Go fishing!
Now it is time to start “fishing” for answers. Read question one-by-one, for every question see what its theme is. Then find it (or some thing close to it) on your map - that is the paragraph to search for the answer.
Choose your battles
If any question takes you too much time – give up, move to the next one. Don't forget to mark it with some sign (like "?"), so you could identify and come back to it later.
There are a lot of questions and you might miss the easy ones if the hard ones take all of your time. Another reason to leave hard questions for last is that after you do all the easy ones, you know more about the text, so then solving the tricky questions mightbecome easier.
Use passage layout
Every text and every paragraph in it has a certain structure, meaning it is written according to some rules.
Usually first paragraph contains the main idea of the passage and the author’s opinion. Last paragraph often summarizes the main points of the passage.
Every paragraph has its structure that is similar to the structure of whole text. It has introduction, body and conclusion. The main idea is usually can be found in the introduction. It means that if you want to understand quickly what paragraph is about, it is enough to read only its introduction.
Find the keywords
Keywords are the main words in the question; they contain the most important information. For instance, in a question like “Employers are likely to employ graduates, who…” there are 3 keywords: employers, employ and graduates.
Identify keywords in each question and look for them in the text – the answer will benear. Don’t stop after finding just one, continue to scan through the text – there might be more.
Now it is time to start “fishing” for answers. Read question one-by-one, for every question see what its theme is. Then find it (or some thing close to it) on your map - that is the paragraph to search for the answer.
Choose your battles
If any question takes you too much time – give up, move to the next one. Don't forget to mark it with some sign (like "?"), so you could identify and come back to it later.
There are a lot of questions and you might miss the easy ones if the hard ones take all of your time. Another reason to leave hard questions for last is that after you do all the easy ones, you know more about the text, so then solving the tricky questions mightbecome easier.
Use passage layout
Every text and every paragraph in it has a certain structure, meaning it is written according to some rules.
Usually first paragraph contains the main idea of the passage and the author’s opinion. Last paragraph often summarizes the main points of the passage.
Every paragraph has its structure that is similar to the structure of whole text. It has introduction, body and conclusion. The main idea is usually can be found in the introduction. It means that if you want to understand quickly what paragraph is about, it is enough to read only its introduction.
Find the keywords
Keywords are the main words in the question; they contain the most important information. For instance, in a question like “Employers are likely to employ graduates, who…” there are 3 keywords: employers, employ and graduates.
Identify keywords in each question and look for them in the text – the answer will benear. Don’t stop after finding just one, continue to scan through the text – there might be more.
Strategy for the Matching task
First, read instructions and example. If instructions say that a heading can not be used more than once – cross the heading used in example out of the list. This way you won’t try to use it again by mistake (and believe me, it's a very common mistake!).
Second, return to the map you prepared. Go over the text, look on your map what it says about the idea of first paragraph. Go to the list of headings and choose heading that has the most similar meaning to idea on your map, write its number on the margins of the first paragraph. Now continue and do the same for the second paragraph, and so on.
If some paragraphs are hard to match – leave them alone, keep moving forward. Come back to them later.
When finished matching - check your answers carefully, because they can influence each other. Don't forget to copy answers to the Answer Sheet.
Strategy for True/False/Not Given task
To simplify it for you, if the statement clearly appears in text - it is True. If the text clearly says the opposite of statement – it is False, if you didn't find statement to be either TRUE or FALSE – it is Not Given.
The best advice here is not to over think it. Otherwise what happen is that you start building logical sequences that take you to the wrong direction.
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