Read faster by reading words in groups/chunks rather than word by word.

  Do not give more than one answer in a gap. Otherwise, it will be marked as wrong.

  There are two extremes:
  Before going immediately to the question, familiarize yourself with the passage by examining: the title, headings, pictures, and the first few lines of each paragraph. This will help you

  grasp the overall idea of the passage
  find/locate answers easily

  Learn the skill of 'scanning' the text looking for key words. Then read around the keyword to find the answer. In other words, use the keyword in a question in order to find the answer. If there is no keyword in the question, you can read the first two sentences of each paragraph to know if it might include the answer.

  In filling gaps questions, your knowledge of grammar can be useful. For example, if you have the following: (this is a ………… challenge), you can easily conclude that the word in the gap must be an adjective beginning with a consonant rather than a vowel. Another example is the following: “The police believe the driver of a (17) ……….. Lost control of the vehicle”. Question 17 must be a singular noun beginning with a consonant, since the word before the gap is the indefinite article "a".

  Do not waste time reading, enjoying, and completely understanding the passage. You can return to the passage for each question. That is why there is no need to understand it completely.

  You are advised to skip time-consuming questions and get back to them later in order not to miss the easier questions. An example is (all the following are true/mentioned in the passage EXCEPT …). Such a question is time-consuming because you need to check that all the other choices exist in the passage in order to identify the choice that is not mentioned.

  If you are unsure of the spelling of a word, write an approximation of the way the answer sounds. Sometimes you can copy it from the exam booklet itself.

  Do NOT spend too much time on a single question in order not to miss the easier questions.

  In the question that asks you to match headings to paragraphs, read a paragraph and then choose the most suitable heading.

  Be careful about what the question asks you to do. Do not confuse (TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN) with (YES/NO/NOT GIVEN) questions.
So, if you put (TRUE) while you are supposed to answer with (YES), you lose the mark.

  It is extremely important to pace yourself so that you do not run out of time without answering all the questions. Thus, each passage has almost

20 minutes INCLUDING the time for transferring your answers to the answer sheet.
  When you read the first sentence of a paragraph, you have a general idea about what it is about. As you read the questions, try to determine which paragraph will have the answer. It will save time if you can jump straight to the paragraph, so try to remember what you learned from the first sentences. For example, if the first paragraph is about poets; the second is about poetry, and a question asks about poetry, where will the answer be? It will be in the second paragraph of course.