Table of Contents

WHAT IS THE GAPPED TEXT ABOUT?

THE JIGSAW PUZZLE ANALOGY
LIST OF CONNECTING AND LINKING WORDS
ASKING YOURSELF QUESTIONS TO FIND CLUES
QUESTIONS
CONTRAST WORDS
CONNECTORS OF REASON
TIME PHRASES / CHRONOLOGY
PROPER NOUNS
PRONOUNS
COMMON NOUNS REPEATED
VERBS REPEATED
ADDITION WORDS
DESCRIPTION - DEFINITION TECHNIQUE
EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
DEFINING A NOUN
WORDS THAT EXPRESS RESUMPTION
VERBS THAT LINK BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH
PARAPHRASING AND SYNONYMS
TOPIC-SPECIFIC WORDS
CAUSE AND EFFECT
NEGATIVE WORDS REFERRING BACK TO SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY
ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS
CONNECTING WORDS THAT EXPRESS A CONDITION
CONNECTING WORDS THAT EXPRESS SIMILARITY
ADVERBS
VOCABULARY/EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO THE THEME INTRODUCED BEFORE
QUOTATION MARKS
VERB TENSES
REPETITION
BEING SPECIFIC TO SHOW DIFFERENTIATION
BACKCOVER