CELPIP EXAM : About Reading Tasks

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CELPIP EXAM About Reading Tasks
The CELPIP reading section is comparatively
easier as compared to writing and speaking
sections because you are provided with answers
as options. So, even if you dont know the right
answer, you will get hints from the answer. In
case you are running out of time or you are blank
about the answer, you have the choice to guess
and you may get it right. The most important
thing in reading part is, examiner tries to test
your vocabulary. So, you need to be strong in
vocabulary part. We will advise you to start
learning new words to score high in the reading
test. CELPIP reading part takes a maximum time of
55 minutes. Comparatively others test take lesser
time, for example, listening part takes 50
minutes, speaking part takes 20 minutes and
writing part takes 27 plus 26 that equals to 53
minutes. In the reading section, there are four
parts and one practice test. Each part takes
around 10 minutes to complete. Lets talk about
four parts of the reading section. Reading
section begins with practice test better known
as practice task, then we have, Part 1 Reading
correspondence Part 2 Reading to apply a
diagram Part 3 Reading for information Part 4
Reading for viewpoints. Practice Task The test
begins with a practice task, where you are given
one passage of around 3-4 lines, around a
hundred words passage, which is on the left-hand
side of the screen. On the right-hand side, there
are questions with options to answer as a
dropdown. You may select the right option by
left-clicking the mouse. You can select the
answer which you think is most appropriate for
the given question.
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Part 1 Reading correspondence The practice test
is followed by reading part 1, that is, reading
correspondence passage is provided on the
left-hand side, which is generally in the form of
an email. After going through the passage, you
are supposed to answer the questions provided on
the right-hand side of the passage. Questions
are divided into two parts. Part 1 ask questions
about your understanding of the content provided
in the passage. Part 2 is your response message,
from which you decide the most appropriate
options by selecting the right option using the
left click of the mouse.
Reading part 2 Reading to apply a diagram In
this section of the reading test, you are
provided with few diagrams along with the
relevant information on the right-hand side. You
are provided with options as per the information
on the left- hand side, again you are supposed to
choose the best choice from the drop-down
menu. This section is basically the pros and cons
section. Each image is provided with information,
which is both good and bad in different aspects.
Keeping in these pros and cons of all the
elements of the question, you need to decide the
best answer. Tips Tricks Dont waste time
memorising the content of the question. Just pay
attention to the kind of information you are
provided with. Better start reading questions
after just going through the paragraphs. Reading
part 3 Reading for information In this part,
informative passage on any random subject is on
the left-hand side, and there are around three to
four paragraphs which are named as A, B, C, D,
the information is provided in these passages.
Now on the right-hand side, you are given some
statements, which are numbered as 1,2,3, and so
on. You are supposed to decide from which
paragraph this statement has been derived. Each
statement starts with a drop-down menu with five
options, named as A, B, C, D, E. Now, as you
know there were four paragraphs named as A, B, C,
D on the left-hand side, this means, if that
particular statement has nothing to do with the
paragraphs on the left, then your answer will be
E, which depicts none of the given A, B, C, D
paragraphs. Reading part 4 Reading for
viewpoints In this part, there is information
provided in three to four paragraphs on the
left-hand side, the information basically
consists of some different idea or viewpoint
about particular subject or activity. And on the
right-hand side, there are around 10 questions.
Questions are divided into two categories.
Category 1, asks questions about the information
provided in that particular viewpoint. Category
2, questions are derived from the comments on
that particular viewpoint. Again, you are
supposed to select the best option from the
drop-down menu in each question.