Académique Documents
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Skills tested
1. 2. 3. 4. Understanding the main points of the text (skimming). Understanding particular points (scanning). Understanding the paraphrasing or summarising used in the questions. Identifying facts or opinions in the text.
2. completing sentences
Task description
In this task, you have to complete a number of given unfinished sentences using information from the reading text. You are usually asked to write a maximum of three words; the instructions will make this clear.
Skills tested
1. understanding paraphrase in the incomplete sentences. 2. skimming for general information. 3. reading (scanning) for details.
3. Look again at the first sentence then skim the text for the relevant section. 4. Check the sentence again to decide what specific information you need and locate it in the text. 5. The correct answer should fit the incomplete sentence grammatically and not exceed the word limit. 6. In some IELTS tests the instructions will say 'using words taken from the text'. Otherwise, you can use your own words or change words to suit the sentence grammatically.
Skills tested
1. 2. 3. 4. skimming for general information. scanning for details. identifying the focus of the question. possibly understanding paraphrase in the question.
Skills tested
1. Identify the main idea of a paragraph. 2. Choose the heading which best paraphrases this idea.
4. Choose the heading from the list which best sums up the main point of the paragraph. 5. If you can't choose between two headings, go on to the next paragraph maybe one will be more suitable for another later. Remember to complete your answers though: guess if you really don't know, as you are not penalised for wrong answers.
Skills tested
1. Skimming for specific information. 2. Understanding gist and paraphrase. 3. Identifying missing information.
Skills tested
1. understanding cause and effect relationships. 2. understanding gist and paraphrase. 3. skimming for information.
4. Find the section in the text which discusses the first cause and read it carefully to find the effect. 5. Then go back to the effects list and choose the one which paraphrases the information in the reading text. 6. If none of the effects listed seem to match, then keep reading the text. Quite often, causes have more than one effect.
Skills tested
1. Skimming the text for understanding of the broad meaning. 2. Paraphrasing the original text.
8.choosing factors
Task description
In this task you are given a number of statements. Some paraphrase or summarise what the writer said and some do not. You must demonstrate that you know what information the writer did or did not state on a particular topic, or whether the topic is not given, by choosing the correct option.
Skills tested
1. 2. 3. 4. Skimming the text for general information. Scanning the text for details. Understanding paraphrase. Understanding suggestion or inference.
Skills tested
1. identifying opinion and attitude. 2. Skimming for detailed information. 3. Making inferences.