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The blame should not be placed on the Presidency. It will be a disadvantage to some political parties that have conducted their primary for the law to be amended.

Nigeria will surely compete with the world and take our rightful place.

Just as the person above has stated, bad road is the reason the container fell. Same thing happened at Mushin. The truck fell and got twisted.

Thank God on behalf of the residents. Visited the area recently.

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The books I used are:
1.Barron's for IELTS(It is good for reading and has three model tests but it is not ideal for listening probably that was why I failed listening twice)
2.Official IELTS practice materials(It's the conventional red book sold by British council but it has two model tests on reading that are very resourceful).

Online resources:
Road to IELTS(You can only access this when you book with BC and it has two model tests.
I also combined it with MOD reading model tests.
I wouldnt advice using ieltsonlinetests.com(it's too easy),I would recommend mini-ielts.com(it's very very good). [my opinion]
I also used Cambridge academic reading.It is very hard but it will make the actual reading on test day feel like cereals.
There's also a Japanese lady called Toneka(that lady is ingenious,infact, I love her).She has a video where she answered ielts reading and showed all the tricks.you can search for her on youtube.You might find her boring and her English is not too coherent and fluent,but trust me,she is very good.


MY ADVICE AND STRATEGIES:.
1. Don't go beyond the word count limit.no more than two words means maximum of two words.
2.Write all answers in block letters,that way you won't forget to capitalize a proper noun.
3.Time Management:
passage 1 is 13 questions.passage 2 is 14Q. passage 3 is 13Q.
Passage 1 is the easiest and passage 3 is the hardest.I recommend 15mins for P1(or less),15mins for P2,at least 30mins for P3.When you do practice tests,ensure you time yourself so that you don't go overboard.it is imperative.
4.When I get my question booklet,I DONT read the passages,you will be wasting valuable time.Go straight to the questions,For me i read 4 questions once,then i underline the keywords and circle some and replace them with two synonyms,I then go back to the passage and find the answers.Quickly finding answers is a skill that takes time to build.Taking 4Q once helps you save time because in the bid of finding the answer to number 2,you might find the answer to number 3 or 4.(this is better than one question at a time).secondly,the questions in section 1 and 2 are chronological(if you found the answer to number 7 and you cant find the answer to number 6,most probably,the answer to 6 is just above number 7)[this doesnt apply in passage 3].
5. For matching headline with paragraph:you dont need to read the entire paragraph.Read only the first two sentences,the topic sentence is always there.This is enough to summarize the paragraph.If you cant still match it because the information is not enough,read the last sentence(it will contain the summary).I think sometimes(rare cases) they put the summary in the middle.Also,sometimes a paragraph may have quotation marks expressing the speakers thought,that is all you need to read to match it.Another thing i do is;I look at the list of headings and rewrite them with my own words.
for instance,a heading like 'the robots main function'......I replace 'main' with synonyms like primary or key.....i replace 'function' with importance,use or purpose.That way,when i read the first 2 sentences of the passage,the answers are staring at me brightly.
6.For T/F/NG..Most people tend to answer these question based on their knowledge(it is WRONG)If the passage says the capital of Nigeria is Paris,then the capital of Nigeria is Paris.dont infer or deduce.
Passage:Baron pierre de coubertin,the founder of modern olympics aim was to bring together,once every four years,athletes from all countries on the friendly fields of amateur sport.
question:only amateur athletes are allowed to compete in the modern olympics.
answer:NOT GIVEN

Here's another one:John jumped from the 8th floor of UBA house.
question:john died as a result of the fall
Answer:NOT GIVEN(even though we know john would die but it wasnt mentioned in the passage).

Passage: The architectural design of the building is shoe-box shaped.
question :the building has a shoe-shaped design
answer:FALSE

7. It is good to circle peoples name(Xerxes, Einstein), dates, countries, cities etc.For instance, a passage might say 50 years ago,if you focus on 50 years in the passage,you might not see your answer.what i would do is to look for synonyms like 'half a century' or '5 decades ago'.this technique also works for 'SENTENCE COMPLETION' and 'FLOWCHART' questions.
Also, in sentence completion,use ONLY words used in the passage. Dont change the form of the word(if its simple present , write simple present)and the sentence must be grammatically correct with the word/words you have chosen.
8.Learn to practice skimming and scanning:quickly look for key information and quickly read for the main idea.
9.Lastly, I always underline key points on all the passages and find appropriate synonyms to replace them except the ones that cannot be replaced(I think you should because it saves time and you will find the answers easily).{my question paper always looks like a baby learning how to scribble...plenty jaga jaga because na so so underline and circles full my question booklet}

I think the easiest module on the IELTS is reading[my opinion] because the answers are staring at you,all you need to do is search for them.unlike listening,where if you dont hear the word it is finished.These are the tips i have applied.
Lastly, i save 5-8mins to go over my answers.

Disclaimer:There might be better ways to ace the reading module but these are strategies that I have used.

I really appreciate your detailed response. Pls can I get your email. I need help on nailing ielts @ first attempt

@syberKate Pls how did you go about making the payment. Did you use your naira master card.

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