How to Crack Reading Test 2

How to Crack Reading Test

16. Diagram labeling task(DLQs) usually, accompany a figure and process description. Simply read only the part of the paragraph that describes the process to correctly complete the labeling. Ensure that you use only the words present in the text.

        

 17. Matching Headings Questions (MHQs) are meant to summarize the main idea of the paragraph or a section in it. Remember matching heading questions are always placed before the passage on the question paper. 

This task demands a little more time and planning like—
 a)       Read the headings carefully and understand them well.

 b)   Briskly read the whole passage to get the overall idea of the text.
c)  Read the first para and decide which heading might suit.
d)       Read the paragraph twice before you make a decision.
e)        Follow the last two steps as long as you have not completed the rest, but should it tale long, jump to the next task. time matters after all!

18. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) focus on the main idea of a paragraph which demands reading more than simply a sentence in the paragraph. Here, you have to, conclusively, answer the questions with the same purpose, (conclusively)
The MCQs ask a direct question and have either four possible answers or begin with an incomplete sentence and have the same number of options to choose from. Also, note that you might be asked to select any two correct answers from a list of five alternatives.
Besides, the MCQs ask you to understand the writer’s intention or purpose of the text, where you may have to read between the lines (understand what is not overtly stated in the passage) considering the writer’s (+ve/-ve) attitude or tone (mood—words that evoke/provoke an emotion in the reader’s mind) like—
    a)     Reason for the writer making a particular reference
    b)     The aim or objective of a part/whole of the text is
    c)      The opinion or attitude of the writer

19. In True/False/Not Given (TFN-GQs) (identifying information) tasks, you need to carefully observe a list of statements and decide if they are—
a)    True—the statement agrees with the information present in the text.
b)    False—the statement is wrong and contradicts the information present in the
passage.
c)     Not Given—it is not possible to conclude the decision as there is no information present in the text/passage.
Note: You are never supposed to make a decision based on your prior knowledge even if it is related to the topic discussed in the passage or paragraphs, you have to base your decision purely on the passage you are assigned for this question.

20. Like True/False/Not Given, Yes/No/Not Given tasks (YNN-GQs) are placed to test how well you identify the writer’s views and claims. A view is a personal opinion while a claim is a statement presented by the writer as a fact. Remember the difference between these two types of questions.
True/False/Not Given: Based on the factual information in the passage.
Yes/No/Not Given: Based on the views and claims of the writer in the passage.

21. Matching Information Questions (MIQs) are placed to test your ability to accurately locate, identify, or connect an idea or piece of information in the text and match it to a phrase that describes the idea/information. In this task, you may not be required to read the whole text, but a portion of it.  Also note that the MIQs are not in the order of the information in the passage, more like the MHQ.

Carefully observe these examples on the type of information you may have to find.
a)           A cause    b)           A date    c)            A description    d)           A digit/number
e)            A finding/discovery    f)             A point of difference    g)           A problem
h)           A reaction    i)             A reason    j)             A research method    k)           A solution
l)             A story    m)         A unit of measurement    n)           An amount    o)           An effect
p)           Some evidence

22. Matching Sentence Endings Questions (MSEQs) require you to understand how thoughts and ideas are linked within the chunks of the text. Here your knowledge of reasoning and grammar alone does not lead you to the desired goal, you have to read the entire passage marking the connections in the neighboring sentences to get the conclusive idea. Checking the (cohesive devices) linkers like the following play a vital role to lead you to get the correct sentence endings.
a)     Similarly    b)     Therefore    c)      Additionally    d)     Moreover
e)      Thus    f)       Hence    g)     Although    h)     Despite    i)       Because
j)       as a result    k)     however    l)       nonetheless    m)   furthermore
n)     for instance    o)     indeed    p)     consequently    q)     in fact
r)      as a matter of fact    s)      such that    t)       for the reason of

23.   Matching Features Questions (MFQs) are mostly based on theories or comments on different places, people, times, and objects, and at other times questions are based on the comments made about the researchers.

Do not forget the MFQs are not in the same order as the information organized in

 the passage and often the people mentioned in the passage appear in several

 sections of the passage only to distract you. Be a little more alert and scan the

 whole passage to save yourself from this kind of labyrinth (confusion).

Let’s just recapitulate the number of passages for the academic and General Training Test. Academic Test—three passages with increasing order of difficulty  and General Training Test: up to 5 short factual passages in the areas like—social survival, workplace survival and general reading which is a bit descriptive and intrusive more than an argumentative like in the academic test. The areas that comprise the genera; training test are—Timetables/rosters, Manuals/catalogs, Vacancies, and ads, Applications and letters, Literature extracts, Brochures (Travel), Periodical articles, Job specifications and procedures

Conclusion

As it is said everything is difficult before they are easy and what makes a task easy is all your dedicated effort and perseverance. It is expected that these simplified reading tips and tricks, upon several reading and considerations, will certainly enable you to understand the crux of cracking reading tests at all levels— be it a school course or standardized language proficiency tests. The discussion above more focuses on the Academic test, however, question types, and the ways to preparation are the same except for the number and the subject areas of the reading passages as mentioned above.

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