IELTS Studying – Matching Names Suggestions and Technique

In IELTS Studying matching names questions, you may be requested to match somebody’s identify, usually an skilled, researcher or scientist, to a press release. On this publish, I’ll train you my technique for these query sorts so you possibly can enhance your studying expertise from dwelling.

In these questions, you may be given a listing of names and a listing of statements. Your job is to learn the textual content after which match the names with the proper assertion.

The studying textual content will inform you what that individual has mentioned or executed (usually analysis findings) and this may information you to the proper reply.

Pattern Query

As you possibly can see beneath, you may be given a lot of statements and a lot of names. You will need to use the studying textual content to match every assertion with the proper identify. You’ll typically be given extra names than required.

Supply: Cambridge English IELTS Previous Papers.

IELTS Matching Names Suggestions

1. Deal with the straightforward questions first. In case you can’t discover the reply to a query, transfer on and are available again to it later.
2. Discover the names within the textual content shortly by scanning for them after which underline them.
3. The names is perhaps shortened to only a first or final identify. For instance, ‘John Jones’ would possibly seem as solely ‘Jones’ within the textual content.
4. Consider synonyms that may seem within the studying textual content. For instance, the phrase ‘intense burst of vitality‘ might appear to be ‘explosive launch of vitality‘ within the textual content.
5. A number of the names is perhaps used greater than as soon as. Test the query for directions on this.
6. The questions don’t observe the order of the textual content. You might need to go backwards and forwards to search out the proper reply. It is a very unnatural option to learn and requires you to make use of your scanning expertise.
7. In case you wish to categorise issues by color, use totally different colored pens to underline the totally different names.

IELTS Studying Matching Names Technique 

That is my prompt technique. There are numerous totally different methods and it is best to use the one you’re feeling snug with. You may as well adapt this technique to what fits you.

1. Learn the query fastidiously.
2. Deal with the names first. Learn them after which scan for the names within the studying textual content and underline them. Do not forget that some names will seem greater than as soon as and it is best to underline all of them.
3. Deal with the names that seem solely as soon as first as a result of these are the best.
4. Learn across the identify to see if their findings or analysis come earlier than or after their identify.
5. Learn their analysis or findings after which return to the statements within the query and match. Concentrate on synonyms.
6. Once you discover a assertion that matches a reputation, delete the assertion. Every assertion can solely be used as soon as.
7. Repeat for the remainder of the names.

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