IELTS 8

Evaluation Edition 2012

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How Not to Fear IELTS A Complete Practical Guide

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ABOUT THIS BOOK Is it Easy to Score Band 8?

Yes, it is easy. Why? Because, you need to correct only 35 out of 40 questions to get 8 in the Reading and Listening section. Don`t you think that`s a big error margin?...........5 answers can be remained incorrect!!! But, millions of candidates are sitting for the IELTS every year and a very few can ever score 8. Why? Because, nobody is out there to tell them the secret way that can bring them that high score. Tons of books/CDs and thousands of training centers are devoted to help the candidates but most of them are loaded with only Sample Questions or Mob Tests or list of tips. So, is there any practical guide to get get that higher band?

You are here to find so!!! Prepare you for the Reading section at Band 9 Level •

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Make plenty of time (within allotted 60 minutes) by following a tricky technique. NO MORE FEAR for the HEADINGS MACHING tasks. Answer True/False/Not Given questions within a minute. Master to art of scan, skim and speed reading.

Score 9 in the Listening section!!! How? •

Speaking section....What makes you score better? Avoid simple traps of examiner that my hinder you to score high Motivate the examiner to questions that you already prepared in your home Use some universal techniques to sound your conversation as natural as possible Know some trips/secrets to score 7+ in this section following some styles of speaking

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Predict what the speaker will say in the recording in advance Avoid different accent trap in the audio recordings Skillfully handle monologues and dialogues of the recordings Know the test takers tricks that can baffle you during the test

. Writing section is not hard anymore!!! How?

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Know some common frames to answer the Task-1 questions Practice with words usage that will boost your score Careful about the words and types of sentence that can decrease the score. Write about almost anything in Task type2 by following some simple structure

HOW NOT TO FEAR IELTS

Table of Contents Reading Section .............................................................................................. 1 Match Headings .................................................................................................................. 1 True/False/Not Given ……………………………..…………………………………………….13 Gap fill task ……………………………………………………………………………...……….22 Sentence Completion ……………………………………………………………...…………...31 Table/Chart/Diagram Filling ……………………………………...…………………………… 40 Multiple Choices ………………………………………………………………………………...52 Short Answers …………………………………………………………………………………...65 Classification …………………………………………………………………………………….76

Writing Section .......................... ....................................... ........................... ............................ ........................... ........................... ................ 1 Table ................................................................................................................................... 1 Graph ………………………………………………………………………………………………9 Chart …………………………………………………………………..………………………… 15 Diagram …………………………………………………………………………………………..22 Problem and Solution ………………………………………………………………...………...31 Cause and Effect ………………………………………………………………………………..42 Advantage and Disadvantage ……………………………………...………………………… 48 Argument ………………………………………………………………………………………...55

Listening Section ............................................................................................ 1 Numbers & Letters .............................................................................................................. 2 Dates…………………… …………………………………………………………………………3 Spelling Letters…………………………………………………...…..………………………… ..4 Signpost Words……………………………………………………………………………………5 Handle Multiple Speaker…… ……………..………………………………………...………...,.8 Predict Earlier ……………………………………………………………………………….…. 12 Accent Trap ……………………………………………………………………………………...15 Different types of Questions……………………………………………………………………18

Speaking Section ............................................................................................ 1 Part 1: Introduction .................................................. ......................... .................................................. .................................................. ................................... .......... 2 Part 2: Individual Long Run…………………… ……..…………………………………………9 Part 3: Two Way Discussion ………………………………..………………………………….18 Common Framework to speak………………………………………………………...……… 23 Avoiding common traps ………………………………………………………………………...30

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Eight Types Types of Questions in the Reading Section

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here are 8 basic types of IELTS reading question tasks.

READING TASKS 1. 2. 3. 4.

M ATCH HEADINGS 5. TABLE/CHA 5. TABL E/CHART/DI RT/DIAGRA AGRAM M FILLING  TRUE /F ALSE /N OT GIVEN 6. MULTIPLE CHOICES GAP FILL FILL TASK  TASK 7. SHORT SHORT ANSW  ANSWERS ERS SENTENCE COMPLETION 8. CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION TASK  TASKS S

requires a certain strategy or approach in order to make the best use of your time. You sh ould be flexible enough to use all these different approaches that suit the question task. In this guide,  you will not only find the strategies to approach all these eight Each type of questions

types of tasks, but also

practical demonstration of each.

Match Headings  This  This task is pretty pretty strai straight ght forwar forward; d; you are give given n a set of paragrap paragraphs hs without without their their headin headings, gs, you are to select the right paragraph heading from a given list. For every test takers this is a pretty labour-intensive type of question, and the strategy shown in this guide will certainly  make you appreciate how easy it is. How to solve match headings Step 1: Classify the Headings according to “organizing words” Step2: Catch the tone of Paragraphs by skimming 1 st, 2nd, 3rd and last line Step3: Match paragraphs with headings by organizing words Step4: Skim for the best answer

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Organizing Words  Title  Title of heading headingss can be grouped grouped together together under under some some common common organiz organizing  ing   words.  words. Like Like you can group group these these three three title--title---“En “Envir vironm onmenta entall effect”, effect”, “The financial cost of recent technological improvements”, “Irrigation systems fall into disuse”----under the organizing word “Effect “Effect”” Example of Organizing Word

Fact, Description, Problems, Effects, Causes, Purpose, Process etc.

 Tone of the paragraphs paragraphs in the reading reading passage Each paragraph in the reading passage can be identified under a organizing word. You can do it by identifying the tone of a paragraph.  A paragra paragraph ph stating stating,, “The “The consequ consequence encess of our water water policies..jeopardising human health. Tens of millions of people have been forced to move from their homes.....” can be identified as Effect paragraph.

Practical Exercise

It is the time to look at the aforementioned strategies in action and discover how easy it is to answer match headings questions. Cambridge IELTS practice book is used on this regard, because it is the only official practice test book in the market. You can open the hard copy book if you already bought it. Otherwise, follow the passage cited below from the Cambridge IELTS 7. Passage Source pages 20 24 in Cambridge IELTS 7.

Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A—H Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A and C—H from the list of headings below   Write the correct number; i—xi, in boxes on your your answer sheet. List of Headings Scientists’ call for a revision of policy I ii An explanation for reduced water use iii How a global challenge was met Irrigation systems fall into disuse iv Environmental effects v vi The financial cost of recent technological improvements The relevance to health vii Addressing the concern over increasing populations viii ix A surprising downward trend in demand for water x The need to raise standards A description of water xi 1. ancient Paragraph A supplies

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Example Answer Paragraph A 1 Paragraph B iii 2. Paragraph C 3. Paragraph D 4. Paragraph E 5. Paragraph F 6. Paragraph G 7. Paragraph H