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IELTS Reading
IELTS Time Management for the Reading Test
Time management is a huge issue in the IELTS Reading Test. How can you possibly read 3 difficult texts (5 in General Training!) answer 40 difficult questions (12 different types!) transfer your answers in 60 minutes? When you’re already exhausted from the Listening Test and still worrying about the Writing and Speaking Test? (And you probably…
IELTS Reading: The Lost City
28-Day Planner Day 2: Text types This is an example of a text that goes in chronological order (in order of time). This can help you work out the logic of the paragraphs e.g. goals/aims come at the start of the text look for synonyms e.g. goal/aim Question types – TFNG: Look for opposite information…
IELTS Reading: How to build vocabulary by using practice tests
Are you throwing away all the good stuff? Learning points: IELTS tests are bursting with absolutely essential vocabulary Doing a Practice Test, checking your score and then throwing it in the bin is like buying a banana and just eating the skin (?! 😄) You must EXPLOIT the text for vocabulary and grammar and expressions…