The answers to last week's reading exercise were B, C and F. We get those answers by doing two things:
- First, we search for keywords in the passage (see the table below).
- Then we read the relevant part of the passage carefully, checking and comparing with the question until we are sure of the answer.
Hi everyone,
My friend told me that " you should start your reading answers with capital letter otherwise you will lose a mark".
For example
Dieaseas is right answer but diseases is wrong
What is your opinion ?
Thanks in advance
Posted by: Inder | November 18, 2013 at 09:45
Diseases*
Sorry for error
I wrote diseases in my real examination
Will i get a point for that
Posted by: Inder | November 18, 2013 at 10:44
Inder
Your friend is wrong. You can write in lower case.
Posted by: sjm | November 18, 2013 at 11:13
I don't think so that's will lose your mark.
Posted by: Abhi | November 18, 2013 at 12:47
Hi SJM and Abhi,
Thanks a lot ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️😄😄😄😘😘😘😘😘
Posted by: Inder | November 18, 2013 at 13:13
a long time, i'm practicing IELTS, still i cann't make good score. so please give some tips.
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Posted by: thoa | November 18, 2013 at 15:36
Hi everyone
Is there anyone who use simon's ebook???
Posted by: Abhi | November 18, 2013 at 18:31
Thank you very much for your fantastic way of teaching.My answers were right,please give us more exercise.:-)
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Posted by: jou | November 19, 2013 at 01:15
Hi everybody!
My exam is the day after tomorrow and I am in a dead end. I'm not sure about the structure of the essays from writing task 2. Should every essay contain our opinion in the introduction? Also, when do we have to write about both the advantages and disadvantages, or give both sides of a problem, argument and counterargument, etc? What I mean is, if we state our opinion in the introduction, should the body of the essay focus only on that point of view? Please clear this up for me, please!
Posted by: Bondi | November 19, 2013 at 07:37
Thanks jou and will u plz give me ur email address so that I am able to contact with u and know more about ebook plz...
Hi bondi very best wishes for your exam hopefully u do ur exam very well...
What i understand I want to share with u is that in writing task 2 introduction is clarify what our opinion is ..if u want to write in a balance way or strong argument u have to write In ur introduction part as well and than support in ur point in paragraph 1 and 2 so on that's the checker understand what our essay depends .
Posted by: Abhi | November 19, 2013 at 09:47
Hi Abhi,
I agree with jou - the website is definitely the main resource. The ebook has one particular aim only: to give you ideas for common topics for writing task 2. To learn more, just click on the link below - read the page carefully and download the example chapter.
http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/ielts-ebook.html
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Hi Bondi,
If the question asks for your opinion, put it in the introduction, then explain it in the rest of the essay. If the question doesn't ask for your opinion, don't include it. The question will make it clear what you need to do. Look through my lessons to see examples.
Good luck!
Posted by: Simon | November 19, 2013 at 10:41
Thank you for your prompt answers! I promise I will let you know how it went and post here the tasks that I will be facing with.
Posted by: Bondi | November 19, 2013 at 11:39
Thanks simon sir for ur information about ebook thanks a lot .
Posted by: Abhi | November 19, 2013 at 14:41
Hi , please I'm preparing for Ielts test , I have just 10 days then I will take it , what you advise me to concentrate on , thanks in advance .
Posted by: Omar | November 19, 2013 at 22:28
Dear Simon/ Blogger
I am getting 6.5 in reading all the time. I am getting 7 and above in all other sections.
I would like to know how many answers do I need to get it right in order to get 7?
Would it be more than 30?
Please help me.
Nirlep
Posted by: Nirlep | November 23, 2013 at 17:35
hi and warm greetings from Mongolia,
I have passed ielts at the first time last dec 7. It seemed to me that exam structure was completely same as cambridge ielts book. Otherwise it seemed my practice was not enough for getting my desired score though especially reading. in reading section time was very very tight and i could not catch it up.Therefore, i hope i can get thankfully support of reading technique from this si
te and other sources in order to do finish it on time!!!!
Puji
Posted by: Puji | December 16, 2013 at 15:20
What about D? why have u considered this option incorrect?
Posted by: Piri | February 02, 2014 at 15:06
i understood , why D is incorrect. tourism doesnt make th tunnel profitability. The tunnel makes the profit from turists
Posted by: Piri | February 02, 2014 at 15:10