Answer Retrieval Questions

Answering Retrieval Questions

Retrieval questions need you to get information directly from the text. You should NOT use information in your head to answer retrieval questions.

Answering retrieval questions

To answer retrieval questions, look for the answers in the text.
- You should NOT answer retrieval questions with information in your head!
The information we need does NOT come from our general knowledge or imagination.
The information comes from what the text tells us.

Highlight the answer

To be sure we have the right information, find the part in the text with the answer.
Then we should highlight the part of the text that gives us the answer.

Example: text

According to the text below, why are fish popular pets?
- Fish are very popular pets because they do not require much attention and they can be left at home alone.

Example: answer

We can highlight the information, and write the exact words as our answer.
- Fish are very popular pets because they do not require much attention, and they can be left at home alone.
You might think people buy fish because they're cheap and look nice...
- But this is not written in the text, so it cannot be your answer!

1Reading

1.1Reading

1.1.1Understanding New Words: Prefixes

1.1.2Understanding New Words: Suffixes

1.1.3Understanding New Words: Root Words

1.1.4Exception Words

1.2Prefixes

1.2.1Adding a Prefix with a Hyphen

1.2.2End of Topic Test - Reading & Prefixes

1.3Suffixes

1.3.1Words Ending in '-cious' or '–tious'

1.3.2More Words Ending in '-cious' / '-tious'

1.3.3Words Ending in '-cial' or '-tial'

1.3.4Words Ending in '-ant' or '-ent'

1.3.5Words Ending in '-ance' or '-ence'

1.3.6Words Ending in '-ancy' or '-ency'

1.3.7Words Ending in '-able' & '-ably' (1/2)

1.3.8Words Ending in '-able' & '-ably' (2/2)

1.3.9Words Ending in '-ible' & '-ibly'

1.3.10Words Ending in '-fer'

1.4Spelling Rules

1.4.1‘i' Before 'e' Except After 'c’

1.4.2‘i' Before 'e' Except After 'c’: Exceptions

1.4.3End of Topic Test - Suffixes & Spelling Rules

1.5Reading Comprehension

1.5.1Retrieval

1.5.2Answer Retrieval Questions

1.5.3Retrieval Practice

1.5.4Inference

1.5.5Answering Inference Questions

1.5.6Impressions

1.5.7Inference Practice

1.5.8Prediction

1.5.9Predictions: Example

1.5.10Prediction Practice

1.5.11Summarising

1.5.12Answering Summary Questions

1.5.13Summarising Practice

1.6Reading Comprehension: SAT Practise

1.6.1Reading Comprehension Practise 1 (SAT)

1.6.2Reading Comprehension Practise 2 (SAT)

1.6.3Reading Comprehension Practise 3 (SAT)

1.6.4Reading Comprehension Practise 4 (SAT)

1.6.5Reading Comprehension Practise 5 (SAT)

1.6.6Reading Comprehension Practise 6 (SAT)

1.6.7Reading Comprehension Practise 7 (SAT)

1.6.8Reading Comprehension Practise 8 (SAT)

1.7Word Meaning

1.7.1Word Meaning

1.7.2Answering Questions About Word Meaning

1.7.3Homonyms

1.7.4End of Topic Test - Comprehension & Word Meaning

1.8Fact vs. Opinion

1.8.1Fact & Opinion

1.8.2Fact & Opinion - Questions

1.9Justifying Views

1.9.1Justifying Your Views

1.9.2End of Topic Test - Facts & Opinions

1.10Figurative Language

1.10.1Figurative Language

1.10.2Similes

1.10.3Similes: Comprehension

1.10.4Metaphors

1.10.5Personification

1.10.6Onomatopoeia

1.10.7Alliteration

1.10.8Hyperbole

1.11Text Structure

1.11.1Structure in Poetry: Verses

1.11.2Structure in Poetry: Rhyme

1.11.3Structure in Non-Fiction (1/2)

1.11.4Structure in Non-Fiction (2/2)

1.11.5End of Topic Test - Fig. Language & Text Structure

2Writing

2.1Sounds in Words

2.1.1The 'ough' Sound (1/2)

2.1.2The 'ough' Sound (2/2)

2.1.3Silent Letters

2.1.4Silent Letters: Examples

2.1.5End of Topic Test - 'Ough' Sound & Silent Letters

2.2Homophones

2.3Using a Dictionary

2.3.1Using a Dictionary

2.3.2Using a Thesaurus

2.4Writing Composition

2.4.1Reasons for Planning

2.4.2Identifying Your Audience

2.4.3Identifying Your Purpose

2.4.4Noting Down Ideas

2.4.5Considering Other Writing

2.4.6Drafting: Grammar

2.4.7Drafting a Narrative

2.4.8Drafting: Precising

2.4.9Making Your Writing Flow: Conjunctions

2.4.10Making Your Writing Flow: Devices for Cohesion

2.4.11Making Your Writing Flow: Synonyms

2.4.12Drafting a Layout

2.4.13Editing: What Is Editing?

2.4.14Editing: Editing Your Tenses

2.4.15Editing: Things to Check When Editing

2.4.16Proof Reading: Steps

2.4.17Proof Reading: Punctuation, Spelling & Grammar

2.4.18End of Topic Test - Dictionary & Composition

2.5The Subjunctive Mood

2.5.1Hopes & Wishes

2.5.2Hopes & Wishes: Examples

2.5.3Demands & Commands

2.5.4Requests

2.5.5Suggestions

2.5.6End of Topic Test - The Subjunctive Mood

2.6Modal Verbs

2.6.1What are Modal Verbs?

2.6.2Can

2.6.3Could

2.6.4May

2.6.5Might

2.6.6Should

2.6.7Shall

2.6.8Will

2.6.9Would

2.6.10Must

2.6.11Have to

2.6.12End of Topic Test - Modal Verbs

2.7Active & Passive Voice

2.7.1Active Voice

2.7.2Passive Voice

2.8Relative Clauses

2.8.1Relative Pronouns

2.8.2Relative Clauses

2.9Expanded Nouns

2.9.1Expanded Nouns

2.9.2Expanded Nouns Phrases: Examples

2.9.3End of Topic Test - Active, Passive, Relative...

2.10Punctuation

2.10.1Commas for Meaning

2.10.2Commas in Lists

2.10.3Commas in Compound Sentences

2.10.4Hyphens

2.10.5Using Dashes for Parenthesis

2.10.6Using Brackets for Parenthesis

2.10.7Using Commas for Parenthesis

2.10.8Clauses: Using Colons to Separate Clauses

2.10.9Clauses: Using Semi-Colons to Separate Clauses

2.10.10Clauses: Using Dashes to Separate Clauses

2.10.11Colons

2.10.12Bullet Points: Puctuation

2.10.13Bullet Points: Capital Letters

2.10.14Bullet Points: Consistency

2.10.15End of Topic Test - Punctuation

2.11SAT Spelling Practise

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