Hello everyone, my name is Paola Tajonar and in this video I’ll give you the best tips for
every section on how to get a higher score on your upcoming IELTS Certification exam, so
without further ado, let’s get into the video!
Let’s start with the reading portion of the exam
what's the reading exam format? well you get 40 questions and 60 minutes to complete it,
in IELTS academic you get three longer passages and IELTS general training five shorter
passages. In the academic, you need to answer 30 questions in order to get a band seven
and in general training, topics are a bit simpler but you'll be expected to answer the 34
questions in order to get a band 7.
Starting with
Tip #1 Manage your time wisely while answering
Expect to be short on time in IELTS reading, basically you have a lot to read and then
looking for the questions takes a lot of time, so time management is important, usually the
first passage is the easiest and the last one is the most difficult.
So the instructions tell you to spend 20 minutes on each section but you should finish the
first one in about 15 minutes, 20 for the second one and 25 for the third one but ideally you
need to go through the questions even more quickly, basically when you find a question and
you don't know what the answer is, don't spend too much time on this question just mark it to
review it later and move on, once you finish all the questions if you have time, then go back
and look for answers to those questions.
If you attempt to answer all the questions at once, you'll be marking your answers on the
question sheets first but then you're not going to get extra time to transfer your answers
afterwards, you must finish everything in 60 minutes so what I recommend you is answer a
set of questions first and then transfer the answers, then the next set of questions, transfer
the answers and so on.
Tip #2 Skimming and Scanning
You should be able to skim through the passages to do well in IELTS. Skimming is reading a
passage to get the general idea of the content before tackling the questions. This does not
mean to try to understand the passage, it’s just a chance to get the topic and layout, while
doing so, you should underline any key words you see.
Tip #3 Practice doing reading tests
This is the best way to use your time before the exam, You’ll learn how to take the test
before taking the real test. You’ll know where your strengths and weaknesses are. You’ll
also know what to do for each task, and how to answer each type of question. This way
you’ll know how to best divide your time and won’t stress too much about working against
the clock. Practice does make perfect!
Now with the writing portion of the exam..
It has two tasks and you have 60 minutes to answer them.
