Let’s start:- Reading ielts tips of table completion
8.TABLE COMPLETION
Reading ielts tips, In this type of question, candidates are asked to fill different gaps in a table with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS, NO MORE THANE THREE WORDS etc. from the passage. Keywords are very important to find answers correctly. Generally, this type questions maintain a sequence. However, we should not be surprised if the sequence is not maintained. Find the keywords in the passage and scan those keywords carefully. Finally, transfer your answer in your answer sheet.
Tips: – We need to have looked at the whole table for find the keywords then skim the passage to get clue and then scan those lines carefully for exact answer.
Here is the table with the title: Early methods of producing flat glass
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Paragraph 1
Glass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime. When heated to about 1500 degrees Celsius (°C) this becomes a molten mass that hardens when slowly cooled. The first successful method for making clear, flat glass involved spinning. This method was very effective as the glass had not touched any surfaces between being soft and becoming hard, so it stayed perfectly unblemished, with a ‘fire finish’. However, the process took a long time and was labour intensive.
Q1. Method: 1. ___________
Remember the word ‘early’ in the table. This word suggests that the first methods of producing clear flat glass.
Keywords for the questions: Method
Let’s have a look at the paragraph 1: – “…The first successful method for making clear, flat glass involved spinning.
Similarity: – early = the first successful method
So, answer will be: – SPINNING
Q2. Advantages:
Glass remained 2. ____________
Keywords for the questions: Advantages, remained
Look at Paragraph 1, Next line: – “This method was very effective as the glass had not touched any surfaces between being soft and becoming hard, so it stayed perfectly unblemished, with a ‘fire finish’. However, the process took a long time and was labour intensive.“
Similarity: – remained = stayed
So, answer will be: – UNBLEMISHED
Q3. Disadvantages:
- Slow
- _______________
Keywords for this question: Disadvantages, slow
Look at Paragraph 1, Last line: – “However, the process took a long time and was labour intensive.”
Similarity: – slow = took a long time
Here, the first problem was that the process was slow (took a long time).the second problem was that it was labour intensive.
So, answer will be: – LABOUR INTENSIVE
Paragraph 2
Nevertheless, demand for flat glass was very high and glassmakers across the world were looking for a method of making it continuously. The first continuous ribbon process involved squeezing molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old mangle. This allowed glass of virtually any thickness to be made non-stop, but the rollers would leave both sides of the glass marked, and these would then need to be ground and polished. This part of the process rubbed away around 20 per cent of the glass, and the machines were very expensive.
Q4. Advantages:
- Could produce glass sheets of varying___________
- Non-stop process
Keywords for the questions: – Advantages, Ribbon, Produce glass sheet, varying, non-stop process
The answer is found in paragraph No. 2:- the writer says, “…The first continuous ribbon process involved squeezing molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old mangle. This allowed glass of virtually any thickness to be made non-stop…”
Similarity: – virtually any = nearly any kind of or varying
So, answer will be: – THICKNESS
Q5. Disadvantages:
- Glass was ___________
- 20% of glass rubbed away
- Machines were expensive
Keywords for the question: – Disadvantages, 20%, rubbed away, machines, expensive
Again, the answer is found in paragraph No. 2:- “…but the rollers would leave both sides of the glass marked, and these would then need to be ground and polished. This part of the process rubbed away around 20 per cent of the glass, and the machines were very expensive.”
Similarity: – machines were very expensive = Machines were expensive, away around 20 per cent of the glass = 20% of glass rubbed away
So, answer will be: –MARKED
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