Aptis reading Test: General Tips and Strategies

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 APTIS For Teachers: Answers To Reading Practice Test #1 
 
Part 1 
1.1
A 
1.2
C 
1.3
C 
1.4
B 
Part 2 
2.1
D 
2.2
B 
2.3
E 
2.4
C 
Part 3 
4.1
A 
4.2
B 
4.3
B 
4.4
D 
Part 4 
5.1
E 
5.2
I 
5.3
H 
5.4
C 

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1.5
A 
2.5
F 
3.1
C 
3.2
F 
3.3
E 
3.4
A 
3.5
D 
4.5
C 
4.6
C 
4.7
A 
5.5
G 
5.6
F 
5.7
B 
Top Tips For The Reading Test
Below are list of tips that you can use in order to improve your APTIS reading score: 
Analyse context:
For example, the word ‘arduous’ does not appear in texts very often but look at 
this sentence. 
The children were extremely tired but relieved after their arduous journey.
Arduous comes before ‘journey’, and so it is probably an adjective. The journey made the children 
tired, and so ‘arduous’ must describe a journey that is tiring. They were ‘relieved’ when it had 
finished. Therefore, ‘arduous’ must mean tiring and difficult and must be a negative word.
 
Be Aware Of Timing:
Don’t spend too long on one part. Learn to ‘pace yourself’ by practising 
the test at home using a timer. Learn the reading skills demonstrated and don’t spend large amounts 
of time trying to understand the complete text. 
Flag the question for later review if not sure: 
Remember you can always go back to a question 
and often something will become clearer if you stop concentrating on it for a moment.