Top Tips to Score High in IELTS Examination

In this post we are sharing top tips to score high in IELTS Examination.

1.   IELTS listening tips

    Listen to the entire conversation

    Don’t jump to conclusions

    Read the questions before the conversation starts

    If you don’t understand a question skip it, and try to answer the next questions

    The answer is often repeated

    The speech is played only once

    The duration of the audio is 30 minutes

    You will also have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer booklet

    You will not get marked if you do not put your answers on the answer booklet

    Always remember the (what, where, how, who, when, which)

    The questions get harder after the first 15 questions

   Couple of clues is given in the conversation which gives hint towards the answers.

Try to be conscious while listening to the conversation, don’t guess the answer outside of the text.

2.   IELTS Reading tips

    Manage your time

    Don’t try to understand the difficult words, their meanings are not asked

    Difficult words or terms are often the answers.

    Read the questions first

    Answers are normally in the first and second lines of a paragraph

    Look for the keywords; you can even answer the question without reading the whole passage

    Practice the reading part a lot

    Try not to spend more than 15 minutes on each passage so that you have enough time to check and transfer your answers

3.   IELTS Writing tips

    Do some brainstorming

    Write complete sentences

    Proof read your work

    Don’t use complex words if you don’t know how to use them properly

    You are mostly asked to agree or disagree with a statement

    You have to write a persuasive essay

    You are advised to spend 40 minutes on the essay part

    You are advised to spend 20 minutes on the part 1

    You will be required to describe a graph or process for the writing part 1

    Remember the words for the writing part 1, you will use them often (increase, decrease, greater, more, less, in conclusion, less than)

4.   IELTS Speaking tips

    Revise your 12 tenses

    Don’t concentrate on the accent

    Speak complete sentences

    Feel relaxed, they are not going to kill you even if you say the wrong answer

    Don’t memorize the speech

    Part 1 is very simple, it asks about you (name, family, education, job, home,)

    Part 2 is about something you like for example. Your favorite holiday destination

    Part 3 consists of follow-up questions

    You can ask the examiner to repeat the question if you do not understand it for the first time.