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The diagram question is basically a fill the blank question type that is put within the context of a

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diagram.

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So usually they have some type of contraption that you need to look at and they have put fill the blank

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questions around that contraption where you have to sometimes identify different parts or identify what

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they're talking about in that part of the contraption.

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So let's go ahead and get into the strategy application for a diagram question.

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This question really follows the same pattern as the normal fill the blank question.

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You have to identify the key words.

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Choose which question is the easiest to find.

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First, focus on the language as before and after the blank line, and then apply our answer strategy

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meaning you find a magic sentence.

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Then within the magic sentence, you find the language that is paraphrased for what is put before and

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after the blank line.

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If you locate that, then you'll see the answer choice very, very easily.

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So let's go ahead and get into a full passage application so we can really work on getting good and

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managing a diagram.

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Question.

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When you see a diagram.

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Question, don't get scared by it.

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Don't get scared by the complexity of the diagram or the complexity of the contraption.

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It is just a filled the blank question.

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You don't need any special knowledge or any background information to answer.

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The question is not an intelligence test they want to see can you find this sentence in the passage

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that has this information?

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You don't need to understand the entire sentence.

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You have to be able to just look at the sentence and find the language that matches what goes before

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and after the blank line.

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And then you'll see the answer choice.

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You don't need to understand the answer choice.

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You just need to understand that those are the words that go on the blank line.

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So this one is coming from Cambridge Book eight, test number one, part one, a chronicle of timekeeping.

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So get your book and open it up right now, please.

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So you can see we're dealing with a time clock device, a time keeping contraption.

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And this one is really, really straightforward.

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We have number nine, ten, 11, 12 and 13.

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They give us a title at the top, which is really great to have because it can help you find where they're

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talking about this information for this timekeeping device.

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My reading passage is on the left side that I'm looking at and it continues on the right side.

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So we're going to first work on identifying the keywords.

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And of course, we're doing another time conditions.

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Get your stopwatch out and get ready, please.

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So now you can see maybe the contraption a little bit bigger here, nine escapement resembling ten,

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11, 12, 13, ten and 11 are a little bit unusual because they don't give you any keywords to go on.

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Basically, they're asking you to be able to look at the photo and be able to tell from the context

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of the sentence in the passage.

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What does this photo resemble?

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What does this part right here resemble?

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You have to be able to look at the sentences and look at the context of the sentences and get that information.

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So the very first step is I just want you to take 25 seconds to circle or underline the key words for

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questions nine through 13.

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So go ahead and stop the lecture right here.

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Set your clock for 25 seconds and circle or underline the keywords for questions nine through 13.

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Do that now, please.

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So this was really straightforward.

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I'm really going to be looking at the date of 1670.

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I think that's going to help me find where this information information is located.

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And then this word, escapement is really, really easy to find.

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It most likely will not have any synonym, and it will be most likely directly stated because it's a

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really long word.

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There really isn't a synonym for it.

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And when you're looking at keywords, those, that's the kind of keyword that you want to really spot.

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And so we would probably find number 9/1.

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So please now set your timer for 2 minutes.

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We're going to go ahead and scan for the keywords in the reading passage.

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I want you to try to find all of the keywords, all the matching sentences for the keywords in the passage.

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Now, if you are working on this on your own and you are scanning and answering, just set your timer

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for 5 minutes and answer questions nine through 13.

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However, we're going to work on the skill of scanning.

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The skill of scanning, because I want you to get better at that particular skill.

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So let's go ahead and move forward.

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All right.

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So go ahead and set your clock for 2 minutes.

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Open your book, look at the reading passage and find the matching sentences for numbers nine through

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13 right now.

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So did you locate the matching sentences?

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Let's see.

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Okay.

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So I know my great, wonderful students were able to locate all of the matching sentences in paragraph

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G.

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You should have quickly seen that 1670 is in that paragraph.

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And then also you see the word escapement right there.

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So we have all the matching sentences in this paragraph here for question nine.

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We have the word escapement.

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And then for numbers 12 and 13, we find it right here where we see which could beat.

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Right.

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Which beats each.

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So I know number 12 and 13 are in that sentence here.

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So numbers ten and 11 have to be in between number nine and 12.

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And 13 is not going to be in this next paragraph.

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So it's going to be in between number nine and 12 and 13.

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And here you can see it maybe a little bit better.

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All right.

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So now we're going to go ahead and answer the questions under time conditions.

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Set your timer for 3 minutes and you can write no more than two words.

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So go ahead.

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Set your clock for 2 minutes.

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Stop the lecture right here.

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Look in your book and answer questions nine through 13 right now, please.

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So did you find the answers for questions nine through 13?

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Number nine is anchor or you can write ship's anchor.

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Number ten is wheel.

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Or you can write Escape Wheel.

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Number 11 is truth.

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Or you could have written, well, just two.

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That's all you have for number 11 is tooth number ten.

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You have wheel or escape wheel.

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Number nine, you have anchor or ship's anchor.

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Number 12, you have long pendulum or just pendulum.

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And number 13, you have second.

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So right here, you see resembling and shaped like that's a paraphrase.

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So the answer has to be ships anchor.

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Or like I said, you could just have the word anchor as an answer choice.

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Now, for ten and 11, I think you can clearly see this is a wheel.

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So when you look in this next sentence, right, they're talking about the device.

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And this the only word in this sentence that really matches what this picture looks like is a wheel.

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We can see it's a wheel.

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And I think they really expect you to get the universal the universal concept of what a wheel looks

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like.

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And then also within that sentence, we also can see that this would be the truth when they talk about

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the device catching and releasing is catching and releasing this and that's the tooth.

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And I know this one is a little bit strange because they're not really giving you any paraphrasing to

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work on, but it really is like general knowledge of what a wheel looks like and this being a tooth.

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So this question was a little bit unusual from that respect.

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Now, 12 and 13 was really straightforward.

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Which could be once a second, once a is a paraphrasing of each.

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So long pendulum goes for number 12.

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Which which beats each.

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Or which could be once a and then the answer choice for number 13 is going to be second.

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So number 12 and 13 were really straightforward.

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So again, the answer choice is are anchor or ship's anchor wheel or escape wheel tooth.

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Long pendulum.

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And second.

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All right.

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Thank you very much.

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I hope that you manage that diagram question very well.

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That diagram was from part number one of an exam.

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And so part number one is the easiest reading passage most of the time.

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And I hope you were able to get all of those correct.

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Four questions, 9 to 13.

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Thanks a lot.

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I'll talk to you soon.