A distractor is a wrong option built to look right. This route teaches four ways to reject one: check what the author states, check the pronoun, check the relationship, and check the evidence for attitude.
It extends extended reading. Start with locating supporting evidence efficiently if finding the right lines is still slow.
What are the four lessons?
- Distinguishing what an author states from what the reader assumes
- Resolving pronoun reference across sentences
- Rejecting an answer that copies words but changes the relationship
- Explaining the evidence for a writer-attitude inference
How does a plausible distractor work?
Here is an original sentence: “The match was postponed because the field was flooded.” Question: why was the match postponed?
- A. The teams were late. This is an assumption the text does not support.
- B. The field was flooded. This repeats the text and gives the stated reason.
- C. The flood happened because of the match. This copies words but reverses the relationship.
Option B survives. A fails the “where does it say so?” test, and C fails the relationship test.
Who should start where?
If you tend to choose options that “could be true”, start with the first lesson. If you lose marks on pronoun questions, start with the second. If an option repeats the passage but you still miss, start with the third.
Finish with the integrated practice and record slips in the mistake log and paper-error review. For a teacher to go through your options with you, see online one-to-one English tuition.