hi there it's Asiya
let's practice answering some ielts reading questions together
we'll use the idp computer-based test for our practice
so if that's the format of the test you are taking it will be extra useful for you
please count how many questions you answer correctly
and without further ado let's get started
this free practice test is from the idp website
and i'll leave a link in the description box below it's very similar to the real exam but there are
some important differences first of all you will only have 40 questions not 41 so don't get scared
the thing is if you take the academic exam you will have three long passages this practice test
has more texts because it demonstrates different types of tasks so you're not going to have the
type of task at the top either but you will have a timer at the top and if you place your mouse there
you can see seconds and the types of tasks themselves and the way you select your answers
are exactly like in the real exam in this text the title is missing but basically it's about
older employees and to warm up i would like to start with questions five to eight
multiple choice questions in this test it's a little bit easier for you because you have
four questions and just two paragraphs in the real exam you have the full text
on the left and will be able to scroll it up and down so we have the last two paragraphs
these are multiple choice questions with two correct answers for each so first of all
let's read the task the list below gives some of the advantages of employing older workers
which two advantages are mentioned and before you start reading the text i suggest quickly reading
the options you don't have to memorize them but it's good to know what you're looking for they're
less likely to be involved in careless accidents they can predict areas that may cause trouble
in the future they're able to train younger workers they can deal with unexpected problems
they're more conscientious this means they're more thoughtful they take more care doing things
they are prepared to work for lower salaries they are more skilled in personal relationships
now please pause the video read the paragraph and find the answers and then resume the video ready
i think the first answer is somewhere here so other skills may increase with age including many
that are crucial for good management so which skills increase with age such as an ability to
handle people diplomatically let's highlight that and we have this option they're skilled
in personal relationships so if they handle people diplomatically they deal with people
diplomatically they're good in relationships so that's the first handsome what about the next
they run a meeting or spot a problem before it blows up so let's have a look at this one
they notice a problem before it blows up or before it becomes really big or critical
and here we have one option they can predict areas that may cause trouble in the future so
these two are very similar and this is the second answer now let's move on to questions number seven
and eight again read the task the list below gives some of the disadvantages of employing
younger workers so now we're talking about younger workers which two disadvantages are mentioned
again let's quickly read our options they're too confident in their own skills
they may injure themselves they do not stay with the same company for very long
their training has been too theoretical they are not as well educated as older workers
they may demand higher salaries even if you don't remember all the options it's
okay now continue reading the passage and find the answers and then resume the video
okay ready to continue the first answer is here their education standards are much better
than those of today's young school graduates so basically the author claims that younger people
are not as well educated as older workers and the next answer is young people tend to switch jobs so
frequently that they offer the worst returns on training but actually we don't have any options
about the cost of training them what we have is switching jobs they switch jobs so frequently
and here we have they do not stay with the same company for very long if you are not sure in
any of your answers or you can't find one of the answers don't spend too much time
just mark it to review for example number seven to review it becomes round and then if you have
some time at the end of your test you can come back and spend time on looking for your answer
when you want to get to the next set of questions you need to click
below okay true false note given one of your favorite questions i know and here we actually
do have a title the life and work of marie curie okay now we know what's at all about
the good thing about true false not given questions is that they come in order we
can read the first question look for the answer read the next one look for the answer and so on
okay the first question is marie curie's husband was a joint winner of both marie's
nobel prizes so when you read your questions your statements don't rush be careful so our question
is not about marie curie it's about her husband and whether he was a joint winner
of both her nobel prizes for the option to be true each part of this statement must match the
information in the passage go ahead pause the video find the answer and then let's continue
the answer is here so marie curie was twice a winner of the nobel prize
okay with her husband pierre curry and some other guy she was awarded
the nobel prize for physics okay so they got one nobel prize together and she was then so winner
of the nobel prize for chemistry so her husband got only one nobel prize together with her
which means that the answer is false now let's read the next question marie became
interested in science when she was a child go ahead pause the video and find the answer
let's have a look together from childhood marie was remarkable for her memory
and she even won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education so she finished school
very well and then her father lost savings and so on so where is the answer
we do know that this is the correct part of the text because it's talking about her childhood and
the question is whether she became interested in science as a child however we don't know
there is nothing about it which means that the answer is not given i know that not given answers
are some of the most difficult to find because they are not there but you still need to locate
the part of the text which is talking about the same topic as in the statement basically about
her childhood to decide that the answer is not given next marie was able to attend the sir bond
because of her sister's financial contribution please pause the video and find the answer
okay here we can read that marie was able to finance her sister's medical studies
only understanding that her sister would in turn later help her get an education
and then this promise was fulfilled and marie went to paris so this means that
marie was able to attend the serbon because of her sister's financial contribution
marie's sister helped her finance her studies just like marie helped her sister before
the answer is true you see to find true false not given answers you really need to read the
whole passage you can't just scan it looking for keywords because if you find sorbonne here but you
didn't read the previous passage you will not find the answer because this promise was fulfilled will
tell you nothing you have to read everything but you need to read some bits quickly just scanning
through to get the main idea and slowing down when you feel that the answer is somewhere here
now let's try to find sentence endings this type of task is not as common as true false
not given questions but it's quite challenging complete each sentence with the correct ending
okay first of all let's read the text title science in the 16th century london the jew house
a new book by historical researcher and author deborah harkness now we know what's it about
before we start reading the passage let's read all the sentence endings we have
she has the greatest knowledge of elizabethan london
so this is about deborah she started by seeking to understand how basic terms were used in the past
they worked as individuals rather than as a group she examined how their methods evolved and changed
clement draper was the best scientist of his time they used
old ways of analyzing written information for new purposes now let's read the first statement
harkness's research method was different to that of other writers because
so we're looking for why her research method was different now pause the video and start
reading the passage until you find the answer and then resume it
okay the answer is not in the first paragraph which is quite typical this paragraph sometimes
just introduces the topic actually the answer is somewhere here she began her research by asking so
we know this is about her research by asking herself a new question if the question was
new it means that her research method was different that's what we are looking for
so how was it different not what caused scientific revolution but what the names
science and scientists meant in the 16th century london she was wondering about what the names
meant and now we can look through all the options and i see one which is quite similar she started
by seeking to understand how basic terms were used in the past and you just take the answer
and you drag it to the correct place and actually if you think it's incorrect you can move it back
oops yeah so you need to move it above the other options or if you put another option here
and then you see that the correct answer is this one you take it and you place it above
another answer and it replaces it okay the next one hagnes's reconstruction
of the 16th century london scientific groups was new because so she was reconstructing
scientific groups and her reconstruction was new because of something please find the answer
ready once we start reading the next paragraph we can see that it's about particular communities
so these are our scientific groups but if we read it further we don't see
the answer so we need to continue reading moreover when hacknesses reconstructs these groups oh
we actually have exact matches reconstructs and groups let's read on she provides not traditional
static accounts of their theories but dynamic analysis of their practices
as these developed over time not static theories but dynamic analysis and here we have
she examined how their methods evolved and changed to check if the answer is
correct you can read the whole statement with the sentence ending and see if it actually makes sense
because sometimes it doesn't and then you know that the option is not correct
actually in this type of task you can also think about which options can go where
let's read the next statement hackness shows that the 16th century london scientists
were innovative because so we're looking for a reason why london scientists were innovative
so what can this reason be let's have a look at our sentence endings they were innovative because
she has the greatest knowledge no this is not correct because they worked as individuals rather
than a group maybe because they used old ways of analyzing written information for new purposes
maybe they were innovative because clement draper was the best scientist definitely not
so we actually have just two options to consider now pause the video and find the answer
ready there is an interesting bit here harkness argues that many of the 16th
century london scientists differed from the later ones of the 17th century
so our question is about the 16th century they saw themselves less as individuals out to gain
fame than as members of larger communities so she's saying that the 16th century scientists
worked less as individuals but actually one of our options says that they worked as individuals
rather than as a group which is incorrect and actually we already know what the answer is
it's this one because they used old ways of analyzing written information for new purposes
even though we haven't yet found the answer we already know what that is because we analyzed
other options but let's read the answer itself she shows that they adopted the textual information
so texture means it's coming from text textual information or
written information they adopted the textual information processing methods
to radically new ends this is the same as the used written information for new purposes so this is
the correct answer these are all the questions for today if you'd like to do the full test you
can go to the idp website and there is a listening practice test reading academic that's the one we
used general training and some writing tasks too the link will be in the video description
okay you've completed your practice well done how many questions could you answer correctly
tell me in the comments if you're looking for more detailed ielts reading preparation
go ahead download my free ielts study plan and follow the steps there and this video is about
strategies for different question types that can help you find answers more quickly thank
you so much for watching me today and good luck with your preparation and your exam bye