1. Mrs Smith’s Exam Preparation Hub

2. Watch this clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfEGKc7PLQ
1. What colour is the roof of the car?
2. What colour are the workers’ gloves?
3. How many people are stood with the car in the
final shot?
4. What is the make of the car?
5. What is the name of the car?
6. What is the slogan used at the end of the
advert?

3. How did you find it?
Did you answer all the questions correctly?
Watch the clip again and try to find all the
answers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfEGKc7PLQ
Now apply the same approach to the exam.

4. The Facts: Locate and Retrieve (List and Find)
Find 10+ pieces of information.
Work chronologically.
Set out your answer in a list.
Spend 5-7 minutes.
Session 1

5. Sample Question: List 10 details from the article that suggests
polar bears can be dangerous.
Extract from the passage: (possible 7 answers in this part)
Help! Its the scare bear bunch
When 200 bears pay an annual visit, its time for the people of Churchill in
Canada – polar bear capital of the world – to keep their heads down. Peter
Baumgartner reports on an adventure holiday he took there.
Churchill is the polar bear capital of the world; every year in November, the
town’s 1000 inhabitants have to share their living space with 200 of them. The
bears invade Churchill while waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so that they
can hunt on the ice for seals, their favourite food. Just before the winter
begins in earnest, Churchill has a six-week ‘season’, and adventure tourists
from around the world make the Arctic Circle to watch them. But amusing and
clumsy as they look, polar bears are among the most dangerous predators on
earth. Fast, strong and unpredictable, they weigh up to 600kg and attack
without warning.

6. Question: List 10 details from the article that suggests polar
bears can be dangerous.
Extract: here are 7 details
Help! Its the scare bear bunch
When 200 bears pay an annual visit, its time for the people of Churchill in
Canada – polar bear capital of the world – to keep their heads down. Peter
Baumgartner reports on an adventure holiday he took there.
Churchill is the polar bear capital of the world; every year in November, the
town’s 1000 inhabitants have to share their living space with 200 of them. The
bears invade Churchill while waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so that they
can hunt on the ice for seals, their favourite food. Just before the winter
begins in earnest, Churchill has a six-week ‘season’, and adventure tourists
from around the world make the Arctic Circle to watch them. But amusing and
clumsy as they look, polar bears are among the most dangerous predators on
earth. Fast, strong and unpredictable, they weigh up to 600kg and attack
without warning.

7. Write the answer in a list.
Copy the words exactly as you see them in the text.
Like this...
1. When 200 bears pay an annual visit
2. The bears invade Churchill
3. polar bears are among the most dangerous
predators on earth
4. Fast
5. Strong
6. Unpredictable

8. Now practice with this question.
List ten reasons mentioned in the extracts that
help explain why bananas are so popular.
10 marks