Guided practice activity 4
Identify the matching paraphrases in the following paragraph.
1. WATERCOLOUR FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS
Never picked up a brush before? No worries! The lecturer will simplify the watercolour processes with step-by-step demonstrations and instructions. You'll be encouraged, inspired and guided in the basic watercolour techniques by this excellent introduction to watercolour for the complete beginner, with all materials provided.
Saturday 24 Sep 10 am-4 pm $219
Source: Community Business Card Board, Swan Magazine, WA
This is a one-day course.
Matching phrase from text: ______________
You don't need to bring anything with you to do the course.
Matching phrase from the text: ______________
2. BEER-TASTING-CLASSIC
One of the world's oldest beverages, beer has been around for almost 6000 years. Try international beers brewed to century-old techniques, and discover why beer is such a great match for food. Includes matching gourmet morsels.
Sunday 25 Sep 1-3.30 pm $99
Source: Community Business Card Board, Swan Magazine, WA
You will try products from other countries on this course.
Matching phrase from the text: ______________
Snacks are provided.
Matching phrase from the text: ______________
Understanding details and true/false/not given questions
With these questions, you are being asked to identify factual information in the text. They can
be used to test your ability to distinguish and understand both details and main ideas. You need
to determine whether a statement is true, i.e. stated in the reading, or false, i.e. contradicted
in the reading (often the opposite of the statement) or whether the information is not given,
i.e., there is no information on the statement in the reading. When you look for an equivalent
statement in the reading, you will usually not find the exact words but a paraphrase (rewording)
or synonym (word with similar meaning) or an opposite meaning, or word with an opposite
meaning (antonym).
- Step 1 Quickly survey the text - look at the title, and any other clues, read the first and last paragraphs, look at the overall organisation of the text, read the first line of every paragraph.
- Step 2 Identify key words in the question.
- Step 3 Scan the reading for the relevant part.
- Step 4 Identify key words in the reading.
- Step 5 Match by identifying words that are the same (synonyms), opposite
meanings (antonyms), parallel phrases, or not mentioned.
- Step 6 Decide whether the answer is True, False or Not Given.
Optional: transfer your answers now to the answer sheet. Check spelling and grammatical accuracy as you go.
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