1.5.1

Retrieval

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Questions Asking to Retrieve Information from Text

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What is retrieving?

  • Retrieving means getting or fetching something.
    • This is like a retriever dog that fetches things for its owner.
  • Retrieval questions ask you to get information directly from the text.
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Retrieving information

  • You need to be able to spot questions that are asking you to retrieve information directly from the text.
  • Look for hints in the question to know when you need to retrieve information directly from the text.
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Questions asking to retrieve

  • To know if a question ask you to retrieve, look out for questions that:
    • Begin with 'In the text…'.
    • Begin with 'According to the text...'.
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Atention!

  • You also need to retrieve information directly from the text when a question begins with:
    • 'who', 'what', 'where', 'why', 'when' or 'how'
  • Where did the cat find its dinner?

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1Reading

1.1Reading

1.2Prefixes

1.3Suffixes

1.4Spelling Rules

1.5Reading Comprehension

1.6Reading Comprehension: SAT Practise

1.7Word Meaning

1.8Fact vs. Opinion

1.9Justifying Views

1.10Figurative Language

1.11Text Structure

2Writing

2.1Sounds in Words

2.2Homophones

2.3Using a Dictionary

2.4Writing Composition

2.5The Subjunctive Mood

2.6Modal Verbs

2.7Active & Passive Voice

2.8Relative Clauses

2.9Expanded Nouns

2.10Punctuation

2.11SAT Spelling Practise

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