Revising scanning & information retrieval skills

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A short quiz to help learners hone their scanning & information retrieval skills.
Sarah Holmes
Quiz by Sarah Holmes, updated more than 1 year ago
Sarah Holmes
Created by Sarah Holmes almost 7 years ago
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Question 1

Question
Questions 1 and 2 on paper 1 will always direct you to short sections towards the start of the text.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

Question
Look at the typical question 1 from paper 1 in the image. What are you being asked to do?
Answer
  • Explain why Pip was afraid
  • Scan lines 1 - 6
  • Suggest a reason for Pip's fear in lines 1 -6
  • Find the only possible phrase which answers this question in lines 1 -6
  • Find the phrase which shows Pip was afraid
  • Quote the phrase directly without explaining or analysing

Question 3

Question
You will need to use scanning and information retrieval skills when answering the analysis question, question 3.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Look at the question 1 in the picture opposite and the section of text which a candidate has highlighted with possible quotes. The problem is that the candidate has highlighted far too much of the text. Please choose the examples from the text which would be acceptable as answers to the question set.
Answer
  • She felt a sharp pang
  • Grew disturbed and uneasy
  • She tried to go away
  • With sham vivacity
  • her feet were treacherous

Question 5

Question
Look at the response to a question 2 from Paper 1 in which the candidate has provided 2 direct quotations. Although the response would have got the candidate the 2 marks on offer, the second example would have been better if it had been paraphrased using the candidates own words but retaining the meaning of the quote. Which of the following sentence most effectively paraphrases the second quote in the picture?
Answer
  • Cathy explains to Nelly that she and Heathcliff share a soul.
  • Because Cathy loves Heathcliff.
  • Cathy believes that she and Heathcliff are soul-mates.
  • Because they are so alike.

Question 6

Question
Which questions on paper 1 will require scanning and information retrieval skills?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
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