Paper 1 (Reading Exam) - Part 3 (Multiple Matching)

Lesson 4 - Paper 1 (Reading) - Part 3 (Multiple Matching)

In Part 3 of Paper 1, you are given a number of short texts and 15 questions to answer. You have to choose which text matches each question.

Your teacher is going to give you some advice on how to complete Part 3. Make notes. (Video 4.1)

Tip 1

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Tip 2

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Synonyms

Often the words in the question are different from the information in the text. The author uses synonyms. In order to be able to successfully pass this part of Paper 1, you need to be able to recognise when the same word is being said but in a different way.

Below are two texts about Early Driving Experiences. Look at the words that have been highlighted in the text and match them to their synonyms.

Text A

I passed my driving test at the age of seventeen. Before that, I had been taking lessons for only three months. I was (1) desperate to pass my test. As I was the youngest in my year, all of my friends had already passed their tests by the time it was my birthday and most of them were driving their mum or dad’s car. I wanted to do better than that and so from the age of 15, I started saving money. By my 17^th birthday, I had (2) enough money to buy a small car and so I did. In fact, I (3) bought my first car before I even turned 17. I was that desperate to drive. Anyway, the day I passed my test, I went home, picked up my new car and drove to the nearest town where I picked up my two best friends from work and drove them home. That weekend, I drove my friends everywhere as their parents wouldn’t let them use the car at the weekend, only during the week. Everyone loved my little car and it made me a (4) popular person.

Eager
Purchased
Sufficient
Well-liked

Text B

When I passed my driving test, I didn’t have my own car and so I (1) relied on my mum’s car. She worked part time and so I (2) was allowed to take the car the days she was not going to work. I used to take the car every Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesdays, I would drive to college and then after college, I would drive to my girlfriend’s house. One Wednesday, my girlfriend asked me if I would take her to a shopping centre which was quite far away. I would have to get on the motorway to get there and although, I had never been on the motorway before, I agreed to take her. As soon as I got on the motorway, I felt extremely (3) nervous. It was rush hour and there were cars everywhere. We eventually got there safely but when we wanted to come home, we couldn’t as the engine wouldn’t start. I called my mum and she was furious that I had driven so far. She (4) stopped me driving the car for two months.

Anxious
Banned
Depended on
Permitted to

Read the extracts again and decide which story mentions the following:

Dependant on family member A/B
Eager to pass test. A/B
Had an anxious drive on the motorway A/B
Made more friends because they drove A/B
Purchased their own car A/B
Was banned from driving A/B

Text A

I passed my driving test at the age of seventeen. Before that, I had been taking lessons for only three months. I was desperate to pass my test. As I was the youngest in my year, all of my friends had already passed their tests by the time it was my birthday and most of them were driving their mum or dad’s car. I wanted to do better than that and so from the age of 15, I started saving money. By my 17^th birthday, I had enough money to buy a small car and so I did. In fact, I bought my first car before I even turned 17. I was that desperate to drive. Anyway, the day I passed my test, I went home, picked up my new car and drove to the nearest town where I picked up my two best friends from work and drove them home. That weekend, I drove my friends everywhere as their parents wouldn’t let them use the car at the weekend, only during the week. Everyone loved my little car and it made me a popular person.

Text B

When I passed my driving test I didn’t have my own car and so I relied on my mum’s car. She worked part time and so I was allowed to take the car the days she was not going to work. I used to take the car every Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesdays, I would drive to college and then after college, I would drive to my girlfriend’s house. One Wednesday, my girlfriend asked me if I would take her to a shopping centre which was quite far away. I would have to get on the motorway to get there and although I had never been on the motorway before, I agreed to take her. As soon as I got on the motorway, I felt extremely nervous. It was rush hour and there were cars everywhere. We eventually got there safely but when we wanted to come home, we couldn’t as the engine wouldn’t start. I called my mum and she was furious that I had driven so far. She stopped me driving the car for two months.

Exam practice

You are going to read a selection of letters from a cookery magazine. For questions 1-15, choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once.

Your letters

This month we feature your early cookery experiences.

I’d been helping my mum out in the kitchen for years. You see she’s a cookery teacher at a college, and every summer I used to go to work with her and help her students. She used to teach a whole range of courses, from basic cookery to cooking for dinner parties. Even though I had helped and observed her for many years, I had never actually cooked anything, apart from toast, of course. For this reason, I was unsure what my first dish would turn out like. One day it was my boyfriend’s birthday and so I decided to cook him his favourite dish, chicken and mushroom pie. I had seen my mum cook it many times, but I wasn’t sure I could replicate her skill. The dish turned out perfectly. I was quite surprised at how delicious it was. All of those years of helping and observing had obviously paid off.

Kim

A most unfortunate experience happened to me many years ago. From a young age, I cooked dinner once a week for my family. My mum and dad both worked really hard and so I would cook for them every Friday to give them a break. I would always follow recipes and although I wasn’t a very good cook, everyone appreciated the effort. Then one Friday, my mum told me that my grandparents would be joining us for dinner too and that they really wanted steak. She asked if I would be happy to make it for them. I had never cooked for six people before and I had never cooked steak, but I said it wasn’t a problem. That night, I was in such a panic with the timing of everything, that as I turned round to plate everything up, I left the tea towel on the hob and it set on fire. Before I knew it the fire was out of control. We had to call the fire brigade. The kitchen survived luckily, but I have never cooked again.

Dee

I started dating Anna when I was sixteen and I was besotted with her. A few weeks after we had started dating, it was Valentine’s Day. As I didn’t have a lot of money, instead of taking her out for dinner, I offered to cook her a meal. It was a fairly ambitious task, but I liked a good challenge. It took me a week to prepare everything. I found recipes online and as some of the recipes required special ingredients, I went to specialist shops to source them. The night before the meal, I made the dessert. It was a triple chocolate cake with icing and “I love you Anna” in the middle. That night, I didn’t get to bed until midnight! The next day was Valentine’s Day and when I got to college, Anna was waiting for me. I was expecting her to give me a card and a kiss, but no, she told me that she had found someone else and that she no longer wanted to be with me. I was devastated.

Paul

My advice about learning to cook would be to take your time in the kitchen and enjoy it! Cooking is very much a hobby of mine. My friends enjoy going to the gym, surfing the net, but no not me, I enjoy cooking. I first developed this passion when I was fifteen. I would watch cookery programmes on the television and beg my mum to buy the ingredients, so that I could try out my favourite recipes from the programme, at home. Often she let me, and everyone was pleased with the results. My mum didn’t have to cook dinner and I got better every week. At first, I felt I had to cook as fast as they do in the programmes, but then I realised that by taking my time, it actually relaxed me. Sometimes the recipes didn’t taste too good but I didn’t put that down to my cooking ability, it was the recipe’s fault!

Tim

I didn’t start cooking until I was twenty one! I was a bit of a late starter. I must admit having someone else cook your food is a blessing. It’s not something that I really enjoy. But, when I eventually moved out of my parent’s home and rented a flat on my own, I knew that I would have to start cooking for myself. I started off with basic food…pasta with sauce, chicken with vegetables but then one Christmas, I was given an ‘Easy and quick cooking’ book by my sister and I said to myself “how hard can it be?” I followed one of the recipes and what I cooked was actually quite tasty, and, it only took me 30 minutes. From that moment on, I started to cook more elaborate recipes. Although, you can’t beat eating out or having someone else cook for you, cooking is not that difficult and if I can do it, so can you!

Tanya

Which person…

1. used to help a family member with their work?

2. had working parents?

3. cooked because he/she didn’t have any money?

4. was given a gift?

5. has developed his/her cooking ability considerably?

6. spent a long time planning a meal?

7. was inspired by the TV chefs?

8. lost control of the situation?

9. takes after a family member?

10. prefers eating out in restaurants?

11. finds cooking calming?

12. has different hobbies to his/her friends?

13. was unlucky in love?

14. has not cooked for a while?

15. cooked a meal for her boyfriend?

Answers

Exercise 1

Text A

1. Eager

2. Sufficient

3. Purchased

4. Well-liked

Text B

1. Depended on

2. Permitted to

3. Anxious

4. Banned

1. B

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. A

6. B

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. E

5. D

6. C

7. D

8. B

9. A

10. E

11. D

12. D

13. C

14. B

15. A