All the paraphrase patterns from this chapter. Test yourself on what a passage really says, and what it does not.
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Five things this chapter taught. Tick only what holds when you are reading fast.
Twenty items, mixed. Put each one back with the job it does when you are reading or listening.
Sort each item into the correct category
Ten questions across the chapter. Read each option twice — several reverse under a word you skimmed past.
Weighted towards the three sprints that decide most Reading marks: size and frequency, nominalisation and negation traps.
Which is the correct nominalisation and preposition?
An academic passage in the register IELTS Reading actually uses, needing an item from every part of this chapter.
The of remote working across professional sectors was rapid, though its long-term effects remain from settled. Early surveys reported gains in reported wellbeing, while the effect on measured productivity was — small enough that most analysts set it aside entirely. , the same surveys found that isolation was more among younger employees than among older ones, a pattern that has since been confirmed. The of office space in city centres has had consequences for local retail, and restrictions commercial conversion have slowed the adjustment. Proponents that the change is permanent; the evidence for that is, at present, thin.
Report what a passage says, and what it only appears to say — the skill this chapter is actually testing.
Passage. The introduction of congestion charging in several European cities has been widely studied. Reductions in traffic volume were substantial in the first two years, though the effect on air quality was by no means uniform: improvements were marked in the city centre and all but absent in the outer suburbs. Proponents claim that the schemes pay for themselves within a decade. That said, the allocation of revenue has rarely been transparent, and with the exception of one city, none has published a full account. The long-term picture is far from clear.
Question 1. Summarise what the passage establishes, in two or three sentences, using precise size and frequency vocabulary.
Question 2. Name one thing a careless reader would take from this passage that it does not actually say — and name the item that creates the trap.
Use at least six Chapter 5 items across both answers.
Two or three sentences. Precise size and frequency vocabulary.
Name the misreading and the exact word or phrase behind it.
Name what you miss when you are reading at speed, and get those items back first.