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Finding Key Information

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Finding Key Information

Read each question carefully. Use headings, keywords and the notice to locate information efficiently.

Text features and reading strategies

1.Which two features are most likely to help you locate particular information quickly in a factual article?
  • Headings and bold keywords
  • Long paragraphs and complex sentences
  • A decorative border and page number
  • A repeated opening sentence
2.You want to find the main topics in a long report before reading it closely. What is the best first step?
  • Read every sentence from beginning to end
  • Skim the headings and subheadings
  • Read only the final paragraph
  • Look for the longest word on each page
3.You need to find the date a supermarket delivery is due in a notice. Which approach is most efficient?
  • Scan for words and details linked to dates or delivery
  • Read the notice repeatedly without looking for clues
  • Guess based on the day of the week
  • Read only the first line

Read the supermarket notice

Poppy and Rhys are helping prepare a supermarket’s customer information board. Read the notice to answer the questions.

Topic

Information

Opening times

Monday–Saturday: 8 am–8 pm; Sunday: 10 am–4 pm

Online order collection

Collect from the service desk. Bring your order number. Collection is available until 7 pm.

Returns

Take the item and receipt to the service desk within 30 days. Chilled or frozen food cannot be returned unless faulty.

Reusable bags

Bring your own bags or buy one at the checkout for 20p.

4.On which day does the supermarket close earliest?
5.What should a customer bring to collect an online order?
6.Florence wants to return a faulty chilled item. What does the notice say about returning chilled or frozen food?
7.Which heading should a customer check to learn how much a reusable bag costs?
8.Match each customer’s question to the most useful heading in the notice.
  • What time can I collect my order?
  • Can I bring back a chilled item?
  • Do I need to bring shopping bags?
  • Where do I pick up a web order?
  • Returns
  • Online order collection
  • Reusable bags
  • Online order collection
9.Explain how you would locate the deadline for collecting an online order in this notice. Include the reading strategy you would use and the detail you would look for.
10.Give two ways the notice’s layout makes information easier to find than if it were presented as one long paragraph.
11.A customer needs to know whether the shop is open at 5 pm on Sunday. Find the relevant detail and answer yes or no, giving the evidence.

3 printable pages

  • Finding Key Information, page 1 of 3: Text features and reading strategies, Read the supermarket notice

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  • Finding Key Information, page 2 of 3: Online order collection Collect from the service desk. Bring your order

    Page 2

  • Finding Key Information, page 3 of 3: 9. Explain how you would locate the deadline for collecting an online order in this…

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