FCE Reading

FCE Reading: 

Part 1 Multiple choice INFORMATION The text length is around 650 words There are 8 questions in chronological order The questions are often about extracting main ideas & understanding feelings & opinions BOB WILSON'S TECHNIQUE Don't read the questions first (to avoid overloading your working memory) Read the first paragraph and then, go  to the first question. Read the second paragraph and then, Go to the second question and so on ONLINE EXERCISES Exercise One Exercise Two Part 2 Gapped Text INFORMATION The text length is around 550 words There are 7 gaps in the text There are 8 sentences, 7 of which must be placed into the right gaps The questions are often about being able to follow a long text. BOB WILSON'S TECHNIQUE Don't read the 8 sentences first or you will overload your working memory Read the text to the first gap and one sentence beyond Read the 8 sentences and remember they are often very very similar Write the question number next to possible sentences for the first gap Read to just beyond the second gap and write the next gap number by the possible sentences Carry on doing this and decide your final answers by elimination ONLINE EXERCISES Exercise One Exercise Two Part 3 Multiple Matching INFORMATION Sometimes there is one long text or several short texts with about 700 words in total. Typically it involves 5 or 6 people talking about a common theme. There are 15 questions The questions are often about opinions and detailed information BOB WILSON'S TECHNIQUE Read the instructions very carefully. Sometimes they are a bit strange. Don't read the 15 sentences first or you will overload your working memory Read text A first. Use a highlighter pen or underline important points and phrasal verbs. Why phrasal verbs? Because the correct answer often depends on understanding the meaning of a phrasal verb. Now read through the 15 questions and write the letter A next to possible correct questions. Now read text B and reread the questions, writing a B next to possible correct questions. Repeat this process until you have finished the text. Where you only have one letter next to a question, accept the letter as the correct answer. Where you have 2 letters next to a question, AND ONLY ONE ANSWER IS POSSIBLE, reread the two texts and decide on the most probable answer. ONLINE EXERCISES Exercise This text is copied from: http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEREADING.htm