Summary completion from a word list

The same summary task, but the answers come from a boxed list of words, not the passage.

You answer with: A letter from the word box
Answer order: Follows the passage

Test instructions

Complete the summary using the list of words, A–J, below.

Choose the correct answer and move it into the gap.

What this task is

A gapped summary with a bank of lettered words. Because the bank supplies the words, they can be synonyms the passage never uses. That changes the task completely. This variant tests whether you understand the meaning, not whether you can find a string.

The bank always holds at least three more words than there are gaps. Every spare word fits the grammar somewhere. No word is used twice.

The traps

The common mistakes in this question type. Learn to spot each one before test day.

Reads smoothly, means the wrong thing

Every distractor fits the grammar of at least one gap. Do not choose a word just because it reads nicely.

Synonym distance

The correct word can look different from the passage's word. "Expansion" in the box can answer for "growth" in the text.

What to do next time

Sort the word list by class first: nouns, verbs, adjectives. Most gaps accept only one class, so the choices shrink fast.
Check each choice against the passage, not against the summary's flow. The summary reading nicely is not evidence.
No reuse, so every letter you place is one fewer to consider. Do the confident gaps first.

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