SKILL 6: ANSWER IMPLIED DETAIL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY

The reading section have some problems that will require answers that are not directly stated in the passage. To answer these questions correctly, you will have to draw conclusions from information that is given in the passage. Questions of this type contain the words implied, inferred, likely, or probably to let you know that the answer to the question is not directly stated.

How to identify the question?

It is implied in the passage that …..

It can be inferred from the passage that ….

It is most likely that ….

What probably happened ….?

Where to find the answer?

The answers to these questions are generally found in order in the passage.

How to answer the question?

1.       Choose a key word in the question

2.       Scan the passage for the key word (or a related idea)

3.       Carefully read the sentence that contains the key word

4.       Look for an answer that could be true, according to that sentence

Example: 

      The Hawaiian language is a melodious language in which all words are derived from an alphabet of only twelve letters, the five vowels a, e, i, o, u and the seven consonants h, k, l, m, n, p, w. Each syllable in the language ends in a vowel, and two consonants never appear together, so vowels have a much higher frequency in the Hawaiian language than they do in English.

        This musical-sounding language can be heard regularly by visitors to the islands. Most Hawaiian speak English, but it is quite common to hear English that is liberally spiced with words and expressions from the traditional language of the culture. A visitor may be greeted with the expression aloha and may be referred to as a malihini because he is a newcomer to the island. The visitor may attend an outside luau where everyone eats too much and be invited afterwards to dance hula.

Which of the following is probably NOT a Hawaiian word:

(A)   mahalo

(B)   mahimahi

(C)   meklea

(D)   moana

With this question you draw the conclusion, So letter C is the correct answer because the consonants k and l appear together.

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