English Language · Reading: understanding a text. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
An explicit question asks for something the text says in plain words. The answer is on the page. You only have to find it and read it carefully.
Pick out the important words of the question (a name, a time, a place) and scan the passage for them. Then read the whole sentence, and the one before and after it. Wrong options often use real words from the passage but join them to the wrong person, number or reason.
For sequence questions, remember that a writer may tell events out of order. Time words such as ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘by then’ and ‘had already’ show the true order.
Choosing an option because it contains a number or name you remember from the passage. Go back and check that the number belongs to the thing the question asks about.
Answer: The bus usually leaves at 7.05 a.m.
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