What's tested - Multiple choice
Multiple choice task
This part tests detailed understanding of the text. The text is on a single page, followed by the questions on the next page. The order of the questions follows the same order as the corresponding information in the text. The final question may test your overall understanding of the text, e.g you may need to interpret the writer's purpose for writing the text, or their attitude or opinion towards the subject matter.
TIPS
- Read the text first to get a general understanding. The information in the text is very detailed and often contains opinions, reasons or ideas which are very similar to one another. You need a reasonable understanding of the text before you look at the questions. If you look at the questions first, you may choose an answer because you think it 'looks right' or is 'the most likely answer'. This doesn't always work!
- After reading the text, highlight the key words in the question and the four possible answers. The questions and answers are written in a very precise way. Only one answer can be correct; the other answers contain ideas or vocabulary which make them wrong.