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Preparation for
TRINITY Integrated Skills in English I
Reading & Writing Module
Task 1
Long reading
What do I have to do? Read 1 long text and answer 15 questions.
The text will be factual or descriptive. It will be about one of the
following subjects:
•Travel
•Money
•Fashion
•Rules and regulations
What kind of text? •Health and fitness
•Learning a foreign language
•Festivals
•Means of transport
•Special occasions
•Entertainment
•Music
•Recent personal experiences
The text will be about 400 words. There will always be 5 paragraphs.
There may be some words you don’t know but the text will be aimed
How long and hard will the text be?
at level B1, which means you should recognise most of the words.
The 15 questions are divided into three sections.
Section 1
Questions 1-5 (Title matching)
You have to choose the best title for each of the 5 paragraphs. There
are 6 titles to choose from, so there is an extra one you won’t need.
Section 2
Questions 6-10 (Selecting the true statements)
What about the 15 questions?
You are given 8 statements and you have to pick 5 that are true.
You can choose your answers in any order. As 5 statements are true,
3 are false or not stated.
Section 3
Questions 11-15 (Completing sentences)
You will have to write a word or phrase (up to three words) from the
text in a gap to complete each sentence. You must use an
exact word
phrase
or from the original text – you can’t use your own words.
Spend about 20 minutes on Task 1.
How long should I spend on this task?
4
Preparation for
TRINITY Integrated Skills in English I
Reading & Writing Module
Task 1
Long reading
What do I have to do? Read 1 long text and answer 15 questions.
The text will be factual or descriptive. It will be about one of the
following subjects:
•Travel
•Money
•Fashion
•Rules and regulations
What kind of text? •Health and fitness
•Learning a foreign language
•Festivals
•Means of transport
•Special occasions
•Entertainment
•Music
•Recent personal experiences
The text will be about 400 words. There will always be 5 paragraphs.
There may be some words you don’t know but the text will be aimed
How long and hard will the text be?
at level B1, which means you should recognise most of the words.
The 15 questions are divided into three sections.
Section 1
Questions 1-5 (Title matching)
You have to choose the best title for each of the 5 paragraphs. There
are 6 titles to choose from, so there is an extra one you won’t need.
Section 2
Questions 6-10 (Selecting the true statements)
What about the 15 questions?
You are given 8 statements and you have to pick 5 that are true.
You can choose your answers in any order. As 5 statements are true,
3 are false or not stated.
Section 3
Questions 11-15 (Completing sentences)
You will have to write a word or phrase (up to three words) from the
text in a gap to complete each sentence. You must use an
exact word
phrase
or from the original text – you can’t use your own words.
Spend about 20 minutes on Task 1.
How long should I spend on this task?
4
