Homework · Day 5

Post-Test Review Grid · Top 5 Tips Card

Estimated time: 30 minutes Due: Before the start of the Writing module Submit by: Email (button at bottom)

What you'll do tonight

  1. Fill in the post-test review grid for each passage you missed questions on.
  2. Reflect on your overall performance — strongest area, weakest area.
  3. Write your personal "Top 5 Reading Tips" card.
  4. Answer the week-end reflection.
  5. Submit by email.

Exercise 1 — Post-test review grid

For every question you got wrong on today's mock, log it here. Patterns emerge by the third or fourth row — that's the whole point. Add as many rows mentally as you need; this template has space for at least 6.

Passage Q# missed Question type Reason for error Strategy fix
Reason categories to use
  • Trap — fell for a distractor, extreme word, or assumption
  • Time — ran out, rushed, or didn't read carefully enough
  • Vocabulary — didn't know a key word or paraphrase
  • Word count — went over the limit
  • Misread — read the question wrong (especially MCQ wording)
  • Missed it — couldn't find the answer in time

Exercise 2 — Overall reflection

  1. Total score:   Estimated band:
  2. Strongest area (e.g. skimming for headings, scanning for numbers):
  3. Weakest area (e.g. sentence completion, matching features):
  4. What slowed you down the most?
  5. One technique you'll apply on the real test:

Exercise 3 — Your "Top 5 Reading Tips" card

Make this card for yourself. Don't write generic advice like "read carefully" — write the specific things you personally learned this week. Keep each tip to one short sentence. You'll bring this to the next session and we'll share.

  1. Tip 1:
  2. Tip 2:
  3. Tip 3:
  4. Tip 4:
  5. Tip 5:
Examples of good vs bad tips

Good: "On TFNG, default to Not Given if I can't find any sentence on the topic — don't guess True."

Bad: "Read carefully." (Too vague — what does that actually mean in the moment?)

Good: "Set a 20-minute alarm per passage and move on, even if I haven't finished."

Bad: "Manage time." (Same problem — no concrete behaviour change.)

Exercise 4 — Week reflection

The biggest thing I learned this week about IELTS Reading:

One specific thing I'll practise this weekend:

One question I'd like to ask the instructor before the Writing module starts:

Free practice resources

Extra free practice for tonight — each link opens in a new tab. These are free online resources (no purchase needed); a few may ask you to create a free account.

Ready to submit?

Submit your review grid, top-5 tips card, and reflection by email. Take the weekend off Reading if you can — let it settle. See you on Monday for Writing.