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WorksheetsIELTS Reading | Mock Test I Review Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
IELTS reading requires you to consider certain things before and during you read:
Identify the subject of the passage
Identify the detail or point that the passage focuses on.
Identify the purpose of the author. Is the writer trying to inform you? To persuade you? Or to entertain you?
Try to notice any of the author's writing techniques. How do they accomplish their purpose? What skills do they have?
When you start to read a passage, you need to ask yourself:
What sort of passage am I reading? (what is its purpose?)
Why am I reading it? (What is my purpose?) Am I trying to understand the gist? Identify main ideas? Locate specific details?
How am I going to read? (What is my method?)
Answer questions immediately.
You have to be an active reader. You need to underline keywords/phrases, identify new vocabulary, and indicate what parts of the passage you think are important.
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The main idea of the passage can be found in the first 3 sentences of the introduction and restated in the concluding paragraph.
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Remember that the reading section is a vocabulary assessment: the correct answers will most likely be paraphrased.
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Remember to underline the section of the passage that provides you with justification for your answer choice.
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Remember to make reasonable inferences. Look for clues in the passage that suggest your interpretation of an idea is correct and appropriate given the topic and context of a passage.
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You don't need to understand every word used in an IELTS reading passage. BUT what you must do is always try to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by considering the context. What is the sentence that the word appears in about? What other words are used with it? What is the connotation? Is it positive, negative, or neutral?
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Identify the main idea of the passage and the points the author is trying to make as soon as you can.
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Skim passage -->> read the questions VERY CLOSELY and determine what you are being asked to answer -->> scan the passage for the information that relates to the questions -->> check question one more time and compare to the evidence that you have found -->> finish and repeat.
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Match ideas and not just vocabulary when you are responding to questions.
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