Unit 2 Reading

Unit 2 Reading

By NGUYEN NHAT ANH

Audio Response

Tell me about the house or apartment you live in

Open Audio Recorder

​IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

• respond to sentence completion questions

• skim read a text

• recognise paraphrase

• practise using the present simple and past simple.

• particular information in the text

• read the questions​

• keywords, or similar meaning words

• ​ Read that part carefully

scanning

• get an idea of what it is about

• the, they, our, through

• 'content' words, such as nouns and verb​

skimming

Skimming and scanning

skimming and scanning

Fill in the Blanks

What is this passage about? Use "skimming" to read

Multiple Choice

Pieter Tans say Co2 is low. True or False. Use "scanning" to answer

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the passage about?

• Life in different cities around the world

• Unusual places to live or stay around the world

• The type of houses and flats most people live in

Draw

igloo treehouse houseboat shipping container homes

Understanding paraphrase

​Remember

Paraphrase (see definition in Unit 1) is one of the most important skills in IELTS because it is needed in all four of the papers. Questions will often include a paraphrase of the actual words used in the text. Therefore, students need to get used to looking for similar words when looking for the answers.​

understanding paraphrase

Fill in the Blanks

Match these words and phrases from the text (1-6) with their paraphrases (a-f).

Multiple Choice

Choose the best paraphrase for these sentences from the text.

1 The treehouse had everything we needed.

• We needed some more things for our stay in the treehouse.

• The treehouse was very well equipped.

• We need everything for the treehouse.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best paraphrase for these sentences from the text.

Some houseboats can be moved to other parts of the river

• Not all houseboats are permanently fixed in one place.

• Only some parts of the river have houseboats.

• You can move to a houseboat in another part of the river.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best paraphrase for these sentences from the text.

One house in Chile was built from 12 containers

• There are 12 houses in Chile made from containers.

• 12 containers were used to make one house

• You need 12 containers to make a house in Chile

Sentence Completion

Look at this example: Houseboat occupants like living _______

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This is a paraphrase of the following sentence from the passage:

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People who live on houseboats enjoy being close to nature.

Unit 2 | Reading

Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion: How to do

How to do sentence completion

1. Underline key words

2. Scan the text

3. Read the sentences near the key words carefully

4. Words that seem to fit

5. Check the meaning

6. Check the grammar

7. Check singular or plural.

8. Check number of words

Fill in the Blanks

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

1 The two people who live in the transparent house love it, but it wouldn't

Fill in the Blanks

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

2 The designer of the smallest house hopes to ___ ___ to the lack of houses all over the world.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

People who stay in igloos sometimes protect themselves from the cold by making use of

Fill in the Blanks

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

People who have

would find a holiday in a tree house ideal

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

1 The writer's mother often cooks

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

2 She thought the visit to Germany would make her feel

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

3 Brigitte came to pick up the girl with

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

4 The Schmitt family's pets' names are

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

From her bedroom the girl could see a

Fill in the Blanks

Read the passage and complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THANTHREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

The girl and her family tried hard to make Brigitte

Open Ended

Paraphrase these 3 sentences

My friends were going too, but we would all stay with different families.

Behind her stood her parents, a pleasant looking couple who were also smiling

I cleared space for her clothes and put fresh flowers in a vase by the bed.