November 2022

Reading Passage 1 Questions 1–13 1 The correct answer is ‘posts’: In the first paragraph, the text describes the ‘qanat method’ of construction, ‘which consisted of placing posts over a hill in a straight line, to ensure that the tunnel kept to its route’. This means that the posts were placed to direct the tunnelling. […]

Reading Passage 1 Questions 1–13 1 The correct answer is FALSE : The text says, ‘The Romans were not traditionally sailors but mostly land-based people, who learned to build ships from the people that they conquered, namely the Greeks and the Egyptians.’ In other words, the Romans picked up their shipbuilding skills from the Greeks

Reading Passage 1 Questions 1–13 1 The correct answer is TRUE : The text says, ‘There are 56 hill figures scattered around England, with the vast majority on the chalk downlands of the country’s southern counties.’ The phrase ‘the vast majority of’ means the same as most, and ‘the country’s southern counties’ is one particular

Reading Passage 1 Questions 1–13 1 The correct answer is FALSE :  The text refers to the layer of fat under polar bears’ skin and the fact that ‘Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease.’ It then contrasts humans and

Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-13 The headline of the passage: Johnson’s Dictionary Questions 1-3: Choosing options from a list [In this type of questions candidates are asked to choose some options (mostly THREE, FOUR or FIVE) for a question from a given list. The answer-finding process is similar to other questions – find the keywords

Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-13 The headline of the passage: BAKELITE Questions 1-3: Summary completion: [In this kind of question candidates are given a summary for one, two or three paragraphs with some fill in the blanks questions. Candidates need to find out the related paragraphs by correctly studying the keywords form the questions. Then,

Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-13 Title of the passage: Early Childhood Education Questions 1-4: Identifying information [This question asks you to find information from the passage and write the number of the paragraph (A, B, C or D … .. ) in the answer sheet. Now, if the question is given in the very first

Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-13 The headline of the passage: The Impact of Wilderness Tourism Questions 1-3: List of headings [In this question type, IELTS candidates are provided with a list of headings, usually identified with lower-case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc,). A heading will refer to the main idea of the paragraph or

Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-13 The headline of the passage: AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING SUCCESS Questions 1-7: Identifying information [This question asks you to find information from the passage and write the number of the paragraph (A, B, C or D … .. ) in the answer sheet. Now, if the question is given in the very

Reading Passage 1: Questions 14-26 The headline of the passage: GREYING POPULATION STAYS IN THE PINK Questions 14-22: Completing summary with list of words: [In this type of question, candidates are asked to complete a summary with a list of words taken from the passage. Candidates must write the correct letter (not the words) as