Reading Comprehension and Written Communication
What the domain tests
Reading Comprehension and Written Communication checks whether you can identify stated facts, main ideas, sequence, purpose, and tone in short workplace passages, and whether you can choose clear, correct revisions. Passages often resemble policies, emails, notices, or procedural updates.
Core rules
- Main idea: choose the choice that covers the whole passage; a true detail is not automatically the main idea.
- Detail questions: verify each option against the text. Do not rely on memory.
- Inference: accept only what must follow from the passage, not what is merely plausible.
- Revision: prefer concise standard English, keep modifiers next to the word they modify, make pronoun references unambiguous, and use transitions that show the actual relationship (cause, contrast, sequence).
- Parallel structure: items in a list should share grammatical form.
Worked example
Sentence: “After reviewing the request, the supervisor emailed the applicant, and she explained the delay.” Problem: “she” could refer to the supervisor or the applicant. Revision: “After reviewing the request, the supervisor emailed the applicant and explained the delay.” Reasoning: the supervisor is the clear subject of both actions; the revision removes the ambiguous pronoun and the unnecessary “and” clause.
Traps
Choosing a true statement that does not answer the question; treating a suggestion as a stated fact; overreading tone; and “improving” a sentence by making it wordier or more formal without fixing the error.