Writing Short Answers to Questions:
Task Description:
For this task, you need to read the text to answer questions in a short note form. Answers are usually three words or less but check the instructions.
Skills Tested:
- skimming for general information.
- scanning for details.
- identifying the focus of the question.
- possibly understanding paraphrase in the question.
What you should do?
- Read the instructions carefully and check the maximum number of words allowed. You may use words taken directly from the text or your own words.
- Skim through all of the questions to get an idea of what information you will have to find in the text.
- Read the first question again to decide exactly what information you are looking for. Find the relevant section of the text and the specific information.
- As your answer is short, it will not be a complete sentence, but it should be grammatically correct.
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