Paper 1: Reading
- Time allowed: 1 hour
| Part | Task
type | Tests ability to | Questions |
| 1. Multiple choice | A
text followed by multiple-choice questions with four options: A, B, C or D. | understand
detail, opinion, gist, attitiude, meaning, tone, purpose and main ideas | 8 |
| 2. Gapped text | A
text with missing sentences; candidates choose the sentence order from a jumbled
list. | understand text organisation
(how language achieves cohesion and coherence) | 7 |
| 3. Multiple matching | One
or several texts with prompt questions; candidates match the prompt to the relevant
section of the text(s). | understand
specific information, detail, opinion and attitude | 15 |
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