Timing and decision rules

Choose the action an examiner-savvy candidate takes. Then apply the rule in your next practice paper.

1. 1

   Academic Reading: 15 minutes left, Passage 3 untouched. What do you do?

   Read Passage 3 carefully from the startGo straight to the questions and locate answersGuess everything now
2. 2

   You cannot find a Listening answer and the speaker has moved on.

   Keep looking for itLet it go and follow the current question
3. 3

   Task 2 and you have 8 minutes left with no conclusion written.

   Write a two-sentence conclusion nowAdd more detail to body paragraph 2
4. 4

   How long should Task 1 take?

   20 minutes30 minutesAs long as it needs
5. 5

   Reading: an answer you're unsure of.

   Write your best guessLeave it blank
6. 6

   Write your own timing plan for the Reading paper (three passages, 60 minutes).