Example questions​

• ​choose one answer out of four options

• choose two answers out of five options

• choose three answers out of six options

COMMON PROBLEMS​

• ​Reading the text before the questions

• ​Not answering questions

• ​Being tricked by the examiner

• ​Not reading the whole sentence

• ​Not reading the text carefully

​TIPS

• ​Read the questions before you read the text.

• You will often be able to eliminate 2 of the four answers and this leaves you with two choices. Think about the difference in meaning between these two choices and this will help you get the correct answers.

• If you are unsure of what the difference is between two or three sentences, it can help to rephrase them in your own words.

​TIPS

• If you are running out of time or you really don’t know the answer, have a guess. You will not lose marks for wrong answers and you have a 25% chance of getting the correct answer just by guessing.

• Don’t be tricked by the examiner’s ‘distractors’ especially keywords from the questions that look the same as the text.

• If you don’t know anything about the topic, don’t panic. It is a reading test, not a test of your knowledge.

​TIPS

• Try to predict the correct answer before you read the text. This will help you find the correct answer.

• Before deciding on your answer, always go back and carefully read the questions before making your final decision.

• The answers will be in the same order as the text.

• You might be asked about both facts and opinions. Facts are things that are always true or cannot be disproved but opinions are just what people think.