In reading section of IELTS, you should also pay
attention on the instruction given. If you are asked to give two examples, then
give as it is requested. Do not add and do not reduce. Have a look at the
following questions as the example.
Questions 2 and 3
2.
Name TWO places where earth building practices have existed for a long time.
Write the names of the places in box 2 on your
answer sheet.
Write the names of the places in box 3 on your
answer sheet.
From two questions above, you can see that the
number of answer expected is clearly mentioned. So, make sure that you give two
names of place for number two and three for number three.
To answer the above question, do not forget to use
skimming as the strategy. First, find the keyword. In question number two, the
keyword is ‘have existed for a long time’, for number three, the keyword is
‘becoming popular’. Now, skim the following reading passage to get the answer.
For question number 2, you can get the answer in
the first paragraph, line 5. In the previous sentence, it is stated “In some
places, earth building technology has been around for a very long time….”. This
sentence matches with the keyword in the question. Therefore, you can get the
answer that China and Southwestern United States are the answer for the
question.
For question number 3, you can get the answer in
the second paragraph. There are four places mentioned in this paragraph:
Australia, New Zealand, North America and Western Europe. Though there are four
answers, you should only write three answers as it was stated in the
instruction. You are free to choose three from these four answers.
Reference: IELTS
to Success Preparation Tips and Practice Tests by Erick van Bemmel (Melbourne,
1997)
