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IELTS Listening Tip no.6: Circling the keywords Circling the keywords is a technique which is only going to work in sections 1 and 2. If you focus on circling the keywords a lot you might even get the questions wrong.

IELTS Listening Tip no.5: Close your eyes When you are watching an English movie or a drama try to close your eyes and try to understand what they are saying. You would start understanding what they are saying.

IELTS Listening Tip no.4: Understanding numbers It is easiest to answer the number questions in section as most people are very good at understanding numbers whereas they have difficulty in understanding them.

IELTS Listening Tip no.3: Section 1 is the easiest one Section 1 is the easiest one so when you are doing sections do not get relaxed as the next sections are going to be very difficult.

IELTS Listening Tip no.2: 3 movies everyday A person who is going to appear for the IELTS exam should be watching at least 2 to 3 movies in a day or else the person will suffer a lot in the actual exam.

IELTS Listening Tip no.1: Watch English movies There is no point of taking the IELTS exam if you cannot even understand English movies. You would fail miserably if you do not watch English movies and dramas.

IELTS Reading IELTS Reading Tip no.1: Read stuff Read as much as you can. Reading 3 passages is not a hard task if you could form of habit of reading novels. The habit can be formed by reading novels before sleeping. IELTS Reading Tip no.2:  Read the questions first Read the questions first. There are…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.15: Do not memorize You would be able to find many speaking topics and their sample answers and I would even encourage you to read them in order to have an idea about the topic, but never memorize the topics because that would lead to great ambiguity in your mind. Even if…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.14: Ask the examiner to repeat If you fail to understand what the examiner is saying it is recommended that you ask the examiner to repeat the question. There is a high probability that the examiner would ask the question in a simpler way when asked to repeat the question.

IELTS Speaking Tip no.13: Speak Slowly An average speaker speaks anywhere from 200 to 300 words in 2 minutes. You would not be required to speak a specific number of words, so please do not speak quickly. I have seen a lot of my students taking their score down just by speaking quickly and when…