IELTS 8 Reading Tips

IELTS  8 Reading Tips

Some of my top IELTS reading tips, so lets get started

1. Don't read slowly-skim main idea, scan detail

2. Don't spend too much time on an answer.

3. Spend less time on each questions.

  17 minutes-1
20 minutes-2
23 minutes-3

4. Enough time to Transfer.

5. Three words or less-eg. the tomb of pharaoh(not proper), the pharaoh's tomb(proper)

6. Spelling

7. Grammar-Singular-castle
plural-castles

8. Not reading instruction- Choose two
-Not given,yes,no


I am going to tell the model of IELTS. There will be 3 passages that  you read.And each passage have adventures questions that you have to answers. Don't spend too much time reading passages, what happens to a lot students,often they read word from  word,everything,they see word whick don't know. They keep on trying understand the meaning.You don't have to understand everything to understate the passage.If you don't't know word, that is fine.The better thing to do is,don't do slowly read for the main idea and look for key words or you look for specific details. A lot of students, what the they do for the ielts, they actually read well questions first and then they will read the passage. You don't have to do this, it is one technique.Some student find slide easier,other students like to ready passage first and answer questions. I recommend trying both out.It is time test, you have three part, you have to get through,40 questions.It is very important that you ready quickly. you can start practicing reading quickly also.Don't spend too long on each questions. some of the questions are difficult, the possible you can do well or not,you might be reading and you might think,oh what the answers.You might look at and think and try and try try,what the problem is, if you spent too much time on questions,there are 40 questions and one hour limit.Thus, test goes by very quickly.so,You can't spent too much time on each question.so, what i recommend is, read questions, try to figure out answer, if you don't know.You can put a star beside it and come back after. You can also take a guess,move on and come back later.

My third tip, spend less time on earlier questions.For the reading module, there are 3 passages, the first is the easiest,then second passage and third passage.If you spent all time on first passage, you can't have time to for  second and third.Likewise, first one is easier,so, good idea is to spend less time on first passage.

My forth tips is make sure you have enough time to transfer your answer.They will have ansher sheet, and you suppose to write your answer on it.It is very important to leave your soft time to transfer your answer from your text paper to the answer sheet.A lot of students,they work together,they work late and they realized that there is no time to transfer the answer. so, make sure,you leave time for this.

My fifth tips is, very very common error that students make.Three words or less.In the reading section also in the listening,any instructions  you often see or the words write'Three words or less'.A lot of students write to many words here. For example,if i am doing in reading on archealogy:The tomb of the pharaoh , the pharaoh's tomb. The first sentence contains 5 words, then in second 3 words.Even though,my answer was right, it is wrong sentence of many words in the ielts.so, the correct answer is the pharaoh's tomb.

Number 6 is another common mistakes students make,the spelling, a lot students forget that the  reading section also has writing components and not easy,you have to write your anshwer. You also have to spell your answer correctly.And many students unfortunately make spelling mistake. so, very important to practice spelling before to the ielts And hope you with listening section,the writing section and reading section. I can emphasize enough spelling matter.One idea is, you can get a book and an any time spell were wrong, write on book and practice those words.Have a spelling book for yourself, so you can see which words you often make mistake with.

Number 7: a lot students also make mistake with grammar. You have to use correct grammar when you answer on a questions.For example sometime:answer may be castles, students write castle only.so,you always have to be aware of grammar, the best thing to do is after you write your answer check etc if the grammar make sense-weather looking for singular or plural answer.

Finally, my last tips for today is a lot students don't read instructions properly.
It is very very big mistake to make.A lot of students, they have done lots and lots of ielt test,anything they know it, so they don't bother reading the instructions. always read the instructions,even if you have done 100 ielts test, read the instructions.Just to make sure.for example: in the multiple choice,in the reading sections,may be the question ask you to choose: two answer.And if you don't read the instructions properly, you might just pick one or may be the ask to choose three answer.So, it is very important to read the instruction properly.sometime questions ask answer in yes/no ,no in true or false.

I know you are going to well on test day.so, good luck.