BULATS Reading and Language Knowledge – Task Type 5 – Multiple Matching

(Found in Part 2 Section 1)

Task Description

What do candidates have to do?

• In this task, candidates match a statement with one of four short related texts.

What sort of material do candidates read?

• Product descriptions, a set of advertisements e.g. for different business courses, notices or messages, book or video reviews, or short newspaper items on related topics.
• This task covers Levels 1-3.

What skill is being assessed?

• Understanding the language of the statement and relating it to the meaning of the text, which is expressed in a different way.

Understanding the Task

To understand better how candidates need to approach this task, it may help you to do the activity yourself and analyse what you had to do to find the right answer.

This is a matching task. Candidates are given 7 sentences. Each of these is a statement which can be matched with just one of the four short texts. Candidates have to read the sentences and find which text expresses the same meaning, although in different words.

Sample Task Type 5 Task
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Things to consider

Now look at these questions about how you approached the task and consider your answers.

1. Did you read the texts or the statements first?
   
   
2. Did you change your mind about an earlier answer as you went on?
   
   
3. Did the sentences repeat words used in the texts?
   
   
4. Did you find paraphrases which helped you identify the answer?
   
   
5. Could more than one of the texts mention something related to one particular statement?
   
   
6. What are the main reading skills required by this task?
   

Answers and Discussion