Text 2: Sugar and Society
Task Type 4: Multiple Choice Questions
Students have to locate the focus of each question and identify the writer's views and claims.
Introduction
Definition :
The multiple choice task tests the students' ability to read a text carefully and understand detailed information and arguments. It is often used to test their understanding of a text in which the writer is presenting an argument or where different ideas are compared and analysed.
Method :
You have a set of question stems with four possible answers. Your job is to read the passage and decide which of the four options correctly answers the question.

Extra :
There are two types of question:
A question which has four different answers (A, B, C, D)
An incomplete sentence that has four possible endings (A, B, C, D)
The Basic Rules for the Multiple Choice Task
Fundamental :
The questions follow the order of information in the text.
The wording of the options is not exactly the same as the wording in the passage.
When you read the question stems, you see some words and names that are also used in the passage. These help you to find the relevant information.
You read the section carefully and compare the information and ides with the four options.
You have to decide which option correctly answers the question or completes the sentence.
Quiz
Practice
Pre-reading Text
Prediction
Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph and try to guess what is the text about?
While-reading Text
Read the text and answer the questions
Post-reading Text
T.V report
Individually or in pairs, pretend to be TV reporters and sum up the highlights of the text entitled 'Sugar and Society".

Self-evaluation
Which statement best describes how you feel about multiple choice task ?
I feel confident about doing Yes/No/Not Given task
I did OK, but I still need to do more work on Yes/No/Not Given tasks
I need more practice with Yes/No/Not Given tasks. I need to focus on ...