Mastering reading
Level 7, Module 3: dense academic texts, fine distinctions and full accuracy under time.
5 lessons, 51 min
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Module 31
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- Lessons
- 5
- Study time
- 51 min
- Questions to answer
- 32
The lessons
Lessons in this module
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- Band 9 pace: 40 questions in 60 minutesSet a pace for 40 questions in 60 minutes without losing accuracy: a time plan, anchors that survive paraphrase, a paragraph map for matching and a rule for moving on.
- False or Not Given? The hardest call at band 9Settle False versus Not Given and No versus Not Given with one test: could the text and the statement both be true? Two original passages, one of facts and one of views.
- Near-synonyms that change the meaningQuestions rarely repeat the text’s words. Check degree, certainty, cause, time and who said it, so that a near-synonym never slips a different meaning past you.
- Long texts: following this, such and the formerFollow the small words that hold a long text together: this, such, the former, the latter, do so. Then read signposts such as yet, admittedly and not X but Y.
- Exam day at band 9: order, checks and answersThe last marks at band 9 go on small things: a plural, a word limit, a blank. Write answers in the right form, follow an order of work and keep time for a final check.