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Exam Skills X1 · IGCSE Skills: Listening & Reading

X1-L09

Paper 2 Group 4 — Gap-Fill Grammar and Vocabulary Precisionالوَرَقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ المَجْمُوعَةُ 4 — مِلْءُ الفَرَاغِ وَدِقَّةُ القَوَاعِدِ وَالمُفْرَدَاتِ

Work the gap-fill decision tree: read the whole sentence, check what comes before and after the gap, decide the test type (grammar or vocabulary), predict the form, and only then compare the four options.

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01

Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Use the gap-fill decision tree on every gap.
  • Identify whether the gap tests grammar or vocabulary.
  • Predict the answer form before reading the options.
  • Reject options that break agreement, tense or meaning.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

02

Recognise · use

Key exam language

Gap-fill precision8 terms
مِلْءُ الفَرَاغِgap-fill
مَا قَبْلَ الفَرَاغِwhat comes before the gap
مَا بَعْدَ الفَرَاغِwhat comes after the gap
حَرْفُ جَرٍّa preposition
المُطَابَقَةُagreement
الزَّمَنُthe tense
تَوَقُّعُ الشَّكْلِpredicting the form
المَعْنَى المُنَاسِبُthe fitting meaning
03

Do it every time

Strategy for this group

1Read the whole sentence

Never choose from the words around the gap alone.

2Before and after

Check the word before and after — is a preposition, verb or noun needed?

3Predict, then compare

Decide the test type, predict the form, then compare the four options.

04

A short paragraph with gaps (choose the correct form)

قَرَّرَ أَحْمَدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى المَكْتَبَةِ لِأَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَعِيرَ كِتَابًا عَنِ التَّارِيخِ. وَصَلَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ البَاكِرِ، لٰكِنَّ المَكْتَبَةَ كَانَتْ مُغْلَقَةً. لِذٰلِكَ قَرَّرَ أَنْ يَعُودَ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ. عِنْدَمَا عَادَ، وَجَدَ الكِتَابَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ.

gap-fill grammar and vocabulary

Prove each answer from the text

6 marks
1Gap: قَرَّرَ أَحْمَدُ أَنْ ___ إِلَى المَكْتَبَةِ. Which form?

2Gap: يُرِيدُ أَنْ ___ كِتَابًا. Which form?

3Gap: كِتَابًا ___ التَّارِيخِ. Which preposition?

4Gap: كَانَتِ المَكْتَبَةُ ___ . Which agreement?

5Gap: الكِتَابَ ___ كَانَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ. Which relative?

6What is the first step of the decision tree?

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05

Examiner focus

Evidence-based selection — 0 marks

  • Read the whole sentence and check before and after the gap.
  • Decide the test type and predict the form before comparing options.
  • Reject any option that breaks agreement, tense or meaning.
06

Diagnose · target

Performance tracker

07

Group reflection

One habit to keep

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