Is true or false, and it says, "Pharaohs were always buried in tombs”, you might get confused. You might put down the wrong answer. So it's very important to pay attention to "always", "often", "sometimes", "never" in true or false questions. Point No. 4: This is probably one of my favorite points. During tests -- this happens to all students -- they will pick on answer; and then, they'll think about it; and they’ll see another answer; and they'll want to change their answer; and they don't remember -- they don’t know, "Which one should I pick?" It's good to go with your first instinct. So if you’re doing multiple choice, and right off the bat you think, "Okay, the answer is A”; and then you look, and you think, "Okay, well, maybe the answer is C -- if both of them seem like good possibilities, and you don't know, choose the one you thought of first. Okay? Go with your gut feeling. Go with your instinct. No. 5: Questions often follow passage order. So what does this mean? Well, it means that Question 1 will probably be somewhere near the top of the reading; Question 2 will be underneath Question 1 in the reading. So the questions -- one will be at the top, then two, then three, then four, then five. So it's important because if for example you find the answer for Question 2, it's very probable that the answer for Question 1 is above Question 2. So it's very important that questions often -- not always, but often -- follow passage order. This can help you find answers for other questions. My next tip for the reading is that it's very important to understand how paragraphs work. What do I mean by that? I mean understanding specifically topic sentences. There are a lot of questions in the IELTS -- the reading module -- where if you know what a topic sentences, it can help you find things a lot quicker, a lot easier. So what is the topic sentence? For every paragraph, there's usually one sentence that almost sums up the paragraph. It's the main idea of the paragraph. Where do you find the topic sentence? Not always, but usually, it’s the first sentence, or it's at the beginning somewhere in the paragraph. So this is a very good tip, especially for paragraph heading and matching questions. By understanding what topic sentence is and where to find it, you will save a lot of time. My seventh tip is that you should really practice each question type. I've mentioned some different question types in this video. I just talked about paragraph heading matching, multiple-choice, short answers, True, False, and Not Given. There are many different types of questions on the reading module of the IELTS. So it's very important that you get familiar with each of these questions, you practice each of these questions, so then, on test day, you feel more confident, more comfortable, and there are no surprises. So practice a lot. Practice each question type. My eighth tip is that -- and this isn't just for the reading modules of the IELTS; it’s for tests in general. If you are doing a test where there are other people around, it’s good not to practice only in your home. On test day, when you're doing the reading module, there will be other people around you. And if you're not used to taking tests with other people around you, you might get distracted. You might hear this person over there chewing their bubble gum. You might see that person over there crying because they have a very bad answer, and they're having difficulty on the IELTS. You can see all sorts of things in the room with you. And that could distract you. So it's very, very important to get used to being distracted while you're taking the test. So what I recommend: Try to do the IELT Sat a library. Get a practice test; go to the library; do it there. Try it on the bus, even. You can do it on different places so you're used to distractions so on test day, those distractions won't distract you. My ninth tip is a warning: Be careful. Be careful of what? A lot of the times, students will see in both the reading and the questions the same word. So a question will be looking for some sort of word -- you know, it's in the reading. And so they'll think that because they see the word in the question and in the reading that that's the word they need or that’s the heading they need. It's not always the case. It's very important to not use this logic. It's important to know that this is not always a correct method. You know, sometimes, you will need specific detail, and you might write the wrong thing. So if you see the wording the question and the reading passage, it's not necessarily the correct answer. No. 10 -- Okay. This is something we're going to practice together, now. It's good to practice skimming and scanning in general for the reading test. "Scanning" is where you use keywords, and you just quickly look through the passage looking for a specific word or a specific piece of information, okay? So one way to get good at skimming -- not skimming; scanning-- is to scan backwards. Now, how would I do this? Okay, I'm going to ask a question. How many passages are on the IELTS? Now, before you read, I want you to look for a number, and look this way. Okay? So you can start scanning. How many passages are on the IELTS? You're just looking for the keyword. If you read the sentence, like, "Students read three passages. They get progressively harder", you're wasting too much time reading. It’s lot better if you just look for the piece of information, in this case, a number. So I could just go, "Three. There are three passages. “Okay. So what I'd like you to do is come visit us at our website www. engvid. com. You can practice our test there to see how well you understand these tips. You can also go to www. Good luckiest. Somewhere there's a lot more information on the IELTS. So good luck. I know you're going to do a great job on test day. Until text time, take care.
