How To Raise Your Score in Reading Section?

IELTS exam carries four sections including Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. One needs to prepare for all four sections to score good bands in aggregate. Students find this reading section a bit difficult and the actual reason might be that they do not brace it properly. At the time of exam they do not understand how to solve the questions in a given time. So here we’ll tell you some important points to remember while solving the IELTS reading section.

Time plays a crucial role in your exam. So it is recommended that you should complete each section within that allotted time. When you jump to reading section, have a glimpse of the questions first and then quickly proceed through text. Search for the main keywords, names and places that are more relevant than the other text. You just have to discover the catchy phrases that would answer your questions. As if you first look at the questions and then proceed to the text then it would be more easier to find the required information.

It is suggested that always practice as you are sitting in the examination hall. Keep a watch with you and stop yourself after the allotted time. Your motive should be to solve one passage in less than 20 minutes or all 3 within one hour, without any break. Exercising this thing may help you a lot. Further it is recommended that write everything on your answer sheet, anything written on the question paper will not be considered. Yes, but if have practiced a lot using this method, then you can write your answers to the question paper, using pencil. Imitate these answers to the answer sheet, thereafter. But it is again and again advised to finish all this within the time.

Some important reading tips are discussed below that would aid you to attempt the best of your reading test:

1. Search for special letters or figures: We advise you to hunt all the titles, headings, important dates, highlighted text, italics, underlined data, graphs, tables or other figures.
2. Discern the question properly: Figure out the question what is asked actually and follow the instructions to solve it in the way it is required to be.
3. Time concern is necessary: Management of time is very important. Do not spend more than 20 minutes on one passage.
4. Avoid reading entire text: Do not read each and every word very carefully, just go through the passage and find out what exactly you need as you have already read the questions.
5. Do not waste too much time on one question: If you can not hit the answer in few minutes then better to jump to the next question.
6. Do not rush: If do not get any idea about the passage, do not get confused, discover carefully, you will find all the answers in the passage itself.
7. Do not change the form of the sentence: Be careful while writing. Your word formation should not be self made, it should be similar to that shown in the reading text.
8. Avoid using the misinterpreted or misunderstood word: Please do not handle the word that you do not get accurately.
9. Be cautious about the spellings: It is better to recheck your spelling, from the paragraph, which are uncommon.
10. Clearly use Singular and plural: Make sure that you are using right from of verbs with singular and plural.
11. Special attention to ‘completion’ type question: Read out what is asked to write and precisely answer such questions.
12. Perfectly balance the word limit: Word limit should not be less or more than what is actually demanded.
13. Do not leave any question unattempted: There is no penalty for wrong answer so it is better to answer every question.
14. Read out every instruction very carefully: Every instruction is to be followed. For ex: if it is asked to write an answer in 2 words only and your answer is “white bag” then do not write the bag has white color. It would be incorrect.
15. Check all the answers: Read your answers at the end so as to check whether they are convincing to respond the question.

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