IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19:

This article will provide you with the  IELTS Reading Tips for 2018-19 by Professionals. These Professionals got 9.0 Bands with these tips and tricks. A person can easily crack the reading test module of IELTS. Any person, who can understand and read English, can get 9.0 Bands in the Reading Module. Just, you need the right strategy and smart work to crack this exam. 

 The Reading Module of IELTS contains 3 passages with 40 questions. The first passage is easy, 2nd Passage is Difficult from 1st and the last is difficult from the first two. 

Note: No extra time will be given to transfer the answer. A student has just 60 minutes to find the answer and transfer them to answer sheet. 

Lets Start the IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

1. Speed Reading: Speed Reading is crucial to complete the tasks in the Reading Module. If you are reading the slowly, you will run out of time in reading.

Speed Reading is required because a person cannot understand the whole passage in one readings. So two or three readings are required to understand the passage. When a person reads the passage two or three times, then he/she understand the passage more and can give correct answers. 

A student should try to skim the passage .i.e Don't read the passage word by word. If you don't know the meaning of the word, then do not try to understand the meaning of the word because it will consume lots of time. Just try to understand the main idea. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

Note: Surf on the internet and YouTube to find more tips to read fast. It will reduce time to read the passage.

2. Give Same Numbers or Symbols to Answers and Questions: In IELTS, answers in the passage always come in the sequence. Answer to 2nd question cannot come before the answer of the first question. So passage will contain answer of the first question, then 2nd, then 3rd, 4th, 5th and so on. 

Always put the same number or symbol in front of the answer which you find in the passage. The Symbol or Number should be put in front of both the question and answer.

The major benefit of this method is that suppose you do not find the answer of the 7th question, but you find the answer of the 6th and 8th question.  As the answer of the question in IELTS Passage come in sequence so the answer of the 7th question will be between the 6th and 8th answer.

So you do not read the whole passage again to find the answer of 7th Question. Just read the lines of passage between the answer 6th and 8th question. The Answer of 7th question will lie in the answer of the 6th and 8th question. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

3. Do not spend too much time on a particular answer:  If a student does not find the answer of the particular question then move next. Sometimes, a student wastes too much time to find the answer of a question. This strategy is wrong. 

Always spends 1-2 minutes to find the answer to the question. If you find the answer of the question in 1-2 minutes, then it is well and good. Otherwise, moves on the next question. 

To give numbers or symbols method, you can later easily find the answer of that question when you have time at last.   

Note: When you skip a question then give that question some particular symbol such as Question Mark (??). So you can easily remember and find the question that you have skipped. 

4. Read the Questions First: Many students find this strategy good for them. The first thing to do is Read the questions and after that go through the passage.

This method creates some kind of memory of the questions whose answer are found by us in the passage.

Always circle or underline the keyword or base word in the question. This will help to identify what we are going to find in the passage. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

5. Time Division For Passages: Time Division is required to complete all the passage in time with the transfer of Answer on the Answer Sheet. 

Some suggest to give the 20 minutes to each passage While others follow the following division to attempt the reading passages.

Passage 1- 17 Minutes

Passage 2- 20 Minutes

Passage 3- 23 Minutes

But it depends upon the student which strategy works best for him.

Sometimes many student complete First two passages in 30 minutes, but they are not able to complete the third passage in next 30 minutes with the transfer of answer on the Answer Sheet.

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

6. Spelling: The Spelling of the answer is also very important for the high score in the IELTS. If your answer is right, but the spelling is not correct then you will get nothing for that answer. 
To get the highest score, a student should do lots of practice of spelling which are his/her often incorrect. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

7. Grammar: This is another important factor to get the high score. Most students make silly mistakes in Grammar such as Singular and Plural. 
Sometimes, the answer will be in plurals but student writes down in its singular. 

Castle ---- Singular

Castles ---- Plural

8. Three Words or Less: There is an instruction in the IELTS passage that the answer this question only in three or fewer words, but students did not read the instruction and gave the answer in more than three words. So they did not get any marks for that answer. Therefore, a student should be careful about this instruction. 
If the answer is available in the passage more than three words convert that answer in 3 words or fewer words. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

9. Handwriting: If your handwriting is not understandable then the examiner will not give the marks to you. It is written very clearly in the instruction that if your answer is not clear .i.e. The handwriting is not understandable that student will lose the marks for that answer, although the student answer is right. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19

10. Read Instruction Carefully: The Student should keep eyes on the instruction. Many times the instructions are given that give the answer in YES and No, but students write on the answer sheet in form of TRUE and FALSE. This is a very common and big mistake done by the student in exams. 
Secondly, instructions are to choose option two or three, but students choose only one from the option. This mistake also cuts the marks of students. 

IELTS Reading Tips 2018-19