Hello.
There is time to get into another question strategy.
And this time, everybody, we are going to take the time to analyze the diagram on the islands reading
test every now and then, not every time, but every now and then they'll throw in a diagram.
And so it's just important for you to have a general understanding of how that works.
Now, you might see a diagram on the general tests.
You might see a diagram on the academic test, same strategy, same.
The exact same.
So a diagram question might look like what you see on the right hand side.
They have a diagram of how they collect ants and you have all these blank lines you have to finish or
really complete.
And you have to be able to look at a diagram.
And really, this is how they're testing your English, right?
You have to be able to look at that picture that that you have to be able to look at what they're talking
about for number 37 and looking at it and saying, well, what is the shape of that?
And then recognizing the shape of that.
Right.
The roof, the angled roof, looking at this and being able to see that language in a paragraph and
know that's what they're talking about.
Right.
Or looking at number 40 on the bottom there.
And then when you're looking at number 40 on the bottom down here, being able to know that that looks
like some type of pan.
Right.
So that's how they're testing your English, being able to look at a diagram and recognizing the English
words for these different things.
Now there is a scanning requirement and normally for a diagram question the scanning requirement involves
your being able to find the paragraph where they are describing the diagram.
There's always going to be one paragraph, possibly two, where they are describing what the diagram
looks like.
And then, of course, you may have to work on synonym language.
It depends.
It depends if there were is before and after the blank line.
Right.
But a diagram question is basically a field of blank question.
That's what it is.
You have to fill these different blank lines by looking at how they describe the diagram in a paragraph
and then recognizing these different parts on the diagram in terms of what the meaning is in English.
So with the diagram question in terms of the question strategy, of course, you have to identify the
key words on the diagram if if it has if it has words.
So, for example, for this one, you have the word metal, you have the word covered with you have
the word content.
That's that's really important language, because that language is going to connect to the answer choices.
Of course, on a diagram, you want to choose the part of the diagram that's easiest to find the answer
for first.
In terms of the scanning part, like I said, normally it doesn't involve a lot of scanning because
they're going to describe the parent the diagram normally in just one paragraph to maximum.
And then we apply our answer strategy, right?
Recognizing the part of the diagram they're referring to and knowing what that's called in English.
They're going to give you the answer in the paragraph.
You don't have to come up with the answer from your own head.
So let's look at this example right here in terms of a diagram with this one now with a diagram.
Also, keep in mind, with the diagram, it may not go in order.
It may not go in order, and this one can give you evidence of that.
When we look at this one here.
We can see how in the paragraph it says Dakar, the carbolic smoke ball was a hollow rubber ball.
So here they're pointing to the fact that it's hollow.
So the answer for number eight is going to be rubber ball.
Right.
Five centimeters across with a nozzle.
Right.
So you're supposed to know.
You're supposed to know that this part of this shape in English is called a nozzle.
It's called a nozzle.
And then it says, covered by gauze.
You're supposed to know that this.
This is gauze.
Now, number five would have been the easiest one to find because it says covered with.
And here it says what?
Covered by gauze.
Right.
Covered by gauze.
So if you find number 5/1 and you find that that's gauze, you know, number five and number six have
to be close together.
And then number seven is showing you what's on the inside.
That's why they have a cutout like this is showing you what's on the inside.
So when you're looking at the language of the paragraph, you're looking for what they what their what
they're saying.
On the inside.
It says inside was powder.
So if you look at it question eight in the paragraph we saw question eight, then we saw question six,
then we saw question five, then question seven.
So it wasn't going in exact order.
And that can that can happen when answer choices are bunched up together.
Now in this diagram, we're looking at another diagram.
And when I have when I have a diagram and it has a title like how the 1670 lever based device worked,
I'm going to find that very easily because of the date.
Very easily because of the date.
And then it's just a matter of filling in what's on the blank line.
So it says it was called the anchor is the anchor escapement.
Right.
Or number nine would be escapement anchor.
Anchor.
But they're giving me a word right there resembling so you might say, well, where's the word resembling?
Keep reading the sentence.
And it says shaped like so shaped like is a synonym for resemble.
So ship's anchor.
So again, I would put anchor.
Or because here for this one, you are able to put two words.
You put ship's anchor.
All right.
And then for the next one, the motion of a pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases.
Each answer is tooth.
Right.
It catches Amber.
Lisa So they're talking about right here.
Right is catching and releasing.
Catching and releasing.
What is it?
Catching and releasing is catching and releasing from each tooth of the number ten escape wheel.
So here you see you find number 11 before you find number ten, right?
Number 11.
When we talk about a circular motion, you should be able to identify that is a wheel.
And then for number 12 and 13, right.
We're right here.
And I know 12 and 13 are connected together because it has a blank which beats each.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which could beat once a second.
Right which could beat once a is synonym for which beats each each is synonym for a.
That means number 13 is second.
And what's before that is long pendulum.
Right now.
If you just put pendulum, you will be marked correct also.
OC.
All right.
This one is a little bit more difficult to read.
Sorry about that.
I couldn't make it more clear.
So I'm going to read it to you.
Traditional roller coasters.
Lifting force depends on a long line of blank for climbing up, which is connected firmly to a blank
shaped track.
There are both blank on the top and underneath the heel, and it is powered by a blank line when it
takes a turn.
So first, I'm looking for the traditional roller coasters lifting force in here.
Here it is right here.
The traditional lifting mechanism is a long length of chain.
It's a long line, a long left answers chain.
The chain is fastened in a loop.
Fastened instead of them for connected firmly to.
Connected firmly to is synonym for fastened.
That means the answer is loop.
And then number three.
Which is round around.
Which is wound around.
That's tricky to say, huh?
Which is wound around a gear at the top of the heel and another one at the bottom of the heel.
So here we have there are both gears.
Right now, if you wrote if you wrote gears and here's a situation.
This one is this one is interesting.
Here's a situation that if you wrote the word directly from the passage gear, it will be correct.
But grammatically, on the blank line, you can put gears.
There are both gears on the top and underneath.
So this is one of the this is one of those situations where when you look at the answer key, you will
see the word gear and the word gears as both acceptable, because the grammar the way the grammar is
written in the passage, the word gear is singular, but the way the grammar is rested on the answer,
in the in the question, the word gear would be plural.
They would accept in that situation, they would accept the singular and the plural.
And I get that kind of question by students all the time.
And that's what I mean when I say it depends on the grammar structure of the question.
It's okay and then it's powered by is turned by which is synonym for powered by turn by a simple motor.
So with the diagram is like any other field, the blank question, you're paying attention to the language
before the blank line.
All right.
So coming up next, I'm going to give you some examples using a real passage in terms of being able
to explain the full passage application with scanning and the answer application.
So thank you very much for joining me and have a great day.
I'll talk to you later.