APTIS ADVANCED READING

Dr AZLEENA MOHAMAD
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 UNPACKING THE QUESTIONS
Part 1 OPINION MATCHING Part 2 LONG TEXT
COMPREHENSION
Read the opinions of four Match headings
people on a topic. Then
choose who said what for
7 questions.
READING
COMPONENT

Part 3 READING FOR

GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING Part 4 READING ACROSS
TWO TEXTS
Gap-filling task (a short Read two short texts of the
text of about 300 words.) same topic and fill in the
blanks with the
appropriate phrase.
APTIS ADVANCED READING COMPONENT
  Skim each paragraph to get a general idea of what the
text is about.
 Then look at the questions and read the people’s
opinions again, more slowly this time, with the questions
in mind. See if anyone ‘jumps out’ at you.

 Be careful – sometimes the statements/questions

contain the same words as one of the opinions, but
Strategies that doesn’t always mean it’s the correct answer.
 Read everything again once you’ve finished. You can
always go back and change your answers.
 Even if you’re not sure about the answer, never leave
anything blank. Just have a guess – after all, you’ve got
a one in four chance of getting it right!
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THIS.
  Skim the text to understand a general meaning of the
paragraph. Don't read too fast. If you go through the
information too fast, you may end up understanding
nothing which turns out a complete waste of time.
 Always stay aware of synonyms and paraphrases. Take
time to match the words from the headings to the words in
the reading passage.
TIPS FOR
 Spare the details of a paragraph. It will take too long.
MATCHING Alternatively just read a couple of sentences from the
HEADINGS starting and the finishing areas of a paragraph. It will help
you get a general meaning of the paragraph and guess the
probable heading.
 You might come across some headings that seem similar.
Find out the subtle difference among them and select the
best suit for your paragraph.
  There are always more choices of paragraph headings
on the list than paragraphs, so be careful when
matching them.
 Watch out for synonyms - often words in the paragraphs
Things to and paragraph headings will not be the same; they will
beware of be synonyms.

 Having a noun from a heading that is in the paragraph

does not guarantee they match - you still need to read it
carefully to check.
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Let’s try this.

  Skim the paragraph to get a general idea of what the
text is about.
 Then look at the possible answers.
 Be careful – sometimes options are very close but
Strategies that doesn’t always mean it’s the correct answer.
 Read everything again once you’ve finished. You can
always go back and change your answers.
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Let’s try this.

  Skim the paragraph to get a general idea of what the
texts are about.
 Then look at the possible answers.
 Be careful – sometimes options are very close but
Strategies that doesn’t always mean it’s the correct answer.
 Read everything again once you’ve finished. You can
always go back and change your answers.
  https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/D7NrqDh--
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1?teacher_id=6523680820559872

Let’s try this.

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