English · Exam Skills and Methodology
Detail comprehension — True/False & WH-question answering with justification
Locate the exact evidence before you write True, False, or a short answer.
6 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Answering True/False statements about a text with textual justification
- Answering WH-questions (what/how/why) directly from the text, in the student's own words when asked
The method
- Locate the exact sentence/paragraph that supports the answer before writing it
The common mistakes
- Copying a full sentence instead of a concise justified answer
- Answering from memory instead of from the text
The kind of exercise that comes up at the BAC
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T/F + WH comprehension block easy
any BAC reading text → 3-4 T/F + 2-3 WH questions with justification
From the lesson
Read this statement: Amina volunteers on Sundays. Is that true or false? You cannot guess from memory. You have to check one exact detail in the text below.
The vocabulary
- justify (برر)
- according to the text (حسب النص)
What is not on the syllabus
- Vocabulary-only questions (covered in C04/C05)