10 Important IELTS Reading Tips
Read a lot of Academic texts
Develop a habit of reading in your free time! The IELTS texts are “general academic texts”. This implies that they are obtained from sources such as textbooks and specialist magazines and journals. In case you are not familiar with reading such kind of texts in English then you need to start reading them so that you become familiar with the words and language also with the structure used when you meet them in the exam. The three typical sources for IELTS Reading texts are the National Geographic, the New Scientist and the Economist.
Focus
Your focus should be on the text first, then on the questions! Only if you have a good understanding of the text, you can answer the questions more precisely and effectively.
Be able to Categorize
IELTS exam writers select a range of specific type of texts. You need to learn to recognize the type of text you are reading. It will help you predict its structure and you will be able to understand it more quickly. There are four types of IELTS Reading texts – A) analytic texts that will discuss the reasons why something happened or make recommendations or explain a concept B) descriptive texts that describe a situation, explain how something is done or categorize something C) discursive texts in which different opinions are expressed about an issue and D) narrative texts that explain a chronological sequence of events.
Skimming
Develop the ability to skim. Skimming means to read quickly by skipping the unimportant words like prepositions and ignoring the difficult words that you don’t have to understand. You should do this to get a general idea about a text or a paragraph or while intensively searching for the answer of a question.
Scanning
You must learn to scan. Scanning is exactly what you do when you look for a price in advertising text or a name in a telephone book. While scanning you do not actually need to read the text but move your eyes quickly over it. You can scan either left to right or right to left, from top to bottom or bottom to top. You should do this to find out the location of answers in the texts looking out for easy to spot words like numbers, dates and words beginning with capital letters such as place names.
Structure
Learn to recognize paragraph structure. This involves spotting the relationship between main ideas and supporting ideas in a paragraph. Paragraphs are mostly descending i.e., they start with the main idea somewhere near the start and develop from there, however some, frequently first and the last paragraphs of the texts, are ascending – the main idea is found to be located towards the end. This can prove to be helpful particularly when matching the headings to the paragraphs.
Overview
Get the overview of a text before beginning with the questions. Do this by reading the title and the subtitle as well as focusing on the beginnings and ends of paragraphs. This will help you process the information in a text.
Similar phrases
Develop the skill to spot similar phrases. There are different ways of expressing the same thing, such as, “I like to ski” and “skiing is enjoyable”. Many questions, for example, YES NO NOT GIVEN questions and gap fills, test your ability to match up a parallel phrase in the task with its equivalent in the text.
Stop panicking
Don’t panic when you face an unknown or difficult word. IELTS texts are packed with highly specialized vocabulary and therefore you are advised to read relevant texts beforehand to prepare. Skip over difficult words which are unnecessary for your understanding of the text. For words you need to understand, practice trying to guess their meaning using the overall context of the text.
Time management
Manage time in the exam. Most of the IELTS candidates complain about running out of time in the third reading section. Each text should take you about 20 minutes (the examiner will bring it to your notice when 20 minutes have passed). Never spend too long on a single question – either guess the answer if you don’t know the answer exactly or skip the question and return to it later. Also, if you feel you are running out of time, tackle questions like gap fills before attempting “easy-to-guess” tasks.
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The line graph data provide information about the population of age 65 and aver between in year 1940 to 2040 i three diverse countries.
Overall,japan has heighest proportion of population of age 65 and above in the end of the given years.With little difference of percentage follow by sweden and usa is having proportaion.
Turning to details.In year 1940 all three country having population in between 5 to 8 per cent only.There is a very slightly change in usa and sweden by increasing 1 percent from previous year as well as japan rapidly drop on 3 percent. 1980 having the dramatically change by usa and sweden rope sharply with 5 and 4 percent on other hand japn have constant
In year 2000 japan have slowly increase and stand on 5 percent the other country uas and sweden have moderate change.On the next year japan and sweden having same cange i year 2020 by 5 percent but usa having same position .The end of the giving year 2040 in japan rope sharply by 18 percent other country also having change of 7 percrnt in usa and 7 percent in sweden .
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The line graph gives information about the percentage of senior citizens whose age is 65 and above living in USA, Japan and Sweden over a period of century from 1940 to 2040.
Overall, Japan had the least number of old aged people at the beginning of the century whereas USA had the highest and in the end of the century these countries are expected to switch their positions leaving Sweden in the same position.
In 1940, USA was the highest in percentage of people aged 65 and above whereas Japan had only 5%, Sweden on the other hand was only at 7% then these number increased consistently and reached to its peak in 2015 as 20%.
The senior citizens number in Japan was steadied from 1960 till 1990 and then their number increased significantly and are expected to reach 10% in 2030 and these figures further rocketed and would reach its peak as 27% in 2040. Old aged people in USA dropped slightly from 1980 and steadied till 2020, after that their count growed significantly and will be least in number in 2040.
In general, people now a days assume that the best thing to be rich is to help others. However, I completely agree with the statement. Few arguments on agreement and a counter agreement with a conclusion along with an example is provided below.
In my view, people who worked hard and earned respect along with money are the real wealthy persons in our society, these people know the real value of the hard work which comes with knowledge, that gives a person to help and encourage needy.
Rich doesn't mean living in a bungalow or driving a luxurious car, it means God has given an opportunity to support people who are helpless. There are lot of people around us who are suffering from serious illness and students who doesn't have enough money to pursue higher studies. Supporting them treating their illness and giving them a bright future is a blessing and the most satisfying thing.
People now a days are helping poor through social welfare organizations example, one of my friends named Francies, he is working as a CEO for Great Eastern shipping company. Although he owns a good bunglow and drives a luxurious car, he is not a selfish person. He donates half of his annual income to charity for social welfare. Society needs these kinds of people to eliminate poverty and as role models to many who wish to do the same.
On the other hand, think about rich people who are selfish, they may save lot of money without participating or donating to welfare organizations. But the result is they will end up alone, they will be no one to favor them when they are needy.
All in all, it can be said that one should always help and donate to poor who are in need in that way the favor always comes back when they are needy.
The line graph illustrates the percentage of people living in USA,Sweden and Japan who's age is 65 and above over a century from 1940 to 2040.
Overall, percentage of senior citizens living in Japan were initially less compared to other two countries and these figures are expected to raise and reach more than a quarter portion. On the other hand, USA had registered as the highest initially, although these trends continued to raise till 1980, later in the year 2040 this trend is expected to record as least.
In 1940, Japan had the least portion of old aged citizens with a count of only 5% and their count had decreased to half of the portion till approximately 1990's. After that their count is significantly raised and expected to reach almost 28% in 2040.
On the other hand, People in the USA were the highest portion initially in 1940 and they continued to maintain their rank till mid 1990's. Surprisingly Sweden overtook USA place in mid 1990's and reached its peak approximately in 2010.Until 2030 senior citizens in Sweden are expected to maintain top position whereas Japan will be the country with highest portion among the three countries in 2040.
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