IELTS Preparation : Tips, Strategy & Guide

The Multiple-Choice Questions in IELTS Reading include several options from where you must select a correct answer for the question. It challenges the student’s reading and comprehension skills. Along with that it also gives you a challenge for the vocabulary words.

• Comprehension skills
• Reading speed
• Vocabulary check
• Paraphrasing skills

To have a better understanding of the the Multiple Choice Questions you need to have a vast knowledge on the tricks you need to follow to acheive maximum bands in this question.

1.First read the questions and then the paragraph so that you do not waste any time.

2.The answers will be in order, so do not waste your time finding the answers in a scattered way.

3.Read in detail. Mostly in every question of Reading and Listening you will be required to skim and scan but with the Multiple-choice questions you have to read in detail.

4.There might be some distractors present in the question to confuse and distract you from the answer hence look out for them. Distractors are words such as every,few,some,all, etc.

• Example: Everyone who ate prawn sandwiches at the party was ill.
• Most people who ate the prawn sandwiches at the party were ill.

5.Do not leave any blanks as there is no negative marking in the IELTS exam as a whole.

6.Underline the keywords in the question as well as the options because that will help you to find the answers quickly.

David Kolb’s Learning Styles

Kolb's Theory

A Philosophy Professor, David Kolb developed a new model of learning styles and new learning theory in 1984. His theory can be broken down into two parts: A cycle of learning which comprises four distinct stages and four distinct learning styles. Kolb's theory states that there are four stages of learning: Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization and Active Experimentation.

Concrete Experience happens when an individual encounters a new experience or reinterprets the experience that he already had. In Reflective Observation, an individual reflects and understands the experience. In Abstract Conceptualization, an idea or concept is gained at the end of the reflection. By the end, an individual applies the idea in the real-world settings, which is called active experimentation.

From the four distinct stages, Kolb derived four styles of learning, which are Accommodating, Diverging, Converging, and Assimilating. Accommodating learning style employs intuition rather than logic. People with diverging learning styles look at the situations in different viewpoints. An individual with Converging learning style is technically oriented. An individual with an Assimilating learning style takes a logical approach to form abstract ideas.

Questions 1-5

Choose the correct letter, a, b, c or d.

1. Idea is formed after the

• a. Practice
• b. Observation
• c. Exercise
• d. Sleep

2. Schopenhauer praised the individual who

• a. Gain ideas from his own experience
• b. Learn from the books
• c. Hearing from the Masters of Knowledge
• d. Live without knowledge

3. Teachers should not

• a. Let the students to observe their surroundings
• b. Stuff their minds with other ideas
• c. Let them to play in the open fields
• d. Let them to eat food

4. Childrens should not be allowed to use the words which

• a. Have a bad meaning
• b. They don’t know the clear meaning of.
• c. Have no meaning
• d. Is foreign to them

5. Who should select the knowledge that should be retained by the children?

• a. High School Teachers
• b. Business People
• c. Masters of every branch of knowledge
• d. Parents

Answers:

1. b. Observation

Explanation: Paragraph 1 - Schopenhauer says in his essay of education that ideas are formed only after the observations. For him, Observation is deserved for being in the first place.

2. a. Gain ideas from his own experience

Explanation: Paragraph 1 - He contrasts two types of individuals: An individual who has his own experience and an individual who learned and heard from others. He praises former types of individuals because whatever ideas he gained comes from his own experience.

3. b. Stuff their minds with other ideas

Explanation: Paragraph 2 - He criticized teachers by stating that teachers are stuffing the ideas to the young mind rather than developing their acuity and discernment.

4. b. They don’t know the clear meaning of.

Explanation: Paragraph 2 - One must take care of Children to not use words which they don't know the clear meaning of.

5. c. Masters of every branch of knowledge

Explanation: Paragraph 3 - It is essential to select the important and significant ideas to keep it in memory. This selection should be made by the masters in every branch of knowledge.

This article will give you different indispensable IELTS Reading Tips and Tricks to be applied to your MCQs - Multiple Choice Questions and have a better grasp over the questions in your IELTS exam.