In this quick tip, IELTS Warsaw gives you a series of tips to give you a headstart when tackling the reading test.

What is the first thing you do when you start the reading exam? Many students go straight to read the questions as they feel this is the most effective way of getting a high score in this part of the exam. While this
may work for some candidates, I highly recommend that you consider reading the text first. This would include, after reading the title, skimming (or reading quickly) the text to get a general understanding. During this
skimming, underline keywords or phrases which may form part of the answers (e.g. names, dates, project titles, places). Following this, look at the questions and underline the keywords. Very often, synonyms of
words underlined in the questions will have been underlined in the text. This will help you locate the answers quickly rather than reading the text from the start each time.

In today’s quick tip IELTS Warsaw give some hints of getting a head start on the listening test.

Use the time before the audio starts to predict, as much as you can, the answers. While it may seem difficult to get the exact answer, this is not the point. Your score can be improved by being able to predict the part
of speech of the word/words in the gap (e.g. a noun or adjective?) or if the answer is a date or a name. You can write notes on the question sheet as this won’t be marked by the examiner.

In this quick tip, IELTS Warsaw explains the importance of checking and rereading your written answer text.

It’s a good idea to leave 2-3 mins at the end of the written exam to reread what you have written. This involved skimming your answer in order to check for language errors. Noticing and correcting even a small
number of these errors can greatly help the overall score in terms of your language accuracy. Many candidates feel that it’s more valuable to write an extra few lines rather than checking for errors but rushed writing
at the end of an exam often results in inaccurate and at times incoherent writing.