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IELTS Reading Strategies

Technique for the Reading paper: how to attack each question type, where the traps are, and how to stop running out of time.

Reading Strategies11 min read

IELTS Reading Sentence Completion & Endings

IELTS sentence completion and matching sentence endings: the strict word limit rules, how to predict gap grammar, locating via paraphrase, and a worked example.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 14, 2026

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Reading Strategies12 min read

IELTS Yes/No/Not Given: How to Tell Them Apart

IELTS Yes/No/Not Given: how it differs from True/False/Not Given, what Not Given means, the outside-knowledge trap, a decision method, and a worked example.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 14, 2026

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IELTS Reading Matching Information & Features

IELTS matching information and features: why answers are not in order, how to scan for specifics, the paraphrase trap, and a worked example to practise.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 13, 2026

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IELTS Reading Flow-Chart & Diagram Completion

IELTS flow-chart, diagram and table completion: where they appear, reading the chart structure first, the word limit, following a process, and a worked example.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 13, 2026

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Reading Strategies12 min read

IELTS Reading Multiple Choice: Strategy That Works

IELTS Reading multiple choice strategy: single- and multiple-answer variants, why every option looks right, how to eliminate, and a worked example to practise.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 12, 2026

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IELTS Reading Short-Answer Questions Explained

IELTS Reading short-answer questions: how the word limit works, why answers follow the passage order, scanning for the question word, and a worked example.

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Aehtesham Mallick Reshad

July 12, 2026

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