1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:07,230 By now, you should be becoming more comfortable and relaxed with doing a sentence completion question. 2 00:00:07,710 --> 00:00:12,480 You've just completed two strategy application lectures. 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:20,160 So let's go ahead and move forward and do one more to make sure you completely understand how to do 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,370 a sentence completion question for the exam. 5 00:00:25,350 --> 00:00:31,020 Now, in the past two lectures, I have reviewed the sentence completion strategy. 6 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:36,150 If you want to review it one more time, please stop the lecture right here. 7 00:00:36,510 --> 00:00:37,590 Take your time. 8 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:42,240 Read through the overall strategy for a sentence completion question. 9 00:00:45,230 --> 00:00:48,500 Coming up next, we're going to do a full passage application. 10 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:55,940 I'm going to walk you through it step by step so you can make sure that you understand how to do a sentence 11 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:59,420 completion question successfully on the exam. 12 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:05,560 This comes from Cambridge Book 15, TESS three Part two. 13 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,430 Fairy tales are really scary tales. 14 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:19,570 So go ahead and take out your Cambridge Isle's 15 academic book, Turn to Test three Part two and you 15 00:01:19,570 --> 00:01:20,980 should see the title. 16 00:01:21,010 --> 00:01:24,460 Fairy tales are really scary tales. 17 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:30,840 On the left hand side, you can see the beginning of the reading passage. 18 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:33,690 On the right, we have the end of the reading passage. 19 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:41,490 And down below I have the questions 27 through 31, and on the right you can see the possible answer 20 00:01:41,490 --> 00:01:44,610 choices A, B, C, D, E and F. 21 00:01:45,390 --> 00:01:52,650 So we have one, two, three, four, five questions and one, two, three, four, five, six choices. 22 00:01:53,130 --> 00:01:59,730 So this is a little bit more difficult because there's only one wrong answer choice. 23 00:02:03,710 --> 00:02:12,830 Let's move forward and identify the keywords using a stopwatch timer so that we can simulate exam conditions. 24 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:25,360 Open up your book, set the clock on 45 seconds and go ahead and identify the key words in questions 25 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,690 27 through 31 write down. 26 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:44,600 So did you identify the keywords in the question for 27 details of the plot? 27 00:02:45,590 --> 00:02:46,670 28. 28 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:53,480 Tyranny Rejects Idea and Useful Lessons 29. 29 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,650 Various Theories and Social Significance 30. 30 00:02:57,650 --> 00:03:01,160 Insights and Development 31. 31 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,740 All the Fairy Tales and Tehrani. 32 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:08,870 So we're not going to identify the keywords in the answer choices. 33 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:10,250 That makes no sense. 34 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:15,230 We have to find the sentence that talks about details of the plot. 35 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:22,330 Read that sentence and then find which of these answer choices offers up a paraphrase of that information. 36 00:03:23,930 --> 00:03:28,070 Let's work together and scan for the keyword matching sentences. 37 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,150 This is such a critical step in the process. 38 00:03:32,450 --> 00:03:39,650 If you're able to scan and find the matching sentences, you have really helped yourself a lot with 39 00:03:39,650 --> 00:03:43,370 number one saving time because you're not going to overread. 40 00:03:43,490 --> 00:03:50,480 And also being able to quickly and easily identify the correct answer choice. 41 00:03:54,570 --> 00:04:03,180 We're going to scan the passage and look for the keyword language 427, 28, 29, 30 and 31. 42 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:10,470 Now, if you're practicing at home and you want to scan and answer each question, just set your timer 43 00:04:10,470 --> 00:04:17,160 on 6 minutes and answer all the questions and then come back to us to listen for the analysis of the 44 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:17,940 answers. 45 00:04:19,380 --> 00:04:21,120 But we're working on scanning. 46 00:04:21,630 --> 00:04:23,500 This is such an important skill. 47 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:29,070 We're going to scan and locate all the locate all the matching sentences and then answer them. 48 00:04:29,370 --> 00:04:30,270 On the exam. 49 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:32,130 You can do it both ways, everybody. 50 00:04:35,630 --> 00:04:39,140 So you should have your timer set for 3 minutes. 51 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:45,140 Stop the lecture and find the matching sentences for 27 through 31 right now. 52 00:04:51,770 --> 00:04:56,270 Were you able to find the matching sentences within 3 minutes? 53 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:04,550 The reason why I haven't said it 3 minutes is because you really need to be able to complete a question 54 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:12,080 or a type of question in under 7 minutes, really 6 minutes, because you're going to have three question 55 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,830 types, like a heading of matching and a sentence completion. 56 00:05:15,950 --> 00:05:21,350 And you have to answer all of those questions in under 20 minutes. 57 00:05:21,710 --> 00:05:28,760 So when I'm giving you these time parameters, I'm doing it so I can enable you to finish on time. 58 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:36,080 And so the more we work on managing this time pressure, the better you're going to do on the actual 59 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:36,770 exam. 60 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:42,770 27 is found right here in this paragraph. 61 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:49,640 People of every culture tell each other fairy tales, but the same story often takes a variety of forms. 62 00:05:50,060 --> 00:06:00,110 So right here I was able to tell that when it says Every culture, every culture, tell each other fairy 63 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:00,980 tales. 64 00:06:01,430 --> 00:06:07,910 If you're talking about the details here, they all use the same details, fairy tale details. 65 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,350 You have to really understand contextual paraphrasing to do that. 66 00:06:12,620 --> 00:06:17,600 If you understand it, you're able to see that this is the right sentence right away. 67 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,030 If not, you may be reading, reading, reading, reading and wasting. 68 00:06:23,030 --> 00:06:25,680 Clock 28. 69 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:29,810 Tyranny Rejects the Idea About Useful Lessons. 70 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:39,670 So right here where it talks about here we see Jamie tyranny and when it says but his research suggests 71 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:40,870 otherwise. 72 00:06:41,290 --> 00:06:45,610 This means that he is rejecting some idea in the previous sentence. 73 00:06:46,930 --> 00:06:56,320 For number 29, we see devising theories, various theories, the importance, social significance, 74 00:06:58,060 --> 00:06:59,290 number 30. 75 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:08,650 We see development right here and where it talks about discovering how they have evolved. 76 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,290 We're talking about the insights there. 77 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,070 31, all the fairy tales. 78 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:18,940 Here it says he ended up with 58 stories. 79 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:21,520 That means he had a total of 58. 80 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,570 That's all. 81 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:27,100 So these are our matching sentences. 82 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,670 And now we can look and see it a little bit better. 83 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:41,440 Here's 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. 84 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,430 Now it's time to answer the questions. 85 00:07:47,910 --> 00:07:56,550 We're going to answer these questions with our clock set on a timer of 3 minutes, 30 seconds, 3 minutes, 86 00:07:56,550 --> 00:07:58,110 30 seconds, everybody. 87 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:07,440 Your timer is set for 3 minutes. 88 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:08,490 30 seconds. 89 00:08:09,270 --> 00:08:10,680 Stop the lecture. 90 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:17,160 Go to your book and answer questions 27 through 31 right now, please. 91 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:28,970 For you able to find all the correct answers. 92 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,310 I really hope you were. 93 00:08:31,790 --> 00:08:37,970 By now you know the strategy, and it's about applying that strategy with accuracy. 94 00:08:38,450 --> 00:08:40,010 Let's check your answers. 95 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:54,250 Number 27 is C, 28 is B, 29 is F, 30 is A, 31 is E. 96 00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:58,930 Let's move forward and do an analysis for 27. 97 00:08:59,530 --> 00:09:04,060 We can see assess says people of every culture tell each other fairy tales. 98 00:09:04,150 --> 00:09:05,170 But the story. 99 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:13,840 So right here this part in blue that's the first part of the sentence often takes a variety of forms 100 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,640 in different parts of the world. 101 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:18,190 That's the concluding or missing part. 102 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,150 So which of these answer choices is a paraphrase of that? 103 00:09:22,180 --> 00:09:31,120 C show considerable global variation, variation, variety of forms, global different parts of the 104 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:31,840 world. 105 00:09:33,790 --> 00:09:35,950 Moving on, number 28. 106 00:09:38,310 --> 00:09:44,700 When the author states relevant information in it, it is the same thing as saying useful lessons. 107 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:48,330 Now here it talks about it might be. 108 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:55,890 What we find interesting about this story is that is that it got it's got this survival relevant information 109 00:09:55,890 --> 00:10:00,750 in it, says anthropologist Jamie Tehrani. 110 00:10:00,990 --> 00:10:09,390 But his research suggests otherwise, which means his research suggests that it might not have this 111 00:10:09,390 --> 00:10:10,800 survival element. 112 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:16,830 That means the correct answer choice has to be b r the reason for their survival. 113 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:18,510 He rejects this idea. 114 00:10:20,310 --> 00:10:21,600 He rejects it. 115 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:24,150 Here, it says this. 116 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:31,860 This is what might be interesting about this story is that it's about this survival, survival, relevant 117 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:32,880 information. 118 00:10:33,270 --> 00:10:38,550 But he rejects that his research says otherwise suggests otherwise. 119 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,750 Now for number 29, the correct answer choice is F. 120 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:56,550 So when we look at it, we can see the relationship between the language and know that devising theories, 121 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:05,250 various theories, social significance and the correct answer is F and we're talking about what the 122 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:09,180 F say is that they have been developed without factual basis. 123 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:16,380 So right here it says we have this huge gap in our knowledge about the history and pre-history of storytelling. 124 00:11:17,190 --> 00:11:24,060 Despite that fact, despite the fact that we know this genre is an incredibly ancient one, so they 125 00:11:24,060 --> 00:11:26,340 have a gap in their knowledge, which means what? 126 00:11:26,340 --> 00:11:29,940 They're missing facts, they're missing information. 127 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:37,320 And despite this missing information, that has not stopped the anthropologists and folklorists and 128 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:43,530 other academics from devising theories, even though they are missing information, even though they 129 00:11:43,530 --> 00:11:46,440 have a gap in their knowledge, they're missing facts. 130 00:11:46,770 --> 00:11:49,710 So that means the correct answer. 131 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:59,700 The correct answer for that is going to be f now a insight I'm sorry, 30 is a insights into the development 132 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:01,080 of fairy tales. 133 00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:08,310 It says, to work out the evolutionary history, development and relationships among groups of organisms, 134 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:12,090 biologists compare the characteristics of living species. 135 00:12:12,630 --> 00:12:19,830 Now, it says Tehrani, uses the same approach to compare related versions of fairy tales to discover 136 00:12:19,830 --> 00:12:21,210 how they have evolved. 137 00:12:21,750 --> 00:12:23,760 This means he's trying to gain insights. 138 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,540 Everybody. 139 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:28,740 He's trying to discover how the fairy tales survived. 140 00:12:28,980 --> 00:12:31,110 He's trying to get these insights. 141 00:12:31,110 --> 00:12:39,030 The previous sentence tells us that what he's doing is he's looking at these biological elements to 142 00:12:39,030 --> 00:12:40,230 be able to do that. 143 00:12:40,530 --> 00:12:49,950 And so our correct answer choice has to be a then we move on to number 31, all the fairy tales analyzed 144 00:12:49,950 --> 00:12:54,240 by tyranny and the choices e or originally spoken. 145 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:55,440 It says it right there. 146 00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:02,730 It says he ended up with 58 stories recorded from oral traditions. 147 00:13:02,730 --> 00:13:04,440 That's paraphrasing everybody. 148 00:13:04,890 --> 00:13:08,730 Oral traditions were originally spoken rather than written. 149 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,020 Those are the correct answers. 150 00:13:14,050 --> 00:13:19,960 Thank you very much for standing in with me and learning and practicing some more. 151 00:13:19,990 --> 00:13:22,420 The Sentence Completion Question. 152 00:13:22,450 --> 00:13:23,590 Have a great day.