ICFE Reading – Part 5
Task Description
What do candidates have to do?
Complete a text by choosing the correct sentence (A-H) to fill each of six gaps
What texts are used?
Texts with a strong development or argument are used for this task, and may be taken from reference books and financial textbooks, financial newspapers and journals, financial websites, company annual reports, and research reports.
What is being tested?
Candidates have to demonstrate an awareness of text structure, as well as understanding content.
What specific reading skills are relevant?
Following an argument; recognising discourse markers in text
Understanding the Task
It may help you to work through a sample Part 5 task yourself. Use this task from the sample paper. As you complete it, look carefully at the words around each gap.
Sample Part 5 task (PDF)
Answers
Things to consider
- What is the text about?
- Which letter is the example sentence?
- Which is the ‘extra’ sentence that is not used?
- Why is it important to read the gapped text before sentences A-H?
- Why is it important to read the text after gap 43 before deciding on the answer?
- What linking phrase is used in sentence C and what is its purpose?
- What linking word is used in sentence F?
- How long should candidates spend on Part 5?