Czech Maturita English - independent language practice cheat sheet

Answer the question's focus - attitude, function, or reason - not merely a true statement from the passage.

Resolve pronouns, substitution, and lexical chains before choosing an option.

Separate reported views from the writer's endorsed view, especially around concession clauses.

Treat hedging and quantifiers as meaning: 'largely' is not 'never', 'some' is not 'all'.

Prefer paraphrase over word matching; distractors recycle the passage's vocabulary.

Decode weak forms and elision: 'would have' → /wʊdəv/, 'a lot of' → /əlɒtəv/.

Treat correct options as paraphrases; exact word matches are usually distractors.

Hear negation and hedges: 'I can't say I disagree' means agreement.

Obey note-completion word limits and spelling; answers arrive in recording order.

Distinguish -teen and -ty stress, and singular versus plural endings.

Invert after negative adverbials: 'No sooner had ... than', 'Not only did ... but'.

Third conditional inversion uses 'Had + subject + past participle', with the negative where meaning requires it.

After 'insist/suggest/demand that', use the base form: 'that he be told'.

Participle clauses need the same understood subject as the main clause.

Learn dependent prepositions and spelling shifts in word formation, not just the affix.

Watch uncountable nouns and false friends.