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©2015 Paul Read IELTS Academic Reading Task Type 1 – Multiple Choice

©2015 Paul Read Reading Task Type 1 - General Advice Choose the best 1, 2 or 3 answers from a list Questions in passage order Don’t always start with the first question Use Capital Letters and numbers to help

Underline key words in the questions Now look for similar words in the text Read this area of the text Look for synonyms Beware of tricks! ©2015 Paul Read Reading Task Type 1 - General Advice

Worked example Download the practice questions Try to do it yourself Watch as I try to find the answers Download the answer sheet ©2015 Paul Read