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This is an Academic Reading Part 1 (so it's good for GT too).
The structure is chronological (in order of time) which helps you locate the answers more easily.
It's also very similar to a text on my website: The Story Of Silk, which you can find here:
https://ieltsetc.com/2018/12/ielts-reading-story-silk/
and I refer to last week's podcast about The Eucalyptus Tree to show you how similar they are in terms of the gapfill answers.
Check out my blog relating to the grammar in this reading here:
https://ieltsetc.com/2020/09/how-to-use-the-former-the-latter/
If you've taken my IELTS Progress Predictor Test, you may be wanting to know a bit more about how it works and what it means for your IELTS Preparation. This podcast talks you through how to make the most of your assets and build a mindset that will help you prove the test wrong! Get the quiz and full blog here https://ieltsetc.com/2020/07/how-long-will-it-take-to-increase-my-ielts-score/
#ielts Listening Part 4 - gapfill summary. Find a similar topic here: https://ieltsetc.com/2018/08/ielts-listening-honeybees-australia/
IELTS Listening Part 3: How birth order affects your personality.
IELTS GT Reading Part 3 - gapfill summary, multiple choice and choosing from a list.
Find a similar reading with the vocab you need to know about animals here:
https://ieltsetc.com/2019/04/ielts-reading-history-of-the-tortoise/
Listening about a dinosaur museum and how to spot distractors:
https://ieltsetc.com/2018/08/ielts-listening-dinosaur-museum/
This is a Section 3 (dialogue between 2 students) with lots of vocab related to the environment: - urban planning - coastal cities - pollutants are discharged into rivers - to protect against flooding - global warming - sea levels are rising - they need to consider the whole ecosystem - environmentalists https://ieltsetc.com/2019/09/ielts-listening-how-to-recognise-signals-and-signposts/
A long and difficult but FASCINATING text with SO MUCH useful vocabulary which I list at the end.
- Matching Information with paragraphs
- Choosing from a list
- Gapfill summary
It's a KEY TOPIC (see similar texts on my website - https://ieltsetc.com/2019/01/ielts-reading-doctoring-sales/ and https://ieltsetc.com/2018/10/ielts-gt-reading-snake-oil/) and I also talk about how parts of the text help us with Writing.
This passage has an academic, theoretical structure rather than a factual, chronological one.
Watch the video on YouTube to see how it looks:
https://youtu.be/7JHQdVkENMU
This video will show you how to use the structure to get answers even when the content doesn't make much sense!
Finding a roommate, the best fitness apps, How to Delegate and Choosing the right CV Format. Find the word formation booklet here: https://ieltsetc.com/2018/04/how-a-knowledge-of-word-forms-can-increase-your-score/
This video looks at Section 2 of the IELTS Listening Test, which often includes a MAP in the second half.
Watch the video on YouTube if you would like to practice with the real test.
The first part is Multiple Choice and this video shows you how to recognise distractors: 'rather than' and 'instead of' are CLUES which tell you that you should choose the correct answer RATHER THAN/INSTEAD OF the trick!
I break the Listening up into more manageable parts, so this is a LEARNING video rather than a test, but you can pause the video to test yourself too.
I also point out the useful vocabulary that you can extract from the listening to help you with Writing Task 1 (Academic - describe changes to a building; General Training - tell your friend about your new home) Here is an extra Listening to help you describe changes to maps:
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