General SELT Reading
Four parts, 30 questions and 50 minutes across vocabulary, gap and sentence cohesion, cross-text information and longer general-interest reading.
Choose first, then prepare the right test
Start with the route's required skills and CEFR level. Four-skill Academic and General tests and the two-skill A1-A2-B1 suite are not interchangeable.
Core concepts
Concept 1
General Reading progresses from sentence-level lexical choices to cohesion, linked short texts and one longer general-interest text.
Exam cue: Check collocation and register as well as dictionary meaning.
Concept 2
Options must fit grammar, meaning, register and the practical context.
Exam cue: Use reference words and transitions to place missing sentences.
Concept 3
The longer text may be narrative, descriptive, explanatory or biographical, so structure and purpose vary.
Exam cue: Identify the longer text's genre before interpreting purpose or detail.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Selecting a word that matches the topic but not the sentence grammar.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Ignoring cohesion on a missing-sentence task.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Applying an academic-argument template to every general-interest text.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Memory anchors
Thirty in Fifty
General Reading has 30 questions in 50 minutes.
Word Fit
Vocabulary choices must fit meaning, grammar and register.
Cohesion
Removed sentences connect through reference and logic.
Four Texts
Cross-text matching keeps evidence attached to its source.
Genre
Narrative, descriptive, explanatory and biographical texts organise differently.
Exact Evidence
Return to the passage for every answer.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
How many items may a member normally borrow at one time?
What restriction applies to an orange-label tool?
Answer all questions to submit.
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