GT Reading Section 1: notices, adverts and public information

Section 1 usually gives you two or three short texts from daily life: a library leaflet, five gym adverts, a list of bike-share plans or a notice about a community event. Questions are often True/False/Not Given, matching information (which advert says this?) and short answers.

You do not need to read every word. Read the question, decide what kind of detail you need — a price, a day, an age, a condition — and scan for it.

Everyday texts are full of small conditions: "unless", "only", "up to", "except", "at least". A statement can look true until one of these words changes it. If a notice says "no late fees for children's books", the statement "late fees are never charged" is false.

In matching questions, one advert may match two or three statements, and another may match none. Do not assume each letter is used once.