LISTENING SKILL 5 Ordering and Matching questions ORDERING

LISTENING SKILL 5 Ordering and Matching questions

ORDERING AND MATCHING Ordering and Matching questions are the 5 th listening skill. You guys should know the other skills by now (main idea, factual, etc. ) These questions only appear in the lectures, not in the conversations **

ORDERING AND MATCHING Ordering questions – These questions ask you to put 3 or 4 steps in a process in the correct order. So, what happened first, second, third, fourth. Listen for time words (years, dates) for sequence words (first, next, later, after that, etc. ) – more words on p. 107

ORDERING AND MATCHING Some examples of ordering – 1) Biography of a person (a person’s history) ‘Thomas Edison was born in 1847…. In 1871, he got married to Mary Stilwell. He died in 1931. Before that, he invented many things including the light bulb and the phongraph. Put these events in order. A) Edison invented many things B) Edison got married C) Edison was born D) Edison died

ORDERING AND MATCHING 2) Steps in a process ‘First, cut the vegetables, and put the vegetables and meat on the bread. Then, spread the mayonnaise on the bread. Before eating the sandwich, put the two pieces of bread together and cut it in half. ’ Put the steps in the correct order. A) spread the mayonnaise B) eat the sandwich C) cut the vegetables D) put the bread together and cut

ORDERING AND MATCHING 3) Ranking ‘According to the US News and World Report, the University of Oregon has the 4 th best education program in the USA. Vanderbilt University has the top position, followed closely by Stanford University and the Teachers College at Columbia University. ’ Put these education programs in the correct order. A) Teachers College B) Stanford C) Oregon D) Vanderbilt

ORDERING AND MATCHING As you take notes, write down the numbers next to the steps in the process or the order of events Example – Edison – born in 1847 1 Edison – died in 1931 4

ORDERING AND MATCHING Matching questions – next week