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📋tip 14 of 14 💡

You must prepare. Like all tests, you need to prepare. Even native
speakers need to prepare by learning about the different types of
questions and developing the right skills.

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📋tip 13 of 14 💡

Plan your training for IELTS reading. You should spend time

1. developing vocabulary

2. practicing particular question types

3. developing speed in locating information

4. doing practice test not under exam conditions so you can work on skills

5. doing practice tests under exam conditions to test your score and improvement

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📋tip 12 of 14 💡

Be realistic. If your level of English is not strong, don’t expect to get band score 7.

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📋tip 11 of 14 💡

Know your weaknesses. Unless you know your weaknesses, you won’t
know how to improve. You must check the reasons why you are getting your answers wrong or right. If you are getting answers wrong due to your understanding of the passage, then you know you must improve your English language. If you are getting your answers wrong because you couldn’t find the information or you didn’t understand the question or you ran out of time, then the problem is your technique and strategies. Spend time reviewing your performance.

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📋tip 10 of 14 💡

IELTS Practice Reading Tests. You can take mock tests or you can do the IELTS Cambridge Test books (number 12 is the most recent). You should use IELTS practice reading tests for two purposes:

1. To develop your skills, practice different types of questions and enhance your vocabulary

2. To test yourself under exam conditions to check your score and check if you have developed or no.

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📋tip 9 of 14 💡

Getting used to difficult passages. If you have time before your test, you should be widening your reading skills and familiarity of complicated passages on a range of topics. Read more scientific magazines (Scientific American or New Scientist for instance).

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📋tip 8 of 14 💡

Practice makes perfect. Unless you practice regularly, you won’t
improve. Reading books, magazines and blogs; doing reading practice tests will enhance your skill.

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📋tip 7 of 14 💡

Grammar. Question types such as summary completion and sentence completion require that the sentence is grammatically correct when you have put the answer in. This means that grammar can help you to spot the right answer. Many students ask me why one answer is correct and the other is not – the reason is often grammar related. You will see this when you do practice reading lessons.

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📋tip 6 of 14 💡

Key words. Each question will have key words to help you locate the information in the passage and to spot the right answer. You should learn to spot key words and use them correctly. You should also check whether the key words can be paraphrased. You will soon learn to use key words correctly when you review your answers in practice reading lessons. Some key words are obvious, for instance names, dates, numbers, places etc. Other key words are more subtle.

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📋tip 5 of 14 💡

Developing vocabulary. This is one of the key reasons why students
don’t get the score they need. Learning vocabulary is not just about learning the meaning of a word, it is about learning when you can and can’t use a word. It is also about what collocations can be used with words, for example verbs and match nouns. You should write words lists that include common paraphrases and also any problems you had finding the answer. You can do this by learning vocabulary from
practice reading passages.

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📋tip 4 of 14 💡

Your task is to locate answers only. Most questions test your ability to locate specific information given to you and then to comprehend the sentence or sentences which contain that information. There are only two types of questions which will require a more detailed understanding of the whole passage – matching headings and choosing a title. All other questions are based on locating information.

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📋tip 3 of 14 💡

Develop your speed reading skills. Ielts reading test has a strict time limit which will really challenge your ability to complete the questions in time. You must develop speed reading skills to be able to find your answers quickly. This means you must be able to scan the passage quickly to locate information.

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📋tip 2 of 14 💡

You should be able to skim and scan passages to do well in IELTS. Skimming is reading a passage to get a general idea of the content. This is recommended to do before you tackle the questions. All types of questions, except one, are given after the passage because it is recommended to skim read the passage before the questions. This does not mean you try to understand the passage. It’s just a chance to get a sense of the topic and order. You should skim read the full passage in 2 to 3 minutes – not longer. At the same time, you should underline any key words you see. The only types of questions which comes before the passage is matching headings, for those, you don’t need to read the passage first. Scanning is your ability to locate
information quickly and has no relation to comprehension of the passage.

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📋Tip 1 of 14 💡

Develop skills of each type of question in reading. There are around 14 different types of questions and you need to find a strategy to tackle each one. Some question types have answers that come in order and others do not. This type of information will help you not only save time but also locate the right answers.

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📋14 tips we need to know when practising reading 💡

1. Develop skills of each type of question in reading. ...

2. Skimming and Scanning. ...

3. Develop your speed reading skills. ...

4. Don't try to understand the full passage. ...

5. Developing vocabulary. ...

6. Key words. ...

7. Grammar. ...

8. Practice makes perfect.

9 Getting used to difficult passages.

10. IELTS Practice Reading Tests.

11. Know your weaknesses.

12. Be realistic.

13. Plan your training for IELTS reading.
14. You must prepare

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💬 Vocabulary 💡

1. HERITAGE

noun (uncountable)
• An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
• A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
• A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
• (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.


2. VULNERABLE

pronunciation
• (IPA): /ˈvʌlnəɹəbl̩/
adjective
• More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
synonyms
• (exposed to attack) defenceless, helpless, unguarded, unprotected, tender

3. PLUNGE
pronunciation
• (IPA): /plʌndʒ/

verb (plunges, plunging; past and past participle plunged)
• (transitive) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse;
to plunge the body into water

• (figuratively) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action

to plunge a dagger into the breast
to plunge a nation into war

4. EXTINCT
pronunciation
• (IPA): /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

adjective
• (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
The fire between them would never be extinct.

• No longer used; obsolete.
Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.


• No longer in existence; having died out.
The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

5. REALM
• the territory ruled by a king or queen [syn: {kingdom}]

6. REMEDY

• n 1: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: {redress}, {remediation}]

• 2: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: {curative}, {cure}]

• v 1: set straight or right [syn: {rectify}, {amend}]


• 2: provide relief for [syn: {relieve}]

7. DOOMED

• adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"

• 2: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {ill-fated}, {ill-omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}]

• 3: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {fated}]

• n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: {lost}]

8. WOMB

• n : a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus [syn: {uterus}]

9. FICKLE

pronunciation
• (IPA): /ˈfɪk.əl/

adjective (comparative fickleer, superlative fickleest)
• Quick to change one's opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

verb (fickles, fickling; past and past participle fickled)
• (transitive) To deceive; flatter. • (transitive) To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.

10. WRISTBAND

• n 1: band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist

• 2: a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist [syn: {watchband}, {watchstrap}, {watch bracelet}, {bracelet}]

11. RECRUIT

• n 1: a recently enlisted soldier

• 2: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: {enlistee}]

• v 1: register formally; as a participant or member [syn: {enroll}, {inscribe}, {enter}, {enrol}]

• 2: seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"

• 3: cause to assemble or enlist; "raise an army" [syn: {levy}, {raise}]

12. CONSECUTIVE
pronunciation
• (IPA): /kɒnsɛkjuːtiv/

adjective
• following, in succession, without interruption
• Having some logical sequence

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