Answer Retrieval Questions
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.5.2
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!
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