Reading tips and Tricks

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Reading tips and tricks

Name one step you take before reading a text.

Write down words you did
not know from the text.

Are the following three statements about Mary Stevens true or false, according to the text?
Tick the sentences below that are TRUE.

1. She is currently working in the catering industry.
2. She has experience working under stressful conditions.
3. She has family working in the City Centre Restaurant.

Are the following three statements about Mary Stevens true or false, according to the text? Tick the sentences that are TRUE.

1. She can come for an interview at any time.
2. She claims she can cook very well.
3. She lives in London

Reading tips

- what to do before reading

- how to read

- what to do with unknown words

Before reading

What to do...

How to?

Reading the text...

Unknown words

Finding out meaning...

What do you normally do when you read a word that you don't know?

Now...

- Go to Studiemeter, Examencoach Engels;

- Choose B1 and start a practice exam you have not started yet;

- Start working on the READING PART of this practice exam.

Done with the reading part? You can continue to the listening part.

The ____________________ (GOVERNMENTAL) Panel on Climate Change is a scientific body set up by the UN to advise them on issues related to global warming.

1. cross
2. inter
3. post
4. pre

In a ____________________ (INDUSTRIAL) economy, there is a large service sector and an emphasis on information technology, while the manufacturing of goods is often outsourced to other countries.

1. inter
2. post
3. pre
4. pro

There have been a number of __________________ (DEMOCRACY) protests in our country recently.

1. sub
2. post
3. inter
4. pro

In today’s world, ______________________ (CULTURAL) understanding is a necessity if we want to avoid conflict.

1. cross
2. inter
3. post
4. pre

This is a fairly detailed issue and in my opinion it should be dealt with by a ____________________ (COMMITTEE).

1. pre
2. pro
3. sub
4. cross

There’s no point in pretending we haven’t got a problem; we have to take the _____________ by the horns.

You can tell him what he did was wrong, but it’ll be water off a _____________’s back. He’s incapable of being sorry for harming others.

The event was supposed to be a surprise but someone let the _____________ out of the bag.

‘All the people could just refuse to fight and there would be no more wars.’ ‘Sure, and _____________ might fly.’

Hold your _____________! We haven’t discussed the implications of this plan yet.