Tips for IELTS Reading Test

Can you provide me the tips for Reading Test for preparation of IELTS (International English Language Testing System)?

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The tips for Reading Test for preparation of IELTS (International English Language Testing System) are as follows:

Make the most of Reading test:

• look out for the title, headings and any special features such as capital letters, underlining, italics, figures, graphs and tables

• make sure that one understand the questions and follow instructions carefully

• pay attention to timing; do not spend too long on one passage or question

• do not try and read every word; remember, one is reading for a purpose

• if one does not know the answer to a question, attempt it but do not waste time; move quickly onto the next one

• do not panic if one does not know anything about the subject of the text; all the answers can be found in the text

• the words one use must be taken from the Reading text; one must not change the form of the words in the text

• do not worry if there is a word that you do not understand – one may not need to use it

• check spelling

• be careful to use singular and plural correctly

• focus precisely on what one is asked to do in ‘completion’ type questions

• if the question asks to complete the note ‘in the…’ and the correct answer is ‘evening’, just use ‘evening’ as answer; note that ‘in the evening’ would be incorrect

• pay attention to the word limit; for example, if one is asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, if the correct answer is ‘silk shirt’, the answer ‘shirt made of silk’ would be incorrect

• attempt all questions; there are no penalties for incorrect answers, so has nothing to lose

• check answers