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SiMPLY Cambridge A2 KEY EXAM GUIDE Reading

READING Part One READING Part Two

What is the task What is the task
In this part of the exam you will have to answer 6 questions. In this part of the exam you will be given three short texts
Each question will have a short text and 3 sentences A, B, C and seven questions. You have to match the questions to the
next to it. You have to choose the sentence that matches the 3 texts. You will be looking for information in the questions
meaning of the text. The text may be from a notice, a sign, that is in one of the three texts.
information on a packet, a note, an email, a postcard or a text
message. In other words, they will be from something that How to do the task
you may see in your everyday life. The first thing you should do is read each question to find out
what information you need to look for in the texts. Underline
How to do the task any key (important) words so that you can easily see what
The first thing you should do is read the text and decide what information you are looking for. Don’t forget that you may be
it is. In other words is it a message, email, sign etc? Then look looking for words that have a similar meaning rather than
at the three possible answers. These will all say something exactly the same words in the question and the text.
about the text and you need to decide which of the three Then, for each question, quickly read the texts and find in
options matches the meaning of the text. which text you can find the information you are looking for.
Look at each answer, one at a time, and see if it matches the Again, underline the key words in the texts. When you have
text. Only one answer will be correct. When you have chosen found the correct piece of text, you should read carefully to
your answer, check it one more time and also check the wrong check whether that part of the text answers the question.
answers and decide why they are wrong. By doing this you Before choosing your final answer, you should check that the
can be sure that you have chosen the correct answer. other texts do not contain anything that could answer the
questions. If one of them does, you must decide which text
Let’s practise!
Look at the question below. best matches the question.
Let’s practise!
From: Jack Look at the questions below.
To: Anna For each question choose the correct answer.
Hi Anna, 1. Who makes art that is hard to understand?
I’m going to book the table at the fish restaurant _______________________________________________
for Saturday night. I need to know this morning if
you are coming or not.
Can you email or text before 12 o’clock? 2. Who makes art from unusual things?
_______________________________________________
Thanks
Jack
3. Who will probably be rich because of their art?
_______________________________________________

Young artists
1. Read the text and decide what it is.
A. Paul
_______________________________________________
I’ve been seriously making art for the last three years. I love
_______________________________________________
to make art out of things that other people don’t want. I go
to markets to buy things really cheaply and I also use things
2. Who is sending it? Who are they sending it to? that people have thrown in the rubbish.
_______________________________________________
B. Sandra
_______________________________________________
People say that my art is clever because it is like a photo-
graph. A painting might take me months to paint because
3. Choose the correct answer.
I want everything to be perfect. I sold my last painting for
A. Jack wants Anna to book a table. £40,000 so I don’t mind that they take a long time to paint.
B. Jack needs Anna to make a decision. C. Janet
C. Jack would like to take Anna out for lunch today. I like to use lots of paint and lots of bright colours. It doesn’t
matter that no one knows what it is because it is feelings
Analysis and justification that I am painting, not things. I usually do really big work,
1. This is an email as we are told at the beginning of the text. too, so they wouldn’t be good for a small room.
2. It is being sent by someone called Jack, to a woman or girl
called Anna who might be his friend or someone in his Analysis and justification
family. 1. C. Janet is the correct answer. She says: ‘ It doesn’t matter
3. Answer A is not correct because Jack says that he is going that no one knows what it is because it is feelings that
to book the table; not Anna. Answer B is correct because I am painting, not things.’
Jack needs to know if Anna is going to go with him to the 2. A. Paul is the correct answer. He says: ‘I love to make art
restaurant or not on Saturday and she needs to decide out of things that other people don’t want. ............. things
today. Answer C is not correct because they are talking that people have thrown in the rubbish.’
about dinner on Saturday; not going out together today.
He asks her to email or text him, so it is unlikely that he is 3. B. Sandra is the correct answer because she sold her, ‘last
even going to see her today. painting for £40,000.’
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