IELTS Exam Secrets Study Guide

✍ Scribed by IELTS Exam Secrets Test Prep Team

• Publisher: Mometrix Media LLC
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 112
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

How to use this manual
Your success is our success
Top 20 Test Taking Tips
The Listening Module
The Reading Module
Reading Comprehension
Informational Sources
Critical Thinking Skills
The Writing Module
The Speaking Module
Exhausting the Possibilities
Special Report: How Your IELTS Score is Viewed and What This Means for You
Special Report: What Jobs Require Which IELTS Scores
Secret Key #1 – Time is your greatest enemy
Success Strategy #1
Pace Yourself
Scanning
Secret Key #2 – Guessing is not guesswork
Monkeys Take the IELTS
Success Strategy #2
Specific Guessing Techniques
Slang
Extreme Statements
Similar Answer Choices
Hedging
Summary of Guessing Techniques
Secret Key #3 – Practice Smarter, Not Harder
Success Strategy #3
Secret Key #4 – Prepare, Don’t Procrastinate
Secret Key #5 – Test Yourself
Success Strategy
General Strategies
Make Predictions
Answer the Question
Benchmark
Valid Information
Avoid “Fact Traps”
Milk the Question
The Trap of Familiarity
Eliminate Answers
Tough Questions
Brainstorm
Read Carefully
Face Value
Prefixes
Hedge Phrases
Switchback Words
New Information
Time Management
Contextual Clues
Don’t Panic
Pace Yourself
Answer Selection
Check Your Work
Beware of Directly Quoted Answers
Slang
Extreme Statements
Answer Choice Families
Special Report: What Your Test Score Will Tell You About Your IQ
Special Report: Retaking the Test: What Are Your Chances at Improving Your Score?
Special Report: How to Overcome Test Anxiety
Lack of Preparation
Physical Signals
Nervousness
Study Steps
Helpful Techniques
Additional Bonus Material