Identifying Types of Information
For
matching information tasks,
you need to locate an idea or piece of information in the text and match it to a phrase that
accurately describes it.Read the extracts from two
separate paragraphs of a Reading passage. What type of
information has been underlined?
A
Meerkats devote a significant part of their day to foraging for food with their sensitive noses. When they find it, they eat on the spot. Primarily, meerkats are insectivores, which means their diet is mainly made up of insects.
B
These animals are transient by nature and move if their food is in short supply or if they're forced out by a stronger gang. The group's
dominant male, the alpha male, marks the group's territory to protect the boundary from rivals and predators.