Top 6 IELTS Reading Tips

Reading is an essential part of any exam. In the tunnel of language, Reading plays a vital role when it comes to any exam. When we consider IELTS reading session, it is not related to the general reading rather it is more related to the academic reading. In IELTS exam there are actually three passages which are entirely based on the comprehension and the candidate is supposed to read it carefully. Now, many students find it much difficult mainly because of the shortage of the time or maybe they are unable to perceive the actual meaning in it. But here are top 6 IELTS reading tips which will help in the reading section.

Grasp the main idea: When the reading comprehension will be in front of you, there is no need to get panic rather stay calm. The best tip is to adopt a technique of skimming and scanning. What many students do is they read the whole paragraph and waste their time. The students who are not familiar with the reading habit they will definitely take too much time. Here are some important points to note down:

• Adopt a habit of skimming and scanning
• Don’t read the whole paragraph

When you will go through the text, you will come to know that what the text is about and how it belongs to the other things. In this way you will be able to grasp the main idea. Basically the way how you read is much important.

Don’t let the time divert you! Now, you are in the process of reading. Time is a continuous motion and is supposed to run out. You should have a watch with you so that you can see the time clearly. Many students divide time in the reading comprehension but this is not the suitable thing to do. Usually the last passage of the reading comprehension is hard and many students give it a much time so that it may not distract them. The best suggestion for the division of the time is 15 to 20 min only because time is what which will save you throughout your test.

Don’t forget to paste answers on the answer sheet! Answers are very important in the test. Your answers should be clearly pasted on the answer sheets. For the convenience you can easily put it on the booklet. But you should manage the time by your own because your marks will be based on the answer sheet questions.

Mark the unanswered Question! Here, there is another problem what many students so is that they leave the questions just because they don’t understand. Here is a tip to mark that question. Why? Because may be the question which you have left for some reason is an answer of another question. You never know that the answer is always hidden in another question. At initial stage you can left it but do mark it so that you can solve it later on.

Do Count your Words! Now, this is very important to count your words. Here what you need is to stay careful in your reading. If your instructor says that right 5 words. Then you will write for example:

I will set off tomorrow: Now, here you articles will also countable and you will need to follow the instructions carefully.

Re-read what you have unified so far! Now, you are simply done with the words. It‘s the time to read whatever you have written or incorporated. Do go for those answers which you mentioned in the booklet so that the answers will match with the answers which you pasted on the answer sheet.