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SUGGESTED APPROACH AND HINTS

You are given a text which six or seven sentences or paragraphs have been removed; these have been put in a mixed-up order after the text. The task is to decide where in the text the sentences or paragraphs have been taken from.

5 QUESTIONS

• Read the text through once.
• Look at the sentences, cross out the one used in the example.
• Read the paragraph that contains the first gap and look for clues:
  • Are there any reference words to help you - it, this, they - what do they refer to; but, worse, otherwise - what may you expect before such words.
  • Is there a linking word before or after the gap.
  • Look carefully at pronouns, demonstratives, possessive adjectives.
  • Write the main idea of a paragraph.
  • Look for meanings / relations between sentences and paragraphs.
• It is important to be able to follow the flow of a text and to understand how parts of a text are connected. Look for sentences that show cause and effect.
• Look for a sentence that changes or continues the flow. Associate words and ideas
• When you’ve decided on the appropriate sentence, check that it fits grammatically and follows the sense of the text. Read what is before and after the gap.
• There is an extra sentence - just to confuse you.