Responding to Schematic Framework Questions/ Skill 8

Responding to Schematic Framework Questions​

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What are Schematic Framework Questions?

Schematic Framework Questions ask you to place essential ideas from the passage in the appropriate categories. There may be two or three categories and either five or seven correct answers. There are always one or two more answer choices than correct responses. Incorrect answers will be untrue or not mentioned according to the passage.

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" There are 6 steps you can follow to answer Schematic Framework Questions " 

Identify keywords in the answers. ​

2. Identify Key Words​

Make sure you understand the category headings. If necessary, read related sections of the passage to improve your understanding. ​

1. Understand Categories​

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Read the appropriate section, and decide whether the answer is true, false, or not mentioned.​

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4. Read​

Scan to locate synonyms or restatements of these keywords.​

3. Scan

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​Select true answers into the correct categories. It is not necessary to put them in any kind of order. If you are not certain of an answer, guess.

6. Select​

​Eliminate incorrect answers or answers that are not mentioned.

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5. Eliminate​

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​- TPC English

" Let´s start with the practice, please read carefully the following reading" 

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​Remember that you need to choose the 5 answers of the 7 that were mentioned in the reading.

Open Ended

Please write the 5 statements that were mentioned and were true according to the reading. Remember that 2 of them were not mentioned, and you do not need to use them.

​Now, there you have the 5 right answers according to the passage and their analysis.

​Now you have the 2 wrong answers that you mustn´t have chosen and their analysis.

Multiple Choice

How many steps do you need to follow to answer Schematic Framework Questions?

• 5

• 4

• 7

• 6