Part A: expeditious reading
Twenty questions, four texts, fifteen minutes.
15 minutes · A free lesson from Reading
Part A gives you four short texts on one topic and 15 minutes for 20 questions of three kinds: which text contains information, sentence completion, and short answers.
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: How long do you have for Reading Part A?
- 15 minutes
- 60 minutes
- 5 minutes
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A: 15 minutes — It is collected after 15 minutes, finished or not.
Quick check: What should you do with your first minute?
- Answer the hardest question
- Work out what each text is for
- Read every text word by word
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B: Work out what each text is for — Signs and symptoms, treatment, dosage, follow-up: then go straight to the right text.
Quick check: You have no idea of an answer. What should you do?
- Leave it blank
- Write “don't know”
- Guess: a guess costs nothing
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C: Guess: a guess costs nothing — Never leave a gap in Part A.
Marked as soon as you finish — free with an account.Practise now