ILEC Reading – Part 4

Task Description

What do candidates have to do?
Match six questions (usually sentences) to one of four short texts.

What texts are used?
Texts are drawn from law textbooks, reference books, articles, journals and website information.

What is being tested?
Candidates are required to locate information and understand the paraphrasing of key ideas.

What specific reading skills are relevant?
Skimming and scanning

Understanding the Task

It may help you to work through a sample Part 4 task yourself. Use this task from the sample paper. As you complete it, think about the paraphrasing involved across the questions and texts. Time yourself, too.

Sample Part 4 task (PDF)
Answers

Things to consider

  1. Where has the text come from?

  2. What is its relevance to ILEC?

  3. Which did you read first, the questions or the texts?

  4. How is the phrase ‘act with undue haste’ in Question 37 paraphrased in text B?

  5. Which word in text D means the same as ‘intended’ in Question 38?

  6. How much of text A is relevant to Question 39?

  7. How long should candidates spend on Part 4?