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  1. Did you know that in IELTS reading there are 11 different question types and some of these question types are very confusing when you see them on the page in0:00
  2. the paper based test or when you see them on the screen in the computer based test.0:10
  3. What we're going to do in this video is go through all the different IELTS reading question types.0:15
  4. All right before we look at a single passage in all the different IELTS reading question types let's just recap the basics of IELTS reading what you need to do.0:26
  5. So you'll have 60 minutes to complete 40 questions, you'll have three reading passages and as I mentioned there are 11 different question types.0:37
  6. Let's take a look at the simplest question type multiple choice.0:48
  7. So take a look at this paragraph here this is part of a larger passage that we're going to read.0:52
  8. On test day it's not a good idea to read the entire passage a passage is a number of different paragraphs.1:00
  9. The best way to approach this test is to go paragraph by paragraph because the questions align with the paragraphs themselves that is question one is going to be at1:08
  10. the top of the passage and the final question will be at the bottom of the passage.1:19
  11. Let's take a look at this multiple choice question.1:23
  12. Even though you have probably seen a number of these in your lifetime there is a good approach to a multiple choice question and that is to identify where in1:26
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  1. the passage it mentions the answer options and to eliminate incorrect answer options before arriving at the correct answer option.1:37
  2. The reason we do this is it increases the probability that you'll select the correct answer.1:47
  3. Feel free to pause this video and do the question yourself or join me right now as I take you through it.1:54
  4. All right so macadamia milk that's what we're looking for in this paragraph let's quickly read the paragraph.2:02
  5. Milk is not what it used to be for centuries milk was associated with animal milk and certainly in the UK with cow's milk but now there are dozens of2:09
  6. different types of milk products which are derived from vegetables legumes or nuts while soy almond oat rice and coconut are the current popular milk alternatives there are even lesser2:17
  7. known milk types including pee hemp and macadamia.2:28
  8. Aha let's read on many people are choosing these different types of milks for environmental purposes while others are doing it for health reasons.2:32
  9. So if we look at the question again it says macadamia milk let's check A is a well -known dairy alternative well probably not because it says it's a lesser2:40
  10. known milk type so that's directly contradictory so we're not going to select A.2:51
  11. Macadamia milk has negative environmental impacts well it doesn't actually say that there's nothing mentioned about the negativity of macadamia milk let's check C macadamia milk is a relatively obscure2:57
  12. type of milk well it says here that macadamia milk is a lesser known milk type lesser known and obscure mean the same thing so in fact C is correct3:13
  13. but let's first eliminate D to maximize our chances of success here macadamia milk has many positive health benefits of which that is not mentioned so if we look carefully3:27
  14. we can see this part of the text we can see that this aligns with C they say the same thing but in different words that is the correct answer3:40
  15. okay so that's multiple choice and it's pretty straightforward and what we're going to do in this video is I'm going to walk you through all of the different question3:50
  16. types and some of them trust me get really strange and you probably need my advice here so please don't click off and watch cat videos stick with me let's3:58
  17. look at task type number two this one's called true false not given and this is what it looks like on test day you'll see here it says choose true4:09
  18. if choose false if and choose not given if below that you'll see number two and number three these are statements what you're ultimately doing with this question type is4:20
  19. working out whether the statement says the same thing as the text in which case it's going to be true or you're going to look at the statement you're going4:34
  20. to look at the text and perhaps they will contradict each other and it will be an explicit contradiction in which case it's going to be false or you're going4:45
  21. to look at the statement you're going to look at the text and then just won't be enough information to make a decision if it's true or false in which4:55
  22. case it's going to be you guessed it not given let's go through this one together so number two is it true false or not given dairy milk has a5:03
  23. high sugar content let's quickly read the paragraph milk alternative is a side what are the health benefits of dairy milk the world's most popular milk dietician and celebrity chef5:15
  24. Marcus Adam says that there are many reasons to stick to the most classic milk types it's a great source of vitamin a d b12 and zinc and while it5:26
  25. might be slightly higher in saturated fats than plant -based milks there is always the option to buy low fat milk so you might have some assumptions whether dairy milk5:36
  26. has a high sugar content or not that's beside the point if it's not mentioned in the paragraph it's not mentioned in the paragraph and therefore you choose not given5:45
  27. let's look at number three plant -based milks contain less saturated fats than cow milk in other words cow milk has higher saturated fats than plant -based milks in the5:55
  28. final sentence there it says and while it dairy milk might be slightly higher in saturated fats than plant -based milks number three says plant -based milks contain less saturated6:09
  29. fats than cow milk what we found here is that the statement says the same thing as the text but it's just using different words in a way it's just6:22
  30. kind of reversed the meaning that says the same thing in which case the answers are not given and true let's look at question type number three this is called6:31
  31. sentence completion and it's pretty straightforward importantly with these types of questions you need to read the instruction this one says choose no more than two words that is you6:42
  32. can choose one word directly taken from the paragraph or two words no more sometimes the instruction says choose no more than two words and or a number so what6:54
  33. does this mean this means you can choose one word two words and a number so that is two words and a number or you can choose two words or7:08
  34. a number one word or a number what I suggest you do is write that down and just work it out it's a little logic problem but once you work7:17
  35. it out on test day you'll be fine let's take a close look at this question okay so number four the dairy milk has the most devastating impact on the7:24
  36. environment is what hmm let's read the paragraph as for its environmental impact london university professor dr mary wilk says that it's indisputable that cow's milk is the worst possible7:33
  37. choice for the planet let's read number four again the dairy milk has the most devastating impact on the environment is what hopefully you've got the answer there number five7:47
  38. comparatively the production of dairy milk creates something as much greenhouse gas as plant -based alternatives hmm let's read the rest of the paragraph wilks research suggests that a single8:00
  39. glass of moo juice accounts for three times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions compared to non -dairy milks and we probably don't need to read the rest of the8:16
  40. paragraph because number five again says comparatively so it's comparing dairy milk with non -dairy milk the production of dairy milk creates well let's look at the answer three times8:26
  41. or three times with the number would also be correct number four is indisputable so what i've done there or more precisely what the test is doing it's asking you8:39
  42. to find the same information in the paragraph that's written in that statement one word will be missing the specific word you need will be located in that paragraph the8:51
  43. word might be an adjective like indisputable or it might be a noun like well we'll have a look later on at some key nouns as well but just keep9:02
  44. that in mind let's have a look at the next question type question type number four summary completion okay so take a look at this here on the left hand9:12
  45. side we have the paragraph from the passage and on the right hand side we have a summary what's essentially happened here is someone's taken that paragraph and written it9:23
  46. again slightly differently okay it's going to say the same thing but it's been written differently now in this summary there are words missing so ultimately what we're going to9:35
  47. do is read that paragraph understand it then look at the summary understand that and find the words that have been taken out okay let's do it again just be9:46
  48. cautious of the instructions there write no more than one word we cannot write two or three words now let's read the paragraph almond milk is quickly becoming the most9:58
  49. popular alternative to cow's milk if you visit your local cafe the term almond latte has now become commonplace despite its popularity almond milk offers very little in terms of10:10
  50. health benefits mainly because it consists almost entirely of water most almond products contain less than 2 % almonds and be careful of the sweetness used to make this milk10:21
  51. taste better as well fitness coach peter jenniss says that while many people turn to almond milk because of its low fat content most people fail to understand that its10:32
  52. sugar content is actually the culprit of weight gain not fat he recommends purchasing almond milk that contains no added sugar now let's read the summary almond milk is becoming10:41
  53. increasingly more what let's read this first sentence again almond milk is quickly becoming the most popular alternative to cow's milk you can probably guess what number six is let's10:52
  54. keep reading the summary a request for an almond latte at a cafe is not uncommon in terms of nutrition almond milk is lacking considering it is made of mostly11:04
  55. what in fact most brands contain only around 2 % almonds one must also be cautious of what as well which are added to increase the flavor of the milk11:15
  56. while low fat is a draw card of almond milk it's a common misconception that something leads to increased weight so the answers are number six popular it's increasingly more11:27
  57. popular have a look at the first sentence of the passage of the paragraph almond milk is quickly becoming the most popular alternative the summary says almond milk is becoming11:40
  58. increasingly more popular than cows milk they say the same thing they're just saying it in different words that key word though that key adjective popular has not changed number11:51
  59. seven almond milk is lacking considering it is made of mostly water if we read the passage paragraph it says it contains very little in terms of health benefits mainly12:02
  60. because it consists almost entirely of water it consists of and it's made of are synonymous they mean the same thing number eight one must also be cautious of sweetness12:14
  61. well the original paragraph says be careful of the sweetness use be careful be cautious you can see the synonymous language and number nine while low fat is a draw12:28
  62. card of almond milk it's a common misconception that fat leads to increased weight so it's a common misconception or if we look in the original passage most people fail12:43
  63. to understand that it's sugar content is actually the culprit of weight gain not fat so let's read the summary again while low fat is a draw card of almond12:55
  64. milk it's a common misconception that fat leads to increased weight that's pretty tricky if that one sort of makes you go what I don't get it I want you13:07
  65. to read it again and again until you go yes I've got it because really again what's happening is that summary is saying the same thing as the passage but13:18
  66. just in different ways that's all you can see the use of synonyms IELTS reading is all about synonyms and paraphrases let's look at the next question question type number13:28
  67. five match sentence endings okay take a look at the right hand side here you can see two subjects almond trees and almond lattes and below them you can see13:41
  68. the predicates or the rest of the sentence consume vast amounts of water cause more greenhouse gases than dairy should be bought locally destroy be habitat and need more water13:53
  69. than people suspect as you can imagine you're going to have to match the sentence endings to the correct subject now this is vastly simplified on test day you're going14:04
  70. to get a number of subjects and you're going to get even more predicates or the rest of the sentences so it makes it a bit trickier but this will14:15
  71. give you a good idea of what you need to do because this one's tricky you're sort of going subject predicate passage of the sentence does it say the same14:23
  72. thing let's take a look okay let's read the paragraph first before we look at the question so concerningly almond milk's impact on the environment is almost as severe as14:31
  73. dairy well it doesn't have the same greenhouse gas effects it does lead to major water loss as almond trees are extremely thirsty environmental scientist dr abdukirim calculates that a14:43
  74. single almond kernel the basis of almond milk requires up to 10 liters of water to grow put simply an almond latte will need 60 liters of water to produce14:56
  75. an alarming realization for many who have made the switch from dairy to almond karim also notes that almond trees can have devastating effects on bees which are used to15:06
  76. cross pollinate the trees but are susceptible to insecticides he advocates for drinkers to choose locally produced almond milk rather than imported varieties okay so what does it say about15:16
  77. almond trees and what does it say about almond lattes let's take a closer look so at the top of the paragraph it says almond trees are extremely thirsty and15:29
  78. there's also a phrase major water loss so if we look at number 10 almond trees what consume vast amounts of water that sounds pretty good let's just make sure15:40
  79. that b c d and e are wrong cause more greenhouse gases than dairy well they don't so that's wrong c should be bought locally no you don't buy almond15:51
  80. trees locally it didn't say that almond trees destroy bee habitats well let's have a look at that it says almond trees can have devastating effects on bees it doesn't16:01
  81. say anything about bee habitats though so that's not quite right although it's very tempting and again number 10 almond trees what need more water than people suspect well it16:13
  82. doesn't really say that so let's stick with 10 a what about almond lattes it says in the middle of the paragraph an almond latte will need 60 liters of16:26
  83. water to produce an alarming realization for many who have made the switch from dairy to almond that's the key sentence and if we look down at e it says16:37
  84. almond lattes need more water than people suspect so the answers are 10 a and 11 e and you can see in the paragraph the particular sentences which are critical16:48
  85. to the meaning here so what you're doing with this one is gymnastics mental gymnastics you're putting the subject and the predicate together and then you're looking in the paragraph17:01
  86. and saying is that what it says and you sort of have to rearrange now on test day there's going to be more predicates or sentence endings than there are17:12
  87. subjects so it gets a little bit tricky if you do need help click the link in the description below go across to eto language .com sign up for our17:22
  88. live classes that'll help you out let's take a look at the next question type okay stick with me we're more than halfway through now we're looking at question type17:31
  89. number six this is short answer it's dead simple okay again read the instructions choose no more than two words okay so i can't use three words or four words17:40
  90. i can use one or two and even if all of the sentences only require one word that's a kind of way that i'll do a little trick on you17:52
  91. just rest assured in your answers let's read the questions first what does soy milk and dairy milk contain in similar proportions number 13 what type of soy milk should18:03
  92. people buy number 14 what disease is misattributed to soy milk not attributed misattributed let's read the paragraph soy milk is the to animal milks and is made by dissolving18:17
  93. soybeans in water in terms of nutrition it is one of the best alternatives to dairy milk quote it is one of the healthiest dairy free options you can buy18:32
  94. says Samantha Juby a health and wellness practitioner it has just as much protein as milk but has far less saturated fat which makes it a far better choice end18:41
  95. quote juby recommends that consumers make sure they choose a fortified soy milk that has added calcium juby also maintains that while some people fear that soy milk can cause18:52
  96. breast cancer the science doesn't stack up to support this claim in fact the only condition soy milk has been proven to cause is acne but only if drunk excessively19:03
  97. so you've probably got a bit of an idea of what the answers might be considering we read that some of those keywords flashed or stuck out let's just make19:13
  98. sure that we've got them correct let's look at number 12 what does soy milk and dairy milk contain in similar proportions the answer here is protein it says in19:22
  99. the paragraph it soy milk has just as much protein as milk in other words it contains similar proportions of protein number 13 what type of soy milk should people19:34
  100. buy well juby recommends that consumers make sure they choose a fortified soy milk now here remember that the instruction says that you can use two words max now admittedly19:47
  101. in some parts of the paragraph soy milk is two words in some parts it's one but i did this as a little trick just to make sure you don't20:01
  102. screw up on test day and put three words because if you write fortified soy milk as three words it would be considered incorrect if soy milk throughout the passage20:09
  103. is always one word you write fortified soy milk that would be considered correct or you can just have the adjective there fortified cool let's look at 14 what disease20:20
  104. is misattributed to soy milk well there are two diseases mentioned one is breast cancer and the other is acne i don't know if acne is a disease or a20:31
  105. condition whatever anyway juby also maintains that while some people fear that soy milk can cause breast cancer the science doesn't stack up to support this claim so what disease20:40
  106. is misattributed to soy milk the answer is breast cancer okay we're more than halfway through which is fabulous stick with me we can do this and this will help20:53
  107. you on test day i promise before we look at question type number seven i want to talk to you about why you should prepare properly for your aisles test21:04
  108. one of the best things you can do to prepare is invest in an e2 package to pass your aisles test we have packages ranging from 49 us dollars that21:14
  109. includes live classes practice tests recorded classes mock tests writing and speaking feedback and tutorials all you need to do is click the link in the description below go across21:25
  110. make yourself a free account and then upgrade okay let's look at question type number seven yes no not given so we've already looked at true false not given and21:36
  111. that deals with facts yes no not given deals with people's opinions so it's pretty similar but slightly different if you like similar principles though let's take a look so21:47
  112. choose yes if the statement reflects the claims of the writer choose no if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer and choose not given if it's impossible to22:00
  113. say either way so number 15 soy generates comparatively small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions let's read the paragraph and see if it's yes no or not given in other22:09
  114. words see if it says the same thing at contradicts or it's just not mentioned in terms of its environmental impact in contrast to cow and almond milk soy uses22:24
  115. very little water and according to dr.22:34
  116. karim its land use and greenhouse gas emissions are negligible okay let's stick on that sentence let's read number 15 again soy generates comparatively small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions22:37
  117. let's read a part of that sentence again according to dr.22:53
  118. karim its land use that is soy beans land use and greenhouse gas emissions are negligible which means they're only tiny or not worth noticing number 15 says soy generates22:58
  119. comparatively small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions so does that statement say the same thing as that part of the text or does it contradict or is it impossible to23:11
  120. say what do you think let's take a look at the next statement okay so the amazon rainforest is being destroyed for soy milk production let's read the rest of23:24
  121. the paragraph the problem with soy milk is its popularity not as a milk but as a feed for livestock it turns out that large parts of the amazon rainforest23:35
  122. are being cleared to grow soy beans let's read number 16 again the amazon rainforest is being destroyed for soy milk production as far as i'm concerned these two statements23:45
  123. or that statement and that sentence contradict one says that the amazon's being destroyed for soy beans for livestock and the statement says that it's being destroyed to make soy23:59
  124. milk that could be interpreted as a direct contradiction in which case you're going to choose yes no or not given let's look at the last one consumers should avoid24:09
  125. buying soy milk produced in brazil let's look at the final sentence here abdul karim recommends again that people choose soy milk with soy beans sourced from countries other than24:21
  126. brazil hmm let's read it again consumers should avoid buying soy milk produced in brazil abdul karim recommends that people choose soy milk with soy beans sourced from countries other24:32
  127. than brazil so as far as i'm concerned what's going on here is we don't have enough information to determine whether it's saying the exact same thing or whether it's24:46
  128. being contradictory this just not enough said about soy milk that's produced in brazil if there's not enough information and if you can't truly decide then what do you choose24:56
  129. well the answers here are yes no and not given how are you going so far we've done 17 questions in total thus far and we've looked at seven different25:07
  130. question types what's your score out of 17 so far if you want you can keep track and let me know in the comments below what score you get at25:20
  131. the end there's going to be 33 questions in total okay let's have a look at the next question type it's question type number eight and it's called match headings25:28
  132. and this for some reason scares people let's take a look question type number eight match headings all right so for the following questions we're not going to just look25:37
  133. in a single paragraph for answers we're going to look across paragraphs what you have to do in match headings is read the paragraph and think of a good heading25:48
  134. there will be a list of headings and only one of them will correctly sort of summarize that particular paragraph so what we're going to do is go back to26:01
  135. the start of the passage we're going to read the paragraph we're going to look at all the different headings we're going to decide which of those headings best summarizes26:11
  136. that particular paragraph okay so we go from paragraph to headings not headings to paragraphs again we look at the paragraph read it understand it then quickly read the list26:19
  137. of headings to determine which is the best heading that's the best approach let's do it together so a is it going to be 18 19 20 21 etc let's26:32
  138. read the paragraph milk is not what it used to be for centuries milk was associated with animal milk and certainly in the UK with cows milk but now there26:44
  139. are dozens of different types of milk products which are derived from vegetables legumes or nuts while soy almond oat rice and coconut are the current popular milk alternatives there26:51
  140. are even lesser known milk types including pea hemp and macadamia many people are choosing these different types of milks for environmental purposes while others are doing it for health27:01
  141. reasons let's now read the headings to determine which is the best summary 18 why almond milk is not that good for you no 19 the nourishment of soy milk27:09
  142. no 20 the impact of cow milk no 21 the nutritional benefits of dairy milk no 22 the ecological issues of soy milk no 23 concerns over water consumption no27:20
  143. 24 alternative milk products yes so hopefully you chose 24a let's do the next one milk alternatives of side what are the health benefits of dairy milk the world's most27:33
  144. popular milk well we probably don't even need to read any further than that you can see that it says vitamin ad and zinc the whole paragraph is about the27:48
  145. health benefits of dairy milk you can see number 21 which is the nutritional benefits of dairy milk so 21b okay paragraph c as for its environmental impact that is27:57
  146. dairy milk london university professor dr mary wilks says that it is indisputable that cow's milk is the worst possible choice for the planet hmm have a look at the28:10
  147. headings which of those best summarizes the paragraph i think the answer might be 2020 c now it's probably a good idea to read the entire paragraph because sometimes the28:22
  148. topic sentence or the first part of the paragraph can lead you to the correct summary or the correct answer but oftentimes you do want to read the whole thing28:36
  149. through just to make sure because it can be a little bit confusing and the headings can be confusing etc let's keep going d okay so we're talking about almond28:45
  150. milk now almond milk is quickly becoming the most popular alternative to cow's milk if you visit your local cafe the term almond latte has now become commonplace despite its28:55
  151. popularity almond milk offers very little in terms of health benefits so this is about almond milk and health benefits take a look at the list of headings which one29:04
  152. is about almond milk and health benefits well hopefully you can see that 18 says why almond milk is not that good for you i shouldn't say health benefits health29:15
  153. deficits maybe but the answer there is 18 d okay three more concerningly almond milk's impact on the environment is almost as severe as dairy while it doesn't have the29:27
  154. same greenhouse gas effects it does lead to major water loss as almond trees are extremely thirsty and then the rest of the paragraph is about how devastating this is29:40
  155. on the environment because they drink so much water have a look at the headings which of these is about almond milk and its impact on the environment well if29:50
  156. you see number 23 you can see concerns over water consumption this paragraph is about mainly about concerns over water consumption of almond trees let's do the next one soy30:00
  157. milk is the oldest alternative to animal milks and is made by dissolving soybeans in water in terms of nutrition okay so soy milk and nutrition take a look at30:14
  158. the headings if you look closely number 19 you'll see the nourishment of soy milk is a good heading for this particular paragraph let's do the last one in terms30:24
  159. of its environmental impact in contrast to cow and almond milk soy uses very little water and according to dr crimp its land use and greenhouse gas emissions are negligible30:36
  160. the problem is soy milk is its popularity not as milk but as a feed for livestock hmm let's take a look at the list so far well you can30:45
  161. see number 22 there the ecological issues of soy milk now similar to match sentence endings which we saw before there are usually no not usually there are always more30:54
  162. sentence endings than there are subjects similarly in this one here there will be more headings to the paragraphs than there are paragraphs so what we're looking at here is31:07
  163. a bit simplified but hopefully it gives you a good idea okay before we look at the next question type I want to talk to you about the mini mock31:19
  164. test one of the ways that you can assess if you're ready to take the IELTS test and you'll pass first time around is to take a mock test but31:27
  165. not any mock test you should take the E2 IELTS mock test it gives you real exam simulation that gives you confidence and more than anything it's going to give31:35
  166. you lots and lots of feedback one of the cool things is you actually take a one -on -one speaking test with one of the E2 expert teachers that is31:46
  167. a good idea before your test day even if you've taken the IELTS test before you want to find out why you were unsuccessful the mock test is going to31:56
  168. provide you all the feedback you need to find out what your weak areas are okay let's look at question type number nine we're almost there this one is match32:04
  169. information question type number nine match information okay so this one's similar to match headings but match headings was about summarizing the entire paragraph and determining a good heading for32:15
  170. it this one is about specific information within the paragraph it's basically asking you in which paragraph can you find this information here let's take a look at the list32:28
  171. 25 it disturbs important insects or 26 it is very watery 27 it contains a range of vitamins 28 it has the most devastating environmental impact the passage has five32:39
  172. paragraphs labeled a to e which paragraphs contain the following information choose the correct letter a to d for question 25 to 28 note you may use any letter more32:53
  173. than once okay let's look at paragraph a but what i'm going to do is save you time and 25 26 27 28 do not relate to paragraph a let's33:03
  174. take a look at paragraph b this was about the health benefits of dairy milk take a look at 25 to 28 which of those is in relationship or which33:14
  175. of those has information that is also contained within paragraph b hopefully you chose 27 was b it contains a range of vitamins you can see the detail there vitamin33:25
  176. ad b 12 take a look at paragraph c this was about the environmental impact of dairy milk now take a look at the pieces of information it disturbs important33:39
  177. insects is very watery it contains a range of vitamins it has the most devastating environmental impact that my friends is where you would write c in short that piece33:54
  178. of information about being the most devastating to the environment is mentioned within this particular paragraph so therefore we'll write c paragraph d was about the health benefits of almond34:07
  179. milk take a look at the list of information here do you remember anything about it being watery that's because it's number 26 therefore we would write d in short34:21
  180. it is very watery almond milk is very watery was contained within this particular paragraph finally this was about almond milk's impact on the environment and it did mention something34:32
  181. about bees and you can see number 25 there it disturbs important insects therefore you would write e this one's pretty tricky right because what you're doing is you're reading34:45
  182. that little piece of information and you're thinking to yourself where was that located in which paragraph was that detail located about bees or about the wateriness of some particular34:58
  183. milk product okay so that's why you have to read across the paragraphs to do that one okay let's take a look at question type number 10 match features question35:11
  184. type number 10 match features okay I don't know if you paid attention but within each of those paragraphs or nearly all of the paragraphs there were people mentioned do35:22
  185. you remember dr mary wilks and dr abdul kareem etc now we're going to have to work with those people to find out specific information that they said let's take35:33
  186. a closer look so what we ultimately need to do is match each of the statements 29 the maths on water consumption or a false scientific claim it is the35:43
  187. most detrimental milk stay with what you know there is a dietary misconception these are the statements we need to match these statements with abcd or e in other words35:56
  188. with the person who said it for example who said something about the maths on water consumption who said something about a false scientific claim who said something about the36:07
  189. most detrimental milk or staying with what you know or the dietary misconception let's take a closer look at the paragraphs okay within this paragraph you can see the name36:19
  190. marcus adams and here you can see c marcus adams now what did marcus adams say marcus adams says that there are many reasons to stick to the most classic36:31
  191. of milk types in other words number 32 stay with what you know that is the answer for 32 c take a look at this paragraph it mentions dr mary36:44
  192. wilks what does dr mary wilks say well she says that it is indisputable that cow's milk is the worst possible choice for the planet which of those statements from36:59
  193. 29 to 33 say the same thing if you look closely 31 says the same thing therefore we're going to write a next to 31 which is dr mary wilks37:12
  194. take a look at this paragraph can you see a name in there i can see peter jenez what does he say well he says that while many people turn37:24
  195. to almond milk because of its low fat content most people fail to understand that its sugar content is actually the culprit of weight gain not fat so from 2937:34
  196. to 33 we've already eliminated a couple which of these is or could be attributed to peter jenez and that is number 33 there is a dietary misconception there have37:46
  197. a look at this paragraph this is where dr abdull kawrim says something now he calculates that a single almond kernel requires up to 10 litres of water to grow38:01
  198. have a look at the statements hopefully you'll match dr abdull kawrim with number 29 which is b finally we're looking at samantha juby what does she say well she38:12
  199. said something about soymilk not causing breast cancer remember it was misattribution therefore you can see number 30 a false scientific claim we would write e next to number 3038:26
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Shadowing English Speaking Practice B1: An Australian IELTS Reading Lecture

This clip is a B1 lesson from an Australian IELTS trainer, moving at 156 words per minute, faster than most of the catalogue. She opens with the promise that drives the whole video: "What we're going to do in this video is go through all the different IELTS reading question types." Before she gets into any one question type, she recaps the exam itself, "you'll have 60 minutes to complete 40 questions, you'll have three reading passages", then narrows in on the simplest type, multiple choice, using a real passage about milk.

That mix of clear exam facts and a worked example is what makes this a good line to shadow. The sentences are long and information dense, closer to a briefing than a conversation, so repeating them out loud is real english speaking practice for handling explanatory speech at pace, not just short exchanges.

The Language in This IELTS Reading Walkthrough

A few lines here reward a second listen before you try to speak them back.

  • "there are 11 different question types and some of these question types are very confusing when you see them on the page": one long clause built from repeated words, a good test of whether you can keep pace without dropping syllables.
  • "The best way to approach this test is to go paragraph by paragraph because the questions align with the paragraphs themselves": the stress falls on "paragraph by paragraph", said with a small pause on each side, which is worth copying exactly.
  • "All right so macadamia milk that's what we're looking for in this paragraph let's quickly read the paragraph": the shift from "All right" into the topic is fast and unpunctuated in speech, a natural place to practise how to pronounce english words running together without a full stop to lean on.

How to Work Through This IELTS Reading Clip

Work in the order the lesson itself uses, passage first, question after.

  • Start at line 3, the promise line, and shadow it until the pacing of "go through all the different IELTS reading question types" feels natural, not rushed.
  • Move to line 5 and repeat the exam facts, "60 minutes to complete 40 questions", until you can say the numbers as cleanly as she does.
  • Slow down for line 9, the long paragraph by paragraph sentence, and split it at the natural pause before repeating it whole.
  • Take line 16 last, "macadamia milk", where the topic changes fast. This is the line that most improves english speaking under time pressure, since there is no pause to plan the next word.
  • Repeat each of the four lines above five times before moving on. A line you can repeat five times beats a video you played once.
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