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OET PART A - Part B Reading

Part A involves completing gaps from 4 pieces of information on a single topic provided in different formats like lists or paragraphs. There are 25-30 gaps to fill in 15 minutes. The strategy is to first read headings, estimate 26 seconds per gap, and move on from difficult gaps, as only 65% or 20 gaps need to be correct to pass. Part B involves two 600-650 word passages each with 7-8 multiple choice questions to circle answers for. There are 45 minutes total, with around 20 minutes for each passage. The strategy is to understand what each question is asking, such as opinions versus factual data, and move on from difficult questions, as 65% or 11 out of 16

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OET PART A - Part B Reading

Part A involves completing gaps from 4 pieces of information on a single topic provided in different formats like lists or paragraphs. There are 25-30 gaps to fill in 15 minutes. The strategy is to first read headings, estimate 26 seconds per gap, and move on from difficult gaps, as only 65% or 20 gaps need to be correct to pass. Part B involves two 600-650 word passages each with 7-8 multiple choice questions to circle answers for. There are 45 minutes total, with around 20 minutes for each passage. The strategy is to understand what each question is asking, such as opinions versus factual data, and move on from difficult questions, as 65% or 11 out of 16

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PART A reading

& PART

B reading

What is the difference?


PART A reading is a series of 4 separate pieces of information - on all the one topic. The information could be in the form of a dotpointed list / a table with numbers or percentages / perhaps a flow chart / a map / a few short paragraphs / one page of writing - in short, different ways of presenting information. Your task in this part is to complete the gap fill exercise. There will be somewhere between 25 and 30 gaps to be completed - drawing on the information in the separate pieces of information. You are given 15 minutes to complete Part A. (Not enough time). The OETWorkshop strongly recommends you adopt a time management approach to Part A - and follow this strategy: 1. Read only the headings of each separate piece of information 2. Go to the gap-fill exercise and find out how many gaps are to be filled in 3. Estimate how much time you have to find the answer to each gap. Example: 15 minutes LESS 2 minutes to read / skim read the 4 pieces of text that leaves you with 13 minutes. 13 minutes X 60 seconds = 780 seconds. Lets say you have 30 gaps to be filled. 780 DIVIDED BY 30 = 26 seconds per gap. 4. Dont forget: You only need 65% correct to get a B score. [65% of 30 gaps = 19.5 rounded up to 20 gaps. Get 20 out of 30 correct = B - a pass! ] 5. If you have any problems finding the answer to a particular gap move on dont waste time remember, you only need 65% correct to get a pass.

PART B reading is comprised of TWO x 600 to 650 word pieces of text each one with 7 or 8 multiple choice questions. You have to circle a, b, c or d - to indicate which option you think best fits the question. [Often there are two options which could be the right answer - but one will be more right than the other.] You are given 45 minutes to complete Part B - about 20 minutes for each reading. The OETWorkshop strongly recommends you try to understand the question that is being asked: The author asserts - is different from According to the data .... . If the author is asserting something, the author is putting forward his / her opinion on something - whereas, according to the data relies on factual evidence. Again, if you have any problems trying to find a clear-cut answer to one of the questions leave it move on come back to it later. Remember, you only need 65% correct to get a pass. 65% of 16 questions (8 questions for each passage) = 10.4 rounded up to 11. You need 11 out of 16 questions to get a B score.

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