Reading for IELTS

(Introduction)
Siti Utari Rahayu
What is the content?
60 mins for 40 Qs 3 Sections (500-900 words)

All types will follow the order of the text, except “Matching
Information Task”
What Skills Needed?
SKIM the passage to get general understanding of the
main points in the passage
What Skills Needed?
SCAN the passage to locate the specific information
needed to answer the question
What Skills Needed?
READ this information INTENSIVELY to decide on the
answer
 Skimming

Topic Sentence First sentence Last sentence

Reasonable summary of the passage

Must be a general idea

Skimming
 Scanning
To locate specific informations

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10
14
Reading Intensively

Journals (etc)
three (classification systems)
hardware and personnel costs
(as) physical place
 Skimming
In order to understand the sentence, you might want to
try to find: the subject, the verb, and the object

Whale oil was used for something

Tea plants are grown somewhere

 Tips
look out for the title, headings and any special features such as
capital letters, underlining, italics, figures, graphs and tables
make sure that you understand the questions and follow
instructions carefully

do not try and read every word; remember, you are

reading for a purpose

if you do not know the answer to a question, attempt it but do

not waste time; move quickly onto the next one

the word(s) you use must be taken from the Reading text;
you must not change the form of the word(s) in the text
 Tips
check your spelling

be careful to use singular and plural correctly

pay attention to the word limit; for example, if you are asked to
complete a sentence using no more than two words, if the correct
answer is ‘silk shirt’, the answer ‘shirt made of silk’ would be
incorrect

if the question asks you to complete the note ‘in the…’ and the
correct answer is ‘evening’, just use ‘evening’ as your answer; note
that ‘in the evening’ would be incorrect

attempt all questions; there are no penalties for incorrect

answers, so you have nothing to lose
Tips
 Tips

Be aware of paraphrase
The use of different words or grammatical rules to explain the
same thing
The use of synonym

P : I really like sports

Q : I am keen on sports

The use of different grammatical rules

P : That beautiful wallet was made by him (Passive)

Q : He made that beautiful wallet (Active)
 Tips
Be aware of connective words
 Tips
Be aware of connective words
 Tips
Be aware of connective words

Example:

P: The group A holds 3-5

properties
………………………………………………
……….Similarly, The B group
holds the same number of
properties.

Q: How many properties does

Group B hold?
Practice Test-1