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QUESTIONTYPESINIELTSREADINGTEST
Avarietyofquestiontypesisusedinthereadingpassagesandyouneedtobefamiliarwith techniquesusedineach.Ifanyotherquestiontypeisused,thetestwillincludeanexample. However,thisisunusual. Typesof questions Examplesofdirectionused
Choosethecorrectletter(s) OR Multiple choice Choosethecorrectlettersforeach answerandwritetheminboxes 15onyourAnswerSheet.

Skillsneeded
Skimmingforgeneral impressionorgist. Scanningforspecific (usuallyfactual) information. Understandingthe relationshipsbetween wordsandparagraphs.

Teststrategies

Highlightkeywords. Eliminateotheranswers.

Shortanswer questions

Answerthefollowingquestionswith Scanningforspecific NOMORETHANTHREE information. WORDSwhichmustbetakenfrom thetext.Writeyouranswerinboxes 610onyourAnswerSheet.

Usetechniquestofind answertowho,what, when,wherequestions. Highlightkeywordsin questionsandlookfor thesekeywordsor synonymsinthepassage. Alwaysreadheadings firstandthentopic sentences(orfirst sentenceinparagraphs). Donotreadwhole paragraph. Donotcompleteinorder given. Choosethemostobvious answerfirst. Romannumeralsare oftenused:I,II,III,IV, Vetc

Fromthelistofheadingsbelow choosethemostsuitableheadingfor Sections19inReadingpassage1. Then,writeyouranswerinboxes 1117onyourAnswerSheet.

Skimmingforgeneral impressionsorgist. Identifymainideasin paragraphs. Locatingtopic sentences.

Choosingfrom aheadingbank

Byreferringtopassage2,matchthe Understanding Matchinglists listofphrasesAEwithsteps16. relationshipsbetween andphrases Writethecorrectlettersinboxes18

Choosethemostobvious answerfirst.

GoodAtESL(EnglishasaSecondLanguage):http://www.GoodAtESL.com 25onyourAnswerSheet. wordsandparagraphs. Paraphrasingands synonyms. Lookatthefollowingstatements andindicate: TRUEifthestatementagreeswith theinformationinthepassage. Identifying viewpoints, factsand opinions FALSEifthestatementdoesnot agree Recognizingopinions andviewpoints. Recognizingmain ideas. Interpreting information. Lookatthelanguage usedinthepassageisit negativeorpositivewhen discussingthetopic?Isit emotionalorfactual/ technical? Becarefulofquestions thatusebroadstatements likeall,always. Makesurethatyouknow thedifferencesin meaningsofmodalverbs.

NOTGIVENifthereisinsufficient informationinthepassage. Makinginferences. Dothefollowingstatementsagree withtheviewsofthewriterin Passage2? WriteYES,NOorNOTGIVENin boxes2632onyourAnswer Sheet. Usinginformationprovidedin Passage3,classifythefollowing animalsasCategoryA,B,orC. Writeyouranswersinboxes3034 onyourAnswerSheet. Scanningfor information. Understanding relationshipsbetween wordsandpassages. Paraphrasingand synonyms. UseNOMORETHANTHREE WORDStocompletethesentence. Scanningfor information.

Useahighlighterto identifythecharacterof differentcategoriesinthe text.

Classifying

Completing sentences, tables,flow charts, summaries, etc

Choosefromthelistofwordsgiven Summarizing. belowtocompletethesummary. Then,writeyouranswersinboxes Identifyingpartsof 3540onyourAnswerSheet. speech. Paraphrasing. Sequencing.

Contractionsarenotused whenwordslimitedare given. Dontusemorethanthe numberofwordsallotted. Checkthequestiontosee ifitasksforyourown wordsorwordsfromthe text. Forsummariesands closes,makesurethat youhaveageneral understadingofthe passagebeforestartingto complete.

GoodAtESL(EnglishasaSecondLanguage):http://www.GoodAtESL.com Informationin summariesandclosesas thepassage.