Screening Practice

Timed Reading Task Practice

Make sure that you spend time on the practice section in the assessment so that you understand how the task works. The practice section is not timed.

In this task there is a text of 73 lines. In each line there is an extra word that does not belong in the text.

Your task is to edit the text by removing the extra word in each line by clicking once on it.

In the practice paragraph below the first two lines have been done for you. Try the next 5 lines for practice. The correctly edited text is given below the practice paragraph.

Click on the extra words as you go. They will become highlighted.

You may change your mind at any time during the task by clicking another word; then that word will become highlighted instead.

More than 33 years after the United States landed men on the is moon, Nasa is spending
over $US 15,000 to convince and people that it really happened and that the space

When you are ready to check your answers, click the button below to reveal the answers.

NOTE: You have 10 minutes to do this task when you do the assessment so you will need to work through the text as quickly as you can.

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