Are you practising for your B1 Cambridge exam? One of the most challenging parts is by far Reading Part 6. If you want to understand what is tested in this part, find some tips and do some practice, have a look at this article.
In this part of the test, you are given a text (email, article, blog entry etc) of around 120-140 words. Six words of the text are omitted and you have to find them. You get one mark for each correct answer.
The short answer is: grammar. In order to get high scores in this part of the exam, you need to make sure you revise the following grammatical structures, phrasal verbs and fixed phrases.
Auxiliary verbs: do, be, have
Articles: a, an, the
Conditionals: if, unless
Comparatives/superlatives: than, more, most, less, least, etc
Determiners: this, that, those, etc
Linking words: and, so, but, etc
Modal verbs: can, might, may, should, etc
Prepositions: in, of, to, for, about, from, etc
Pronouns: it, they, we, she, her, each, somebody, every, etc
Quantifiers: some, lot, few, little, etc
Relative pronouns: who, which, whose, etc
Negatives: no, nobody, etc
Phrasal verbs: get on, take part, catch up, etc
Fixed phrases: from time to time, sooner or later, etc
1. Quickly read the text to get an idea of what it is about.
2. Complete each sentence with the missing words.
3. Read again and make sure your answers are not only grammatically correct, but also make sense!
4. Remember to fill in all the gaps, even if you are not sure about the answer.
Hey Penelope!
How's everything going? I miss you so much and I have some news to share with you!
Guess what? I've finally joined a local basketball team! It's a lot of fun playing with a great group of people, I miss playing with you. We've had some intense games, and I've even scored a three pointers. Can you believe it?
By the way, have you been following the league playoffs? The games have been absolutely thrilling. I was thinking... why we plan a basketball-watching party when you visit?
course, you can also come and watch one of my matches as we will be taking in another local tournament next month. Let me know what you think! I'd love to hear how you're getting with the new teammates.
Take care and talk to you soon!
Fatima
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