Saturday 23 July 2011

IELTS Reading

For "True/False/Not Given" and "Yes/No/Not Given" questions there are certain words that may change the meaning of a statement so you need to look out for these.

Can, may, must, could, would be, should be
All, both, not many, few, plenty, several, some, a large number, in some cases, in general
More than, less than, slightly more, relatively high, the same, the lowest
About, approximately, marginally, considerably, partially, dramatically, completely, highly, vastly, fully, evenly, clearly
Before, since, already, immediately, always
Prefer to, as well as, more than one way, more likely, are common
Possible, planned to, certain, little doubt, largely ignored, more important, only, tends to, limited, biased

IELTS Reading

When you have questions which ask you to identify which paragraph in the reading passage contains the information in a statement, many statements begin like this

An example of…
A list of…
Ongoing research…
A brief summary of…
Reasons why…
A description of…
Details of…
The number of…
A reference to…
An explanation of…
The importance of…
A belief that…
Various methods of…
The possible effects of…
The limitations of…
Predictions/Speculations regarding/concerning….
A suggestion for…
The possible application of…
A comparison of the ways…
The general aim…
The way in which…
Insights into…
The ease with which…