ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

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• Time: 60 minutes for all 3 passages (suggested: ~20 mins)

• Topic: Factual, descriptive, often scientific or historical

• Length: ~800 words

• Purpose: Assess ability to find factual details and understand straightforward ideas​

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YOU NEED TO:

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• Skim for main ideas

• Scan for specific information

• Understand paraphrased factual content

• Follow basic structure (e.g. topic > explanation > example)

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KEY SKILLS NEEDED:

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• Reading for detail

• Matching headings/information

• Recognising paraphrasing

• Completing tables or sentence gaps

• Basic inference skills

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SUGGESTED PRACTICE ACTIVITIES:

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• Read science/history texts aimed at general readers

• Practise True/False/Not Given, sentence completion, matching tasks

• Focus on building topic-specific vocabulary