PAPER 1: Reading - Part 2 - Gapped Text-Sentences - Tips

PAPER 1: READING (1 HOUR) 30 questions in total to answer – 40 points in total

Part 2: GAPPED TEXT-SENTENCES - with extracts (sentences) removed  - (7 questions)  14 marks

Tips to remember while in the exam

- Read the whole text first so you get its general meaning and perspective.

- Read the text at least twice. Three times if you are not sure.

- Now read the A-G extracts one by one and try to decide where they go.

- You must eliminate the extra extract that is not needed.

- Pay attention to nouns, pronouns, demonstratives, linking devices, etc., that help to link each extract.

- Read the full text before and after a gap to check that the extract you have selected makes sense in context.

- “Word spotting” Be careful you don’t select an extract merely because it contains words that appear in the text before or after the gap.
- Make sure that the extract which you choose respects the overall development of that paragraph/whole text in general.

- When you have completed this part, check once again that the extract you omitted does not fit anywhere in the text.