IELTS MOCK

I’ve been taking a preparatory course for IELTS since early May at college. This course is provided for students who intend to study abroad and need an official certificate of English proficiency.
Last Saturday, we had the first mock. I think I did well in the listening and speaking tests, but I wouldn’t say the same about reading, mainly because I didn’t transfer my answers to the final sheet as I chose an option, so I didn't have enough time to complete it. Also, the texts were quite complex and I had to read some extracts more than once to understand some ideas. The thing is that in IELTS some of the answers they give you aren’t that easy to associate with the text and the time available is really scarce for you to grasp its content and get the right answer in a very short period of time. Although I tried to use the reading tricks, known as “skimming” (reading for overall ideal) and “scanning” (reading for detail) it was difficult to me.

IELTS MOCK TEST

I’ve been taking a preparatory course for IELTS since early May at college. This course is provided for students who intend to study abroad and need an official certificate of English proficiency.
Last Saturday, we had the first mock test. I think I did well in the listening and speaking tests, but I wouldn’t say the same about reading, mainly because I didn’t transfer my answers to the final sheet as I chose an option, so I didn't haved no enough time enough to complete it. Also, the texts were quite complex and I had to read some extracts more than once to understand some ideas. The thing is that in IELTS some answers they give you aren’t that easy to associate with the text and the time is really scarce for you to grasp its content and get the right answer in a very short period of time. Although I tried to use the reading tricks, known as “skimming” (reading for overall ideal) and “scanning” (reading for detail) it was difficult for to me.

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One tip if you're struggling with the questions: if it's the way they formulate the answers that bothers you, try to break down the question in pieces and think of synonyms you may have seen in the text. If you're having a hard time because there are too much words you don't know, then you may need to focus a little more on learning vocabulary as you can't predit which themes the texts will be about.

In any case good luck and don't get discouraged!