This content is an in-depth guide to mastering the IELTS Reading test, focusing on strategies and insights employed by high-scoring (Band 9) students to achieve optimal results. It emphasizes understanding the test format, developing specific question-type strategies, and cultivating essential reading and vocabulary skills.
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so let's start off by talking about the
IELTS reading format one thing that
IELTS band 9 students who get about nine
in Reading understand is that General
training and academic are the same but
different what does that mean so one of
the key differences is that on the
academic test you will get academic
texts these will be the kind of text
that you would find in a university
textbook and general training students
don't have academic texts they have
General text these could be any text
that you find in everyday life but what
is exactly the same is the types of
questions that you will get and the
strategies that you will use for those
questions so on both academic and
general training you'll get multiple
choice you'll get true false not given
you will get matching headings and you
should approach them in exactly the same
way so what about nine students normally
do is they will practice using both
academic tests on General training tests
because they understand that it is
exactly the same strategy and types of
questions and band 9 students also
understand that General training and
academic are the same difficulty that is
because for General training you need a
score of 40 out of 40 to get about nine
but for academic you can get one wrong
you can get 39 out of 40 and still get
about nine and to be honest the only
people who think that General training
is much easier than academic or people
who do the academic test and fail to get
the score that they need it's just a way
of making themselves feel better by
breaking other people down to their
level the second big thing the band 9
students understand about the reading
test format is that there are three
sections and it gets progressively more
difficult as you go through the three
sections so section one is the easiest
section section two gets a little bit
more difficult and sections 3 is the
most difficult now why is this why do
they do this well Band 3 really
separates out about seven band eight and
band 9. if you think about it they ask
you the more difficult questions at the
end so that someone who maybe has full
marks but is really at about eight level
they'll get the last couple of questions
wrong and that brings them down to the
real level which is about eight well
that's the theory anyway but generally
it works quite well that way so band 9
students don't just start practicing and
automatically get about nine normally
the students that we work with that
eventually get about nine start off and
get a 7.5 or an 8 or an 8.5 and when
they get those scores they don't panic
they understand that they need to focus
in on those questions that they get in
section three those questions that they
get Incorrect and figure out why they
got those Incorrect and we'll talk a lot
more about that in the rest of this
video the other significant thing
related to this point is that by nine
students tend to spend a lot less time
on Section 1 compared to section two and
section three because band line students
think strategically about time what a
band-9 student doesn't do is spend an
equal amount of time on each question
that is just a bad system a bad strategy
because what that does is you'll spend
too much time on the easier questions
and not enough time on the more
difficult questions online students
spend very little time on the first part
and most of their time in the middle and
towards the end and we'll talk a lot
more about strategy in terms of time
management later on in this video we'll
show you how to get everything done on
time and what band 9 students do very
very differently when it comes to time
management than all the other students
the third big big thing and this is
probably the biggest thing when it comes
to the difference between band 9
students and you know band six and seven
students is the band 9 students
understand that there are many many
different types of questions that you
might get you might get true false not
given multiple choice labeling questions
and short answer questions matching
headings questions and on and on and on
and on my band 9 students understand why
IELTS ask you all of these different
questions what they're doing is they're
testing a range of different reading
skills and sub skills in different
orders therefore crucially what bar 9
students do is they have a separate
strategy for each of the different types
of question that might come up bonds six
and seven students what they generally
do is they will have one strategy for
all of the different types of questions
I've never met a bandine student that
did that every band 9 student that I
have worked with has consistently showed
me that they have a separate strategy
for all of the different types of of
questions it takes more work to learn
that but did you really think the band 9
students worked less than band five and
band Six students and don't worry we'll
show you how to use those strategies and
give you some of those strategies later
on in the video now let's talk about
computer-based versus paper-based are
there any Trends do by nine students do
paper more than computer-based the short
answer is no there's no real connection
between a Bandai student and like if
they go and do it on the computer that
they will generally get a much much
higher score remember they are testing
your ability to read in English they're
not testing your ability to read on
paper or read on a screen however a lot
of students have commented that doing it
on a computer is less stressful and more
convenient it does not boost your marks
but it does reduce stress and it's just
easier to do for example if it is a
multiple choice question you can just
click it on the screen a lot of students
say that that is much much easier than
transferring your answers over so if you
have a choice I would choose the
computer-based one but it's not really
going to improve your score now let's
talk about time management do band 9
students have some secret band 9 time
management strategy tips no they are
better at reading what does that mean
well think about a race think about
Usain Bolt running in the hundred meters
did Usain Bolt the night before the
Olympic final go on Google top 10 magic
time management tips for running no he
was probably sleeping what he did was
for years practice running and become
better at running he wasn't faster than
the other guys he was better at running
this is exactly the same with band 9
students I have never met a bar 9 student
student
that improved to about nine because they
got some magic band 9 time management
tips they were constantly improving
their ability to read in English also
what they did was as I said before they
had separate strategies for each of the
different types of questions and they
memorized those strategies by heart if
you put a true false not given question
in front of them or a multiple choice
question in front of them they didn't
even think about what the strategy was
they'd done it so many times that they
just used it the example I always use is
riding a bike or tying your shoelaces
you don't have to think about riding a
bike or think about tying your shoelaces
you've done it so many times that you do
it naturally that's exactly what Bond
line students do and that leads to them
completing everything very very quickly
when I did the test I got about nine in
20 minutes that's not because of time
management it's because it's my job to
do do this and I'm very very good at
reading finally band 9 students
understand the different skills that are
needed but most importantly when to use
those skills and in what order so they
don't just skim and scan and then find
the correct answer they do it completely
different from other students and we'll
talk about that in the skills section of
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okay let's give you some tips and tricks
that bar nine students normally use to
improve their score number one Bond line
students understand that the IELTS
reading test is a vocabulary test not
just a reading test what does that mean
well during the reading test you're
constantly going to be looking at the
questions and looking at the text and
there will be lots of words in the
questions that will be synonyms in the
text so you have to have a wide-ranging
vocabulary in order to find the location
of the correct answer to understand what
that sentence what that word means and
decide the correct answer so often
students will come to me and say I keep
getting 6.5 or 6 or 7. I don't know how
to improve my reading skills often it is
not a problem with the reading skills or
anything else it is just their
vocabulary is an issue but another thing
the bar 9 students understand is the
best way to improve your vocabulary is
reading when you are reading if you see
a word that you do not understand note
it down in your notebook look up the
meaning add synonyms add all the
information you need and then you will
have a vocabulary notebook full of new
words so you will be practicing reading
improving your reading skills and
improving your vocabulary all at the
same time all of the band 9 students
that I've worked with have followed that
system the second tip the band 9
students follow is you will not
understand every word in the text and
that's okay when I did the test there
were a lot of words that I simply did
not understand English is a huge
language if English professors from
Oxford and Cambridge looked at some of
the reading texts there would be a few
words in there that they might not
understand and by my students understand
that this is totally natural if you move
to an English-speaking country and
you're working or you're studying there
you're constantly going to be finding
new words that you don't understand that
doesn't mean that you can't read and
understand the sentence so what bound 9
students do is they deploy systems when
they are practicing their reading when
they're reading in general to cope with
this and actually use it to improve
their reading and improve their
vocabulary so one thing that bar nine
students do is they get used to guessing
the meaning from Context what does this
mean well if you are reading a sentence
and there's a word in that sentence that
you do not understand what about nine
students do is they don't panic and go
oh my God I'm terrible at English they
look at the word and they guess what
that word means based on the words
around it based on the context
and this forces them to be constantly
using this skill guessing meaning from
Context and then what they do is they
look up the meaning of the word after
they guess it and 95 of the time or even
more than that they have guessed the
meaning correctly so this means that you
don't have to be constantly looking at
your iPhone and dictionaries and apps
that are showing you the meaning of
stuff this is how native English
speakers read native English speakers
aren't constantly checking up words and
dictionaries they guess what it means
from Context and also band 9 students
don't panic when they do not understand
a word so often you will see a word and
you'll look at the words around it
you'll try to guess the meaning but you
still won't be sure a lot of the time it
is not essential that you understand the
meaning of that word to find the correct
answer so the biggest difference between
about seven student and about nine
students in this context is all about
mindset the bond six the bond seven
student will panic panic and stress
during the IELTS test is not a good
strategy to have by nine student we'll
look at that word do I need to know this
no let's move on remember your job is
not to understand all of the words your
job is to get as many correct answers as
possible tip number three my students
read actively not passively what's the
difference between active reading and
passive reading or passive reading so
when you're reading a book and you're
not really doing anything you're just
reading for enjoyment you're just
reading for reading's sake active
reading is when you are reading but you
are doing something at the same time
you're actively trying to work on
something so that could be trying to
improve your reading skills your
vocabulary your grammar your spelling
and we've already given you an example
of that in this video remember we said
that when a student sees an unusual word
a word they don't really understand
instead of just moving on they practice
the skill of guessing meaning from
Context or they try to improve their
vocabulary by writing it down in their
vocabulary notebook they're actively
improving and actively doing something
every single band night student that
I've worked with has used this technique
to improve their weaknesses so if you
want to buy online you're going to have
to read anyone who thinks that they're
going to get a band 9 in Reading without
reading is insane so now that you've
accepted that you're going to have to
spend time reading in English you have a
choice read passively which will lead to
pretty much zero Improvement or read
actively and now that you've taken the
smart decision to read actively what
should you try and improve your biggest
weaknesses so if you suck at spelling
when you see a new word and you're like
that looks weird the spelling looks
weird write it down write the correct
spelling done if you need to improve
your grammar let's say you need to
improve your use of punctuation when
you're reading notice where the commas
are why is a comma after there why is
there no comma there it does sound a lot
like hard work but 10 minutes of active
reading will improve you a lot more than
one hour of passive reading so which is
more work an hour of passive reading and
then you go and fail the test or 10
minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes of really
intense focus and then you get the score
that you need tip number four Bond nine
students really read the instructions
carefully I know that it's boring I know
that you're under pressure I know that
you're stressed out you just want to go
and attempt the questions my nine
students tend to be a lot calmer read
the instructions and do exactly what the
instructions do and they understand
before the test you know what does one
word only or two words and or a number
what do those things actually mean tip
number five band nine students are very
very good at spelling many of the Bands
six band seven students that we work
with have equally as good vocabulary and
reading skills and they're just as good
at reading as a band eight or about nine
student but their spelling is poor and
if it is one letter out it is wrong and
I know many students complain about that
band 9 students don't complain about
that they just follow the rules get
better and give the examiners what they
want so how do you improve that active
reading you're starting to see a pattern
here Bond mind students as I've said
before are not born by nine students
they didn't come out of the womb being
able to read and get 40 out of 40. they
all had weaknesses just like you had
weaknesses but what they did was they
understood what those weaknesses are
we'll show you how to do that later on
this video and then they actively worked
on those so if you need to improve your
spelling every time you make a spelling
mistake note it down and then write the
correct spelling beside it what you will
start to notice are patterns you'll
start to notice particular types of
words or individual words that you just
have a problem spelling then you can do
an 80 20 analysis on that you know are
there words that every time you spell
them or types of words you make a
mistake if you improve that weak area
you're eliminating 80 90 of your
mistakes tip number six Bond nine
students practice slow and fast what
does that mean well imagine you are
learning how to drive a car on day one
does the driving instructor take you
away to the motorway and say drive at
100 miles an hour no that would be crazy
but a lot of bond six Bond 7 students do
that what they do is they try and get
everything done in 60 Minutes on and
then when they failed to get a high
score they beat themselves up and
they're like I'm terrible at reading no
you're not terrible at reading you just
aren't ready to go at full speed so what
bar nine students generally do is when
they are beginning their practice
especially when they're learning new
strategies or they're working on their
weaknesses they practice extremely
slowly they might take you know let's
say six true false not given questions
and they might spend half an hour or an
hour just working on those six questions
because what they are doing is not
trying to get the correct answer they're
trying to perfect the strategy and learn
the strategy and that simply takes time
but what they do is they get faster and
faster so some of the online students
that I've worked with when they first
started they were taking three or four
hours to do a practice test and then
they would go to two and a half hours
and then to two and then to one and a
half and then one minute 15 and then one
minute five and then eventually they
were getting to an hour I know many of
you want to be told how to magically get
a band 9 in 60 minutes today you should
go and watch one of the other channels
if that is what you are after you're
going to get the truth here we aren't
going to lie to you here and give you
you know tips and tricks that are going
to guarantee that you get a high score
immediately but let me share with you
the best strategy that I've ever used
with students that has produced more by
nine students than any other let's look
at the ultimate band 9 strategy for
IELTS reading what you will need are two
or three real practice tests do not use
fake tests that you find online get the
real Cambridge books for this number two
do these under exam conditions what does
exam conditions mean number one don't do
tests that you know the answers don't
cheat do it as if you are really in the
test which means you've seen this test
for the first time the day you do it and
the second part is that you do it in 60
minutes and again no cheating if you
cheat you're only cheating yourself and
the system the strategy will not work
step 3 go to the back of the book and
find out how many questions you got
wrong if it is spelled incorrectly if
you made a silly mistake don't give
yourself the correct answer it is wrong
again you're only cheating yourself you
need to really find out which questions
are wrong step number four and this is
the most important part why did you get
those questions wrong what we're looking
for here are patterns so for example if
eighty percent of your incorrect answers
are spelling mistakes then spelling is
your key weakness it could be vocabulary
if you couldn't find the answer because
you didn't understand the words that is
a vocabulary issue or it could be
particular types of questions so if you
did three tests and every time you've
seen a true false not given question you
got most of those wrong then that's a
strategy issue with that particular type
of question or if you got most of the
questions correct in Parts one and two
but most of the questions wrong in
section three then that's normally a
reading skills or a vocabulary issue or
up just might be that you got most
questions correct up until the 60
minutes and then you got a lot of
questions wrong because you didn't
finish on time that's normally a skills
or a vocabulary but most importantly a
strategy issue you just need to
understand the different strategies that
are going to help you get everything
done efficiently now that you understand
what your weaknesses are we go on to the
final step which is the most difficult
step but is the most important step you
need to work on those weaknesses if you
have a problem with spelling you need to
improve your spelling vocabulary improve
your vocabulary strategy you need to
improve your strategy we'll show you how
to improve those things later in the
video but if you just look at it and
start crying and start complaining oh
I'm terrible at spelling we all suck at
different things we are all bad at
different things the difference between
people who are successful and
unsuccessful is the unsuccessful people
generally cry about it the successful people
people
they feel uncomfortable but they
continue to work and turn those
weaknesses in the strengths that's the
real difference between about nine
student and everyone below them this
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that you know the ultimate band 9
strategy part of that strategy is
finding real practice tests so let's
talk about that now where to find these
and where not to find them so there are
only four sources of practice tests one
is the British Council two is IDP three
is Cambridge English and four are the
Cambridge English books any other source
is not a reliable source don't waste
your time in the comments and ask well
what about real genuine practice tests
we promise they're real.com or we
promise we're not a fake IELTS
company.com like don't waste your time
they are not reliable they are all fake
if you are using fake tests you're
taking a huge risk because the people
making these fake test the only reason
they make them is not to help IELTS
students is to make money if you click
on their website then they're going to
make money from you they are very very
very rarely IELTS experts there's a huge
difference between someone who runs an
IELTS YouTube channel or an IELTS
website on a real IELTS expert it takes
decades to be able to produce these
tests reliably so the people making
these tests will either make them really
really easy or more commonly really
really difficult so if they make them
too easy you will get a high score
during your practice test and you'll be
like great I'm ready for my test you'll
go and spend your 300 and you'll fail or
if they are too difficult you will lose
confidence and you will never do the
test because you think that you're going
to fail and it just adds a huge amount
of stress and worry and just general
negativity to your life these people do
not care about you they care about their
bank accounts do not help them by using
their fake tests and there are so many
real genuine tests that you can buy or
use for free which brings us on to our
next Point probably not in the comments
there are people writing but the
Cambridge past paper books are so
expensive yes they are but they're also
not really listen I totally understand
that many of you do not come from money
you don't have you know twenty five
thirty dollars to just spend on a book
but spending the money on those books
and I have no affiliation with Cambridge
I don't make any money if Cambridge
makes money spending money on those
books is one of the best investments you
can ever make because you're not going
to fail your test which is going to save
you at least three hundred dollars if
you fail your test three times which is
about the average for most students not
you because you're watching my videos
you're going to get the score that you
need next time but the average student
is spending you know to a thousand
dollars on test fees but won't spend
twenty five dollars on practice tests
that is insane also if you think about
it why are you doing the IELTS test
probably so you can go to a prestigious
University and get an amazing education
which will make you cumulatively
millions of dollars in the future or to
move to a better paying job in a new
country which again over the next 10 20
years you're probably going to earn
millions of dollars if you are really
really you just do not have twenty five
dollars I understand we'll put links in
the description to where you can find
the free practice test from the British
Council IDP and Cambridge or all you
have to do is just go to Google and
write IELTS reading practice test and
then plus British Council IDP or
Cambridge English
now let's talk about reading skills like
skimming and scanning and what bar 9
students understand about these skills
that most students don't so there are
three core skills that all students use
when they are reading and everybody uses
these on a day-to-day basis so let's
start off with skimming so something we
all do every day is read a newspaper is
it either a physical newspaper or we
click on to the news online when you
click on a story it is extremely rare
for a person to read every single word
carefully what most people do is they
will skim through the article to get the
general meaning of what that article is
trying to tell you this is exactly the
same skill that we use when we are doing
the reading test so we will look at a
paragraph and we will read through it
quite quickly in order to understand
generally what that paragraph is about
so for example if you get a matching
headings question what they are testing
is your ability to understand the
general meaning of each paragraph and
you will not have time to read every
word carefully so you will look at each
of the paragraphs and you will skim
through it quite quickly in order to
understand the general meaning oh that's
quite different from the skill of
scanning so I want you to imagine you're
going to the cinema and you look at the
movie times for the cinema do you read
every single movie time or do you just
scan to find the name of the movie you
want to go to and then scan for the time
that is convenient for you we're not
reading everything we are looking for
specific information we also use this in
the reading test so for example if we
were doing a true false not given
question and we were trying to find the
location of the correct answer we would
scan for those words from the question or
or
synonyms from those words not to find
the correct answer but to find the
location of the correct answer because
these skills are just tools that are
helping us find the correct answer but
the third and most important skill is
something called close reading and this
is something that bad nine students use
more than any other this is reading
carefully around the area where you
think the correct answer is located so
you've identified the position the
location of the correct answer and then
you're reading that passage very very
carefully you're also reading the
question carefully and then deciding the
correct answer close reading is the most
important skill because it helps you
find the correct answer but it's also
the skill most overlooked by about six
or about 7 or band H student whereas a
bond nine student they're spending a lot
of their time a lot more of their time
close reading but what about 9 students
really understand about these skills is
when to use them and when not to use
them and in what order to use them so
let's talk about reading strategy now so
on a very basic level a strategy is just
telling you what to do and in what order
to do so step one do this step two do
this step three do this so some
strategies will tell you to skim first
and then scan other strategies will have
no skimming whatsoever and they'll tell
you to scan first other strategies will
really focus on understanding the
questions other strategies they'll be
more of a focus on the actual text every
question is different all the types of
questions are different because they're
testing different skills and different
sub skills and I know that sounds very
overwhelming but you need to remember
that strategies are there to remove
overwhelm all you have to do is memorize
them practice them and then you'll be
able to use them effectively and all
they really are is a guide so I want you
to imagine we decide to climb Mount
Everest and we are the world's greatest
mountain climbers but
what every mountain climber no matter
how good they are what they need to do
is they need to hire a sherpa a sherpa
is a guide they know where all the
dangerous roots are so we can avoid them
they know where all the danger points
are and they know the most efficient and
most convenient route of the mountain
strategies act as your Sherpa they are
your guide Bond line students even
though their reading skills are
vocabulary is very very very high they
still need strategies to guide them to
the correct destination and that's all
strategies are they are not Magic
on the flip side I want you to imagine
now that we decide to climb Mount
Everest and we are terrible mountain
climbers our fitness is terrible you
know we can hardly walk we are not very
good at climbing we could get the
world's best sharper the world's best
guide and we would struggle to even get
to base camp strategies are not magic
you'll see a lot of these videos online
especially on YouTube you know use this
magic secret strategy to guarantee a bad
line they are useful and will go through
how useful they are and we'll teach you
those but they are only part of the
equation without using the other stuff
in this video and improving your
weaknesses and improving your skills and
your reading strategies and your reading
ability and vocabulary you won't be able
to get a button line okay so the most
confusing part of true false not given
is true false not given a lot of
students are used to true false and they
have no problems with true and false
questions but once you throw not given
in there it can be quite confusing and
quite difficult so what I'm going to do
is demonstrate a little technique that
we teach our VIP students that will
remove any confusion for you so what you
need is a pen and a piece of paper I'm
going to demo this first and then I'm
going to ask you to do it at home so
what you're going to do is at the top of
the page you're going to write question statement
statement
and then what you're going to do is
you're going to think of a fact about
you all right I'm going to demo it about
me because I am me but think about
something that is true about you could
be your name it could be your age your
nationality something that is a fact
so Chris is
40 years old so this is a fact about me
so imagine this is in your questions all
right so this is part of the question
part of true false not given what we're
going to do now is we're going to write
a statement
the text that is true all right we're
going to write a true statement that
matches this fact
so what I'm going to do is I am going to
write Chris was born on 16th of December 1982.
1982.
so today while I'm filming this it is
July 2023 so a true statement Chris was
born on the 16th of December 1982. so
these two statements agree with one
another all right they agree they mean
the same thing
so this is a true statement now what
you're going to do is you're going to
think of something completely false so
you're going to write false here
Chris is 21. I wish I was 21
unfortunately I'm not this is completely
false it disagrees with this statement okay
okay
now what you're going to do is you're
going to think of a statement that is
related to this but doesn't give enough
information for you to really decide if
it is true or false
so we're going to write Chris is
middle aged so what middle aged means is
people who are living in the middle of
their lives it can be people who are 40
years old but it could be someone who is
50 years old or 55 years old do these
two statements much do they mean the
same thing no but they also don't
disagree with one another
you can't say that this is false there's
just not enough information in this
statement for you to say that this
statement is true or false so it is not
given there is not enough information
given for you to say if it is true or
false there's not enough information
given think about it that way what
really confuses people is they look for
something that is not there so if I told
you to go into the next room here and
look for a pen that is not there you
would be looking for a very long time
and that is what happens when students
are trying to search for not given
they're searching for something that is
not there instead look for information
that shows that not enough information
is given and then you will confidently
be able to say not given and the reason
why I'm personalizing this you should
not write Chris you should write your
own name people remember things and they
relate to things that are related to
them all right so we're personalizing it
so that it makes sense to you so I'm
going to do another one here because
this often causes a lot of confusion so
again write one thing at the top
question statement that is true about
you Chris is an Irish National I have
Irish nationality
so I'm going to write a true statement
here that matches with this statement
Chris was born on the island of Ireland
and has an Irish passport
these two things match now let's write
something that is false
Chris is Vietnamese so not based on how
I look or how I sound but it is a fact
that I am not Vietnamese because I do
not have Vietnamese nationality I don't
have a Vietnamese passport I wasn't born
in Vietnam so this is false
Chris is married to a Vietnamese woman
and his sons are Vietnamese passports so
my wife is Vietnamese my sons are
Vietnamese am I Vietnamese we don't know
so this is not given there's just a not
enough information for us to look at
this question statement and say whether
it is true or whether it is false now
some of you from Vietnam might be
writing in the comments saying you were
not born in Vietnam therefore you cannot
get Vietnamese citizenship you should
never ever take previous knowledge
knowledge from outside of the text and
apply it to the text you're only
applying it to what the text says So
based on this text you cannot establish
whether I'm a Vietnamese citizen or not
again ignore you know what I look like
and how I sound you're only basing it on
the text so again do this two or three
times for yourself and then in the test
if you're ever confused you'll be like I
am X years old or I am a whatever
citizen or I am a woman I am a man that
might be a little bit tricky in 2023 but
you get the point okay before we look at
the step-by-step strategy for true false
not given which is really going to help
you it's important that you understand
what not to do and understand a few tips
that are going to help you so don't skip
ahead to the strategy understanding the
common problems is really going to help
you so common problem number one is not
understanding the difference between
true or false and not given what I would
really suggest is you do that strategy
but also go and look at the official
books from Cambridge do some true false
not given questions and then think about
why was this true why was this false why
was this not given and you'll find all
of the correct answers at the back of
the book don't use fake papers that you
know might not be true might not be
false might not be given use the real
ones the coffee stains are completely
optional the second related problem is
spending too much time searching for not
given we talked about this already often
students will you know look at the
question statement they will find the
correct location of where it is but they
don't have the confidence to really say
this is not given this leads to them
wasting a lot of time remember you only
have one hour to get everything done so
that can become a problem really how you
solve that is you just go through the
logically is this true no
is this definitely false no well then
it's not given and it's about just
practicing and getting into a Groove and
having the confidence to just say this
is not given you will not be able to do
this on test day without practice and
without thinking about it the third
common problem is not understanding what
the question statements actually say so
you'll be given question statements like
we have here and you'll be given the
text which we have here a lot of
students immediately go and look at the
text without spending time really
thinking about these questions if you
don't understand what these mean it's
impossible to say whether they are true
false or not given these questions are
not really asking you to just focus and
understand the text that is only part of
what they are asking you to do a huge
part of this is really understanding
what do these things actually mean so
students that tend to do much better
than others are students spend more time
thinking about this and it's not a waste
of time it is an investment of time the
fourth common problem is focusing too
much on keywords often you'll find
YouTube videos or blog articles or
social media posts that simplify IELTS
reading a little bit too much what they
say is you know underline keywords skim
scan find the correct answer that just
simply doesn't really work if you focus
too much on keywords within these
questions then you are not really
understanding the full sentence what
they're asking you to do is not identify
keywords keywords are part of the
strategy but they're really first asking
you what does this actually mean so if
you're just going polar bears polar
bears polar bears where are polar bears
you're going to get completely lost and
confused and then you're just going to
end up either just guessing the answer
or getting very stressed running out of
time and you know you're life is over
your life's not over you know you can do
the test again okay now let's give you
some tips that really help with true
false not given tip number one ignore
any previous knowledge about the topic
don't use common sense don't use
anything other than the questions and
exactly what it says here so to go back
to the example that I gave you before
about my nationality and whether I can
become a Vietnamese citizen or not a lot
of people know that that would be
extremely difficult even though I'm
married to a Vietnamese lady but you
should not bring that knowledge to the
questions often with true false not
given especially not given what people
will do is they'll try and cheat the
test in some way by thinking what is The
Logical answer or what is the answer
that makes most sense and I've even seen
YouTube videos that say you know get a
band 9 without reading the text you can
become a famous YouTuber without reading
any IELTS books are becoming an IELTS
expert but you can't get about nine
without reading the text tip number two
identify any words that qualify any of
the nouns so for example some or all are
similar words but if you think about it
completely different words would you
like to have some questions correct or
would you like to have all questions
correct they are two very very different
words and what they do is they qualify
words within here and not just some all
many you can also look at for example
polar bears here versus brown bears
there is a difference between a polar
bear and a brown bear
same with number five female polar bears
a female polar bear is very different
from a male brown bear or a male polar
bear I know this is frustrating and I
know it's like ah it takes a lot of
brain power and to actually focus on
this and really think about it but you
know you're doing an academic test you
have to think and what these words are
doing is testing whether you just focus
on keywords like polar bear or whether
you understand the entire sentence
female polar bear tip number three there
will always be at least one true answer
one false answer and one not given
answer so if you get to the end for
example if there were four questions and
the first one is true number two is
false number three is false then number
four is definitely not given if you got
the other ones correct that is the next
tip is don't rely solely on skimming and
scanning skimming helps you understand
the general meaning of the text scanning
helps you find the location of keywords
helps you find the area where the answer
might be but the main skill here that is
being tested is close reading you need
to read carefully skimming and scanning
are the opposite of close reading so if
all you do is just let's just look at
keywords and skim and scan you won't
really be using the skill that they are
testing and we'll talk more about that
in the strategy part the next tip is be
aware of synonyms for example in this
one the polar bears mechanism for
increasing bone density what is a
synonym of bone well it might say
something like skeleton for example or
they could get very fancy and use
skeletal system or something like that I
don't know if that's even correct or not
I'm sure people will let me know in the
comments but if you are going over to
the passage here and you're looking for
or bones bones bones bones you might
find bones but it is completely the
wrong part of the actual text or it
might not say bones at all it might say
skeleton so if you're just looking for
that word and you can't find it then
think okay what synonyms could it be
that will help you locate the area where
you can find the correct answer the next
tip is if you cannot find the correct
answer what you should do is put n g
beside it so for example let's say
number three I can't find the correct
answer I'm not really sure what I would
do is put n g beside number three
because it's probably not given and then
depending on how much time I have at the
end I can go back and look back at the
area that I think that it might be in
and I can read it a lot more carefully
and decide if it is really not given or
if I'm running out of time what I can do
is just circle the NG or decide that
it's going to be NG because it probably
will be okay now let's move on to the
step-by-step strategy for true false not
given questions what I would recommend
is that you follow this strategy exactly
don't follow it halfway because if you
do it won't work also none of these
strategies can be looked at one time and
then applied remember when we talked
earlier in the video about the
difference between band 9 students and
students below them by online students
practice slowly take as much time as you
need to practice these strategies until
they become completely memorized by
heart so when you see a true false not
given question you can just follow this
system without even thinking about it
that's your goal so step one read the
instructions carefully and also think
about is this a true false not given
question or a yes no not given question
if it's a yes no not given question the
strategy will be slightly different
step number two read each of the
question statements entirely all of the
question statements do not look at
keywords and try and highlight keywords
this is not a question that is testing
your ability to identify keywords it is
testing first of all your ability to
understand each sentence as a whole also
think about any qualifying words that
might come up now that you've read and
understood all of the question
statements you want to think about are
there any possible synonyms that might
come up in the text that might be
different in the text for example polar
bears suffer from various health
problems due to the buildup of fat under
their skin so various health problems
they might mention specific health
problems such as high blood pressure
heart disease stroke things like that
instead of it saying a buildup of fat
they might say that they are overweight
because the next step is to match the
question statement with the correct part
of the text so this is the text what
we're going to do next is we're going to
take each of the question statements and
we're going to locate where the correct
answer is we're not going to to
establish the correct answer we are only
trying to find the correct location so
either you will find the exact words or
synonyms of those words
so if we have a look here a question
number one polar bears suffer from
various health problems due to the
buildup of fat underneath their skin so
if we have a look at the first paragraph
here what we're going to do is scan for
those words or synonyms of those words
so if we have a quick scan here
fat underneath their skin if we have a
look here buildup of fat under their
skin so it's slightly different but
pretty much the same so what we knew now
is the answer to this question is
probably in this paragraph so now we
know the location of the correct answer
we need to go back and read this again
what does this sentence actually mean
polar bears suffer from various health
problems due to the buildup of fat under
their skin next step we need to read
this part of the text carefully to
decide the correct answer true false or
not given so polar bears are being
increasingly threatened by the effects
of climate change but their
disappearance could have far-reaching
consequences so it's talking about
climate change here it's not talking
about anything related to health
problems but let's continue to read it
carefully they're uniquely adapted to
the extreme conditions of the art Circle
where temperatures can reach minus 40
degrees one reason for this is that they
have up to 11 centimeters of fat under
their skin humans with comparative
levels of adipose tissue that's just a
scientific way of saying fat would be
considered obese and would be likely to
suffer from diabetes on heart disease
yet the polar bear experiences no such
consequences so what they're doing here
is they're talking about disease they're
talking about health problems heart
disease diabetes but they're saying that
if humans had all of this fat 11
centimeters of fat underneath their skin
I can talk from personal experience but
they're saying that the polar bear has
no consequences
so polar bears suffer from health
problems due to the buildup of fat under
their skin what this is saying polar
bears experience no Health consequences
they don't get diabetes they don't have
heart disease because they are fat so
what we would do is we would underline
and hone in eye on the exact words that
give us the correct answer
polar bears experience no such
consequences the consequences are health
problems let's have a look now at the
statement again polar bears suffer from
various health problems it's it's not
agreeing with that all right those two
statements do not agree with each other
so we're quite confident now to put
false but if we just weren't sure if we
were like ah I don't know
you know are our polar bears getting fat
you know is this a problem I'm not 100
sure what you would do then is you would
put NG and you would move on to the next
question and then you can come back to
that but it's pretty obvious now that it
is false and then what you would do is
you would just follow that exact same
system for each part of the true false
not given question so number two find
the location read it carefully read the
statement hone in on the exact part of
it read it again really think about is
this true false or not given then decide
the answer and keep going keep moving on
let's check if that is actually false
and it is false I don't look silly in
front of hundreds of thousands of people
now let's go through the strategy for
matching headings before we look at the
step-by-step strategy what we're going
to do is look at the common problems so
that you can avoid them and then give
you some tips that are very very useful
including one tip that really transforms
these questions for students and this
one thing has led to hundreds or if not
thousands of my students
radically transforming their reading
score from like band Six to even Bond
eight or about seven to about nine
because these questions are often a big
worry for students and if you are
worrying about them then it tends to
affect the rest of your test as well so
learning this is really really important
okay so here's an example question so
you'll always get a list of headings
here and then you will get the text here
it's important that you understand what
they are actually testing the main thing
that they are testing is can you look at
each of these paragraphs and understand
the general meaning of these paragraphs
that is really what they're testing they
are also testing your ability to
differentiate between the meaning of
these lists of headings so you might get
two or three headings that are similar
in meaning you might look at them and
think these mean exactly the same thing
so it's about being able to look at two
or three similar headings and understand
which one matches to the general meaning
of these paragraphs so all this strategy
what it does is it helps you understand
the general meaning of the text quickly
helps you understand the difference
between the meanings of the headings and
then match them together that's why it's
so effective now let's think about
common problems because once you're
aware of these common problems then
you'll be able to tackle them much
easier so the first Common problem is
there's just so much information to
process and not enough time I'll give
you a few tips in a minute that will
help you process the information a lot
more quickly the second common problem
that we come across is that students
don't spend enough time really
understanding the meaning of the
headings and differentiating between the
meaning of similar looking headings and
it's impossible to find the correct
answer if you don't fully understand
those headings problem number three is
just not spending enough time thinking
about the difference in meaning and if
you don't spend enough time then you're
going to get very stressed and you're
going to find it difficult to find the
correct answer which will lead to more
stress which will lead to more time
wasting and at all this snowballs into
students hating these questions but
don't worry we're going to solve all
that for you today and last but not
least the biggest problem is not
understanding the general meaning of the
paragraphs that is what is being tested
and will give you a tip now that is
going to make this very very easy for
you okay let's move on to tips for
matching headings now we know the
problems how do we solve these problems
tip number one if this type of question
is in the section that you're doing so
remember there are three sections
section one section two section three if
this type of question matching headings
is in that section do this question
first so for example with this one we of
the third section here and the matching
headings are the first question and then
after it we have our multiple choice
questions here but if it was flipped
around if the multiple choice were first
then the matching headings were second I
would skip the multiple choice questions
and do the matching headings question
first and the reason for this is quite
simple they are testing your ability to
understand the general meaning of the
text as a whole so if you do that first
it is really going to help you answer
the subsequent questions the questions
that come next so it's a little time
saving technique and just makes all the
questions in that section much much
easier to handle tip number two is don't
expect to read every single word or
understand every single word this is not
really testing your ability to close
read to read in detail and really
understand specific words specific
sentences and the meaning of those it is
testing your ability to understand the
general meaning as a whole that doesn't
mean that you can just read the first
couple of words or the last couple of
words or skim very very quickly through
it but if you see a word that you don't
understand don't panic it might not be
essential that you know the meaning of
that word to understand the overall
General meaning the next tip is to do
with if you don't understand the
difference in meaning between the
different headings and what we do is
there's a couple of techniques that you
can use what you can do is like use your
pens or your rulers or whatever you have
with you to cover up the other ones just
leave those ones remaining so that
you're only focusing on those or you
could write down let's say there are two
different ones that are similar in
meaning you could write those two down
beside each other and normally that will
make it much much easier because it's
just not lost in a sea of information
you're really being able to focus just
on the those two or three sentences and
the last tip is if you don't understand
the difference in meaning between the
sentences or you cannot find the answer
don't panic move on to the next question
and come back to that question because
there's no point in ruining your chances
of getting the correct answers later on
because you get lost on one question
remember for academic you can get one
wrong and still get a bond nine you can
get quite a few wrong and still get a
seven seven point five eight but if you get lost on one question and you just
get lost on one question and you just spend like you know five minutes or 10
spend like you know five minutes or 10 minutes on one question then you're
minutes on one question then you're ruining your chances of getting the
ruining your chances of getting the correct answer to the rest of the
correct answer to the rest of the questions okay now let's give you the
questions okay now let's give you the step-by-step strategy and go through a
step-by-step strategy and go through a question with me step number one if
question with me step number one if matching headings are in the section do
matching headings are in the section do this first it's already the first one
this first it's already the first one here so we can go right into it number
here so we can go right into it number two importantly do not look at the
two importantly do not look at the heading I repeat do not look at the
heading I repeat do not look at the headings first this is testing your
headings first this is testing your ability to understand the general
ability to understand the general meaning of the text so it is important
meaning of the text so it is important that you look at the text first if you
that you look at the text first if you look at the headings first you're going
look at the headings first you're going to get confused you will get lost in the
to get confused you will get lost in the text now here comes the most important
text now here comes the most important thing that you can do read the paragraph
thing that you can do read the paragraph and try to write a heading without
and try to write a heading without looking at the headings so here we have
looking at the headings so here we have a so there's three paragraphs here
a so there's three paragraphs here sometimes like seed will just be one
sometimes like seed will just be one paragraph sometimes it will be three
paragraph sometimes it will be three sometimes it'll be two what you want to
sometimes it'll be two what you want to do is read this paragraph and try to
do is read this paragraph and try to create your own heading what this forces
create your own heading what this forces you to do is think about the general
you to do is think about the general meaning because it is impossible to
meaning because it is impossible to write a heading without thinking and
write a heading without thinking and understanding the general meaning so
understanding the general meaning so you're forcing your brain to do exactly
you're forcing your brain to do exactly what this question is testing okay so
what this question is testing okay so let's do this together artificial
let's do this together artificial intelligence can already predict the
intelligence can already predict the future police forces are using it to mop
future police forces are using it to mop when and where a crime is likely to
when and where a crime is likely to occur doctors can use it to predict when
occur doctors can use it to predict when a patient is most likely to have a heart
a patient is most likely to have a heart attack
attack researchers are even trying to give AI
researchers are even trying to give AI imagination so it can plan for
imagination so it can plan for unexpected consequences so it's listing
unexpected consequences so it's listing the benefits of AI but remember we're
the benefits of AI but remember we're writing a heading for the whole thing
writing a heading for the whole thing the whole three paragraphs not just one
the whole three paragraphs not just one many decisions in our lives require a
many decisions in our lives require a good forecast and AI is almost always
good forecast and AI is almost always better at forecasting than we are yet
better at forecasting than we are yet for all these technological advances we
for all these technological advances we still seem to deeply lack confidence in
still seem to deeply lack confidence in AI predictions recent cases show that
AI predictions recent cases show that people don't like relying on AI and
people don't like relying on AI and prefer to trust human experts even if
prefer to trust human experts even if these experts are wrong so this is about
these experts are wrong so this is about the superiority how it is better than
the superiority how it is better than humans but humans don't really trust it
humans but humans don't really trust it so we have the benefits of AI how Ai and
so we have the benefits of AI how Ai and many circumstances is better at decision
many circumstances is better at decision making than humans but humans don't
making than humans but humans don't really trust it if we want AI to really
really trust it if we want AI to really benefit people we need to find a way to
benefit people we need to find a way to get people to trust it to do that we
get people to trust it to do that we need to understand why people are so
need to understand why people are so reluctant to trust AI in the first place
reluctant to trust AI in the first place so why don't human beings trust AI
so why don't human beings trust AI despite it being much much better so we
despite it being much much better so we can't write three headings remember
can't write three headings remember we're only writing one heading so what
we're only writing one heading so what we need to force ourselves to do is make
we need to force ourselves to do is make a decision that if I could only write
a decision that if I could only write one heading about this what would it be
one heading about this what would it be so listing all the benefits why it is
so listing all the benefits why it is better than humans but humans don't
better than humans but humans don't really trust it so we can't write AI is
really trust it so we can't write AI is better than humans but humans don't
better than humans but humans don't trust it all right because that is two
trust it all right because that is two separate headings so we're going to
separate headings so we're going to summarize this very simply try and
summarize this very simply try and simplify it as much as possible AI is
simplify it as much as possible AI is better at many thing than humans and
better at many thing than humans and then you would repeat that process for
then you would repeat that process for the rest of them and by the time you're
the rest of them and by the time you're finished for a b c d E and F you have
finished for a b c d E and F you have your own headings the next step is to
your own headings the next step is to then look at the headings so this is the
then look at the headings so this is the first time you're looking at the
first time you're looking at the headings I'll just read through them and
headings I'll just read through them and understand the difference in meaning so
understand the difference in meaning so an increased Divergence of attitudes
an increased Divergence of attitudes towards AI so this is different people
towards AI so this is different people thinking different things about AI
thinking different things about AI reasons why we have more faith in human
reasons why we have more faith in human judgment than an AI to why do people
judgment than an AI to why do people think that humans are better the
think that humans are better the superiority of AI projections over those
superiority of AI projections over those made by humans why AI is better than
made by humans why AI is better than humans at making projections of making
humans at making projections of making predictions
predictions the process by which AI can help us make
the process by which AI can help us make good decisions that's pretty obvious
good decisions that's pretty obvious what that means the advantages of
what that means the advantages of involving users in AI processes again
involving users in AI processes again very obvious what that means widespread
very obvious what that means widespread distrust of an AI Innovation until many
distrust of an AI Innovation until many many people not trusting it encouraging
many people not trusting it encouraging openness about high AI functions a
openness about high AI functions a surprisingly successful AI application
surprisingly successful AI application so now that we've understood what those
so now that we've understood what those mean the next step is to match our
mean the next step is to match our heading with the headings here so the
heading with the headings here so the great thing about this technique is
great thing about this technique is often there will be headings that match
often there will be headings that match exactly or nearly exactly what you wrote
exactly or nearly exactly what you wrote down here and if that happens then it's
down here and if that happens then it's the correct answer so let's use ours to
the correct answer so let's use ours to see which one so AI is better at many
see which one so AI is better at many things than humans let's see if it
things than humans let's see if it matches any of those so I'm going to do
matches any of those so I'm going to do an X and a tick here but you don't have
an X and a tick here but you don't have to do that just for the purposes of this
to do that just for the purposes of this video I'm going to make it just super
video I'm going to make it just super clear
clear so no reasons why we have more faith in
so no reasons why we have more faith in human judgment maybe the superiority of
human judgment maybe the superiority of AI projections over those made by humans
AI projections over those made by humans why AI is better yes the process by
why AI is better yes the process by which AI can help us make good decisions
which AI can help us make good decisions nope not talking about process the
nope not talking about process the advantages of involving humans know
advantages of involving humans know widespread distrust maybe encouraging
widespread distrust maybe encouraging openness about high AI functions no on a
openness about high AI functions no on a surprisingly successful AI projection no
surprisingly successful AI projection no so we have one that we think probably is
so we have one that we think probably is the correct answer and two maybe so what
the correct answer and two maybe so what we do know is we look at the difference
we do know is we look at the difference between those three so reasons why we
between those three so reasons why we have more faith in human judgment than
have more faith in human judgment than in AI now we can go back and think does
in AI now we can go back and think does it talk about reasons why we have more
it talk about reasons why we have more confidence more faith in AI it doesn't
confidence more faith in AI it doesn't give any reasons so we can turn this
give any reasons so we can turn this into an X widespread distrust of an AI
into an X widespread distrust of an AI Innovation so the key word there is an
Innovation so the key word there is an AI Innovation a singular and AI
AI Innovation a singular and AI Innovation at the top here they're
Innovation at the top here they're talking about many many different AI
talking about many many different AI uses so it's not talking about
uses so it's not talking about widespread distrust of one thing so we
widespread distrust of one thing so we can eliminate that so we're pretty sure
can eliminate that so we're pretty sure that it is three the superiority of AI
that it is three the superiority of AI projections so here it's talking about
projections so here it's talking about how it is very very good talking about a
how it is very very good talking about a good forecast that is a projection a
good forecast that is a projection a prediction is almost always better at
prediction is almost always better at forecasting it is superior so it is
forecasting it is superior so it is pretty obvious that the correct answer
pretty obvious that the correct answer for 27 is 3. let's see if this video was
for 27 is 3. let's see if this video was a complete waste of time and whether I
a complete waste of time and whether I got the correct answer or not and 27 is
got the correct answer or not and 27 is three
three I was correct and then you would just
I was correct and then you would just follow that process so whatever your
follow that process so whatever your heading is for B look at the headings
heading is for B look at the headings which ones can you match and you just
which ones can you match and you just repeat that process until it is finished
repeat that process until it is finished but remember if you get stuck what you
but remember if you get stuck what you should do is just Mark something on the
should do is just Mark something on the paper or write down something on paper
paper or write down something on paper if you're doing the computer-based
if you're doing the computer-based version of an educated guess what you
version of an educated guess what you think it probably is and then come back
think it probably is and then come back to that later it's really really
to that later it's really really important that you don't spend like five
important that you don't spend like five minutes worrying about these questions
minutes worrying about these questions and remember what is being tested the
and remember what is being tested the general meaning not specific things a
general meaning not specific things a big big problem is students get lost in
big big problem is students get lost in the detail of this it's not testing
the detail of this it's not testing detail it's testing General meaning I
detail it's testing General meaning I and just to anticipate some of the
and just to anticipate some of the comments what a lot of people will do is
comments what a lot of people will do is they will say well recent cases show
they will say well recent cases show that people don't like relying on AI or
that people don't like relying on AI or if we want to make it better then we
if we want to make it better then we should trust it more or how can we trust
should trust it more or how can we trust it more that's similar to some of the
it more that's similar to some of the things why is that not the case you are
things why is that not the case you are getting lost in the detail you are
getting lost in the detail you are focusing on individual words and
focusing on individual words and individual sentences you are looking at
individual sentences you are looking at the general meaning of the whole
the general meaning of the whole paragraph what is the most suitable
paragraph what is the most suitable heading for that not what is one word or
heading for that not what is one word or one sentence say within that paragraph
one sentence say within that paragraph once you start to understand this these
once you start to understand this these become much much easier and once you
become much much easier and once you start to get used to creating your own
start to get used to creating your own headings then you can get through these
headings then you can get through these much much faster and more accurately
much much faster and more accurately okay so welcome to the reading test demo
okay so welcome to the reading test demo part of this video
part of this video if you have not watched the rest of this
if you have not watched the rest of this video I would strongly recommend that
video I would strongly recommend that you do you're an adult so you can choose
you do you're an adult so you can choose whatever you want to do but a lot of
whatever you want to do but a lot of this won't make any sense unless you
this won't make any sense unless you watch the rest of the video and it
watch the rest of the video and it probably will mean that you also pass
probably will mean that you also pass your reading test so you don't waste a
your reading test so you don't waste a huge amount of time and waste a lot of
huge amount of time and waste a lot of money but as I said you're an adult it's
money but as I said you're an adult it's up to you how you do that okay so here I
up to you how you do that okay so here I have one practice test and what I'm
have one practice test and what I'm going to do is go through this practice
going to do is go through this practice test and talk you through exactly how I
test and talk you through exactly how I would answer this so that's going to
would answer this so that's going to help you with strategy with
help you with strategy with understanding where you could go wrong
understanding where you could go wrong and how to overcome those issues and
and how to overcome those issues and just to see how an expert if we could
just to see how an expert if we could hit that word but if you could call me
hit that word but if you could call me an expert hi I would navigate this when
an expert hi I would navigate this when I did the real test I got about nine in
I did the real test I got about nine in 20 minutes so that's probably a good
20 minutes so that's probably a good indication that I know how to do these
indication that I know how to do these quite well I will put a link to a
quite well I will put a link to a download so you can download this and
download so you can download this and there are a few different ways that you
there are a few different ways that you can watch this demo and you can download
can watch this demo and you can download the practice test first and do it
the practice test first and do it yourself and don't check the correct
yourself and don't check the correct answers
answers um I know that's difficult not to do but
um I know that's difficult not to do but do the whole test don't check the
do the whole test don't check the correct answers and then come back and
correct answers and then come back and watch this video and see how I answer
watch this video and see how I answer the questions see how do I do the things
the questions see how do I do the things the same way as you did or do I do
the same way as you did or do I do things differently if I'm doing things
things differently if I'm doing things the same way that's probably a good
the same way that's probably a good indication that you're on the right
indication that you're on the right track and but if I am doing things
track and but if I am doing things completely differently to you then
completely differently to you then that's a good indication that you need
that's a good indication that you need to change a few things so that's the
to change a few things so that's the first way that you could do it and
first way that you could do it and that's probably the most effective thing
that's probably the most effective thing second way is just you could just sit
second way is just you could just sit back relax and watch the video and
back relax and watch the video and that's probably the most relaxing way
that's probably the most relaxing way and just think about what I do and how I
and just think about what I do and how I answer the questions while I'm during
answer the questions while I'm during these the Third Way is you just download
these the Third Way is you just download the practice test and you go immediately
the practice test and you go immediately and check all the correct answers and
and check all the correct answers and then go and check
then go and check um why those correct answers are correct
um why those correct answers are correct that isn't a very useful way but you're
that isn't a very useful way but you're a big girl you're a big boy and do
a big girl you're a big boy and do whatever you want so let's begin and
whatever you want so let's begin and have a look okay so the first thing I'm
have a look okay so the first thing I'm going to do in part one is I'm going to
going to do in part one is I'm going to check what type of questions are going
check what type of questions are going to come up so this is labeling a diagram
to come up so this is labeling a diagram sentence completion and true false not
sentence completion and true false not given the reason why I did that was if
given the reason why I did that was if there were any questions like matching
there were any questions like matching headings for example that require me to
headings for example that require me to read this quite quickly to understand
read this quite quickly to understand the general meaning I would have done
the general meaning I would have done those questions first but those
those questions first but those questions haven't come up so we can just
questions haven't come up so we can just Dive Right In to the first question
Dive Right In to the first question which is labeling a diagram okay so the
which is labeling a diagram okay so the first thing I'm going to do is read the
first thing I'm going to do is read the instructions very carefully because with
instructions very carefully because with these often people don't read the
these often people don't read the instructions and they add too many words
instructions and they add too many words or too many numbers so label the diagram
or too many numbers so label the diagram below with the names of the layers of
below with the names of the layers of the sun choose no more than two words
the sun choose no more than two words from the reading passage for each answer
from the reading passage for each answer so no more than two words I can write
so no more than two words I can write one word or I can write two words but no
one word or I can write two words but no more I can't write three four or five
more I can't write three four or five next I'm going to study the diagram just
next I'm going to study the diagram just to see generally what's going on so I'm
to see generally what's going on so I'm not a physicist I don't know anything
not a physicist I don't know anything about the Sun but I don't need to
about the Sun but I don't need to understand anything about the sun when
understand anything about the sun when you see an unfamiliar concept Don't
you see an unfamiliar concept Don't Panic it doesn't require you to be a
Panic it doesn't require you to be a nuclear physicist to understand what is
nuclear physicist to understand what is going on in the Sun so it looks like we
going on in the Sun so it looks like we have one two three four five layers here
have one two three four five layers here so we've got this layer here this layer
so we've got this layer here this layer here the core or this layer here and
here the core or this layer here and this layer here what I've also noticed
this layer here what I've also noticed is that one is slightly below the
is that one is slightly below the surface below this kind of pink line and
surface below this kind of pink line and four is the pink line right at the
four is the pink line right at the surface so I need to look for things
surface so I need to look for things that are
that are differentiating these different layers
differentiating these different layers so the pink
so the pink surrounding layer and the one just below
surrounding layer and the one just below it
it also number two is probably going to be
also number two is probably going to be next to the core and number three is
next to the core and number three is going to be below number one here also I
going to be below number one here also I notice that the core is already labeled
notice that the core is already labeled so we don't need to worry about that but
so we don't need to worry about that but what I would be thinking when I'm doing
what I would be thinking when I'm doing this is they're going to say next to the
this is they're going to say next to the core or after the core or something like
core or after the core or something like that and number one is probably not
that and number one is probably not going to be the actual structure of the
going to be the actual structure of the sun if that's correct but this kind of
sun if that's correct but this kind of thing coming off the sun you can't
thing coming off the sun you can't really take any
really take any um knowledge that you already have but
um knowledge that you already have but I'm going to assume that this is
I'm going to assume that this is radiation of some kind and it's not part
radiation of some kind and it's not part of the Sun but it's coming off the Sun
of the Sun but it's coming off the Sun but I may be proved completely wrong in
but I may be proved completely wrong in the actual text and it actually looks
the actual text and it actually looks like one is the radiation and
like one is the radiation and Photosphere is actually the bit below
Photosphere is actually the bit below the pink line so what's really really
the pink line so what's really really important that you do study this because
important that you do study this because if you don't understand this then you
if you don't understand this then you might have some misconceptions just like
might have some misconceptions just like I have already done the next step is we
I have already done the next step is we would look for any keywords okay we have
would look for any keywords okay we have Photosphere we have core we've already
Photosphere we have core we've already talked about that we don't need to worry
talked about that we don't need to worry about that we can move on next we're
about that we can move on next we're going to predict the type of words that
going to predict the type of words that might come up or predict what might come
might come up or predict what might come up at all type of words as in non's
up at all type of words as in non's adjectives verbs things like that
adjectives verbs things like that probably is going to be a non all right
probably is going to be a non all right a one or a two word nine it's probably
a one or a two word nine it's probably not going to be an adjective describing
not going to be an adjective describing the Sun or an action word it could be
the Sun or an action word it could be keep your mind open and for example
keep your mind open and for example there are some arrows here so it could
there are some arrows here so it could be talking about you know something
be talking about you know something moving within the Sun and but probably
moving within the Sun and but probably is going to be a nine so we're thinking
is going to be a nine so we're thinking about the type of words that might come
about the type of words that might come up and then if I could predict I'd
up and then if I could predict I'd probably say number one would be
probably say number one would be radiation but again I I might be
radiation but again I I might be completely wrong okay so now what we're
completely wrong okay so now what we're going to do is we're going to use
going to do is we're going to use scanning so we're going to scan the text
scanning so we're going to scan the text to find the location not to find the
to find the location not to find the correct answer to find the location of
correct answer to find the location of the correct answer so what will I be
the correct answer so what will I be scanning for well number one you have
scanning for well number one you have this bit outside of the Sun or around
this bit outside of the Sun or around the Sun so we're going to look for
the Sun so we're going to look for keywords or synonyms that talk about
keywords or synonyms that talk about that so if we have a look here the core
that so if we have a look here the core we're not looking for the core we're
we're not looking for the core we're looking for something else the sun is a
looking for something else the sun is a sphere no this is just seems to be
sphere no this is just seems to be introduction okay just outside the core
introduction okay just outside the core no that would be describing just next to
no that would be describing just next to the core okay the visible surface of the
the core okay the visible surface of the sun is known as the Photosphere
sun is known as the Photosphere so the visible surface of the Sun here
so the visible surface of the Sun here is the Photosphere so next to the
is the Photosphere so next to the Photosphere is number one so this shows
Photosphere is number one so this shows us that this might be the correct
us that this might be the correct location
location so the chromosphere is the Zone about
so the chromosphere is the Zone about two thousand kilometers thick that lies
two thousand kilometers thick that lies directly above the Photosphere
directly above the Photosphere so chromosphere above this so number
so chromosphere above this so number four is probably chromosphere so we'll
four is probably chromosphere so we'll put a little
put a little four here but we're looking for number
four here but we're looking for number one so the outermost layer of the sun
one so the outermost layer of the sun and the outermost part of of its
and the outermost part of of its atmosphere so atmosphere means the thing
atmosphere so atmosphere means the thing that is surrounding a star or a planet
that is surrounding a star or a planet that looks very much like this thing
that looks very much like this thing here the atmosphere is called the corona
here the atmosphere is called the corona it is the sun's Halo or crime so Halo is
it is the sun's Halo or crime so Halo is something on top
something on top the corona extends millions of
the corona extends millions of kilometers into space so it is extending
kilometers into space so it is extending millions of kilometers into space this
millions of kilometers into space this is it so what is it called it is called
is it so what is it called it is called this so we're going to put the Corona
this so we're going to put the Corona and not the corona that you guys are
and not the corona that you guys are thinking of
thinking of so remember we find number four the
so remember we find number four the chromosphere is the Zone about two
chromosphere is the Zone about two thousand kilometers thick that lies
thousand kilometers thick that lies directly above the Photosphere so the
directly above the Photosphere so the Photosphere is here the pink line is the
Photosphere is here the pink line is the chromosphere
chromosphere okay number two what we're looking for
okay number two what we're looking for is talking about the region or the part
is talking about the region or the part next to the Core
next to the Core so the core is the innermost area so
so the core is the innermost area so we're scanning okay so it's not that
we're scanning okay so it's not that part just outside the core is the
part just outside the core is the radiative zone which has a temperature
radiative zone which has a temperature of about 7 million degrees Celsius so
of about 7 million degrees Celsius so just outside the core just outside the
just outside the core just outside the core radiative Zone and that leaves us
core radiative Zone and that leaves us with number three so it seems to be
with number three so it seems to be going
going core and a little bit further out the
core and a little bit further out the radiated Zone and then a little bit
radiated Zone and then a little bit further out
further out is it the Photosphere but let's double
is it the Photosphere but let's double check that the visible surface of the
check that the visible surface of the sun is known as the Photosphere okay
sun is known as the Photosphere okay visible surface means that we can see it
visible surface means that we can see it does it look like we can see this part
does it look like we can see this part probably not so we have to read in a
probably not so we have to read in a little bit more detail this is the
little bit more detail this is the region of the Sun that emits sunlight it
region of the Sun that emits sunlight it is also one of the coolest layers of the
is also one of the coolest layers of the sun looking at a photograph of the sun's
sun looking at a photograph of the sun's surface we cannot see this when we
surface we cannot see this when we glance and then if we look back here we
glance and then if we look back here we can see Photosphere so it's definitely
can see Photosphere so it's definitely not this it's something else okay so if
not this it's something else okay so if we go back here we have the core we have
we go back here we have the core we have the radiative zone and then if we look
the radiative zone and then if we look here surrounding the radiative zone is
here surrounding the radiative zone is the convection Zone so here hot material
the convection Zone so here hot material from near the Sun Center Rises cools
from near the Sun Center Rises cools with the surface and then plunges back
with the surface and then plunges back down so remember we talked about how
down so remember we talked about how these arrows going up and down here this
these arrows going up and down here this is another indication that this is the
is another indication that this is the correct answer the convection zone so
correct answer the convection zone so you see how important it was to really
you see how important it was to really understand the diagram before you look
understand the diagram before you look at the text if you looked at the text
at the text if you looked at the text you might get confused but if you really
you might get confused but if you really understand the diagram first then it
understand the diagram first then it becomes much much easier okay we're just
becomes much much easier okay we're just going to check that we follow the
going to check that we follow the instructions two words no more than two
instructions two words no more than two words correct spelling we can move on
words correct spelling we can move on okay so let's observe what type of
okay so let's observe what type of question are they asking here complete
question are they asking here complete each sentence with the correct ending so
each sentence with the correct ending so this is sentence completion it's really
this is sentence completion it's really important that you understand what the
important that you understand what the type of question is because the strategy
type of question is because the strategy is going to differ from question to
is going to differ from question to question now let's carefully read the
question now let's carefully read the instructions as always write the correct
instructions as always write the correct letter A to I in boxes five to nine on
letter A to I in boxes five to nine on the answer sheet so we're just going to
the answer sheet so we're just going to write the letter letters here we're not
write the letter letters here we're not going to put it onto the answer sheet
going to put it onto the answer sheet because we don't have enough room so the
because we don't have enough room so the first thing we're going to do is read
first thing we're going to do is read the incomplete sentence first so that we
the incomplete sentence first so that we can understand it and then we can
can understand it and then we can predict what the next word will be based
predict what the next word will be based on grammar so will the next word be a
on grammar so will the next word be a nine would that make sense or a verb or
nine would that make sense or a verb or an adjective or whatever
an adjective or whatever the vast majority of the total mass of
the vast majority of the total mass of the solar system is accounted for by
the solar system is accounted for by so this is going to be some kind of an
so this is going to be some kind of an object or something with mass something
object or something with mass something with mass is something like this pan has
with mass is something like this pan has mass collides have mass planets have
mass collides have mass planets have mass stars have mass so it's probably
mass stars have mass so it's probably going to be something like that it's
going to be something like that it's going to be a noun something with mass
going to be a noun something with mass so what we're going to do now is we're
so what we're going to do now is we're going to look at this sentence and we're
going to look at this sentence and we're going to look at keywords and think
going to look at keywords and think about words that will be in the text so
about words that will be in the text so that might be mass that could be size
that might be mass that could be size that could be weight I don't think
that could be weight I don't think that's technically correct according to
that's technically correct according to you physicists but um just thinking of
you physicists but um just thinking of different things that might come up it
different things that might come up it probably will just say Mass but let's
probably will just say Mass but let's have a look okay scanning the first
have a look okay scanning the first paragraph here Mass
paragraph here Mass counterintuitively added together the
counterintuitively added together the account for only gay so the planets only
account for only gay so the planets only account for 0.2 percent the sun makes up
account for 0.2 percent the sun makes up 99.8 percent of the mass in the solar
99.8 percent of the mass in the solar system so it is the sun the vast
system so it is the sun the vast majority of the total mass of the solar
majority of the total mass of the solar system is accounted for by so we're
system is accounted for by so we're looking for the sun G the biggest single
looking for the sun G the biggest single object in the solar system which is the
object in the solar system which is the Sun so you want to know read that again
Sun so you want to know read that again and think does that make sense the vast
and think does that make sense the vast majority of the total Master the solar
majority of the total Master the solar system is accounted for by the biggest
system is accounted for by the biggest single object in the solar system which
single object in the solar system which is the sun go back here
is the sun go back here Sun makes up the remaining 99.8 percent
Sun makes up the remaining 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system they
of the mass of the solar system they match up I think you can confidently put
match up I think you can confidently put G there
G there okay and we just repeat that process
okay and we just repeat that process there is no fixed Outer Edge that could
there is no fixed Outer Edge that could be because something something something
be because something something something that could be of something there is no
that could be of something there is no fixed either Edge so we're looking for
fixed either Edge so we're looking for either Edge it might also say either
either Edge it might also say either surface or something like that
surface or something like that so if we have a look here defined order
so if we have a look here defined order boundary
boundary fixed either Edge a boundary an edge are
fixed either Edge a boundary an edge are the same things
the same things so our sun consists almost entirely of
so our sun consists almost entirely of the elements hydrogen and helium and
the elements hydrogen and helium and because the sun is not solid it does not
because the sun is not solid it does not have a defined outer boundary it does
have a defined outer boundary it does however have a definite internal
however have a definite internal structure so we need to go back and have
structure so we need to go back and have a look at these and see if there are any
a look at these and see if there are any obvious candidates there is no fixed
obvious candidates there is no fixed utter Edge can be so that doesn't make
utter Edge can be so that doesn't make sense grammatically so it's not that one
sense grammatically so it's not that one there's no fixed Outer Edge is extremely
there's no fixed Outer Edge is extremely hot no it's invisible no there is no
hot no it's invisible no there is no other Edge no there is no other Edge a
other Edge no there is no other Edge a small proportion no there's no other
small proportion no there's no other right sunspots no there's no other Edge
right sunspots no there's no other Edge the biggest single object instead of no
the biggest single object instead of no there is no Outer Edge the planets on
there is no Outer Edge the planets on their moons there is no other Edge to
their moons there is no other Edge to the sun due to the fact that it is
the sun due to the fact that it is mostly made up so grammatically I is the
mostly made up so grammatically I is the only one that makes sense so that is why
only one that makes sense so that is why we ask students to predict what is
we ask students to predict what is coming up next because it will help you
coming up next because it will help you understand which one is the correct
understand which one is the correct answer grammatically
answer grammatically made up of gas and plasma let's go back
made up of gas and plasma let's go back here to where we talked about that made
here to where we talked about that made up of hydrogen and helium which are
up of hydrogen and helium which are gases it is not a solid plasma means not
gases it is not a solid plasma means not a solid so we can comfortably let us say
a solid so we can comfortably let us say I now you might be thinking I don't know
I now you might be thinking I don't know what plasma is I've never heard of
what plasma is I've never heard of plasma
plasma um you might be unfamiliar with helium
um you might be unfamiliar with helium and hydrogen even it might be completely
and hydrogen even it might be completely different in your language but if you're
different in your language but if you're hoping to get a bond seven eight or nine
hoping to get a bond seven eight or nine you know basic grammar you know that I
you know basic grammar you know that I is the only one grammatically that makes
is the only one grammatically that makes sense so that's going to help you answer
sense so that's going to help you answer the question the core produce produces
the question the core produce produces energy which which is could be which
energy which which is could be which verb which Powers so it could be
verb which Powers so it could be describing it it could be talking about
describing it it could be talking about what it does let's have a look for the
what it does let's have a look for the course we know the core is here so it
course we know the core is here so it might be talking about which is 27
might be talking about which is 27 million degrees Celsius when the back
million degrees Celsius when the back here is anything talking about how hot
here is anything talking about how hot it is no so we need to go back there it
it is no so we need to go back there it moves similarly to a gas so it might be
moves similarly to a gas so it might be talking about moving moves D moves does
talking about moving moves D moves does that make sense the chord produces
that make sense the chord produces energy which moves at a very slow pace
energy which moves at a very slow pace let's have a look at the other
let's have a look at the other Alternatives and what we'll do here is
Alternatives and what we'll do here is we will eliminate these two because
we will eliminate these two because we're very very confident that these
we're very very confident that these aren't
aren't um so just makes it easier for us to use
um so just makes it easier for us to use elimination to find the next one so
elimination to find the next one so chord produces energy which can be seen
chord produces energy which can be seen in the Photosphere no it doesn't make
in the Photosphere no it doesn't make sense which is extremely hot and used to
sense which is extremely hot and used to create hydrogen possibly which is
create hydrogen possibly which is invisible to humans can damage our skin
invisible to humans can damage our skin doesn't talk about that which moves at a
doesn't talk about that which moves at a very slow pace through the area
very slow pace through the area surrounding it possibly
surrounding it possibly which a small proportion of the light
which a small proportion of the light which is something no which sunspots
which is something no which sunspots know which the plum is the moon so we've
know which the plum is the moon so we've got an I could be b or it could be D
got an I could be b or it could be D so we need to go back and read very
so we need to go back and read very carefully
carefully what it says here about the core
what it says here about the core specifically about the core energy
specifically about the core energy so in the core nuclear reactions combine
so in the core nuclear reactions combine hydrogen and helium releasing vast
hydrogen and helium releasing vast amounts of energy in the process the
amounts of energy in the process the energy release then begins to move
energy release then begins to move outward so vast amounts of energy does
outward so vast amounts of energy does that mean extremely hot no
that mean extremely hot no and then it also says used to create
and then it also says used to create hydrogen here here it's talking about
hydrogen here here it's talking about combining hydrogen to make helium
combining hydrogen to make helium combining it's not creating hydrogen
combining it's not creating hydrogen it's probably not this one but we want
it's probably not this one but we want to continue reading just to make sure
to continue reading just to make sure the energy release then begins to move
the energy release then begins to move outward
outward just outside the core is the energy
just outside the core is the energy released in the core travels extremely
released in the core travels extremely slowly travels moves at a very slow pace
slowly travels moves at a very slow pace through the surrounding area so I'm
through the surrounding area so I'm pretty sure that it's D just through
pretty sure that it's D just through again elimination and close reading
again elimination and close reading eight
eight our planet only receives so think about
our planet only receives so think about what the planet receives it receives the
what the planet receives it receives the light it receives energy it receives
light it receives energy it receives radiation so probably will be one of
radiation so probably will be one of these things so it receives no sunspots
these things so it receives no sunspots no a small proportion of the light with
no a small proportion of the light with the sun emits it's the only one that
the sun emits it's the only one that makes sense but we're going to have to
makes sense but we're going to have to go back and see if this is exactly what
go back and see if this is exactly what it says so we're scanning for our planet
it says so we're scanning for our planet and what it receives
and what it receives so sunlight is emitted from the sun's
so sunlight is emitted from the sun's Photosphere a fraction of the light that
Photosphere a fraction of the light that travels from the Sun reaches Earth
travels from the Sun reaches Earth small proportion a small proportion so a
small proportion a small proportion so a fraction a small proportion these are
fraction a small proportion these are direct synonyms so we're going to put
direct synonyms so we're going to put eight as e so you can see these
eight as e so you can see these questions are as much vocabulary
questions are as much vocabulary questions as they are reading questions
questions as they are reading questions it's testing scanning but when you're
it's testing scanning but when you're scanning can you identify the correct
scanning can you identify the correct synonym finally nine one kind of light
synonym finally nine one kind of light emitted by the sun which which is which
emitted by the sun which which is which can be so it's not this one because that
can be so it's not this one because that doesn't make sense grammatically it's
doesn't make sense grammatically it's not this one because that doesn't make
not this one because that doesn't make sense grammatically the only three
sense grammatically the only three remaining that make sense grammatically
remaining that make sense grammatically are one kind of light emitted by the sun
are one kind of light emitted by the sun which can be seen in this Photosphere is
which can be seen in this Photosphere is a form of superheated gas one kind of
a form of superheated gas one kind of light emitted by the sun which is
light emitted by the sun which is extremely hot and is used to create
extremely hot and is used to create hydrogen one kind of light emitted by
hydrogen one kind of light emitted by the sun which is invisible to humans can
the sun which is invisible to humans can damage our skin so what we're going to
damage our skin so what we're going to look for here is related to C this is
look for here is related to C this is the one that makes the most ends so
the one that makes the most ends so we're going to search for skin damage so
we're going to search for skin damage so we're scanning for skin damage and we
we're scanning for skin damage and we have here sunburn skin damage sunburn
have here sunburn skin damage sunburn synonyms mean the same thing so it is
synonyms mean the same thing so it is see okay now let's move on to the next
see okay now let's move on to the next questions 10 to 14 which are true false
questions 10 to 14 which are true false not given so as always we're going to
not given so as always we're going to read the instructions do the following
read the instructions do the following statements agree with the information
statements agree with the information provided in passage one so we need to
provided in passage one so we need to write true false or not given beside
write true false or not given beside each of these four statements or five
each of these four statements or five statements sorry so the first thing
statements sorry so the first thing we're going to do is read the statements
we're going to do is read the statements to fully understand what they mean if we
to fully understand what they mean if we don't understand the meaning we cannot
don't understand the meaning we cannot say if they are true or false so the
say if they are true or false so the interior of the sun is composed of a
interior of the sun is composed of a mixture of only two elements so the key
mixture of only two elements so the key word there really is only if there are
word there really is only if there are other elements if they talk about you
other elements if they talk about you know there being three or four or there
know there being three or four or there are two and there are others then this
are two and there are others then this will be false if it talks about their
will be false if it talks about their only being two then it's going to be
only being two then it's going to be true if it just doesn't provide any
true if it just doesn't provide any information on this then it will be not
information on this then it will be not given so what we need to do now is scan
given so what we need to do now is scan for the location where they talk about
for the location where they talk about the composition of the Sun so the
the composition of the Sun so the interior is the core so we're looking
interior is the core so we're looking for the core okay so the core is here
for the core okay so the core is here the core is here do they talk about
the core is here do they talk about elements yes they're talking about
elements yes they're talking about hydrogen and helium they also talk about
hydrogen and helium they also talk about hydrogen and helium up here so what I
hydrogen and helium up here so what I would do is I would read these two very
would do is I would read these two very carefully to decide which is correct
carefully to decide which is correct so our sun consists almost entirely of
so our sun consists almost entirely of the elements hydrogen and helium because
the elements hydrogen and helium because the sun is not solid it does not have a
the sun is not solid it does not have a defined outer boundary
defined outer boundary so the key word there is almost almost
so the key word there is almost almost entirely the interior of the sun is
entirely the interior of the sun is composed of a mixture of two elements
composed of a mixture of two elements only means there are only two almost
only means there are only two almost entirely means there are more than two
entirely means there are more than two so this one is false almost entirely
so this one is false almost entirely does not match with only two elements
does not match with only two elements and then we repeat that process with the
and then we repeat that process with the others so the movement of matter back
others so the movement of matter back and forth between the radiative zone and
and forth between the radiative zone and the area that surrounds it gives rise to
the area that surrounds it gives rise to surface features like solar flares
surface features like solar flares so radiative Zone on the area that
so radiative Zone on the area that surrounds it so remember we have our
surrounds it so remember we have our little diagram here
little diagram here The radiative Zone and the convection
The radiative Zone and the convection zone so we're talking about those two
zone so we're talking about those two areas so the radiative Zone convection
areas so the radiative Zone convection zone so the correct answer is probably
zone so the correct answer is probably in this area so we need to read this
in this area so we need to read this carefully to see if this agrees or
carefully to see if this agrees or disagrees with this statement the
disagrees with this statement the movement of matter back and forth
movement of matter back and forth between the radiative zone and the area
between the radiative zone and the area that surrounds it gives rise to surface
that surrounds it gives rise to surface features like solar flares so does it
features like solar flares so does it say anything about solar flares in this
say anything about solar flares in this kind of area
kind of area solar flares
solar flares surrounding the radiative zone is the
surrounding the radiative zone is the convection Zone here hot material from
convection Zone here hot material from near the Sun Center Rises and cools at
near the Sun Center Rises and cools at the surface and then plunges back
the surface and then plunges back downward to receive more heat from the
downward to receive more heat from the radiative Zone this movement helps
radiative Zone this movement helps create solar flares the movement of
create solar flares the movement of matter back and forth the area that
matter back and forth the area that surrounded gives rice such like
surrounded gives rice such like silverfish this is true right it says
silverfish this is true right it says exactly the same thing
exactly the same thing if a person were to stare at the Sun for
if a person were to stare at the Sun for a long time whilst using equipment to
a long time whilst using equipment to protect the eyes they would be able to
protect the eyes they would be able to see that most of the surface of the sun
see that most of the surface of the sun is not yellow so we're going to be
is not yellow so we're going to be looking for surface and colors and
looking for surface and colors and looking at the sun we're going to look
looking at the sun we're going to look for those keywords to find the correct
for those keywords to find the correct area so the visible surface visible
area so the visible surface visible looking at it yellow Reds so it's in
looking at it yellow Reds so it's in this area now we read it carefully to
this area now we read it carefully to decide the correct answer so looking at
decide the correct answer so looking at the photograph of the zone you can see
the photograph of the zone you can see that it has several different colors
that it has several different colors oranges yellows and reds if a person
oranges yellows and reds if a person were to stare at the sun they would be
were to stare at the sun they would be able to see that the that most of the
able to see that the that most of the surface of the sun is not yellow
surface of the sun is not yellow so what does this mean most of the
so what does this mean most of the surface of the sun is not yellow that
surface of the sun is not yellow that means that more than 50 percent is not
means that more than 50 percent is not yellow does it say that looking at the
yellow does it say that looking at the photograph of the site you can see that
photograph of the site you can see that it has several different colors orange
it has several different colors orange yellows and reds giving it a grainy
yellows and reds giving it a grainy appearance so it talks about that it is
appearance so it talks about that it is different colors but it doesn't talk
different colors but it doesn't talk about mostly other than yellow it
about mostly other than yellow it doesn't talk about proportions or
doesn't talk about proportions or percentages
percentages let's keep reading it we cannot see this
let's keep reading it we cannot see this when it glance quickly because our eyes
when it glance quickly because our eyes can't focus okay so the only area that
can't focus okay so the only area that it's talking about colors it doesn't say
it's talking about colors it doesn't say proportion of those colors so we don't
proportion of those colors so we don't know if it is true we don't know if it
know if it is true we don't know if it is false so therefore it is not given
is false so therefore it is not given light travels faster through the
light travels faster through the chromosphere than it does through the
chromosphere than it does through the radiative zone
radiative zone so we're looking for chromosphere
so we're looking for chromosphere radiative Zone but particularly like
radiative Zone but particularly like traveling fast so you have the
traveling fast so you have the chromosphere here does it say anything
chromosphere here does it say anything about light jets of gas fire up through
about light jets of gas fire up through the chromosphere at speeds of up to 72
the chromosphere at speeds of up to 72 000 kilometers per hour so that's not
000 kilometers per hour so that's not light that's gas those are two
light that's gas those are two completely different things so it
completely different things so it doesn't say anything here about the
doesn't say anything here about the speed of the light
speed of the light talks about chromosphere here radiative
talks about chromosphere here radiative Zone let's have a look at the radiator
Zone let's have a look at the radiator Zone here okay it can take a photon a
Zone here okay it can take a photon a photon is light as long as 50 million
photon is light as long as 50 million years to travel all the way through the
years to travel all the way through the radiative Zone wow that's amazing and
radiative Zone wow that's amazing and you thought I was slow making this video
you thought I was slow making this video so let's go back have a read of the
so let's go back have a read of the sentence like travels through the
sentence like travels through the chromosphere travels faster through the
chromosphere travels faster through the chromosphere than it does through the
chromosphere than it does through the radiative zone so this is comparing the
radiative zone so this is comparing the speed of light through two different
speed of light through two different zones it talks about the speed of gas
zones it talks about the speed of gas here and it talks about the speed of
here and it talks about the speed of light in one section or part of the sun
light in one section or part of the sun here but it doesn't compare anything so
here but it doesn't compare anything so we don't know
we don't know so this is not given because it's not
so this is not given because it's not given it doesn't talk about it nearly
given it doesn't talk about it nearly all the energy on our planet is produced
all the energy on our planet is produced originally by means of a nuclear
originally by means of a nuclear reaction
reaction so we're looking for energy and we're
so we're looking for energy and we're looking for a nuclear reaction can we
looking for a nuclear reaction can we have a look here energy the sun is the
have a look here energy the sun is the source of almost all the energy on Earth
source of almost all the energy on Earth and sunlight parse photosynthesis as
and sunlight parse photosynthesis as well as warming and Illuminating our
well as warming and Illuminating our Earth so if we read this more carefully
Earth so if we read this more carefully to conclude the sun's core nuclear
to conclude the sun's core nuclear fusion nuclear fusion is a type of
fusion nuclear fusion is a type of nuclear reaction generates energy and
nuclear reaction generates energy and that provides us with all our energy
that provides us with all our energy nearly all the energy
nearly all the energy almost all nearly all mean the same
almost all nearly all mean the same thing nearly all almost all produced by
thing nearly all almost all produced by a nuclear reaction this is true okay so
a nuclear reaction this is true okay so let's start section two so first of all
let's start section two so first of all we're going to check what type of
we're going to check what type of questions are going to come up so we
questions are going to come up so we have
have short answer questions here and we have
short answer questions here and we have matching headings and multiple choice so
matching headings and multiple choice so we've got a matching headings question
we've got a matching headings question here so we're going to do the matching
here so we're going to do the matching headings question first because what the
headings question first because what the matching headings question asks us to
matching headings question asks us to really do is to read the whole article
really do is to read the whole article read the whole text and understand the
read the whole text and understand the general meaning of each paragraph here
general meaning of each paragraph here so the first thing we're going to do is
so the first thing we're going to do is look and read the instructions passes
look and read the instructions passes two has six sections labeled a to F
two has six sections labeled a to F choose the correct heading and then we
choose the correct heading and then we have five questions here so we're not
have five questions here so we're not going to look at the headings we are
going to look at the headings we are going to look quickly
going to look quickly at each section here and we're going to
at each section here and we're going to try and create our own heading for each
try and create our own heading for each section so it's really talking about
section so it's really talking about European colonization
European colonization so I'm going to have the impact or the
so I'm going to have the impact or the effects
effects of European colonization and this is
of European colonization and this is more the impact of invasive species
more the impact of invasive species plants and animals that are not from
plants and animals that are not from that area
that area so this is really talking about
so this is really talking about um pollution from other regions having
um pollution from other regions having an impact on the Pacific Ocean so this
an impact on the Pacific Ocean so this is pollution from other regions
is pollution from other regions let's say on oceans or ocean
let's say on oceans or ocean this seems to be about a debate about
this seems to be about a debate about about the extent of the problem Maybe
about the extent of the problem Maybe this is about beaches uh shorelines
this is about beaches uh shorelines and this is about climate
and this is about climate the next thing we're going to do is
the next thing we're going to do is we're going to look at the actual
we're going to look at the actual headings so Beach garbage from far away
headings so Beach garbage from far away fish consumption High pollution from
fish consumption High pollution from outside Oceana reaches the region
outside Oceana reaches the region hypothesizing change the effect of human
hypothesizing change the effect of human migration in the region the extent of
migration in the region the extent of the plastic problem the impact of
the plastic problem the impact of foreign Wildlife the serious danger
foreign Wildlife the serious danger approached by climate chat and the
approached by climate chat and the spread of tax and pollution so those are
spread of tax and pollution so those are all pretty straightforward I understand
all pretty straightforward I understand what those are what I can do now is I
what those are what I can do now is I can look at my headings and see if any
can look at my headings and see if any of these match directly so impact or
of these match directly so impact or effect of European colonization so
effect of European colonization so there's nothing here about European
there's nothing here about European colonization but there is effect of
colonization but there is effect of human migration Europeans are humans
human migration Europeans are humans and as you can see that is the correct
and as you can see that is the correct answer it has given us that correct
answer it has given us that correct answer as an example
answer as an example so let's go to B impact of invasive
so let's go to B impact of invasive species or thinking about wildlife
species or thinking about wildlife the impact of foreign Wildlife on
the impact of foreign Wildlife on Oceania so this is matching nearly
Oceania so this is matching nearly exactly the same so you can see how
exactly the same so you can see how powerful this strategy is so we're going
powerful this strategy is so we're going to put seven there and we're going to
to put seven there and we're going to delete this one and we're going to
delete this one and we're going to delete this one
delete this one so C
so C pollution from other regions on the
pollution from other regions on the ocean
ocean High pollution from outside Oceana
High pollution from outside Oceana reaches the region probably that one
reaches the region probably that one let's see if any of the others it could
let's see if any of the others it could be no so we'll put that as three
be no so we'll put that as three d
d wasn't sure about the sort of debate or
wasn't sure about the sort of debate or the extent of the problem Beach garbage
the extent of the problem Beach garbage from far away no fish consumption no
from far away no fish consumption no high pollution from uh
high pollution from uh 3.1 hypothesizing change the extent of
3.1 hypothesizing change the extent of the problem serious danger posed by
the problem serious danger posed by climate change probably not
climate change probably not so we're not sure about this one so what
so we're not sure about this one so what we'll do is we will act a little bit
we'll do is we will act a little bit strategically we will go to E and F and
strategically we will go to E and F and we'll eliminate those ones so we'll try
we'll eliminate those ones so we'll try and find see if they are easier to find
and find see if they are easier to find than D and then we will see so e impact
than D and then we will see so e impact on the beaches impact on the shorelines
on the beaches impact on the shorelines Beach Garbage Beach garbage from far
Beach Garbage Beach garbage from far away extent Beach garbage yeah so
away extent Beach garbage yeah so probably that one then F was all about
probably that one then F was all about climate change the serious danger posed
climate change the serious danger posed by climate change so it's definitely
by climate change so it's definitely that one okay
that one okay so we're not sure about D so we have one
so we're not sure about D so we have one two three four options so let's go fish
two three four options so let's go fish consumption
consumption does talk about that so it is maybe
does talk about that so it is maybe maybe that one hypothesizing change
nothing really in there about change the extent of so I put extent
extent of so I put extent okay so probably should have picked up
okay so probably should have picked up on that one earlier probably is this one
on that one earlier probably is this one let's just see the spread of Texan
let's just see the spread of Texan pollution some of theorize the patch is
pollution some of theorize the patch is as big or as bigger uh the so it's as
as big or as bigger uh the so it's as big as Texas no so it's not that one
big as Texas no so it's not that one fish consumption they do talk about
fish consumption they do talk about consuming fish but this is just one
consuming fish but this is just one small part of this paragraph the overall
small part of this paragraph the overall one is that so remember we are not
one is that so remember we are not focusing on individual words or
focusing on individual words or individual sentences within
individual sentences within um matching headings we're looking at
um matching headings we're looking at what does the whole paragraph mean so
what does the whole paragraph mean so hopefully we got all those correct well
hopefully we got all those correct well we'll correct we'll check at the end but
we'll correct we'll check at the end but don't forget we did this one first so we
don't forget we did this one first so we have to go back don't make the mistake
have to go back don't make the mistake of just continuing forward and
of just continuing forward and forgetting that you have missed out
forgetting that you have missed out these ones so these are short answer
these ones so these are short answer questions these are the questions that
questions these are the questions that you would get in school when you were a
you would get in school when you were a kid so just asking for direct answers to
kid so just asking for direct answers to these questions but very importantly you
these questions but very importantly you need to check how many words because the
need to check how many words because the answer to these questions is quite
answer to these questions is quite open-ended so this is one of the most
open-ended so this is one of the most important questions for reading how many
important questions for reading how many words
words um numbers they want you to put in here
um numbers they want you to put in here so choose no more than two words and or
so choose no more than two words and or a number if you want to know what that
a number if you want to know what that means go back to the previous part of
means go back to the previous part of the video where we talked about that
the video where we talked about that now the good thing is because we have
now the good thing is because we have read the whole thing it's much much
read the whole thing it's much much easier for us to get our heads around
easier for us to get our heads around this and locate the correct answer
this and locate the correct answer um because we've already established
um because we've already established what it's about we have a good idea what
what it's about we have a good idea what it's about
it's about so according to this article what
so according to this article what environmental problem has been caused by
environmental problem has been caused by the dairy industry in New Zealand so
the dairy industry in New Zealand so what we need to do is find scan for the
what we need to do is find scan for the location of this correct answer so New
location of this correct answer so New Zealand there's no real other way of
Zealand there's no real other way of saying New Zealand so we want to scan
saying New Zealand so we want to scan for New Zealand so we have New Zealand
for New Zealand so we have New Zealand here cats have been banned in parts of
here cats have been banned in parts of New Zealand All right so it's not about
New Zealand All right so it's not about Cuts this is about the dairy industry if
Cuts this is about the dairy industry if you didn't know what the dairy industry
you didn't know what the dairy industry is then you might not be able to find
is then you might not be able to find the answer to this question that's why
the answer to this question that's why it's so important to develop a
it's so important to develop a wide-ranging vocabulary because if you
wide-ranging vocabulary because if you didn't know what Dairy meant you would
didn't know what Dairy meant you would go and look at oh New Zealand cats let's
go and look at oh New Zealand cats let's just write that down
just write that down so it's not this New Zealand is there
so it's not this New Zealand is there any other part of this it says New
any other part of this it says New Zealand New Zealand here pollution from
Zealand New Zealand here pollution from dairying in New Zealand has led to high
dairying in New Zealand has led to high levels of water pollution so that's
levels of water pollution so that's actually quite interesting because you
actually quite interesting because you could assume that even if you didn't
could assume that even if you didn't know Dairy meant cows you know milking
know Dairy meant cows you know milking cows you would just have to look for the
cows you would just have to look for the word New Zealand and then see dairy
word New Zealand and then see dairy dairy dirt what is it high levels of
dairy dirt what is it high levels of water pollution okay so the answer is
water pollution okay so the answer is high levels of water pollution but no
high levels of water pollution but no more than two words under our number
more than two words under our number what is the answer it cannot be high
what is the answer it cannot be high levels of water pollution because that
levels of water pollution because that is five words
is five words so the answer is water pollution what
so the answer is water pollution what measure has been introduced in Australia
measure has been introduced in Australia to reduce problems caused by foreign
to reduce problems caused by foreign animals and vegetation so remember we
animals and vegetation so remember we created our own headings
created our own headings and it's talking about foreign animals
and it's talking about foreign animals and we talked about invasive species
and we talked about invasive species here so again it's much much easier to
here so again it's much much easier to find the correct answer because we can
find the correct answer because we can go up here okay find Australia here
go up here okay find Australia here Australia has adopted a system of strict
Australia has adopted a system of strict quarantine in an attempt to limit damage
quarantine in an attempt to limit damage from non-native plants and animals what
from non-native plants and animals what measures have been introduced to reduce
measures have been introduced to reduce problems caused by foreign animals and
problems caused by foreign animals and vegetation vegetation plants so again
vegetation vegetation plants so again you need to have a wide ranging
you need to have a wide ranging vocabulary but a strict quarantine
vocabulary but a strict quarantine so we're going to put strict core on
so we're going to put strict core on team
team approximately how long does it take for
approximately how long does it take for a piece of plastic rubbish to reach the
a piece of plastic rubbish to reach the grip barrier Pacific Garbage Patch from
grip barrier Pacific Garbage Patch from the west coast of the USA so they were
the west coast of the USA so they were talking about the big patch here from
talking about the big patch here from other areas so from the west coast of
other areas so from the west coast of the USA
the USA a water bottle improperly disposed on
a water bottle improperly disposed on the western coast of North America will
the western coast of North America will make its way to a Great Pacific garbage
make its way to a Great Pacific garbage patch in around six years so the answer
patch in around six years so the answer is
is six years and if you're wondering the
six years and if you're wondering the number six like six years is also
number six like six years is also acceptable so don't worry about that
acceptable so don't worry about that well proportion of Camillo Beach is
well proportion of Camillo Beach is comprised of plastic where is Camillo
comprised of plastic where is Camillo Beach talking about beaches Camillo
Beach talking about beaches Camillo Beach 90 what problem is affecting coral
Beach 90 what problem is affecting coral reefs in Hawaii including ones in Hawaii
reefs in Hawaii including ones in Hawaii Coral bleaching has been documented in
Coral bleaching has been documented in other reefs including ones in Hawaii now
other reefs including ones in Hawaii now you might not know what Coral bleaching
you might not know what Coral bleaching is but it doesn't sound great
is but it doesn't sound great um and you could assume that that's what
um and you could assume that that's what they're talking about because it's own
they're talking about because it's own it's the only place where you see the
it's the only place where you see the words reefs and Hawaii together so you
words reefs and Hawaii together so you put in Coral bleaching
put in Coral bleaching to think we can learn two things from
to think we can learn two things from this one how useful it is to have a
this one how useful it is to have a strategy because if we did these
strategy because if we did these questions first it would be much more
questions first it would be much more difficult to find the correct answers we
difficult to find the correct answers we find these relatively quickly because
find these relatively quickly because we'd already done the hard work and we
we'd already done the hard work and we needed to do that hard work anyway to
needed to do that hard work anyway to find the answers to these questions so
find the answers to these questions so it's not about all it is you need to be
it's not about all it is you need to be good at reading in a vocabulary and
good at reading in a vocabulary and everything but it is also about being
everything but it is also about being smart all right having a strategy so we
smart all right having a strategy so we can move on to our multiple choice
can move on to our multiple choice questions and part of the strategy for
questions and part of the strategy for multiple choice is skimming the text to
multiple choice is skimming the text to understand the general meaning we've
understand the general meaning we've already done that so again that's one
already done that so again that's one way of Saving Time the first thing we do
way of Saving Time the first thing we do as always is check the instructions
as always is check the instructions choose the correct letter A B C or D
choose the correct letter A B C or D okay so it's standard
okay so it's standard um multiple choice
um multiple choice first thing that we're going to do is
first thing that we're going to do is read the question to understand the
read the question to understand the question we cannot answer the question
question we cannot answer the question correctly if we do not understand it
correctly if we do not understand it specifically understanding the
specifically understanding the difference between the four options or
difference between the four options or if there's three options and three
if there's three options and three options according to the text the Great
options according to the text the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be seen to
Pacific Garbage Patch can be seen to consist mostly of plastic
consist mostly of plastic is known to be nearly as large as Texas
is known to be nearly as large as Texas is of unknown size is believed by some
is of unknown size is believed by some to stretch all to all the world's oceans
to stretch all to all the world's oceans so a is about the makeup what is or what
so a is about the makeup what is or what are the constituent parts
are the constituent parts of the garbage patch whereas b c and d
of the garbage patch whereas b c and d are about the size of the garbage patch
are about the size of the garbage patch so the next thing we need to do is find
so the next thing we need to do is find the location
the location luckily for us we have already done that
luckily for us we have already done that so it's going to be quite easy for us to
so it's going to be quite easy for us to find out so this should be in this area
find out so this should be in this area so we now need to read closely in this
so we now need to read closely in this area to see if we can find the correct
area to see if we can find the correct answer
answer so some have theorized the patch is as
so some have theorized the patch is as big or bigger than the U.S state of
big or bigger than the U.S state of Texas While others note that the idea of
Texas While others note that the idea of a patch of garbage is really a misnomer
a patch of garbage is really a misnomer means it doesn't really make sense as
means it doesn't really make sense as there are concentrations of trash
there are concentrations of trash throughout the world's oceans so it's
throughout the world's oceans so it's not that one it does mention Texas but
not that one it does mention Texas but just because you see a keyword and this
just because you see a keyword and this is the problem with the keyword strategy
is the problem with the keyword strategy you'll often hear
you'll often hear YouTubers talking about just underlying
YouTubers talking about just underlying keywords and find the keywords and
keywords and find the keywords and that'll give you the correct answer all
that'll give you the correct answer all that does is it gives you part of the
that does is it gives you part of the answer or the location of the answer so
answer or the location of the answer so is known to be nearly as large as Texas
is known to be nearly as large as Texas some have theorized so some people not
some have theorized so some people not everyone have theorized there's a big
everyone have theorized there's a big difference between a theory and a fact
difference between a theory and a fact all right
all right that is as big or as bigger is known to
that is as big or as bigger is known to be nearly as large as Texas is known as
be nearly as large as Texas is known as meant like it's not disputed it's not a
meant like it's not disputed it's not a theory not
theory not some people think it so it's not that
some people think it so it's not that one
one so if we go back and we read around this
so if we go back and we read around this area because of the great garbage patch
area because of the great garbage patch contains such small pieces of plastic
contains such small pieces of plastic and most of the plastic is below the
and most of the plastic is below the surface of the ocean it is not easily
surface of the ocean it is not easily visible with the naked eye and it is
visible with the naked eye and it is difficult to estimate its size so we
difficult to estimate its size so we can't see it properly so it's probably
can't see it properly so it's probably of unknown size can be seen to consist
of unknown size can be seen to consist mostly of plastic doesn't really talk
mostly of plastic doesn't really talk about that so we can say that it is C
about that so we can say that it is C and then we repeat that process so Coral
and then we repeat that process so Coral change their behavior as a result of
change their behavior as a result of exposure to a certain amount of heat
exposure to a certain amount of heat experience Mass bleaching regularly
experience Mass bleaching regularly prior to 1990 we've undergone the most
prior to 1990 we've undergone the most severe damage in Hawaii exist in the
severe damage in Hawaii exist in the Great Barrier Reef due to increasing
Great Barrier Reef due to increasing temperatures so
temperatures so these ones are about
these ones are about Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef this
Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef this one is about bleaching and this one is
one is about bleaching and this one is about the behavior of corals Carl's a
about the behavior of corals Carl's a living thing I believe I might be wrong
living thing I believe I might be wrong though so we know the location of that
though so we know the location of that it is here
it is here so we need to read carefully the bit
so we need to read carefully the bit where it talks about coral
where it talks about coral so the grip buyer reef is currently
so the grip buyer reef is currently experienced periods of coral bleaching
experienced periods of coral bleaching due to increased ocean temperatures
due to increased ocean temperatures exists Coral exists in the grape Biore
exists Coral exists in the grape Biore Reef due to increasing temperatures
Reef due to increasing temperatures no it doesn't say that when Waters get
no it doesn't say that when Waters get too warm Coral experience stress and
too warm Coral experience stress and expel the colorful algae-like organisms
expel the colorful algae-like organisms that live within them when Waters get
that live within them when Waters get too warm Coral experience stress and
too warm Coral experience stress and expel the colorful algae like organisms
expel the colorful algae like organisms that live within them so
that live within them so change their behavior as a result of
change their behavior as a result of exposure to certain amount of heat when
exposure to certain amount of heat when Waters get too warm they change it's
Waters get too warm they change it's probably this one but let's check the
probably this one but let's check the other ones experience Mass bleaching
other ones experience Mass bleaching regularly prior to the 1990s Mass Coral
regularly prior to the 1990s Mass Coral bleaching has occurred several times
bleaching has occurred several times since the late 1990s so since not before
since the late 1990s so since not before so it's not that one
so it's not that one uh I want to go on the most severe
uh I want to go on the most severe damage in Hawaii Coral bleaching is also
damage in Hawaii Coral bleaching is also being documented in other reefs
being documented in other reefs including ones in Hawaii doesn't mention
including ones in Hawaii doesn't mention anything about the severity in Hawaii so
anything about the severity in Hawaii so it is a in Fiji so we're talking about
it is a in Fiji so we're talking about Fiji here let's read this diseases have
Fiji here let's read this diseases have meant that many people have needed to
meant that many people have needed to relocate higher sea levels have led to
relocate higher sea levels have led to food shortages some citizens have been
food shortages some citizens have been moved to other locations due to
moved to other locations due to increasing sea levels most diseases
increasing sea levels most diseases involve fever as a principal symptom so
involve fever as a principal symptom so this is about disease this is about food
this is about disease this is about food this is about relocation and this is
this is about relocation and this is about specifically the type of diseases
about specifically the type of diseases people are getting
people are getting so Fiji has already experienced an
so Fiji has already experienced an increase in infectious diseases related
increase in infectious diseases related to higher temperatures
to higher temperatures record-breaking high tides and has had
record-breaking high tides and has had to relocate citizens due to rising ocean
to relocate citizens due to rising ocean levels some citizens have been moved to
levels some citizens have been moved to other locations due to increasing sea
other locations due to increasing sea levels
levels it is that one so it says exactly what
it is that one so it says exactly what it says there
it says there it does mention diseases but it doesn't
it does mention diseases but it doesn't talk about people having to relocate
talk about people having to relocate because of diseases now we can move on
because of diseases now we can move on to section three okay so section three
to section three okay so section three we have table completion we have
we have table completion we have matching information
and we have matching names okay it's a lot of matching so the first one is
lot of matching so the first one is table completion first thing we need to
table completion first thing we need to do is read the instructions complete the
do is read the instructions complete the table below so we have one two three
table below so we have one two three four so make sure we fill those in
four so make sure we fill those in choose no more than two words and or a
choose no more than two words and or a number very important that we follow
number very important that we follow that
that okay so we need to understand the table
okay so we need to understand the table here first so we have Date event and
here first so we have Date event and people involved all right so we have
people involved all right so we have missing date here the unification of
missing date here the unification of Catholic Spain and we have also the
Catholic Spain and we have also the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella so
marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella so what we need to do is think are they
what we need to do is think are they going to have synonyms for here
going to have synonyms for here Ferdinand and Isabella might talk about
Ferdinand and Isabella might talk about kings and queens the unification of
kings and queens the unification of Catholic Spain Spain is Spain I don't
Catholic Spain Spain is Spain I don't think it's going to change but
think it's going to change but unification joining or reuniting or
unification joining or reuniting or something like that so what we need to
something like that so what we need to do is just quickly go and look at the
do is just quickly go and look at the text to find
text to find the correct areas or scanning for
the correct areas or scanning for location not to find the correct answer
location not to find the correct answer but to find the correct area
but to find the correct area okay so here the marriage of Ferdinand
okay so here the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in
of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in 1469 a unified Catholic Spain Isabella
1469 a unified Catholic Spain Isabella Ferdinand Catholic Spain 1469. so no
Ferdinand Catholic Spain 1469. so no more than two words under a number so
more than two words under a number so 1469. put that in there okay so
1469. put that in there okay so something happened on October 12 1492
something happened on October 12 1492 and it involved Christopher Columbus
and it involved Christopher Columbus probably his arrival in we all know but
probably his arrival in we all know but I'm sure Christopher Columbus arrived in
I'm sure Christopher Columbus arrived in many different places so we'll double
many different places so we'll double check that it is
check that it is um not just America might not be so
um not just America might not be so scanning for October 12 1492 scanning
scanning for October 12 1492 scanning here let's read it carefully on October
here let's read it carefully on October 12 1492 however he made landfall on an
12 1492 however he made landfall on an island in the Bahamas so we want to make
island in the Bahamas so we want to make sure it's dead it says he but is it
sure it's dead it says he but is it definitely talking about him Columbus
definitely talking about him Columbus yes so we're going to put arrival in the
yes so we're going to put arrival in the Bahamas
okay 1493 Columbus sends two copies of a report sent to the king okay so let's
report sent to the king okay so let's find 1493. we have it here Columbus is
find 1493. we have it here Columbus is 1493 letter so we sent it to Louis who
1493 letter so we sent it to Louis who else did he send it to
else did he send it to okay so it's not here there's nothing
okay so it's not here there's nothing here and it's actually because in 1493
here and it's actually because in 1493 sent two copies of something provenza
sent two copies of something provenza demerito to the king and queen and their
demerito to the king and queen and their Minister of Finance Louis oset Minister
Minister of Finance Louis oset Minister and finance to the king and queen no
and finance to the king and queen no more than two words so sent to the king
more than two words so sent to the king and the Queen
so you can skip this one 1507
1507 1507 the naming of and it's to do with
1507 the naming of and it's to do with this guy Waters someone's name I can't
this guy Waters someone's name I can't pronounce among those who read his
pronounce among those who read his reports was the German map maker using
reports was the German map maker using the Explorer's first name as a label for
the Explorer's first name as a label for the new land mass he touched America to
the new land mass he touched America to his map the naming of America could it
his map the naming of America could it be using the Explorer's first name as a
be using the Explorer's first name as a label for the new land mass
label for the new land mass Amerigo oh I didn't know that America
Amerigo oh I didn't know that America was America was named after an Italian
was America was named after an Italian using the Explorer's first name is a
using the Explorer's first name is a label attached America to his map so it
label attached America to his map so it is the naming of America
is the naming of America now we're going to match information
now we're going to match information first thing we're going to do is read
first thing we're going to do is read the instructions three has a to F yes it
the instructions three has a to F yes it does
does which paragraphs contain this
which paragraphs contain this information why Ferdinand and Isabella
information why Ferdinand and Isabella at first refused to fund Columbus's
at first refused to fund Columbus's Expedition so we need to find a scan for
Expedition so we need to find a scan for Ferdinand and Isabella and Columbus and
Ferdinand and Isabella and Columbus and their expedition
their expedition so Columbus is first mentioned here and
so Columbus is first mentioned here and including Ferdinand and about at first
including Ferdinand and about at first rebuffed him
rebuffed him rebuffed means to say no they're
rebuffed means to say no they're nautical experts all concurred the
nautical experts all concurred the Columbus's estimates of the width that
Columbus's estimates of the width that undergrad were far too low so even if
undergrad were far too low so even if you didn't know what rebuffed meant it's
you didn't know what rebuffed meant it's saying explaining why they said rebuff
saying explaining why they said rebuff and then you could guess the context
and then you could guess the context that that means no but we're pretty sure
that that means no but we're pretty sure that is where we're talking about C how
that is where we're talking about C how Spain's Imperial Ambitions began so the
Spain's Imperial Ambitions began so the beginning of this was probably closer to
beginning of this was probably closer to the start so this is just really giving
the start so this is just really giving some context the history of the Spanish
some context the history of the Spanish exploration begins
exploration begins double check that
double check that High Spain's imperialist Ambitions the
High Spain's imperialist Ambitions the history of Spanish exploration yeah
history of Spanish exploration yeah that's that one
that's that one the difficulty of analyzing the letters
the difficulty of analyzing the letters written to the Spanish king and queen
written to the Spanish king and queen there's some mention of letters here
there's some mention of letters here Columbus's letters okay so we have
Columbus's letters okay so we have letters but we need to read carefully to
letters but we need to read carefully to see if there's difficulty analyzing it
see if there's difficulty analyzing it so it doesn't say directly here do you
so it doesn't say directly here do you need to read kind of between the lines
need to read kind of between the lines and understand the context here and so
and understand the context here and so they have bias and have a subjective
they have bias and have a subjective nature they are also filled with
nature they are also filled with distortions and fabrications now all of
distortions and fabrications now all of these are negative things when it comes
these are negative things when it comes to you know using
to you know using um these as reliable sources but even if
um these as reliable sources but even if you didn't really understand that this
you didn't really understand that this is the only place where they talk about
is the only place where they talk about a letter this is more talking about a
a letter this is more talking about a report so we can put e in here
report so we can put e in here Columbus's first discoveries we can go
Columbus's first discoveries we can go back up here so we're talking about the
back up here so we're talking about the Bahamas and that was
Bahamas and that was 1492
1492 1492 the Bahamas that is d
1492 the Bahamas that is d the number of Journeys undertaken by
the number of Journeys undertaken by Columbus to the new world okay so I
Columbus to the new world okay so I don't know where that is so I have to
don't know where that is so I have to scan here okay Columbus would make three
scan here okay Columbus would make three more voyages over the next decade so
more voyages over the next decade so this is f
this is f so what we were doing there is just
so what we were doing there is just looking at the remaining ones and
looking at the remaining ones and searching for numbers
searching for numbers Journeys voyages
Journeys voyages travels synonyms of of Journeys and we
travels synonyms of of Journeys and we find it so we can move on to the last
find it so we can move on to the last part
part which is matching names read the
which is matching names read the instructions look at the information
instructions look at the information below match each piece of information
below match each piece of information with the correct person so we need to
with the correct person so we need to first read these to understand them
first read these to understand them assisted Columbus in getting money for
assisted Columbus in getting money for his voyage an Italian explorer
his voyage an Italian explorer created a map based on the reports of a
created a map based on the reports of a famous explorer finally conquered the
famous explorer finally conquered the Iberian Peninsula okay so let's take
Iberian Peninsula okay so let's take each of these and find out where they
each of these and find out where they talk about them so Christopher Columbus
talk about them so Christopher Columbus where is Christopher Columbus mentioned
where is Christopher Columbus mentioned he's mentioned in this paragraph This
he's mentioned in this paragraph This paragraph This paragraph and this
paragraph This paragraph and this paragraph so that's going to be quite
paragraph so that's going to be quite difficult
difficult because he's mentioned a lot of times
because he's mentioned a lot of times let's narrow it down a little bit by
let's narrow it down a little bit by finding people who are not mentioned
finding people who are not mentioned all over the place
all over the place so Francisco Pizarro Francisco is
so Francisco Pizarro Francisco is mentioned here he's only really
mentioned here he's only really mentioned here so he can again we're
mentioned here so he can again we're moving on
moving on Ferdinand and Isabella so they were the
Ferdinand and Isabella so they were the king and queen they financed Columbus's
king and queen they financed Columbus's Expedition assisted performance let's
Expedition assisted performance let's see all right Louis D son tangel
see all right Louis D son tangel who was scanning for Louis
who was scanning for Louis de santanguero sent two copies he also
de santanguero sent two copies he also helped Columbus obtain funding so this
helped Columbus obtain funding so this could be the as well
could be the as well so let's move on to Martin remember
so let's move on to Martin remember Martin helped name it
Martin helped name it using Explorer's first name is a label
using Explorer's first name is a label for the new land mass touched America to
for the new land mass touched America to his map of the new world
his map of the new world created a map so 39 is e
so an Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was actually from Genoa Italy
Columbus was actually from Genoa Italy so an Italian explorer a
so an Italian explorer a finally conquered the Iberian Peninsula
finally conquered the Iberian Peninsula so it's not Louis because Louis just
so it's not Louis because Louis just helped them get money so it's not Louis
helped them get money so it's not Louis it's not Francisco Pizarro because
it's not Francisco Pizarro because Francisco Pizarro is only mentioned here
Francisco Pizarro is only mentioned here and nowhere else I believe
and nowhere else I believe so it's not him which means finally
so it's not him which means finally conquer the Iberian Peninsula this is C
conquer the Iberian Peninsula this is C and that would make sense because
and that would make sense because they're the king and queen
they're the king and queen which means this one is D assisted
which means this one is D assisted Columbus in getting money and we're done
Columbus in getting money and we're done so you can check whether I got about
so you can check whether I got about nine or not
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you can also let me know what score you got in the comments hey Chris here again
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