Practice
Each set is timed like its exercise in the paper. Check your answers at the end, then see why each one is right.
Exercise 1: Short answers on one text
Short answers: write the exact detail, within the word limit
- A camera at the edge of space8 questions, about 12 minutes
- Flour, water and patience8 questions, about 12 minutes
- Interview with a young climber8 questions, about 12 minutes
- The Cloud Line railway8 questions, about 12 minutes
- Learning music by ear8 questions, about 12 minutes
- A summer fixing bikes8 questions, about 12 minutes
Exercise 2: Multiple matching: nine questions, sections or short texts A to E
Matching: find the section that says the same thing in different words
- Planting a forest9 questions, about 18 minutes
- An orchestra for beginners9 questions, about 18 minutes
- First jobs9 questions, about 18 minutes
- The lighthouse at Kestrel Point9 questions, about 18 minutes
- Unforgettable journeys9 questions, about 18 minutes
- School weather stations9 questions, about 18 minutes
Exercise 3: Note completion
Note completion: use the headings to find the right part of the text
- Coral gardening7 questions, about 14 minutes
- A later school day7 questions, about 14 minutes
- A teenager's water filter7 questions, about 14 minutes
- The Kaltani Kite Festival7 questions, about 14 minutes
- The café that cooks with 'ugly' food7 questions, about 14 minutes
- Orienteering7 questions, about 14 minutes
Exercise 4: Six multiple-choice questions, options A to C
Multiple choice: check the whole option against the text, not one word
- Bees on the rooftops6 questions, about 16 minutes
- The dumpling stall6 questions, about 16 minutes
- Listening to frogs6 questions, about 16 minutes
- Painting the town6 questions, about 16 minutes
- A walk with Grandpa6 questions, about 16 minutes
- One sport or many?6 questions, about 16 minutes
Writing
- Exercises 5 and 616 emails, articles, reports, essays and reviews, with instant checks and a model answer