Strategy for IELTS Reading Multiple Choice | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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If Question 3 talks about “reasons for success,” should you search in the beginning or after Question 2’s part in the text? Why?

After Question 2

Should you spend a long time stuck on one question if you’re not sure of the answer? What should you do instead?

No, move on.

If you can remove two obviously wrong options, what does that do to your chance of guessing correctly?

Increases your chance from 25% to 50%!

If you are unsure about an answer, is it better to leave it blank or make your best guess? Why?

Guess

What do we call the important words in the question and answer options that help us focus?

Keywords

If you see the word “always” in an answer option, why might that be dangerous?

Always is too extreme, rarely does something happen every time, all the time. It's a trap!

If the question asks “Why did the writer move to Paris?” — should you underline the whole sentence or just the important words?

Important words

Before looking at the passage, what should you try to predict about the type of answer (for example; a number, a reason, a person, or an opinion)?

Type of answer

When you find the right part of the passage, should you skim it quickly or read it very carefully? Why?

Read carefully, you need to understand the meaning.

What are distractors in IELTS reading multiple choice questions?

Tricks / traps / wrong answers

Do the answers in the passage usually appear in random order, or in the same order as the questions?

Same order

If you find one word in the text that matches an answer option, should you choose it immediately? Why / why not?

No, check meaning! Why? Because it could be a 'trap'!