IELTS Reading Trick to Know

🔹 1. Predict what the text is about.

Guess what the article says from the first topic / picture / word.

📌 Why is it important?

Help the brain know the direction, not read lost.

Sample

Article Title: The Effects of Social Media on Teenagers

👉 immediately guessed that about

• Social media

• teenagers

• Impact (good / waste)

❌ Don't know the details.

✅ Just know the "big picture."

🔹 2. Read quickly (1-2 minutes) to get the general idea.

Read very quickly to capture the core.

📌 Read anything?

• The first sentence of each paragraph

• Repeated words

Sample

Read and see the word

Social media / mental health / stress / confidence

👉 Main theme = social media affects mental health.

🔹 3. Read the questions and highlights keywords.

Read the question first, and then the band / underline the keyword.

Question sample

What is the one negative effect of social media on teens?

🔑 Keywords:

• negative effect

• Social media

• teenagers

👉, when you go back to the article, "Look for a word with a close meaning."

Such as

• negative effect = problem / disadvantage / harm

🔹 4.Don't read everything, find ONLY answers to questions.

No need to read every word. Read only the point about the question (Scanning)

📌 Technique

• Look for words like / transformation words

• Read 1-2 sentences around that point.

Sample

The article says

Social media can cause stress and anxiety among young peoples.

👉 The answer to negative effect = stress and anxiety.

🔹 5.Ignore unknown words, try to guess their meanings.

Don't know the words. Don't stop reading. Guess the context.

Sample

Teenagers may feel overwhelmed by online press.

Don't know the word overwhelmed

Look at the context + pressure.

👉 Guess = stressed / can't take it.

📌 IELTS does not measure "know every word."

But measured as "understanding the overall meaning."

🔹 6. Check your answers and exclude extra options.

Cut out the "not 100% straight" option.

Multiple Choices

Question: Negative effect?

A. Make friends.

B. Feel stressed

C. Learn new skills.

D. Improve confidence.

👉 Cut A, C, D

✔️ Answer = B. Feel stressed

📌 Be careful of options that "look similar but don't match the question."

✨ Easy to remember

Predict → Skim → Read Questions → Scan → Ignore hard words → Check & Eliminate

Good luck everyone in the exam. 🍀

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