3.11Question type: matching features and sentence endings

Matching features gives you a list of people, places, years or organisations, and a list of statements, and you connect them. Matching sentence endings gives you the first half of a sentence and a list of possible endings.

The method for matching features

1. 1.Scan the text for the names or dates in the option list and underline every one. They are easy to find because they are capitalised or numerical.
2. 2.Work through the text in order rather than through the questions in order, because the names are scattered.
3. 3.Read the whole sentence around each name before matching.
4. 4.Check whether options may be used more than once.

The method for sentence endings

1. 1.Read the sentence beginning and predict how it should finish.
2. 2.Eliminate endings that do not fit grammatically. This alone removes several options.
3. 3.Then find the relevant place in the text and confirm the meaning.
4. 4.The beginnings follow the order of the text, so use that to narrow your search.