Reading+and+Writing+paper

= On this page you will find tips about the techniques you need to develop for each paper of the exam and also practice material for each paper in the exam. =

Reading and @Writing

1) Practice material
~ **part 1** worksheet with solutions to the tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_1_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_1_prep_solutions.pdf] ~ **part 2** worksheet with solutions to the tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_2_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_2_prep_solutions.pdf] ~ **part 3** worksheet with solutions to the tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_3_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_3_prep_solutions.pdf] ~ **part 4** worksheet with solutions to the tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_4_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_4_prep_solutions.pdf] ~ **part 5** worksheet with solutions to the tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_5_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_5_prep_solutions.pdf] ~ **part 6** worksheet with solutions to the **completed** tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_6_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_6_prep_most solutions.pdf] ~ **part 7** worksheet with solutions to the **completed** tasks: [|bec_p_Read_part_7_prep.pdf] and [|bec_p_Read_part_7_prep_solutions_#1-2.pdf]

~ [|BEC_P_reading answer sheet_blank.pdf] ...Use this **now** for all tasks that you want to practise.
 * ANSWER SHEET **

2) How to approach the reading tasks
**Note: no extra time is allowed for transferring the information to the answer sheet. **
 * ** Part ** || ** Number of questions + timing ** || ** Task type ** || ** Text type ** || ** Technique ** ||
 * 1 || 5

5 minutes || ** multiple choice ** ~ a short text with a comprehension question and **3** options as answers || a wide range: notices – messages – timetables – adverts - leaflets || underline key words in the reading text

~ look at practice exam and underline the key words in reading text #1 ~ read the statement (comprehension question and underline key words ~ read the 3 options and choose (B): why are the other two wrong?  ++ firm will provide training  ++ knowledge of marketing is only preferred ||
 * experienced – personal assistant – marketing – training – database management – provided – knowledge – marketing – preferred **
 * successful – applicant – must have **
 * 2 || 5

5 minutes || ** matching ** (= ergänzen) || notice – list – plan – contents page (e.g. from a directory) || underline key words in the questions // currently/packaging company/job interview (E) // // auditor/count goods/stored (H) // // called out of course/deal with/problem/ assembly line (B) // // arranged/quick meal/shift (A) // // truck driver/ problem/ customer's invoice (C) // ||
 * 3 || 5

5-10 minutes || ** matching ** || graphs, charts, tables, etc || ~ underline the key words in the text/ statements, e.g. // steady rise – 1990; 2000 decreased considerably – first half – before levelling off // : draw the line ~ look at the graph's key: what does each line mean? ||
 * 4 || 7

up to 10 minutes || ** right – wrong – does not say ** || advert, business letter, product description, report, minutes, ... (150-200 words) || ++ read the questions and underline key words ++ look at text again ~ are these words (or of the same meaning) in the text? ~ if not = doesn't say ~ if they are, you must ask decide for yourself is this statement true or false but DO NOT INTERPRET ~ mark the place in the text where you think the answer is ||
 * more people – without work – ever before (record high – right/A) **
 * 5% working population – no jobs (almost a quarter – wrong/B) **
 * still – a number of factories – around Littleton (only says closure of last factory __in town__– doesn't say/C) **
 * LKS - used to make computers – in town (manufactured parts for use in computer industry – wrong/B) **
 * Victoria Hotel now – health club (wrong/B [bought by a hotel chain]) **
 * a few jobs – lost – Victoria Hotel (hardly any – right/A) **
 * Victoria Hotel – will become similar – other hotels – in chain (doesn't say/C – talks about improvements) **
 * 5 || 6

10-12 minutes || ** multiple choice ** – statement + 3 options (answer a question or finish a statement) || newspaper or magazine article, advert, leaflet, etc (300-400 words) || ~ read the text ~ read the questions and underline key words ~ go back to the text and mark the lines where this information is ~ select which of the 3 multiple choice questions is the right one 23: c (11-15) - 24: b 831-36) - 25: a (46-48) - 26: b (62-63) - 27: a (70-71) - 28: b (82-90) ||
 * Answers from reading test 1 ** :
 * 6 || 12

5-10 minutes || ** multiple choice ** : gap text with choice of 3

it tests your know-ledge of grammar ** (tenses, articles, pronouns inc. relative pronouns, genitive, adverb/adjective, comparative forms, countable/uncountable nouns) **and vocabulary** (prepositions, collocations) ** || newspaper or magazine article, advert, leaflet, etc (125-150 words) || ~ read the main text for gist ~ already try to predict what could come in the gaps ~ underline the words before and after each gap ~ think what type of word might fit the gap ~ look at the choices and delete the ones you KNOW are wrong ~ is one of the ones left the same as what you thought of? à your guess is probably right: write it in the gap ~ read text once more through to check it sounds and feels right ||
 * 7 || 5

10 minutes || form filling, note completion ~ read the form to see what you are looking for ~ read **the two** texts again carefully to find the required information (perhaps extra information is in the other text) ~ write down all possible answers __on a separate piece of paper__ ~ choose the correct one ~ transfer this answer – in capital letters – onto the answer sheet ||
 * (with individual words, phrases or numbers - ** ** capital letters ) ** || short letters, notices, memos, adverts, etc (2 short texts to fill in a form) || ~ read the two texts for gist