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  A new type of IELTS reading MCQs?

  29 November 2022

  IELTS reading MCQs have always been one of the most difficult to tackle in IELTS. That is because they can either test your understanding of the information given in the passage of your understanding of the writer’s purpose or aim. Until now, 90% of questions have focussed on the former, but I noticed that in Cambridge IELTS Academic 17, almost ALL of the questions asked you to analyse what the writer was doing. This is obviously a massive change and one that could be challenging for many students.

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  Cambridge IELTS 17 Reading Timur Gareyev

  06 September 2022

  Join Nick and I today to complete the Cambridge IELTS 17 Reading Timur Gareyev, which is Passage Three from Test Four. In the lesson, we will demonstrate how you can use our Read Once, Read Well technique to ensure that you have time to read the entire text. If you have not listened to our previous episode about the technique, then I strongly recommend that you do so before you listen to today’s lesson.

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  IELTS Reading Multiple Matching Questions Unlocked!

  19 July 2022

  Hey! A couple of weeks ago, Nick and I looked at how you should approach multiple multiple choice questions in IELTS listening. Today, I thought that we would look at the similar questions that appear in the reading exam – IELTS Reading Multiple Matching Questions. These also ask you to select more than one correct answer from a list, but the technique that you will need to successfully complete them is different. In fact, as you will see in today’s lesson, there are actually two different approaches that you should be prepared to use.

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  Everything you need to know about IELTS General Training Reading Part 2

  05 July 2022

  I think that IELTS General Training Reading Part 2 is the most overlooked part of the exam. 99% of the time, teachers focus on the more difficult texts in Part 3, (which is understandable as this is where you could meet the dreaded Headings Match or Multiple Choice questions) or the True / False / Not Given in Part 1.

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  Cambridge IELTS Reading – Changes in Reading Habits

  26 April 2022

  Join Nick and I today as we go through the Cambridge IELTS Reading – Changes in Reading Habits from Cambridge 16, Test Four, Passage Two. In the lesson, we will demonstrate how you can use our Read Once, Read Well technique. If you have not listened to our previous episode about the technique, then I strongly recommend that you do so before you listen to today’s lesson.

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  IELTS Reading Matching Sentence Endings

  15 March 2022

  Hey! In IELTS reading matching sentence endings is a strange question type. At first glance, they can seem simple. After all, your only task is to match the start of a sentence with its correct end. And, as all of the possible endings are given to you, the challenge seems minimal.

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  Read Once, Read Well for IELTS reading time management

  05 October 2021

  Read Once, Read Well for IELTS reading time management Do you struggle with IELTS reading time management? Do you use scanning and skimming but still find that you run out of time? Do you find some types of question very difficult and can never find the right answer (particularly headings match, MCQ’s and information match)? Is your neck sore by the end of the exam from looking back and forth and back and forth from the questions to the passage and back again? Well, this is the podcast episode for you!

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  IELTS Summary Completion Questions

  28 September 2021

  IELTS Summary Completion Questions IELTS Summary Completion questions may be my favourite type of question in the IELTS exam. They are quick and often relatively easy to answer and give you the opportunity of grabbing 3 or 4 quick points in a the space of one short paragraph. If you compare that to Multiple Choice or Headings Match questions, which can require you to read and interpret an entire paragraph for just one point, you can see why I like them so much!

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  A deep dive into IELTS Matching Headings Questions

  17 August 2021

  A deep dive into IELTS Matching Headings Hopefully, you have already completed our Introduction to IELTS Matching Headings questions and so know the basic techniques for approaching these questions well. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that you click on this link to complete the lesson now. Too many students rely on skimming or scanning to find the answers, or just reading the first and last lines of a paragraph. Neither of those techniques work and will leave you feeling confused and frustrated 

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  IELTS General Training Reading Multiple Matching

  20 July 2021

  IELTS General Training Reading Multiple Matching You know how some people like to relax by doing a crossword puzzle of a sudoko? Well, my ideal way to unwind would be doing dozens and dozens of IELTS General Training Reading Multiple Matching questions! You may think that I am joking, but I am 100% serious! Of all the IELTS reading questions, they are by far my favourite as they are quick and easy to complete and it is always clear when you have found the correct answer. So, join Nick and I today as we look at the three types of multiple matching questions to show you how you can master them.

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