1 00:00:00,870 --> 00:00:01,740 Hi there. 2 00:00:01,980 --> 00:00:08,010 In this next lecture, we're going to go over something that is really, really important when it comes 3 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:09,060 to reading. 4 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:13,530 And it doesn't matter if it's the general exam or the academic exam. 5 00:00:13,530 --> 00:00:15,030 The same thing applies. 6 00:00:15,390 --> 00:00:21,810 This this lecture is, of course, for the academic test that because it's in that section, but there 7 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:25,290 is a similar video that's in the general test. 8 00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:31,740 And if you're taking the academic test, you can practice with the general materials. 9 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:36,000 If you're taking the general test, you can practice with the academic materials. 10 00:00:36,330 --> 00:00:36,720 All right. 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:43,950 So what we're going to be doing today is really practicing and learning how to scan for keyword language. 12 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:44,640 Right? 13 00:00:44,670 --> 00:00:46,740 How to really scan for synonym language. 14 00:00:47,190 --> 00:00:55,260 Now, sometimes when you are scanning for the matching sentence, sometimes you have some really good 15 00:00:55,260 --> 00:00:57,990 keywords that you can use to help you find the sentence. 16 00:00:58,830 --> 00:01:06,270 And that might be a date or it might be a name or might be a name of a country or some type of scientific 17 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:07,950 word or something like that. 18 00:01:08,130 --> 00:01:13,530 That's going to make it easy to find the matching sentence from the question to the passage. 19 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:22,860 However, once you get in the once you get inside of the correct sentence, then it's a matter of especially 20 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:30,120 when it comes to fill the blank questions and short answer questions and sentence completion questions, 21 00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:32,730 especially for those kind of questions. 22 00:01:32,730 --> 00:01:40,110 Are you able to find the keyword, language, the synonyms that point you towards the answer? 23 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,670 Are you able to match the synonyms that point you towards the answer? 24 00:01:44,790 --> 00:01:49,380 So what we're going to do today is just work on. 25 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:56,210 Creating a synonym vocabulary chart, creating a synonym vocabulary chart. 26 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:58,650 And I tell students all the time. 27 00:01:59,070 --> 00:02:08,250 I tell students all the time that when you're doing this, when you're using a reading passage that 28 00:02:08,250 --> 00:02:15,750 don't just try to answer the questions and move on to the next one, use this reading passage, drain 29 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:17,670 it for as much as you can get out of it. 30 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:24,090 There's so many different ways that you can build your skill level with just one reading passage. 31 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:25,510 Right. 32 00:02:25,510 --> 00:02:31,390 So like with this reading parcel, which is from book 13 and test number four is called the Cutty Sark. 33 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:36,940 Cutty Sark, the full name is Cutty Sark, the fastest sailing ship of all time. 34 00:02:37,420 --> 00:02:42,580 But, you know, you may use it to answer the questions, but also you say, well, you know what, 35 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:44,680 I'm going to work on my scanning ability. 36 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,110 I'm going to work on my synonym matching ability. 37 00:02:47,140 --> 00:02:51,590 How well am I how well am I scanning for languages using synonyms? 38 00:02:51,610 --> 00:02:59,020 Because that's the key to being fast, to being fast and being able to have answers, to point, to 39 00:02:59,020 --> 00:03:02,650 have have language that points to the answer choice. 40 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:03,730 Right. 41 00:03:03,730 --> 00:03:10,660 So what what I've already done here is I've pulled out the keyword language from some of the questions. 42 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:11,800 All right. 43 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:17,410 And what I'm going to do is go into the passage and find that matching keyword language. 44 00:03:18,190 --> 00:03:20,350 I'm going to find that matching keyword language. 45 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:22,840 So this came from. 46 00:03:24,650 --> 00:03:27,500 This reading passage right here about the Cutty Sark. 47 00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:28,670 Right. 48 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:40,030 And so first I pulled questions from the true false for the true false not given. 49 00:03:41,050 --> 00:03:49,240 And then I pulled language for for the paper, some keyword language from the field of blank questions. 50 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:55,240 Now, for the for the true false not given question. 51 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:01,690 We're just working on scanning, being able to find matching language, like the matching language that 52 00:04:01,690 --> 00:04:04,660 we're scanning for and synonym language we're scanning for. 53 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:10,810 This is not the this is not necessarily the language I will be using to find the sentence. 54 00:04:11,170 --> 00:04:16,390 But after I find the sentence, I will be looking for this language to help me point towards the particular 55 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:17,500 answer choice. 56 00:04:18,850 --> 00:04:20,600 So let's be clear about that. 57 00:04:20,620 --> 00:04:25,790 Right now, we're not working on finding the answer. 58 00:04:25,810 --> 00:04:34,390 We're just working on the ability to locate synonym language that comes from the question in within, 59 00:04:34,390 --> 00:04:40,300 find it in the passage sentence so that we can get better at being able to find language that points 60 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:41,650 to the answer choice. 61 00:04:41,890 --> 00:04:43,930 So I want to be very, very clear on that. 62 00:04:44,650 --> 00:04:45,310 All right. 63 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:51,850 So this first set of questions, it comes from questions 1 to 8. 64 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,010 And what you want to do is you would look at the questions and note which sentences the keyword language 65 00:04:57,010 --> 00:04:57,880 comes from. 66 00:04:58,690 --> 00:04:59,080 Right. 67 00:04:59,090 --> 00:05:01,570 Know which sentences the keyword language comes from. 68 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,220 All right. 69 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:10,030 So the language that I'm looking for is I'm looking for. 70 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:13,720 Let me see if it will let me. 71 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:23,080 I'm looking for highlight intended to be. 72 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:25,540 All right. 73 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,340 I'm also going to be looking for language like favored. 74 00:05:30,290 --> 00:05:30,720 All right. 75 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,710 Now, contract between John Willis and Scott Linton. 76 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:37,140 This language, John Willis and Scott Linton. 77 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,920 That would be the language I use to find my right sentence. 78 00:05:41,460 --> 00:05:47,670 But this word favored is equally important, because this word favored is what's going to be used to 79 00:05:47,670 --> 00:05:52,440 tell me if the answer will be true, false or not, given the understand. 80 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,560 When I get to this correct sentence, it's either going to use synonym language that means the same 81 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,300 as favorite or it's going to use synonym language that is contradiction to favored. 82 00:06:03,330 --> 00:06:05,820 Or it won't say whether it's favored or not. 83 00:06:05,820 --> 00:06:07,980 And in that situation, it will be not given. 84 00:06:08,730 --> 00:06:16,860 And that's why being able to spot the synonym language that's in the sentence is is so important to 85 00:06:16,860 --> 00:06:19,740 be able to find your correct answer choice. 86 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,510 But again, I'm not going over the answer choices. 87 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:25,230 All right. 88 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:28,010 Please don't send me a message and say, can you give the answers? 89 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:30,810 No, that's not the purpose of this. 90 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,680 I'm not the purpose is not giving answers right now. 91 00:06:34,710 --> 00:06:37,980 The purpose is working on the skill of scanning. 92 00:06:38,220 --> 00:06:39,870 That's what we're working on. 93 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,130 All right. 94 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:48,330 Now, what you need to have is, you know, after this video, there are going to be three more lectures. 95 00:06:48,330 --> 00:06:51,450 And those three those three other lectures are practice test. 96 00:06:52,660 --> 00:06:54,310 Those are practice tests. 97 00:06:54,460 --> 00:07:01,210 And with those practice tests, you have to have the book to be able to do the practice test. 98 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,100 I cannot give you the book. 99 00:07:04,330 --> 00:07:06,420 Please don't ask me to give you the book. 100 00:07:06,430 --> 00:07:08,170 I cannot give you the book. 101 00:07:09,730 --> 00:07:11,110 I cannot do that. 102 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:20,290 So in the in the description, for the next few practice tests that come up, you need to have those. 103 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,710 You need to have that book so that you can practice doing this. 104 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:30,340 Now, eventually, what you want to be able to do is you want to be able to, when you finish a practice 105 00:07:30,340 --> 00:07:32,830 test, create your own. 106 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:41,600 Your own vocabulary matching chart between the question language and the passage language practice creating 107 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:42,620 your own. 108 00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:44,050 Okay. 109 00:07:44,310 --> 00:07:46,590 Practice creating your own, but right now walk you through. 110 00:07:46,650 --> 00:07:49,410 So I'll be looking for intended to be favored. 111 00:07:49,830 --> 00:07:57,990 I'll be also like this word wanted right because again language that he want that or did he not want 112 00:07:57,990 --> 00:08:00,270 that either to say he wanted it. 113 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:03,540 He'll say he didn't want it or he'll be blank. 114 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,530 Right for this one. 115 00:08:08,550 --> 00:08:10,980 Sometimes you have to find language. 116 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:21,740 Sometimes you have to find language that is even is more of like the whole a whole phrase. 117 00:08:24,220 --> 00:08:26,500 Right here is more of a whole phrase. 118 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,440 So I'm gonna be looking for synonym language that either supports that or doesn't support that. 119 00:08:37,270 --> 00:08:37,720 All right. 120 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,970 And what else am I going to be looking for? 121 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:41,470 Oh, yeah. 122 00:08:43,180 --> 00:08:44,770 The word travel. 123 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:52,820 Right now just because you find a synonym like if for a number seven, if a find a synonym for the word 124 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:55,610 travel, it doesn't mean the answer is true. 125 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,260 This is just a synonym that helps me confirm I'm in the right sentence. 126 00:09:00,260 --> 00:09:06,080 You still have to look at the sentence and determine is a true false or not given. 127 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,580 You still have to do that. 128 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:10,590 All right. 129 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,430 And also, I'm going to be looking for at risk of hitting. 130 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:17,490 All right. 131 00:09:17,580 --> 00:09:20,400 So Clippers were originally intended to be used as passenger ship. 132 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,060 So watch how I do this and watch how I'll fill in the chart. 133 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:30,420 And then afterwards you can practice with the practice test to see how it's done. 134 00:09:31,230 --> 00:09:33,270 You can practice to see how it's done. 135 00:09:39,260 --> 00:09:39,800 Oh. 136 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:42,800 We're going the wrong way. 137 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,600 Intended to be clippers were originally intended to be. 138 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:04,610 The fastest commercial sailing ships of all time were Clipper's, three massive ships built to transport 139 00:10:04,610 --> 00:10:05,420 goods. 140 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:08,480 All right, so for example. 141 00:10:10,470 --> 00:10:15,360 Bill two is the same as intended to be. 142 00:10:15,870 --> 00:10:21,900 Now, I said previously, I'm not going through the answers, but just to show you just very briefly, 143 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:27,960 I'm going to do it just this one time to show you what I mean by just because you find the synonym language. 144 00:10:27,990 --> 00:10:31,530 Then afterwards you would determine true or false or not give them a right. 145 00:10:31,530 --> 00:10:34,950 Now we're just working on finding a synonym language. 146 00:10:34,950 --> 00:10:41,490 But just to make the point right here, it says Built to transport goods. 147 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:47,820 What does our question say intended to be used as passengers. 148 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:49,740 So this would be what everybody. 149 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:54,550 False. 150 00:10:54,610 --> 00:10:57,400 I was pausing for a second to give you a chance to answer. 151 00:10:57,670 --> 00:11:00,070 The passage said Built to transport goods. 152 00:11:00,070 --> 00:11:03,190 The question, say, is intended to be used as passenger ships. 153 00:11:03,310 --> 00:11:05,500 That will make this answer to be false. 154 00:11:05,650 --> 00:11:09,610 But the point now, I'm not going to do that again, so don't ask me. 155 00:11:09,790 --> 00:11:10,390 All right? 156 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:17,970 The point I'm making is intended to be the synonym match would be built to OC. 157 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,960 Now the next one is we're skipping number two. 158 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,490 We're talking about the contract. 159 00:11:23,530 --> 00:11:28,200 I I'm looking for language about favored or not favored or empty. 160 00:11:33,350 --> 00:11:34,910 Here it is, Scott Linton. 161 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:36,330 Sure. 162 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:36,910 Okay. 163 00:11:36,970 --> 00:11:38,410 Here's the language right here. 164 00:11:40,630 --> 00:11:44,860 Put him in a very strong position that means favored. 165 00:11:55,180 --> 00:12:01,900 Again here we found a synonym language, but our answer was false because they had two different things 166 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:05,670 intended for passengers, intended built to transport goods. 167 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,820 So just because you find a synonym language, you still have to look at the sentence and determine what 168 00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:12,580 is the answer I wanted. 169 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:19,560 Okay? 170 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:19,890 Nope. 171 00:12:19,890 --> 00:12:20,900 That's not what I want. 172 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,380 Wanted, wanted, wanted. 173 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,340 You'll go much faster if you have the book because you won't have to scroll up and down like I'm being 174 00:12:31,340 --> 00:12:32,240 forced to do. 175 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,200 John Willis wanted to be fastest between UK and China. 176 00:12:40,070 --> 00:12:40,670 OC. 177 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:46,330 Here's Willis China Bridge in Sydenham, UK. 178 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:48,220 I'm looking for wanted. 179 00:12:54,440 --> 00:13:00,460 It was designed to was designed to is a synonym for him wanting to do something. 180 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,730 Could travel between Britain and China faster than Clippers. 181 00:13:20,870 --> 00:13:24,620 Steamships could travel between Britain and China faster than Clippers. 182 00:13:29,090 --> 00:13:31,670 Britain and China faster than Clippers. 183 00:13:34,930 --> 00:13:36,070 Britain and China. 184 00:13:40,610 --> 00:13:41,150 All right. 185 00:13:41,150 --> 00:13:43,880 And I think it was also Suez Canal. 186 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:47,800 All right. 187 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,380 So here's our language right here that confirms it. 188 00:13:52,710 --> 00:13:55,650 The canal was of no use to sailing ships. 189 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,330 The canal was of no use to sailing ships. 190 00:14:10,870 --> 00:14:11,470 Right. 191 00:14:12,130 --> 00:14:16,360 Sailing ships are was a synonym for clippers. 192 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:19,260 Right. 193 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:20,040 So. 194 00:14:22,630 --> 00:14:22,900 Yeah. 195 00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:24,970 We were answering this actually would be true. 196 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:27,010 But this is the language that matches this. 197 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:28,690 That confirms this language, right? 198 00:14:28,690 --> 00:14:30,370 This is the matching language. 199 00:14:31,690 --> 00:14:34,600 Then what I want to do OC. 200 00:14:40,010 --> 00:14:42,630 Right here is the synonym for travel. 201 00:14:42,650 --> 00:14:43,970 The word journey. 202 00:14:47,410 --> 00:14:47,720 Okay. 203 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:49,700 The word journey. 204 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,360 The travel and journey. 205 00:14:58,210 --> 00:14:58,810 All right. 206 00:14:58,810 --> 00:15:01,720 And then at risk of hitting. 207 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:05,970 Okay. 208 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,290 Where is the question? 209 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,630 Captain Widget cutting risk at risk of hitting. 210 00:15:13,140 --> 00:15:16,680 Captain Widget put cutting risk at risk of hitting. 211 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,530 Here's a widget. 212 00:15:21,550 --> 00:15:22,870 Here's a widget. 213 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:28,120 Bringing her dangerous near hazard language right here. 214 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,040 Dangerously close. 215 00:15:32,490 --> 00:15:34,170 Dangerously close to. 216 00:15:42,380 --> 00:15:43,760 And risk of hitting. 217 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:44,390 All right. 218 00:15:44,390 --> 00:15:49,820 So this is how we look at matching language, which would help us determine then if the answer is true, 219 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:51,170 false or not given. 220 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:58,040 But again, we're just working on our ability to scan and recognize synonym language. 221 00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:01,280 That is one of the keys to doing well at the exam. 222 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:02,420 All right. 223 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:04,790 And this is something you have to be able to do on your own. 224 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:08,360 Next, I'm looking at questions, 9 to 13. 225 00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:13,970 Looking at questions. 226 00:16:13,970 --> 00:16:15,350 9 to 13. 227 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:18,770 Right. 228 00:16:18,790 --> 00:16:21,100 So these are field of blank questions. 229 00:16:21,190 --> 00:16:25,940 So I'm really paying attention to like the word carry. 230 00:16:27,370 --> 00:16:31,690 This one's actually easy because as a captain and something else, that means there's two positions 231 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:33,490 a captain and something else. 232 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:36,130 We're going to find a synonym language for. 233 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:39,850 We're going to find a Saddam language for Kerry. 234 00:16:40,870 --> 00:16:44,550 Where to find a synonym language war for very skilled. 235 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,920 Because whatever this answer is, is connected to very skilled. 236 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:53,890 We're going to find what else are we looking for? 237 00:16:54,790 --> 00:16:56,170 Used for? 238 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,010 Used for and damaged by. 239 00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:09,380 After 1880, he carried what? 240 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:13,220 After 1880. 241 00:17:18,950 --> 00:17:20,450 Here's 1880. 242 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,730 All right, so I'm looking for a synonym for carried. 243 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,580 Right here. 244 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,330 Transporting. 245 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:39,290 All right. 246 00:17:39,290 --> 00:17:48,110 And so we we can immediately fine our answer for that one next. 247 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,630 Very skilled. 248 00:17:52,470 --> 00:17:54,390 Here was the captain, right. 249 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,210 And was an excellent navigator. 250 00:17:57,750 --> 00:18:01,350 Excellent is a synonym for very skilled. 251 00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:05,070 I told you it connected to the language. 252 00:18:07,340 --> 00:18:08,030 Right. 253 00:18:08,060 --> 00:18:08,960 Excellent. 254 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:16,520 And what you're doing, what you're doing when you're doing this is when what you're actually doing 255 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,680 is you're just working on the skill. 256 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,210 You're working on the skill. 257 00:18:23,150 --> 00:18:24,920 Of being able to. 258 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,880 The scale of being able to locate language. 259 00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:33,980 All right. 260 00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:34,820 So. 261 00:18:37,370 --> 00:18:39,980 Between 1923 and 1954. 262 00:18:40,010 --> 00:18:40,760 Cutty Sark. 263 00:18:40,790 --> 00:18:42,860 Cutty Sark was used for. 264 00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:50,000 1923 and 54. 265 00:18:51,490 --> 00:18:53,110 Here's 1922. 266 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,420 Here's 1954. 267 00:18:59,500 --> 00:18:59,790 Okay. 268 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,090 Here is used. 269 00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:03,880 As a. 270 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:09,280 Is for. 271 00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:14,720 Used as a. 272 00:19:16,450 --> 00:19:21,040 And our final one is something about. 273 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:27,290 Damaged by. 274 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:30,510 Damaged by. 275 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,070 Suffered from. 276 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:38,610 Right. 277 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:43,410 So because we're see, once you find the right sentence, it's all about just scanning for that keyword 278 00:19:43,410 --> 00:19:44,280 language. 279 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,530 Damaged by suffered from. 280 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:50,110 Right. 281 00:19:50,110 --> 00:19:53,080 But you have to work on this skill. 282 00:19:54,690 --> 00:19:57,930 You have to work on the skill of scanning. 283 00:19:59,210 --> 00:19:59,660 All right. 284 00:19:59,660 --> 00:19:59,810 That.