Ielts – international English Language Testing System

IELTS – international English Language Testing System

Welcome to Reading

IELTS Reading

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  1 hour
  
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  40 questions
  

Read the passages and answer questions about the information.

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  Reading comprehension (Testing your understanding of written English )
  
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    A vocabulary test ( it is vocabulary game (they can challenge you with synonyms …)) if you understand what is the word you are reading you can easily do it (If you don’t understand what you are reading , your vocabulary level isn’t good enough you probably may have difficulties to find the real answer)
    

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  Exam technique
  
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  Types of question
  
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  feel more confident
  
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  be better prepared
  

Basic exam Techniques

1 Don’t read the passage first
2 Just read the title
3 Then go to first question
4 Underline “ Keywords” in the question
5 Then search for those words in the passage
6 Underline them (you won’t forget or lose them )
7 read that part of the passage carefully
8 Try to get the answer

1 Read at normal speed

2 Only skim/scan for names or numbers
3 Miss any difficult questions ( get to the end )

Question types

1 Gap – fill
2 True / False /Not Given
3 Yes / No / Not Given
4 Multiple Choice
5 Matching paragraph heading
6 Matching paragraph information
7 Matching sentence endings
8 Matching other features e.g. names
9 Short answer questions

Types of “gap-fill’ question

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  Fill the gaps words from the passage
  
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  Fill the gaps to label a diagram
  
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  Fill the gaps with words from a list/box
  
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  Fill the gapes in a table
  

Gap-fill questions :

You can normally find the answers in order in the passage.

Keywords in questions	Similar words in the passage

IELTS Reading .

Lesson 3

True , False , Not Given ,Yes , No , Not Given

Is there a different between the following ?

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  True , False , Not given
  

When the passage is about facts (Are the statements true according to the information in the passage)

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  Yes , No , Not Given
  

When the passage is about the writer’s views(Do the statements agree with the views expressed by the writer ?)

Tip: These differences are not important ! we can approach both question types in the same way .

Just think : correct , incorrect , not given .
Question:
It is possible , but not normal , to say ‘powerful tea’

While the same meaning could be conveyed through the roughly equivalent powerful tea , the fact is that English prefers to speak of tea in terms of being strong rather than in terms of being powerful.

Conveyed –

Answer ; True

Question:
The information age is characterized by our exposure to an abundance of data
The information age now buries us in data coming at us from every which way .

Answer: Yes

Question :
He dedicated the whole day to his work.
At noon he ceased work for the day and spent half an hour practicing the flute , on which he became quite a skilled performer.

Answer : False

Question :
The majority if choices we make on a daily basis are conscious decisions.
The majority if choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making , but they’re not . they are habits
Answer : No

Question:

Houdini was more successful in Europe than in America.

He first attracted attention as “ Harry Handcuff Houdini” on a tour of Europe , where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up.

Remember !

True/Yes – the correct information is given

False/No – different information is given , contradicting the statement
Not Given –We don’t know the answer there isn’t enough information

Remember !

Find the ‘keywords’ and then compare the question and passage carefully.

Answer are always in correct order in the passage