EIKEN Grade Pre-1 cheat sheet
EIKEN Grade Pre-1 · Keep the key ideas within reach.
Reading: vocabulary precision and long-passage logic
Three-pass vocabulary method: grammar slot → meaning field → collocation.
Near-synonym options differ by transitivity, register or fixed partner word.
In gap-fill passages, look to the following sentence for the cohesion clue.
Map long passages by paragraph one and the first sentence of each later paragraph.
Options containing only the concession ignore the reversal that follows it.
Reject answers justified by world knowledge rather than the text.
Listening: note-taking under single-play conditions
Audio plays once; options are visible before each item begins.
Log final values - speakers routinely revise dates and figures.
For long monologues, note stance plus two or three supports, not sentences.
Symbols and a figures column beat transcription under time pressure.
Hedged and negated phrasing is where attitude questions are decided.
If you miss a detail, keep following the argument rather than stopping.