English Lab

𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 : Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)

𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 :

📗Read the question first

🔖Before reading the paragraph, look at:

🔸the question
🔸the options

This helps your brain focus on the right information.

📗Locate the paragraph

If the question mentions a paragraph (like first paragraph, second paragraph), go directly there.

📗Do not read the whole passage first.
Focus on the main idea

🔖MCQs usually test:

🔸writer’s opinion
🔸purpose of paragraph
🔸main idea

Avoid choosing answers based on one word only.
📗Eliminate wrong answers

Usually:

🔸2 options are clearly wrong
🔸1 option is a trap
🔸1 option is correct

Cross out wrong answers quickly.
📗Understand paraphrasing

🔖The passage and options use different words with the same meaning.

📗Read the whole paragraph

🔖Do not stop at the first matching word.

🔖IELTS often places distractors early in the paragraph.

📗Look for the author's message

Ask:

🔖What is the writer trying to say overall?

Not:

🔖What sentence matches the option word?

📗Beware of extreme words

Options with words like:

always
never
only
all

are often wrong.

🎯 Quick Strategy (Best Method)🎯

1️⃣ Read the question + options
2️⃣ Go to the correct paragraph
3️⃣ Find the main idea
4️⃣ Check paraphrasing
5️⃣ Eliminate 3 wrong options

𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 & 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬: Matching Information (𝐐14-17)
(𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔_𝟷𝟿,𝚃𝚎𝚜𝚝_4,𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎_2)

𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 :
📗 Do it last.
📗 Same Paragraph may have more than one answer.
📗 Some paragraph may have nothing.
📗 Not in order.
📗 Underline 'keywords' in each statement.
📗 Read all questions first
📗 Underline keywords
📗 Skim each paragraph topic
📗 Scan for synonyms
📗 Match easy ones first
📗 Return to difficult ones

🖥️📖
🔖Scan easy keywords/Similar Words.
🔖Find the synonymous/paraphrased keywords of the statement in the paragraph.
🔖Pay attention how the information is paraphrased.
🔖Sometimes the answer is spread across a few sentences (first 2-3/last 2-3)