The real exam format, 20 times
Every test has six gaps numbered 7–12, seven options A–G and one distractor, just as on the paper. Texts include articles, reviews, proposals, features and personal accounts.
LanguageCert B2 Communicator · Reading Part 2
Mind the Gap 20 exam-style gapped-text practice tests with a fully explained answer key
Reading Part 2 is the task many B2 candidates find hardest, because it tests how a text holds together. Practise it twenty times in the exact exam format, and learn the clue behind every answer.
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20 full tests120 explained answersExact exam format32-page PDFPrint or use on screen
Why it works
Stop guessing. Start reading the clues.
Six sentences removed, seven options, one sentence you don't need. Mind the Gap trains the skill this task really tests: seeing how each sentence connects to the ones around it.
Every answer explained
The answer key shows the exact clue word or idea that links each sentence to the text, plus why the extra sentence fails. You learn from every mistake, not just count them.
A strategy you can repeat
A five-step method and a clue-word toolkit (reference words, contrast, addition, cause and result) give you a reliable process under exam pressure.
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What's inside
Everything you need for Reading Part 2
- 20 original texts in the exact exam format
- 120 answers, each with a short clue-based explanation
- “Why the extra sentence fails” notes for all 20 tests
- How to use the book: self-study and classroom routes
- Five-step strategy and clue-words toolkit
- Progress tracker for scores, times and missed clues
- Suggested timing: about 12 minutes per test
Single-user licence: one teacher or one learner. You may print the book and photocopy exercise pages for your own students or your own study. Sharing, uploading or reselling the file is not permitted. Contact us for school licences.
The 20 tests
- The return of the repair café
- Never too late
- Working less, achieving more
- Bees on the rooftops
- Improving the college library
- A museum that wants to be touched
- Office with a view
- Lessons from the other side of the desk
- The sleepless student
- The town that said no to cars
- The true price of a cheap T-shirt
- The Keeper of Gull Rock
- Three weeks on Turtle Island
- Is cash on its way out?
- A staff wellbeing programme
- Why good habits are hard to keep
- Thirty days offline
- Rescuing yesterday’s bread
- The Regal reopens
- Can we trust online reviews?
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Is this a printed book?
No. It is a 32-page A4 PDF. You can use it on screen or print it.
Is it the right level for me?
It is written for candidates preparing for LanguageCert International ESOL B2 Communicator, and works well for any upper-intermediate (B2) learner who wants to improve reading for text structure.
Can teachers use it with a class?
Yes. The single-user licence lets one teacher photocopy exercise pages for their own students. For use across a whole school, please contact us about a school licence.
Are these official LanguageCert papers?
No. They are original ELS practice tests written to the exam format. This book is not affiliated with or endorsed by LanguageCert.
Launch price
Master Reading Part 2, one gap at a time
Get all 20 tests and the explained answer key for £4.99 (regular price £6.99).
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