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 ...