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Reading

1. Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks:

Task
You will see a text with several gaps. Choose most appropriate words from a dropdown
menu to fill in the gaps.

Prompt Length Skills Assessed Time to Answer


Text up to 300 words Reading and writing not applicable

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a
drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap.
Select the option you think best fills the gap.
Tips:

Skim for overall meaning to help you choose the correct word
Understanding the meaning of the whole text helps you choose the correct word for each
blank. For example, if you skim the passage below, you will find key ideas and words
which point to a main topic of ‘change’.

When you click on the drop-down arrows, you may find options that are also related
to the main topic. You can then check grammar and overall meaning to see whether
the words fit the blanks:

Read before and after the blank to help you identify the correct word
The choices in the drop-down menus may look quite similar but will have different
meanings and usage. Looking at the surrounding context will help you choose the
appropriate word. In the example below, only ‘access’ fits in the phrase ‘gained
…………. to technologies’; pick words that match the meaning (gain access) and
grammar (‘access to’). Reading either side of the blank will help you narrow down the
choices you have to make:
Scan the text for the repeated words. Then read around them to find the answer
more quickly:
2. Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer (Negative Marking):

Task:
After reading the text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the
text by selecting more than one response.

Prompt Length Skills Assessed Time to Answer


Text up to 300 words Reading Not applicable

For this item type, you need to read the passage and answer the
multiple-choice question. There is more than one correct response.

You need to select all the response options that you think are correct from
the list of possible options.
Tips:

 Make sure you know how the task is scored


Read the instructions carefully. Remember that more than one option is correct in this
type of multiple-choice item. You will score marks for any correct options but you will
lose score points for any incorrect options.

 These include options that you have clicked on as correct but which are wrong. If you
click on all the options because you do not know the answer, you will lose score points.
This applies to Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers item types for reading and listening.

 Note any repeated words in the options


Quickly read through the response options and note any words that are repeated,
particularly adjectives (e.g., ‘multigrade’) or nouns (e.g., ‘classes’). If the same noun
phrase occurs in a lot of the options, the answer is probably related to this phrase.

 Scan the text for the repeated words. Then read around them to find the answer
more quickly:
3. Re-order Paragraphs

Task
Several text boxes appear on the screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the
correct order.

Prompt Length Skills Assessed Time to Answer


Text up to 150 words Reading Not applicable
Tips:
 Read all the text boxes quickly before you start re-ordering them
Read the text boxes in order to understand the main idea of each one. You can do
this by noting the key words.

Next, use the key words to form an overall idea of what the original text is about. This
will help you find the logical order for the ideas in the text boxes:

 Find the topic sentence first


Every well-written paragraph has a topic sentence. It is usually a clear statement about
the topic, and all the other sentences are related in some way to this sentence.
The topic sentence can stand alone; it does not begin with a linker or a pronoun
that refers back to something or someone (e.g., ‘he’ or ‘this’), nor does it does
refer back to information or actions previously mentioned through the use of
things like passive verb tenses (e.g., ‘No link was found’):
4. Fill in the Blanks:
Task:
The text appears on a screen with several gaps in it. Drag words from the box below to
fill the gaps.

Prompt Length Skills Assessed Time to Answer


Text up to 80 words Reading Not applicable
Tips:

 Think about words that you often see or hear together


Remember that some words often go together to form a familiar phrase. This is called
‘collocation’. Using collocation can help you recognize the correct word for each blank.

For example, the phrase ‘the general public’ is a common collocation, so you can quickly see
that ‘public’ might be a good choice for the first blank in the sentence below:

 Use your knowledge of grammar to help you select the correct word
Read around the blank in the text and decide what part of speech the missing word
is. In the example below, ‘beginning to’ tells you that an infinitive verb form is missing ‘to
+ verb’. Next look at the answer options provided and rule out any words that are not
the right part of speech, e.g., ‘world’ is a noun and ‘formal’ is an adjective. Also, rule
out any verbs that are not in the infinitive form.

Finally, choose the word that has the correct meaning from the words that are left:
‘view’ and ‘look’ mean ‘see’, but we ‘quote’ or ‘cite’ references, so only ‘cite’ fits the
blank:
5. Multiple Choice, Single Answer:

Task:
After reading the text, answer a multiple-choice question by selecting one response.

Prompt Length Skills Assessed Time to Answer


Text up to 300 words Reading Not applicable
Tips:
 Note the key words in the prompt before you read the text
The prompt for this item type may be a question or a sentence that you have to
complete. Whatever type of prompt you get, read it carefully because it will tell you
what information you need to find in the text.

If you focus on the key words in the prompt, you will find the answer more
quickly and spend less time reading the text.
 Evaluate the response options
The response options may be words, phrases or sentences. Use your own knowledge
to decide whether any of them are unlikely to be correct, or likely to be correct.
You can do this before you read the text.

If you read the text but cannot answer the question, choose the option that you think
is most likely to be correct. This strategy also applies to multiple-choice questions
with more than one answer.

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