What is IELTS Academic Reading Strategies?
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IELTS Academic Reading consists of 40 questions across 3 long passages (academic texts from books, journals, and magazines) in 60 minutes. Task types include True/False/Not Given, Matching Headings, Sentence Completion, and Multiple Choice. The most commonly failed section due to time pressure — strategic skimming and scanning is essential.
IELTS Academic Reading Strategies — Full Explanation
High-scoring strategy: read questions before reading the passage, locate keyword zones in the text, answer in passage order (for most task types), and spend no more than 20 minutes per passage. True/False/Not Given is the most misunderstood task — 'Not Given' means the information is absent entirely, not that it is false. Practise exclusively with Cambridge IELTS Official Books (1–18) for authentic passage difficulty.
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