Reading skills

Exactly one.

Objectively, all-or-nothing — right answer earns the mark, a wrong one earns nothing.

A wrong option written to look tempting — often by reusing a word from the text.

Exactly one letter — two letters 'to be safe' scores zero.

It must be supported by the text, not by outside knowledge.

Read the question and all options → Find the relevant part → Read that sentence closely → Eliminate the distractors → Choose.

A wrong option that repeats a word from the text but misreads its meaning, so it feels familiar.

It is often easier to rule options out than to spot the right one; what's left is your answer.

The meaning of the full line decides the answer — deciding on half a sentence loses marks.

Copy the answer EXACTLY from the text — paraphrasing scores zero.

No — for 'use the words in the text' questions you must copy the exact word/phrase; paraphrasing earns nothing.

BOTH the tick (True/False) AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

Not if the meaning of your copied word is still clear — minor spelling slips are OK.

A complete answer must add no irrelevant words — extra wrong information can cancel the mark.

Decide True or False AND justify by quoting the relevant words from the text.

1 mark — but only for BOTH a correct decision and a correct justification quoted from the text.

Give the reason by quoting the exact relevant words from the text.

From the text — you copy the relevant words word for word.

Copy the exact words as they appear in the text; paraphrasing scores zero.

No — quote only the specific words that prove your answer.

Exactly one; putting two answers scores zero.

No — a spelling slip is fine if the meaning is still clear; wrong or extra words are the problem.

Read the statement → Find the relevant line → Decide True or False → Quote the justifying words → Write BOTH.

The mark requires a justification quoted from the text as well as the decision.

Writing True or False with no justification.

Find the exact words; True/False + justify; "find the word/phrase that means…" (also gap-fill from a word list, multiple choice, heading-match).

A buried justification may not be credited; short and exact beats long and vague.

Extra wrong or irrelevant information can lose the mark — keep it complete but stop there.

What a word or phrase means in this particular text, using the surrounding context.

A word with the same (or nearly the same) meaning.

Judged by the words around it in this particular text — not by a dictionary alone.

(1) "Find the word/phrase that means X" (copy it out) and (2) "What does X mean here?" (pick the fitting meaning).

Literal = the plain dictionary sense; figurative = a non-literal, imaginative sense (e.g. "nudge" = encouragement).

To put your name down to join an activity or group.

Unwilling, hesitant to do something.

To strongly encourage someone to do something.

Locate the word → Read around it → Infer from context → Match to the option / find the synonym → Check it fits.

A word can have several meanings; the context decides which one fits here.

Re-read the sentence with your meaning slotted in — it should make sense.

Copy the EXACT words from the text. "Using the words as they appear in the text" means paraphrasing scores ZERO.

BOTH the correct tick (T or F) AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

Exactly ONE. Two answers in one box scores 0.

A task where you complete a sentence with the missing word(s).

From the text itself, or from a given word list.

One word or just a few words.

A word that looks possible but is wrong — a trap.

Your answer must come from the text, not from outside knowledge.

Copy the word exactly; a small slip is OK if the meaning stays clear, but paraphrasing scores zero.

Come from the text/list, and be copied so it fits the sentence.

Read the gapped sentence → Predict the word type → Find it in the text → Copy it correctly → Check it fits.

So you scan for the right kind of word (noun, verb, number) instead of any word.

Copy the EXACT words from the text — paraphrasing in your own words scores zero.

No — the word comes from the text or the given list; never invent it.

Give the tick AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

Exactly one — two answers in a box score zero.

If you paraphrase, or add extra wrong words; copy the exact words and add nothing irrelevant.

To link each item in one set with its partner in another set.

Link each item in one set to its partner in another set.

People↔opinions, headings↔paragraphs, and the two halves of a sentence.

Exactly once.

The leftover option that matches nothing and stays unused — a distractor.

A wrong option included on purpose to tempt you away from the right one.

It's a distractor — a spare that matches nothing, to catch you out.

Read both lists → Do the sure ones first → Eliminate → Match the rest → Check none is reused and the spare is left over.

No — do the matches you're sure of first; each one removes an option.

No — match on the meaning of the whole statement, not a single shared word.

No — match every item, using elimination for the ones you're unsure of.

Copy the exact words straight from the text — paraphrasing scores zero.

Both the correct tick AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

Exactly one — two answers in a box scores zero, even if one is right.

Finish a sentence so it matches what the text says.

Choose the right ending (a/b/c), or complete the sentence with words from the text.

The beginning of the sentence that you have to finish.

Based on what the text actually says, not your own ideas.

When it is true according to the text, not just sensible in general.

Yes — the whole finished sentence must fit the grammar of the stem.

Copy the EXACT word or phrase from the text. Paraphrasing scores zero.

No — if the text words are required, a paraphrase scores zero, even if it means the same.

Yes — keep the answer complete but add NO extra/irrelevant words; wrong extra info can cancel the mark.

Both the tick (True/False) AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

No — small spelling mistakes are fine as long as the meaning is still clear.

Exactly one — putting two answers in the box loses the mark.

Read the stem → Find what the text says → Copy or choose the ending → Check the sentence is true per the text → Move on.

An ending true for a later part of the text but not for the part the stem asks about.

A small word like "it", "this", "them" or "there" that points back to a noun or idea said earlier in the text.

The actual noun, person, place or idea that a reference word points to.

To point back to something already mentioned in the text.

To put one word in place of another — here, putting the noun back in place of the reference word to check it fits.

A noun (a thing, or things) already mentioned in the text.

A whole idea or sentence said before, not just a single noun.

A place that was mentioned earlier in the text.

The owner mentioned earlier (whose something is).

Backwards — they point to something said earlier, so read the lines BEFORE the word.

Find → Read before → Identify → Substitute → Check.

Substitute the noun back in place of the reference word and check the sentence still makes sense.

The actual noun or idea it points to (e.g. "the dog"), copied from the text — never the word "it" itself.

Answer using the words as they appear in the text — copy the exact word/phrase; a paraphrase scores ZERO.

Tick True or False AND quote the exact words from the text that prove it — both are needed for the 1 mark.

An answer of a few words or a short phrase to a question about the text.

Most answers must be COPIED EXACTLY from the text — paraphrasing scores ZERO when told to use the words as they appear.

Find the exact word/phrase and copy it — don't reword it.

The answer is in the passage — locate it; don't use outside knowledge.

Content correctness — the right information, briefly; style is not the point.

No — a spelling slip is OK as long as the meaning is still clear.

Keep it complete but add NO extra/irrelevant words — extra wrong info can lose the mark.

Exactly ONE answer in the box.

Find the exact words; find the word/phrase that means…; the justification in True/False.

Read the question → Locate the line → Lift the exact words → Trim the extras → Check it answers the question.

Read the question first, so you know exactly what to locate in the text.

BOTH the tick (True/False) AND a justification quoted word-for-word from the text.

A blank scores zero, but a brief, text-supported attempt can score the mark.

It scores ZERO — you must copy the precise words from the text.