MULTIPLE CHOICE

​choose one answer out of four options

choose two answers out of five options

choose three answers out of six options

​Reading the text before the questions

​Not answering questions

​Being tricked by the examiner

​Not reading the whole sentence

​Not reading the text carefully

​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.

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.

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.