READING, PART 5-7

Part 5 is the first part of the Reading section in the exam, and should take you no longer to complete than 15 minutes.  It is a long text with multiple-choice comprehension questions.  You have to show that you can understand what the writer wants to say.  The more you practice, the faster you can do this part of the exam.

Part 6 of the exam is where you read an article and some sentences have been removed from it.  You then have to choose from the removed sentences which one fits each gap - and remember, there is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Part 7 is where you read an article in which four people make comments.  For questions 1-10 you have to choose from the people A-D.  It is perfectly fine for A, B, C, or D to be chosen more than once - or else you wouldn't be able to complete this part of the exam :)

REMEMBER in Part 5:
* Read the text before the questions.  This is the best way to ensure you locate the answers quicker and with more accuracy.
* If a word in an answer is also a word in the text, it's most likely not the answer.

REMEMBER in Part 6:
* Read the text with the gaps first.  It's good to know what the text is about before you have to find the answers.
* The most important sentences are the ones before and after each gap.

REMEMBER in Part 7:
* You have to find synonyms.  If a word is in both the text and the question it is, again, most likely not the answer.
* Many of these questions are about people's thoughts and feeling, so learn as much as that kind of vocabulary as possible.

And now, without further ado, here are some practice exercises:

Reading - Part 5

Reading - Part 6

Reading - Part 7