Are you throwing away all the good stuff? via GIPHY 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…
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IELTS Reading: How to match headings using first lines
This Academic Reading Passage 2 shows how first sentences CAN help you match headings by using synonyms and similar expressions. Watch the video tutorial on YouTube: Â Â Â Â Is there anybody out there? The search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has haunted humanity for centuries, but we may now…
IELTS Reading: How comparisons can help solve Yes, No, Not Given
Here is the full text, broken up into pieces so that you can focus on the questions. Scroll down to the middle section to find examples of statements with comparisons, then look carefully to see if the same comparisons exist in the text. Find full explanations under the answers. Comment if you have any questions!…
IELTS Reading: Museums of fine art and their public
This is a difficult Academic Reading. To help you see the structure of the text and questions, I’ve divided it up so that each set of questions matches the paragraphs where the answers are located (in order). Listen to the podcast explanations to help you: Museums of fine art and their public That people go…