Reading Exam Preparation EAP Activities, Games and Worksheets

EAP Reading Exam Question Types Worksheet - Reading Exercises: True, False or Not Given, Multiple Choice, Gap-Fill, Short Answer Questions - Speaking Activity - Pair Work In this useful reading exam preparation worksheet, students read about strategies to answer four common reading question types and then practice them using a reading exam text. First, students read a text about strategies to answer reading exam questions and match headings to the paragraphs. Students then read an extract from a reading exam paper. Next, students answer true, false or not given questions based on the text. After that, students choose the correct option to answer each question about the text. Students then move on to complete sentences with no more than two words from the text. Following that, students answer questions using no more than three words from the text. Finally, students discuss questions about the question types with a partner. show less

EAP Context Clues Activity - Reading: Matching, Using Context Clues, Identifying - Pair Work In this rewarding context clues activity, students work out the meaning of unfamiliar words using five types of context clues. First, students read an introduction to context clues along with five clue types and examples. Students then have one minute to skim-read a text. In pairs, students then re-read the text and match the words in bold to definitions on cards using the context clues, underlining the context clue in the text and writing their answers on the cards. Next, students write the clue type provided in the text that helped them guess the meaning of the word in context. Finally, check and review the answers as a class. show less

EAP Reading Exam Preparation Game - Reading: Skimming, Scanning, Gap-fill - Pair Work This fun reading exam preparation game helps students practice skills for answering gap-fill questions. First, in pairs, students skim-read a gap-fill text for two minutes, predicting what kind of word would go in each space. Next, when you say 'go', one student from each pair runs to a word bank, selects a word they think fits a gap in the text, remembers it, runs back to their partner and tells them the word. If both students agree that the word correctly fills the gap, their partner writes it in the space. The two students then switch roles, and the other student runs to select the next word, and so on. The first pair to correctly complete the text wins the game. show less

EAP Reading Exam Preparation Activity - Reading, Writing and Speaking: Discussion, Summary Writing, Presenting, Comprehension Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work In this free reading exam preparation activity, students practice analysing a text, summarising key information, presenting their findings and answering comprehension questions. In the activity, students work in groups to understand a reading text using the jigsaw method. First, students start in their 'home groups' before moving into 'expert groups,' where each group focuses on one paragraph of a text. In their expert groups, students discuss key points and write a short summary. Afterwards, students return to their home groups and take turns presenting their paragraph summaries so the group gains a full understanding of the text. Finally, students answer reading comprehension questions about the text and discuss reflection questions in their groups. show less

EAP Reading Exam Multiple-Choice Questions Worksheet- Reading Exercises: Multiple Choice, Identifying - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this reading exam preparation worksheet, students learn and practice five strategies to answer multiple-choice questions. First, students read about five strategies for answering multiple-choice questions. Students then check their understanding by answering multiple-choice questions based on the strategies. Next, students practice identifying keywords in question stems and scanning a text to underline related keywords. After that, students find paraphrased versions of each answer choice in the text to help them recognize correct answers and eliminate incorrect ones. Following that, students identify one obvious distractor in each question and discuss why it is incorrect with a partner. Next, students answer the questions in Exercise C using a process of elimination if they are unsure. Finally, students read the second part of the text and apply all five strategies to answer another set of questions. show less

EAP Skimming and Scanning Game - Reading, Writing and Speaking: Skimming, Scanning, Answering Comprehension Questions - Pair Work In this fast-paced reading exam preparation game, students use skimming and scanning techniques to answer comprehension questions about various texts. When you say go, teams have 20 seconds to skim-read a text and identify the topic, underlining the correct one on the worksheet. Teams then turn over a question card and have two minutes to scan the text and answer comprehension questions about it. After two minutes, teams put the question card face-down and move on to the next text. The process repeats until each team has read and answered questions about six texts. Next, teams swap worksheets to mark each other's answers. For each correct topic, teams score one point. For each correct answer, teams score two points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less

EAP Reading Exam Preparation Game - Reading and Speaking: Answering Comprehension Questions, Citing Evidence, Discussion, Communicative Practice - Group Work In this engaging reading exam preparation game, students race to answer comprehension questions by locating and citing evidence, and making inferences based on a text. In teams, students race to answer each comprehension question about a text using context clues to locate and underline the relevant information. When a team has found the correct answer, they raise their hands and cite the evidence from the text, scoring one point for a correct answer and another point for supporting evidence using context clues. For the final question, teams each give a prepared response by making inferences based on the text, scoring two points for a response that is well-supported with evidence. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less

EAP Reading Exam Preparation Activity - Reading and Speaking: True, False or Not Given, Identifying, Citing Evidence, Discussion, Communicative Practice - Pair Work This handy reading exam preparation activity helps students develop their skills in answering True, False or Not Given questions by justifying their responses and citing evidence from a text. First, students read a text and mark each statement as True, False or Not Given. Students then compare answers and explain their choices in pairs. If a statement is True or False, they identify and underline the part of the text that supports their answer. If it is Not Given, they explain why. Pairs then agree on a final set of answers. Next, elicit the correct answers from the pairs, who support their True or False answers with direct quotes from the text. Finally, students discuss reflection questions with a new partner. show less