Reading Test Practice 1TVWO

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Reading test- next week

Tips

You can practice with the B1 texts on the British Council site (see slide 3)  you can check your answers too. 

Select B1 and B2 type texts on the British Council site. 

Sorry: No dictionaries allowed in this test!

learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org

Read the titles

Some of the sections have titles, and students often ignore them. But the headings give you quite a lot of information. Imagine a text with the heading 'Why You Should Never Eat Ice-Cream' - now I know the theme and it will make reading easier.

Should you read the whole text first?

Good question! Thanks for asking! It depends how much you read English in your daily life. If you read a lot, you will probably be able to just look at the sentences and find the best answer.

But most students should read the whole text quickly to get an idea of what the writer really wants to say about the topic. That will make it easier to choose the answers.

 The key word is quickly.

Are the questions in the same order as the text? 

Yes! 

So if the questions says: What does the writer say about ice cream in Paragraph 1. ONLY look at paragraph 1 for the answer!

When you have found the answer, STOP reading and go to the next question!

Read the first and last paragraph

The same goes for the first and last line

Multiple choice 

For texts with multiple choice questions, you can use the  strategies discussed on the earlier slides. But here are some tips for this type of question: 

1. Read the question

2. read the passage or lines referred to in the question, also read the lines immediately before or after the lines referred to.

3. Answer the question in your own words and don't get confused by the alternatives given. 

4. Read the answers and choose the one that matches your answer best.