How to succeed on IELTS Reading
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Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, I am going to teach you some very good tips
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on how to succeed on the reading module of the IELTS. So this video is for anyone who
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is taking the IELTS. This video will really help you learn about some of the question
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types and how to do well on them. So let's get started.
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My very first tip is very important. When you're practicing doing the IELTS, when you're
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preparing for the IELTS, one way to prepare is to start learning synonyms. Now, what's
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a "synonym"? A "synonym" is a copy of another word where the meanings are the same, but
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the words are different. So an example: "intelligent" and "smart". These are synonyms. They have
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the same meaning, but they're different words.
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Now, why should you learn different synonyms for the IELTS? Well, one very good reason
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is oftentimes, on the IELTS you will have a text or a reading passage, and then, after
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that you will have a bunch of questions. Now, sometimes, in the questions, you need to look
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for certain information in the reading passage. So you read a question, and you need to find
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the answer in the reading passage. Now, one way to do this is looking at keywords. You
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might see a keyword in the question. And you're looking for that same word in the reading
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passage. But they often don't use the same words in the question and the reading passage.
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Oftentimes, they will use synonyms. So for example, maybe in the question the keyword
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is "intelligent". In the reading passage, the word that you'll actually need to find
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is "smart". So by knowing synonyms, you'll be able to do the questions a lot faster,
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and you'll be able to find information faster. And on the IELTS, time is very important,
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so you want to be able to do things very quickly.