Reading Test Hints
FIVE QUICK HINTS
Read the Glossary
Occasionally a reading passage comes with a glossary of words in the passage that may be technical
or not easily understood. Do not forget to check a glossary for the meaning of a word.
Also, the IELTS Academic Module, being a formal academic test, contains a number of words often
found in such tests, that is, vocabulary commonly used when studying at post-secondary (tertiary)
level. The Glossary on page 172 contains a number of such words taken from this book. Check the
meanings of the words it contains in a good dictionary and learn them. They are words that you are
likely to encounter many times in practice IELTS tests, and probably in the IELTS test itself.
Check Difficult Vocabulary
You may not understand every word in the reading passages. Even native English-speaking people
might have difficulty fully understanding all the vocabulary presented in an IELTS test. You are
not
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