IELTS Reading Paper Advice

English Online Classroom English Online Classroom © 2010 The Reading Exam – An overview Look at the following pieces of advice. Which ones are useful for practice and which ones are for in the exam. • The IELTS reading test is hard. It is very difficult to read everything and answer everything, and many people don’t finish. Use your time well, don’t rush, and make sure you write your answers on the answer sheet as you find the. • If the question tells you to use three words in the answer, USE THREE WORDS. No more. • Read as much you can and as many different kinds of things as you can. • Take care of spelling – your answers need to be spelt correctly or they will be marked wrong. • Try reading things that are quite difficult. Get used to not understanding everything you read. You don’t need to understand everything in the test. • If you have problems with a question, leave it and move on. You don’t want to fall behind. Concentrate on what you are doing and the next question. • For the Academic test, read professional and academic magazines, journals, books, websites and newspapers. • You can write on a question sheet if you want. This can be useful if you are, for example, completing a summary or a sentence, as it will help you see if the answer is right and the spelling and grammar are OK. But don’t forget to transfer your answers to the answer sheet immediately. • The key to success in reading tests is different kids of reading. Practice reading quickly to find information (scanning), reading quickly for a general idea (skimming), and reading carefully to understand everything. • For the General Training test, read these things but also read advertisements, timetables, leaflets and brochures, college prospectuses and guides, and rules and regulations for things like libraries and universities. • This is a great link for to help you with timed reading -http://www.ielts.studyau.com/