IELTS Reading
Finding answers faster, and the question types that quietly cost people bands.
49 free lessons, in order. Start at the top, or jump to the one that is costing you marks.
Unit 1: Know the test
- R01 IELTS Reading explained: 3 passages, 40 questions, 60 minutes
- R02 How Reading is scored, and why GT needs more correct answers
- R03 Academic or General Training: which one do you need?
- R04 Every Reading question type in one lesson
- R05 Why Reading feels so hard for Bangladeshi students
- R06 Skimming, scanning, detailed reading: when to use each
- R07 Your 60-minute time plan
- R08 Computer IELTS Reading: highlighting, notes and split screen
Unit 2: Common mistakes
- R09 Stop reading every word
- R10 The keyword trap: same word, wrong answer
- R11 True, False or Not Given: the difference finally explained
- R12 Yes, No or Not Given: the writer's opinion
- R13 Using your own knowledge instead of the passage
- R14 Stuck on one question for 5 minutes
- R15 Word limits and spelling in completion questions
- R16 Unknown words: guess from context, don't panic
- R17 Which questions follow passage order, and which don't
- R18 No time left for Passage 3
- R19 TRUE or YES? Small slips that cost big marks
- R20 Translating the passage into Bangla in your head
Unit 3: Core strategies
- R21 Matching headings, step by step
- R22 Matching information: which paragraph contains...
- R23 Matching features: researchers and their findings
- R24 Matching sentence endings
- R25 Multiple choice in Reading
- R26 Summary completion, with and without a word box
- R27 Sentence completion
- R28 Note, table and flow-chart completion
- R29 Diagram labelling
- R30 Short-answer questions
- R31 True/False/Not Given with tricky words: some, all, only, always
- R32 Paraphrase spotting: the core Reading skill
- R33 Map the passage in 2 minutes
- R34 Academic words that keep appearing in Reading
- R35 General Training Reading: Sections 1 to 3
Unit 4: Band 7 to 8.5
- R36 From 30 to 35+: what band 8 readers do differently
- R37 Hard passages: science, psychology and history
- R38 Following the writer's argument
- R39 Read faster without losing accuracy
- R40 A daily reading habit with free sources
- R41 Why did I get it wrong? The 3-reason review
- R42 Hard True/False/Not Given under pressure
- R43 Building a word bank from your reading
- R44 Why your score jumps between 6.5 and 8
Unit 5: Practice and exam day
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