What to do
Cross Matching
Reading - Do's and don'ts
What to do
In this part you read four short texts and then answer four questions. The questions focus on opinions expressed in the texts and you may be asked to identify opinions that are the same or different across the texts.
Read as wide a range of texts as possible.
Read newspapers, magazines, novels, academic texts etc.
In particular, read texts that offer different opinions on the same subject. This might be reviews of a book or film or the comments following blog posts.
As you read, **underline the key words or phrases** that highlight the author’s views and how they differ from other writers.
Strategy
- Read the question, title and the subtitle carefully. What is the central theme of the four texts?
- Quickly read the four texts to see what each one is about.
- Read the four questions and identify the key information to focus on. Underline the key words in the questions.
- Read each text more carefully to locate a reference to each of the four questions.
- Identify the opinion that each writer has on each question and compare it to that of the other writers.