English Lesson

IELTS - Listening and Reading

Warm up!

Predictions

True or false?

1. Patrick and Selina have never met each other before.

2. Selina still lives in London.

3. Selina didn't like her job in London.

4. Selina is living with her parents.

5. Patrick also went to London.

6. Selina is surprised that Patrick is married.

7. Patrick has a daughter named Marigold.

8. Patrick invites Selina to his house.

Listening

- 30 minutes + 10 for checking answers

- 4 sections / 10 questions each

- Recordings are played ONCE

- 40 questions, 1 mark each

Section 3

Section 2

Section 1

Section 4

Conversation between two people

Names and numbers

2-4 speakers in an academic situation

1 person talking

General interest

1 person speaking about an academic project

Tips and tricks

Try to predict the type of answer you need to write e.g: number, adjective, noun, etc.

Check your spelling!

Normally, questions are addressed in the order they appear.

Read the questions before listening the audio in order to know what to expect.

Reading

- 60 minutes

- 3 sections

- Increasing difficulty

- 40 questions, 1 mark each

Section 3

Section 2

Section 1

2-3 short texts relevant to everyday-life

1 long text about a general topic

2 texts about work situations such as applying for a job, staff training, payment conditions, etc.

Types of Questions

Multiple choice

Short answer

Sentence completion

Writer's view (T/F/NG)

Match phrases

Match a heading with a paragraph

Fill in or label diagrams

Skimming

Reading in detail

Scanning

Read the text quickly in order to understand the general meaning. Headings, subheadings, topic sentences.

Reading a text quickly in order to find specific information. Key words, names, dates, synonyms, etc.

When you read the section of the text, maybe the whole paragraph, word for word to understand exactly what it says.

Skimming: title, subtitles, first paragraph, first sentence of the rest of the paragraphs, last paragraph.

Scanning: look for keywords of the question in the text. Names, dates, places and synonyms. The question normally does not have the same words that appear in the text.

Reading in detail: once I've scanned, I read the sentence(s) carefully. 

Tips and Tricks

Read the questions first, most of the questions follow the passage order.

True - False - Not given

Yes - No - Not given

All of the options should be used

Look for names and dates

"The devil is in detail" :)

Statement. In 1887, HM Ashley had the fastest bootle-producing machine that exist at that time.

Statement. It is more expensive to produce recycled glass than to manufacture new glass.

Statement. Nowadays, most glass is produced by large international manufacturers.

Yes - No - Not given

We need to say if the statements are close or match to the writers opinion.

In order to answer the questions we have to pay attention to several sentences of the text.

Statement. Attitudes towards bilingualism have changed in recent years.

Statement. Bilingual people constantly name images faster than monolingual people.