Leesvaardigheidstraining - Lesson 3

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• Leesvaardigheidstraining - lesson 3
• Questions with an example 

Important: find the example

CITO asks quite some 'example question'. That means that they mention examples in the text. 

Three different types of questions: 

1. Gapfill, you have to enter 'for instance' or 'for example'

2. Cause and effect (zoek het verband). 'It shows, it illustrates, etc.'

3. Reversed example question: What does the author want to show with this example? 

Gapfill

There is a sentence with a ______. 

You have to fill in a linking word (therefore, however, for instance, etc.)

If CITO wants you to mention an example, they almost always put 'for instance' in the optional answers, NOT 'for example' (because you're all very smart HAVO students. For example is too easy for you). 

What to look for? 

When CITO wants you to see that they have an example,
they mention all kinds of things:

Names

Places

Numbers

% (percentages)

Dates (not like first dates, but 'data/datums') Note that dates are not often mentioned for fear of becoming irrelevant

Practice!

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 4? 

A) For instance

B) Likewise

C) On the other hand

D) Therefore

Did you see that the text immediately mentioned 'New Orleans' after the 'For instance'? That means that they immediately mention a 'place' and you should therefore pick answer A. 

Cause and effect

• Verband/hoe verhoudt deze zin zich tot....
• If this is the question you get, you have to check the answers. If it says 'to illustrate ....' that is the answer that says that they give an example to show something. 
• If there is a 'to illustrate...' answer, look for names, places, number, % or dates. 
• Did you find them? Very well possible that the 'to illustrate...' answer is correct. 

Explain why is BS

Urban wildlife confrontations are also on the rise in the US, where coyote attacks are more common. Being larger than foxes, coyotes cause nastier injuries. But the problem is recognized as being 95 per cent due to human behavior, and the focus is on educating people, not shooting coyotes. In Australia, where dingo attacks are an issue, the focus has also been on changing people's behavior. In the UK the response is far less rational: the media publicises people showing off 'tame' foxes and then goes into a frenzy over the predictable problems such misguided behavior brings. So for 24 hours after the Bromley baby was bitten, my phone never stopped ringing. Then it suddenly fell silent. An 85-year-old man in Rome announced his retirement and the media circus moved on. 

Urban wildlife confrontations are also on the rise in the US, where coyote attacks are more common. Being larger than foxes, coyotes cause nastier injuries. But the problem is recognized as being 95 per cent due to human behavior, and the focus is on educating people, not shooting coyotes. In Australia, where dingo attacks are an issue, the focus has also been on changing people's behavior. In the UK the response is far less rational: the media publicises people showing off 'tame' foxes and then goes into a frenzy over the predictable problems such misguided behavior brings. So for 24 hours after the Bromley baby was bitten, my phone never stopped ringing. Then it suddenly fell silent. An 85-year-old man in Rome announced his retirement and the media circus moved on. 

What is the correct answer?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

I can answer this question with only one quick look at the first line of paragraph 5. Can you too? 

The last one of the example questions

The reversed example question

Dit is het voorbeeld. Wat wil de schrijver met dit voorbeeld laten zien? 

Waarom noemt de schrijver [voordbeeldkenmerk]?

Two tips: 

Tip 1: pay attention to the broad picture

Tip 2: no answers that contain example features (name, place, etc.), because they are not about the general idea. 

Look at the different options and cross off the ones that contain examples 

What is the correct answer?

A

B

C

D