How to see it
In a Quest-style paper, the story is in a separate reading booklet. Each question has five options, A to E. The reading questions come first. Then come shorter questions on words, grammar and punctuation. So open the story first, and read it once, all the way through. Then, for each reading question, find the part it is about.
A worked example
Why did Priya take off her shoes? Key word: shoes. Find it in the reading booklet. The stepping stones were green with weed, so she took off her shoes. The reason comes before the so.
The common mistake: leaving the shorter questions until there is no time
The trap is running out of time before the shorter questions. One hard reading question eats your time, then another does. The shorter ones are quick marks. Work steadily: if you are stuck on one, skip it and come back.
Try one
Leo walked slowly and quietly past the sleeping dog.
Which one word could replace the underlined words?
- Acrept
- Bdashed
- Cstamped
- Dmarched
- Ebounced
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Right: A, crept
To creep is to move slowly and quietly. None of the others is slow and quiet.
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