Matching Sentence Endings: Common Problems

What should you not do when trying to answer the questions?

• Look at the reading text

• Use logic and grammar

• Match sentences that make the most sense

• Save time by looking at the answers

What will the examiner try to do to trick you?

• Use the same words in the endings

• Provide exact words from the question in the text

• Match incomplete sentences to the text

• Connect ideas in the reading text to incorrect endings

What should you look for instead of exact words in the reading text?

• Different meanings

• Unrelated words

• Exact word matches

• Synonyms and paraphrases

What is a waste of time when looking at all the endings?

• Matching synonyms

• Highlighting keywords

• Predicting endings

• Looking at all of them in detail

What should you highlight in the reading text?

• Verbs and adjectives

• Random words

• Incomplete sentences

• Names, including place names, or dates

Which question should you spend more time on?

• All questions equally

• First question

• Middle question

• Last question

What should you do before looking at the endings?

• Match synonyms

• Highlight random words

• Read the endings first

• Predict what the endings might be

What is the suggested strategy for answering the questions?

• Read the question carefully, predict endings, eliminate incorrect options

• Ignore the question, look at the endings, choose randomly

• Highlight everything, read the text, guess the answers

• Read the question quickly, guess the answers, match random words