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Basic Comprehension Tests

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Most job roles require a foundation level of the English language and a basic verbal skill set. This includes, but is not limited to, operational, customer service, administration, help desk and commercial.

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Basic Comprehension Tests FAQs

How are basic comprehension tests scored?

Basic comprehension tests are used to evaluate basic language skills. Simply put, it’s an English test that is scored in the same fashion as school tests. However, wrong answers may subtract from your total score.

What are basic comprehension tests used for?

Basic comprehension tests are used for assessing a person’s language and comprehension skills. Based on simple language, usually not exceeding middle school levels, these tests demonstrate how well you can read, your level of understanding and your ability to solve simple questions.

What do basic comprehension tests involve?

Basic comprehension tests involve language problems of varying difficulty. Most of the questions are rather similar and might include reading short passages, finding word meanings and analysing text.

What do basic comprehension tests measure?

Basic comprehension tests measure a person’s language and comprehension skills. Focusing on foundation level language knowledge, these tests assess how fast and sharp is someone’s logical thinking.

Where can I practice basic comprehension tests?

We use language on a daily basis. However, to revive the knowledge beyond the ABCs of everyday language you should practice solving these problems. You can find all the most popular comprehension tests on our website alongside with tips and tutorials

Which employers use basic comprehension tests?

Basic comprehension tests are among the most widespread selection techniques. They gained their popularity because they are designed to assess basic education and intelligence level needed for every job that requires an ability to think fast and use logic.

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Basic Comprehension Tests Tips

1Scanning the whole test

It is advisable to quickly go through the entire test to have an overview of the number of passages and questions under each of them. Doing this will help you to plan your time carefully and avoid spending a lot of time on one passage. Since most of the comprehension tests are timed, scanning through the entire test will allow proper time management and ensure that you complete all the questions on time.

2A careful reading of instructions

Students are required to be keen when reading the passage instructions to avoid missing or misunderstanding key points that may be necessary for answering the questions. For instance, the instructions may require you to respond to questions in a given fashion failure to which may make it difficult to pass the test.

3Avoid relying upon outside knowledge

You are supposed to carefully read the provided passage at least two times. After reading, you are supposed to answer the question asked based on the passage as opposed to using knowledge outside the given passage. Therefore, you should ensure that all the answers are backed with information derived from the passage.

4Reading the questions first

It is advisable to go through the questions first before reading the passage. Such a practice makes you aware of the type of information to look for in the comprehension during the actual reading. It also helps you to concentrate on important phrases or words in the passage, and this enables you to skim as opposed to reading every word, thus saving time particularly where the time allocated for the test is limited. Starting with passage reading then proceeding to read questions often makes it necessary for you to search through the passage repeatedly and this could consume a lot of time.

5Making strategic guesses

It is advisable to go through the choices provided for the passage questions before answering them to avoid the likelihood of being fooled by nearly correct options. Such a practice can be improved by first eliminating the answers that you are certain are incorrect and then choosing your answer from those remaining.

Employing the above tips can help in maximizing your score when undertaking comprehension tests. These tips also help in improving your language art skills by enabling you to visualize, synthesize, connect, and determine the significance of the passage. Finally, these tips can help you to quickly make inferences and in finding the main idea as well as the gist of the comprehension, thus improving your test scores.

Basic Comprehension Video Tutorials

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What our customers say about our Basic Comprehension tests

  • Philippines

    March 13, 2023

    good

    adding new knowledge on my part and learning basic procedures in call center duties and responsibilities

  • Philippines

    March 13, 2023

    Understanding an article

    I like how questions are being structured to make sure you understand an article in different scenarios.

  • Philippines

    February 15, 2023

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    it is interesting and you have to read it with comprehension so that you will easily understand the question.

  • South Africa

    January 29, 2023

    Overall performance

    I liked that it challenged me to pay attention and to read the information presented to me in the text more carefully.

  • Nigeria

    December 27, 2022

    Exciting

    I like the fact that it gives a clear job description of all their agents. It describes the various benefits the hotels have to offer. The text opened my eyes to the various catches involved in booking a hotel reservation, from what to expect from agents to what to look forward to

  • Philippines

    December 06, 2022

    Understanding the passage

    I like the test because it will make you focus and understand the text so that you can answer all of the questions.

  • Kenya

    November 23, 2022

    Intriguing

    I liked the way the questions are designed, in a way that, one has to think and come up with the most logical answers, and not refer to direct answers from the passages

  • United States of America

    November 12, 2022

    Basic Comprehension

    This was a great practice test to see where my thoughts are aligned within these selected questions.

  • Philippines

    November 10, 2022

    Challenging exam!!!

    It was a great way for someone like me to further my knowledge on reading, language and comprehension.

  • Australia

    November 03, 2022

    Very helpful

    It has been a long time since I have done my last comprehension test, and this was very helpful for warm-up