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Academic IELTS free reading test 2

Academic IELTS free reading test 2

Try this free IELTS reading practice test with instant band score. Passage 1: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Passage 2: Cough Medicines and Cough Syrups Passage 3: The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Final Play

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5 tips to improve your IELTS reading skills

5 tips to improve your English reading skills. Are you preparing for an English exam, but not seeing your score improve? Stuck on the same level with your reading with no improvement? You're not alone - this is a very common problem, especially when you are studying...

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Skimming and scanning skills for IELTS

Skimming and scanning skills for IELTS

Skimming and scanning skills for IELTS are essential in order to get a good result. With only 60 minutes to answer 40 questions, you need to be able to locate the correct answer quickly - you don't have time to read in a relaxed, leisurely way. Using a combination of...

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How to improve your reading speed for IELTS

To improve your reading speed for IELTS, you need to focus on speed reading. There are a number of points that you need to consider: 1. Improve your reading speed for IELTS by not stopping! When reading, a lot of people stop and go back, reading the same words again....

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Understanding reference words for IELTS reading

What's wrong with this sentence? Some people believe that a university education should be available to everyone as a university education will help with employment. The problem here is that 'university education' has been repeated - the sentence would have been...

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Qualifying words in IELTS reading

Qualifying words in IELTS reading. By now, you should be familiar with the idea of looking for key words in the question before looking for the answer in both the IELTS reading and listening test. However, a common reason for IELTS candidates to lose points is by not...

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Understanding parallel expressions in IELTS reading

Understanding parallel expressions in IELTS reading is an essential skill if you are looking for a good result in the IELTS reading test. Parallel expressions (also referred to as 'paraphrasing') are words, phrases or sentences that have the same meaning but are...

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Understand meaning in IELTS reading

Understand meaning in IELTS reading. As you've probably experienced, it can sometimes be difficult to understand meaning in IELTS reading, and this can sometimes be caused by indirect sentences, where the meaning is (intentionally) not immediately clear. Consider this...

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10 tips to improve your IELTS reading score

Here are 10 tips to improve your IELTS reading score. 1. Improve your IELTS reading with better timing Did you run out of time and not manage to cover all of the texts? This is one of the most common issues candidates face when taking the IELTS reading test. The key...

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5 tips to improve your IELTS reading

READING: 5 tips to improve your reading result Are you taking practice test after practice, but not seeing your score improve? Stuck on the same level with your reading for ages? You're not alone - this is a very common problem, especially when you are studying on...

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Question types in IELTS reading

There are 9 different types of question used in the IELTS reading test.These are: Headings Short answer questions Sentence completion questions Summary / notes  / flowchart completion questions Table completion questions Labelling style questions Classifying and...

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