How the Reading test works

The 60 minutes, what each question type asks you to do, a time plan for all three sections, and the answer rules that protect easy marks.

40 min

Módulo 6 · Aula 1 de 7

Nesta aula

  1. Describe the Reading test format: timing, sections, questions, scoring and the answer sheet
  2. Recognise each main question type and the job it asks you to do
  3. Use a 60-minute time plan with checkpoints so that no question is left blank
  4. Apply the answer rules on word limits, spelling, plurals and numbers

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Dentro desta aula

  1. The test at a glance
  2. Academic or General Training: what changes
  3. The question types, and the three jobs they ask for
  4. Your 60-minute time plan
  5. Answer rules: how right answers get marked wrong
  6. Practise the rules on a short passage
  7. Check your understanding
  8. How the rest of this module works