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Matching Information asks which paragraph holds a given detail, and it does not follow the passage order. Practice unlimited questions from real Academic passages, each with a full explanation.
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Matching Information
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Paragraph C
These maps functioned as devotional images, arranged around theological priorities rather than coastlines or roads, and were never intended to guide a traveller.
Which piece of information does this paragraph contain?
What does this paragraph tell us about the maps?
How to approach Matching Information
In Matching Information you are told a piece of information and must find which paragraph contains it. Unlike most task types, the questions do not follow the order of the passage, and one paragraph may hold the answer to more than one question or none at all. The skill is fast scanning for a paraphrase of the detail.
1
Understand the detail you are hunting
Read each statement and identify the exact piece of information, such as a reason, an example or a definition.
2
Scan, do not read in full
Move quickly through paragraphs looking for the synonym of the keyword rather than reading every word.
3
Match the paraphrase
The answer paragraph reworks the statement. Confirm the meaning matches, not just a shared word.
4
Remember paragraphs can repeat
A paragraph may answer several questions, and some paragraphs answer none. Do not assume one match each.
5
Leave the hardest for last
Settle the clear matches first, which shrinks the search area for the difficult ones.
Common mistakes to avoid
✗Assuming the answers run in passage order.
✓Matching Information does not follow the order. Any paragraph can answer any question.
✗Assuming each paragraph is used once.
✓A paragraph can be the answer to more than one question, or to none.
✗Matching on a repeated word alone.
✓Confirm the paragraph actually contains the specific information, not just the keyword.
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