“There is no such thing as the unknown, only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.” – Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek Skill Level : Advanced Strategies You will learn: The best method for answering Fill-in-the-blank questions How grammar clues can help you choose the correct words for your answers How relationship clues can help …
IELTS Reading #6 (Advanced): Fill-In-the-Blank Questions Read More »
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings Skill Level : Advanced Strategies You will learn: The true meaning of “True”, “False”, and “Not Given” in the IELTS test How to decide which “True”, “False”, or “Not Given” statements to search for first How to deal …
IELTS Reading #5 (Advanced): True-False-Not Given Questions Read More »
“You must unlearn what you have learned.” – Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Skill Level : Advanced Strategies You will learn: The best method for answering Matching Paragraph questions How to choose which paragraphs to search first or last How to answer questions asking you to Matching Names to Ideas English Skills English Skills …
IELTS Reading #4 (Advanced): Matching Paragraphs/Names to Ideas Read More »
“Become Sherlock Holmes.” – Chris Quinn, IELTS Instructor Skill Level : Basic Strategies You will learn: When and why “mapping” a passage can help you find answers to questions How to use keywords from questions and answer choices to make a “map” of the passage How to use pronouns in the passage to help you …
IELTS Reading #3 (Basic): Finding Locations of Questions in Passages Read More »
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given.” – Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings Skill Level : Basic Strategies You will learn: Different ways to highlight words in questions and answer choices How to prepare different types of questions to help you search for them in passages more …
IELTS Reading #2 (Basic): Preparing Questions & Answer Choices Read More »
Skill Level : Introduction You will learn: The meaning of the word “part” and how to this will help you break sentences into smaller pieces The meaning of the word “paraphrase” and how the IELTS tries to hide ideas with other words How the IELTS uses “flips in logic” to test your ability to see …
IELTS Reading #1 (Introduction): Understanding the terms “Part” & “Paraphrase” Read More »
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