Completion Task Strategies
Reading section of IELTS has different question types. Although I am sure that you are familiar with the strategies for reading section, in case you are not, click here.
This time we are not talking about the general strategies for solving the reading section, instead the focus is now on the specific questions that are asked in the reading section.
Let us begin.
COMPLETION TASK
This task includes within itself sentence completion or note/summary/flow chart/table completion or short answer type questions or the diagram labelling.
How should you answer such questions?
- Answer Properly
- Make sure your answer includes the words essential to answering the questions correctly. Correct answers can contain fewer than the maximum number of words as stated in the question.
- Don’t change anything
- These are the question types in which you need to make sure that you use the exact same words as in the passage. You cannot even change the structure of the words. For instance, if in the passage the answer is in present continuous, you cannot even make it present perfect.
- How to find the answer?
- While answering these questions, before you read the passage, just read the question and try to make a guess of what could be the possible answer. Then, skim the text and find out the paragraph from where the question has been taken. While skimming, look for synonyms and paraphrases. And while answering keep in mind both the grammar and the spelling.
- Focus on meaning than grammar
- In some completion task, you are provided with options. When answering make sure to read the options properly. The options are set is so that they all fit grammatically with the statement in the question. You need to rather find out the one that fits perfectly according to the meaning.