IELTS READING

MODULE
Kurdistan Qadir 09/09/2016
Overview

 Completing Notes and

Summaries
 Completing Tables and
Flowcharts
 Multiple-Choice
 Completing Notes and Summaries

 Objectives of the test

 Tests your understanding of the main ideas of a part
of the text.
 Strategies:
 Read the summary or note as well as the words
given in the box.
 Scan the text to find the given words or their
synonyms in the text to help you fill in the gaps.
 The answer comes from one part of the text but not
necessarily in the same order as in the text.
 Think about the type of word(s) that will fit into a gap
(for example, whether a noun is needed, or a verb,
etc.).
 Completing Tables and
Flowcharts
 Objectives of the test
 Tests your ability to understand details in the text.
 Strategies:
 Look at the table or flowchart in the question carefully.
 Find the missing words by skimming the reading passage to find
the words around the gap.
 The answer comes from one part of the text but not necessarily in
the same order as in the text.
 Think about the type of word(s) that will fit into the gaps (for
example, whether a noun is needed, or a verb, etc.).
 You must select words from the text which fit into the gaps on the
question paper.
 Change the grammatical form to of the missing word according to
the sentence in the table/ chart.
 Stick to the word limit you get in the direction.
Multiple-Choice
 Objectives of the test:
It tests many different
reading skills including:
 detailed understanding
of specific points of the
passage
 general understanding
of the main points of
the text
Choosing Answers from a List

 Strategies:
 Read the directions carefully.
 Underline key words in the direction lines.

 Scan the answer choices and underline key

words .
 Scan the passage to find the highlighted key
words in the direction lines and answer choices.
 Skim the passage to make the right choices
matching the key words.
 The grammatical form of the key words can
direct you to find the answers easily and quickly.
Multiple-Choice
 Objectives of the
test:
 Ability to
recognize
relationships and
connections
between facts
 Ability to
recognize
opinions and
theories.
 Multiple-Choice
 Strategies:
 Skim the questions and the options and underline key
words.
 Scan the passage to find the key words.

 Read the sentences in which you find the key words

and check if it fits the meaning of any of the choices:
the closest in meaning will be the correct answer.
 The key words might be synonyms, antonyms, or
paraphrases of the correct answer.
 The questions are in the same order as the
information in the text: that is, the answer to the first
question will be before the answer to the second
question, and so on.