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Lesson #5•5 Practice Exercises Included
Matching Information vs Matching Features
Techniques for 'Which paragraph contains the following information?' and researcher categorization.
## Matching Information vs Features
### 1. Matching Information to Paragraphs:
- Questions ask: *"Which paragraph contains a reference to... / an explanation of... / a description of..."*
- Notice the signpost nouns:
- *'a description of'* $
ightarrow$ Look for sensory or architectural adjectives.
- *'an explanation of'* $
ightarrow$ Look for causal words (*because, as a result, mechanism*).
- *'a comparison between'* $
ightarrow$ Look for comparative structures (*more than, unlike, whereas*).
### 2. Matching Features:
- Match researchers / theories (*A) Charles Darwin, B) Raymond Coppinger, C) Dmitry Belyaev*) to findings.
- Scan for all occurrences of the researcher's name first, then read adjacent sentences.
Interactive 5-Question Strategy Quiz
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When matching a question asking for 'an explanation of the mechanism', you should look for:
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In Matching Features, the best first step is to:
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If a question asks for 'a comparison between two methods', what punctuation or words often appear?
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In Matching Information questions, do the questions appear in the same order as the passage?
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If the instruction states 'NB You may use any letter more than once', this means:
Apply This Grammar in Writing / Speaking
Practice Information Matching