Understanding Understanding questions are designed

Transcript:Understanding Understanding questions are designed:
Understanding Understanding questions are designed to check that you know what the passage is about and you are clear on the meanings of most of the words. To understand the passage fully you must read the WHOLE passage before you attempt any questions. Understanding questions include: In your own words Summarising Context Link In your own words These should be simple – the answer is already in the passage! The question asks you to put a part of the passage into your own words as this makes it clear you have understood the meaning. You must not quote from the passage unless the question specifically tells you to do so. Even if the question does not state “in your own words” you should attempt to do this wherever possible. In your own words Method Identify the answer from the text. Ask yourself: “if I were to quote what would I write?”. Highlight this if it helps. Identify the key words. What could these be changed to in order for them to be put into your own words – think of definitions, synonyms and antonyms. Answer in bullet points – one point per mark. Summarising Again, these should be simple – the answer is already in the passage! The question is asking you to pick out the key ideas only in order to summarise a section of the text. Don’t go into too much detail – only pick out what is important. Write summaries in your own words. Summarising Method Identify the key points from the text – it sometimes helps to read the text, turn it over then write down what you think the most important points are. Answer in bullet points – one point per mark. Remember: do not include small details: names, dates etc. You must generalise. Context questions These questions will test your vocabulary (to improve this you must read!) It will ask you to give the meaning of a specific word, identified in the question, then to give an explanation of how you worked out the meaning. From now until the exam look up any words you come across that you don’t know the meaning of. Context questions Method Locate the word in the text and read around it (sentence before; sentence it’s in; sentence after). Work out and give meaning of word In bullet points, quote and explain how the context helped you figure out