Matching Features
Match people or statements to the correct options.
Reading
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What you see on screen
A grid pairs statements with a short list of features — researchers, countries, theories or time periods — and you select the feature each statement belongs to. Features can be reused, and some may never be used.
How it is marked
One mark per statement, with no penalty for a wrong pick. These questions do not follow passage order, so the answers are scattered through the text.
Strategy
- Scan the passage once for the feature names and mark where each one appears; they are usually capitalised or dated, so they are quick to find by eye.
- Work feature by feature rather than statement by statement. Reading everything said about one researcher answers several statements at once.
- Check the instructions for whether letters may be used more than once. When they may, resist the urge to spread your answers evenly.
- Match on what the feature is credited with, not on a shared keyword; the passage often mentions two names in the same sentence.
Traps that cost marks
Assigning a statement to the nearest name in the paragraph when the claim actually belongs to the person being contrasted with them.
Assuming every feature must be used, and forcing a statement onto a name the passage never links it to.
Now try it under exam conditions.
Practise Matching Features