Need tips to crack CELPIP listening and reading!

[santreddy]

Hello Folks,

I need your tips who has already taken CELPIP listening and reading. I am having a hard time getting scores in Reading Part 3 and Part 4. I am choosing the wrong answers majorly. Can you guys help me by giving me tips on how to crack the exam, please?

Regards,
Santhosh

 

[gadhvibhargav]

Hi Santosh,

I had taken CELPIP thrice in the past. Although I couldn't improve on my writing and speaking scores from level 8, my listening and reading scores consistently progressed. In my latest attempt, I could score 10 in Listening and 11 in Reading.
For reading passage 3 my strategy was to spend a considerable amount of time, about 6 minutes, in reading the entire passage and then take the 9 questions. The good thing about this is that most of the info I read was in my mind and for most of the questions I could figure the correct paragraph easily. For the other questions, I at least had an idea which one or two paragraphs to look for. Don't spend too much time on one question as the answer may be E - not given.
For Reading passage 4, I used to spend about 8 minutes in reading. While reading the passage look out for different viewpoints and Names (Capital Letters would help you identify those), which might come handy while answering the questions.

Good luck