ILEC 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 law textbooks, reference books, articles, journals, website information and legal correspondence.
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
- Where is the text from?
- 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?
- What is the role of the word ‘Specifically’ at the beginning of sentence A?
- What linking phrase is used in sentence B and what is its purpose?
- What linking words and phrases are used in sentences C, E and G?
- How long should candidates spend on Part 5?