The five parts
- Teil 1, about 18 minutes: four people give their views in a forum. For nine statements you pick the person it fits; one person can fit several.
- Teil 2, about 12 minutes: a newspaper article with six gaps. From eight sentences you choose the six that fit; two are left over.
- Teil 3, about 12 minutes: a newspaper article with six multiple-choice questions (a, b or c).
- Teil 4, about 12 minutes: short opinions from several people on one question. Six questions: who says what?
- Teil 5, about 6 minutes: a set of rules, such as house rules, with three paragraphs you match to headings. Four of the eight headings don't fit.
Time is the real task
Every question is worth one point, whichever part it's in. Dwell too long on Teil 1 and you give away the easy points in Teil 5. Keep roughly to the recommended times, and if a question stalls you, guess and move on: wrong answers are not penalised.
How to read more precisely
- Read the questions first, then the text. Then you know what you're looking for.
- In Teil 1 and 4 the answer is rarely word for word in the text. Look for the paraphrase: „kostet fast nichts“ for „ist günstig“.
- In Teil 2, check each sentence against the sentence before and after the gap: do the pronoun, tense and linking word fit?
- In Teil 3 the wrong options are often half right. Watch for words like nur, immer, alle, nie.
- Copy your answers to the answer sheet at the end; only the sheet is marked.
Every answer explained
When practising, the answer key alone doesn't help much. You want to know why b is right and a isn't. In Bereit, every question shows you the line in the text that proves the answer and a short explanation in your language. Lesen is completely free in Bereit.