Start Reading

To help you start reading and answering questions, please have a look at these short texts and the questions below them. Follow the link.

http://www.grammarbank.com/reading-comprehension-worksheet-2.html

http://www.grammarbank.com/reading-comprehension-worksheet-3.html

Fact or Opinion

Have a look at this video as it mentions facts and opinions. Task 1 of the IELTS Writing is all about facts and information transfer while Task 2 asks you to form an opinion. Think about your writing for Task 2 practice while you watch this video.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fact-or-opinion

Labelling a map

Labelling a map is a another vital part of IELTS, so just to add to that, I have uploaded this video to show you one more example.

Organising your essay for IELTS Writing Task 1

Time after time, pieces of work are missing an introduction or conclusion while also missing in the body of their writing are dates, figures, and relevant information to name a few factors. Please take some to read through this webpage and make comments.

Source: http://ielts-academic.com/2012/08/17/ielts-writing-task-1-how-to-organise-your-answer/

IELTS Reading - Sentence Completion

In this task for the IELTS reading you have to complete sentences using a certain number of words. Here are some factors to remember when answering a sentence completion task:

- The questions will be in the same order as the text.

- The questions provide the clues where to find the answers in the text.

- You need to skim (Skimming is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvvQYimPUq0

- You need to scan (Scanning is used to search for key words or ideas.)         

- You should mark the passage or the answer that relates to the question.

- You need to look out for keywords or phrases before you start scanning/skimming the passage. This helps you know what you are looking for.


- Look at the sentence in the question and think about the part(s) of speech/ phrase that fits into the sentence within the limitation of the word count. 
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/partsp.html