
So you see how they took a whole phrase, to paraphrase the one word protection.
You have to be able to recognize that synonym language and that paraphrasing.
And then we have directed at and we have not be points traded at not not not be pointed straight at.
So we have this language that deals with directed at.
Right?
We have this language aim firstly and now a lot of you may have gotten confused and tricked because
you said for number eight, I see the word directed.
And then right here in this sentence, I see the word directed.
That has to be the answer.
No.
Right.
This is an English test.
And if I have the word directed here and I put the exact word directed there, how is that testing your
English?
Right.
The word directed here is a synonym or paraphrase for aim.
Firstly at.
So when you look at this sentence, you can't pick this sentence as the correct sentence for number
ten because you see no language that talks about controlling electrical charges.
So now moving on to number nine.
Number nine is in a completely different paragraph.
Remember for number nine, we're looking for something talking about less dangerous than using.
So what's very interesting here is for number eight.
It comes from this second sentence in this paragraph right here and the end for number nine.
It comes from this paragraph that's under bad behavior because we're looking for language related to
less dangerous than using.
So here is talking about.
But while rockets are fine for research, they cannot provide protection from lightning strikes.
So we're talking about safety.
Danger.
Safety can only be fired at a limited frequency and their and their failure rate is at about 40%.
Again, danger and safety.
Who would want to fire streams of rockets in a populated area?
Danger and safety being very dangerous.
So they they have actually use three different sentences to talk to use this language as related to
something being dangerous.
And you have to be able to recognize that paraphrasing.
So I'm sorry for spending so much time on this, but this is the real key right here is your ability
to scan and find the right sentences.
If you can if you can do if you can do that, you're going to do great on the exam.
When you're not able to do that, it causes problems and causes less accuracy in your answering.
Now.
Let's go ahead and move on to answering the questions.
Right.
So can you locate the answers in under 2 minutes?
I know you can, because we've already found the right matching sentences.
And when you find the matching sentences, finding the answer choice is really easy.
Like I said on the exam, if I had found number seven was right here in this first sentence, I would
go ahead and answer it right away.
Right.
But in that previous part, we were working on scanning.
We were working on the skill of scanning.
All right.
So what I want you to do now is set your timer for 2 minutes.
Stop the lecture.
Stop the lecture, and then go ahead and answer the questions.
Answer questions.
Seven, eight, nine and ten.
All right.
And so here we go.
In terms of the answer choices, number seven, the answer choice is Adam's right.
So it says removing electrons from atoms, extracting or removing electrons from atoms.
Generating a line of ionization.
That means what directed at a laser could generate a line.
The lasers then directed at that's the paraphrasing of that language.
It generates a line of ionization all the way up to a storm cloud.
So it's directed at a storm cloud up to act, which was like at up to a storm cloud.
So number is number eight is C, number seven is B, like I say it on your answers, on your answer
sheet, you would just put the letter.
Just the letter.
I'm putting the letter and the actual word for teaching purposes.
Number eight is over here.
You've kind of got the idea already.
The answer, a rocket's.
Rye rockets, a method which is less dangerous than using rockets.
Over here, they're talking about how dangerous rockets are.
And then in this next paragraph over here, they're talking about the safer method.
So if you understand if you understand the way paragraph ing works and paragraph structure and essay
structure, they're going to talk about the least, the most dangerous thing first and the safer option.
Safer options second.
That's the way it works in terms of writing.
And then for number ten as protection, again, this language to stop the laser from being struck or
protecting the laser again, paraphrasing the beams are aimed firstly at would be directed at mirrors.
Right.
The answer is the mirrors.
Now in the past as they have the word mirror.
But again, you're just writing the letter D.
It will be mirrors because they use the preposition act.
So it can't say at mirror it will be at mirrors.
But again, you would just put the letter the letter D and I should have the letter D right there.
Like I said, you don't want to get mixed up because they try to trick you right here where it says
it would not be pointed at.
It would not be pointed straight at the clouds.
So clouds could not be the answer because this is not not be pointed straight at.
So the answers are atoms, storm clouds, rockets and mirrors.
All right.
So thank you very much for joining me.
I hope that you really have a better grasp on handling the summary question.
Thanks a lot.
Take care.