Summaries, sentences, notes and tables
Completion questions: word limits, grammar and synonyms.
15 minutes · A free lesson from Reading
Completion questions give you a summary, notes, sentences or a table with gaps. Either you copy words from the passage (within a word limit), or you choose from a box of options.
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: The passage says “the farms use LED lighting”. The gap allows NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage. Which answer is acceptable?
- the LED lighting
- electric lights
- LED lighting
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C: LED lighting — Three words is over the limit, and “electric lights” is not in the passage.
Quick check: Several words in the box fit the grammar of a gap. How do you choose?
- Pick the one that fits the meaning of the passage
- Pick the longest one
- Pick the first one that fits
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A: Pick the one that fits the meaning of the passage — Only one option fits the meaning.
Quick check: How must words copied from the passage be spelt?
- Any way that sounds right
- Exactly as in the passage
- In capital letters
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B: Exactly as in the passage — A misspelt word is marked wrong.
Quick check: What should you decide first about each gap?
- How many letters it has
- Whether it is the last gap
- What kind of word it needs: noun, verb, adjective or number
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C: What kind of word it needs: noun, verb, adjective or number — Check singular or plural too.
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