| Multiple choice questions Examine the statements carefully to identify common features, and areas of difference. Try to use common sense to eliminate some of the answers. Underline key words to save time when scanning the reading passage. Gap Filling Read the gapped text carefully and think about both the meaning and grammar of suitable words to fill the gaps. Note down your ideas so that when you read the text you are then reading for confirmation of most answers. Matching headings to paragraphs Read the headings first. Then read paragraph one and return to the headings to choose the most suitable option. You do not usually need to read the whole paragraph. Often the first sentence is the ‘topic sentence’, which summarises the paragraph as a whole. Sometime the topic sentence comes later, so you may need to read further. When you have a good idea of your answer for one paragraph, look at the headings again before you move on to the next paragraph. True/false/not given Be careful with statements that have two parts, connected by words like ‘unless’ or ‘because’. Often both parts of the sentence may individually be true or false, but without a link given between them. Be careful with statements that use words like ‘all’ or ‘always’: the ideas in the text may not be so absolute. |
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